Good point, actually! Nice eye!

Possible suggestion: Manabarbs ?

Pretty slow, being a four drop, but could do a bit of damage by that turn! xd

Does Mogg Fanatic operate as a self-detonating Goblin Arsonist ?

After he's dealt his one and has taken lethal damage, can you sacrifice him and deal an extra one, I mean?

If he's blocked he can still saccrifice yes.

I just want to point out that playing a land does not count as a spell, so fetches or lands would not cause any life loss. Unless you mean that you don't want to use fetches because of price, which I wholeheartedly understand.

You lose life everytime you fetch a land or put a shock land in untapped. Fetches make you pay one life to tap and search...so yes, they aren't spells which I'm well aware of, but they do cause life loss.

I actually have the fetches online so price was not the factor.

At FNM last night I won g3 of match 1 against Genesis wave after he attacked in for 19 damage. If I would have fetched once, he would have won.

so you haven't come across any Leyline of Sanctity decks yet? hmm odd. at my shop you can't ever run burn because everyone's sideboard has leylines in them

Depends how competitive your meta is. Only two decks really run it in the online and competitive meta. Soul Sisters and Bogle. Plus people should read Searing Blood and Eidolon of the Great Revel a bit closer...they don't target ;)

Also, Molten Rain , Cryoclasm , Peak Eruption don't target either. So use all those spells and clear the board with your burn on their creatures to get through with your creatures. This build is very resilient against Leyline. People think Leyline is a catch all versus burn when it is not. Go ahead and aggressively mulligan for it, I'll keep my seven and have better lines of play ;)

cool man

Guttersnipe ???

Too slow in modern...

Is Goblin Guide super important, or can it be replaced with something else?

Goblin Guide and Eidolon of the Great Revel are the two most important cards in the deck. You 4x of both of them. He gets in for 2 damage on turn 1 and usually does 4-6 damage by himself.

how is Stormblood Berserker performing? have you tried Ash Zealot , Keldon Marauders or Hellspark Elemental in his place?

Also, what do you think about sideboarding Vexing Shusher or Blood Knight ? are they too slow?

I like the Stormblood Berserker s but I've been playing around with dropping them and going with 2xHellspark Elemental to make the deck faster, going down to 3xMogg Fanatic , and adding Forked Bolt to the main and adding the forth Pillar of Flame to the board.

Ash Zealot is not a card I'm high up on for this build. I want to be doing other things turn 2. Vexing Shusher and Blood Knight are just too slow for the deck.

Grim Lavamancer does not belong in a deck with out fetchs, if they are out of budget take 1-2 out for more burn

@atgarnett I've played the deck with fetches and more Grim Lavamancer s. I like this version better. He has Mogg Fanatic to feed on plus Hellspark Elemental which will be finding his way into the deck as targets. I'm only playing 2 copies and he has been nothing but excellent for me. As I've stated before, having no fetches is a direct result of Eidolon of the Great Revel . You don't have to play fetches to get his benefit, it does make him a lot of fuel, but it isn't necessary. My winning percentage with fetches vs without can atest to that. This deck is more or less tuned. On MTGO I win a lot of matches I lost before. Pillar of Flame is something I feel will catch on over time as it can be a blow out when decks are trying to stall. Grim Lavamancer is fine in this deck, Mogg Fanatic means they are taking 3 damage when he's used to feed lavamancer vs losing a life and doing 2 with fetches. Sometimes we have to move past preconceived notions and the norm and just try something new. Playtest it, you may like what you see.

OK, I am stupid about this: why use Eidolon of the Great Revel in a deck where every spell you cast hurts you? Doesn't he go in slower decks?

@dreamaddict don't worry, a lot of people have had a hard time understanding why the card is soo good in the deck. This is the best way I can explain it, he is free burn cards in your deck. Say you cast 4 Lightning Bolt s after you play Eidolon of the Great Revel . Thats 12 damage you have done to the opponent and 8 you have done to yourself. If your opponent has cast 2 spells that are cmc3 or less in that same time span, they have taken another 4 damage...thats 16 total damage. If one of your creatures gets in for a mere 2 damage, that's 18 damage to your opponent and only 8 you've taken from Eidolon. Most spells in Modern are cmc3 or less, so you are usually netting 4-6 damage from your Eidolon's.

Eidolon of the Great Revel is the best card in the deck. Old burn before it got printed needed 7 dpells at 3 damage to end a game, with Eidolon, it's somewhere in the 4-6 range. The card has made modern burn/RDW a powerful deck in modern. You need 4 of in the deck without question!

...how can this deck have gone undefeated at FNM on August 16th(ish) when it's clearly a Modern deck? I am confoozed.

Awesome deck +1, Thanks for the help on mine.

@canterlotguardian um, there was a modern event at my lgs for that friday night??? Not every store ONLY runs standard FNMs...Wizards allows standard, draft, modern, sealed, and block events at FNMs worldwide. I know some stores do "modern mondays" but thats actually a store thing, not a Wizards thing.

@quesobueno123 thanks for the +1! Red players gotta stick together and help each other out!