Blue-Red Delver Aggro with Instant Burn for Standard
Strategy
This deck aims to apply constant pressure on the opponent with a suite of efficient creatures and burn spells, while using card draw spells to maintain momentum. It focuses on early aggression and uses burn spells to clear blockers or finish off opponents.
- Delver of Secrets flipping early to apply pressure.
- Using Opt and Chart a Course to draw into more burn spells and creatures.
- Stormchaser Drake's synergy with cheap spells to draw cards.
Mainboard (60 cards)
Creature
8 cards
Hearth Elemental // Stoke Genius
$0.30 × 4
Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration
$0.23 × 4
Instant
18 cards
Opt
$0.34 × 4
Fuss // Bother
$0.06 × 4
Lightning Strike
$0.18 × 4
Shock
$0.68 × 4
Quick Study
$0.32 × 2
Sorcery
14 cards
Chart a Course
$0.12 × 4
Lunar Insight
$0.21 × 4
Space-Time Anomaly
$0.36 × 2
Ancestral Reminiscence
$0.13 × 2
Mind Spring
$0.24 × 2
Enchantment
2 cards
Leyline of the Guildpact
$5.37 × 2
Land
18 cards
Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
$6.18 × 4
Island
$0.18 × 7
Mountain
$1.13 × 7
Sideboard (15 cards)
Instant
12 cards
Aether Gust
$0.18 × 3
Negate
Fading Hope
$0.31 × 3
Disdainful Stroke
$0.15 × 2
Artifact
3 cards
Pithing Needle
$0.60 × 3
Deck Statistics
CMC Curve
AI-Generated Synergies
Both cards allow for card selection and draw. 'Opt' lets you scry 1 and draw a card, while 'Chart a Course' lets you draw two cards if you control a creature with power 2 or greater. Using 'Opt' to filter your draws can help ensure that you hit the conditions for 'Chart a Course' more consistently.
Delver of Secrets is an early-game creature that can transform into a powerful flying threat, and both 'Lightning Strike' and 'Shock' are cheap spells that can deal direct damage to either players or creatures. This synergy plays into a tempo strategy, where you can apply pressure with Delver while controlling the board with your cheap removal.
Hearth Elemental can be cast for its creature side and then transformed into 'Stoke Genius', which provides a way to draw cards while dealing damage. 'Quick Study' can give you additional draw options, allowing you to capitalize on the damage dealt and maintain card advantage.
'Space-Time Anomaly' allows you to create extra turns while 'Leyline of the Guildpact' can help you maintain a consistent mana base for casting multicolor cards. This synergy allows you to use extra turns to deploy powerful spells while ensuring you have the right mana available, enhancing your gameplay longevity.
Riverglide Pathway serves as a dual land that can enter as either a blue or red source, ensuring that you can play your spells smoothly. The combination of basic lands with this pathway allows for flexibility in mana usage, which is crucial for a deck that includes both blue and red spells.
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