Melt (Modern MTG Deck)

Melt

Modern Burn Mono-Red Red Deck Wins Snow

jamochawoke

Creature (15)

Instant (14)

Sideboard

Instant (4)

4x Smash to Smithereens

Artifact (4)

4x Grafdigger's Cage

Creature (3)

3x Rampaging Ferocidon *f-pre*

Sorcery (2)

2x Molten Rain

Enchantment (2)

2x Blood Moon

Maybeboard

Sorcery (14)

Creature (8)

Instant (1)

1x Thunderous Wrath

This is a riff on a Modern Skred deck that goes much, much bigger.

I wanted a mono-red burn deck that had a bit more gas for multiplayer matches, but still able to smash in 1v1. The big keys are Skred+Snow lands to remove threats or blasting your own Boros Reckoner (in response to him being exiled or destroyed), Braid of Fire to provide mana for upgrading Figure/Comet Storm/Electrodominance/Reckoner or to drop a Hellkite as a finisher, Koth can very quickly end the game or just provide even more mana, Shrines keep the gas going for big finishes, and flipping Chandra is almost a guaranteed 11 dmg.

Sideboarding Matchups:

VS Tron/Scapeshift - Board in the 2 Molten Rain and 2 Blood Moon replacing the Bonecrushers, Eidolons, or Hellkites depending on what spells they have
VS Lifegain - Board in the 3 Rampaging Ferocidons replacing the Figures
VS Dredge/Delve/Spells - Board in the 4 Grafdigger's Cages replacing the Figures
VS Stoneblade/Hammertime - Board in the 4 Smash to Smithereens replacing the Koths, Shrines, or Hellkites

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Really want to fit Leyline Tyrant in somewhere — March 8, 2021

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Been thinking about swapping out the Hellkites for Leyline Tyrants, however the Tyrants don't give that immediate punch the Hellkites' ETB does and only act as a mana reservoir. The one really nice thing about the Tyrants though is they enable you to use your Braid mana on your opponents turn instead of just your upkeep and they have that nice bonus of dealing out fireball damage when they die. I'm going to need to do a lot more playtesting with swapping them out or maybe replacing other cards with them before I make the decision, but I really like that card!!

I also went down to 3 Braid of Fire's from 4 since it seemed like I was getting extra Braids late in the game when I really wanted a burn spell instead. It seems to have really improved the hand flow of the deck and I still am almost guaranteed to see a Braid early on in games, if not my starting hand due to new mulligan rules.

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Casual

99% Competitive

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	W
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 9 Rares 6 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.23
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Folders	My Decks
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