![]() ![]() ![]() The playstyle of this deck involves playing a lot of evasive creatures(with unblockable or flying), enchanting them with Curious Obsession for a card advantage engine, and then protecting your creatures from enemy removal using counterspells. But it is still a strong deck in the right hands. In War of the Spark, it has fallen off quite a bit due to cards like Teferi, Time Raveler and Blast Zone. ![]() This deck was extremely popular in the previous Ravnica Allegiance meta, at one point even considered the best deck in Standard. I have went with Risk Factor in the decklist shown due to how much burn we are running, but honestly just pick whichever option suits your playstyle the best. If you really have no wildcards left to spare you can try Flame of Keld as a budget replacement, but be aware that this card is generally inferior to the previous 3. Then there is Risk Factor, which is the most aggressive card here costing a whole 1 mana less than both Frenzy and Chandra. However she is very weak to hard removal. Chandra, Fire Artisan is a new card from the set who is basically a ticking timebomb: she provides card advantage but discourages your opponent from attacking her, since the damage she takes is reflected back. However it is risky in this WAR meta because lots of decks are running Enchantment removal. It is capable of enabling some truly nutty plays and allows you to come back from games that would normally be unwinnable. Experimental Frenzy is the slowest one, but also has the highest power ceiling. There is some debate over what the correct late game card advantage engine is for this deck. ![]() While it is not in the decklist shown, the 1 copy of Rekindling Phoenix(from Chaos and Mayhem) is a great inclusion if you are missing some of the top end cards. If you have all of the NPE prebuilt decks unlocked, they should have already given you 2 Viashino Pyromancer, 4 Shocks, and 4 Lightning Strikes(from Primal Fury and Strength in Numbers combined). So this is a great investment if you enjoy playing this type of deck. Seeing as how aggressive low cost creatures and burn are part of Red’s color identity, some form of RDW will be viable in every single meta. The most notable card that will be lost in Rotation is Goblin Chainwhirler from Dominaria, who is a powerhouse of a 3 drop. It is a fairly easy deck to play but a big part of the learning curve is determining when it is optimal to use burn spells to get rid of blockers vs using them for face damage. This is a very fast aggressive deck utilizing cheap, efficient creatures combined with a ton of burn spells to win games quickly. This is by far the most popular deck in Magic Arena, and also quite possibly the strongest deck in the BO1 format. Given enough play time, each of these decks should be capable of reaching Platinum rank every season in the best-of-one Ranked queue. However it is still important to be able to win, so I have trimmed down and made a list of the most competitive budget decks in the current War of the Spark meta. So my standard for a budget deck in Magic Arena is one that minimizes the amount of rares and mythics. In Arena, every card of a certain rarity costs the same as the others due to the Wildcard system. So it is possible for weak mythics and rares to be low price, while even some commons and uncommons can have high prices. In paper, prices of cards are purely determined by supply and demand, as well as what decks are top tier in the various Constructed formats. The criteria for budget decks is different from paper Magic compared to Magic Arena. Being good at draft also helps a lot too. Unlike Shadowverse, it does not give you a bunch of things upfront, but it is very easy to make a strong deck quickly with the proper amount of planning. First time writing about Magic the Gathering on this blog! I have been playing Magic Arena a lot for the past few months and have been pleasantly surprised with how generous the game is. ![]()
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