Magic: The Gathering R/G Pyromancer Ascension Deck

Recently, I’ve been inspired to create a deck around the card Pyromancer Ascension. It is a quest card that when the user casts an instant or sorcery copy that player puts a quest counter on that card. If that player casts an instant or sorcery spell, and the Pyromancer Ascension has 2 or more quest counters on it, you copy that spell and choose new targets for that copy. Being able to do this to your spells will almost always create a win condition, because every spell you cast doubles.

In building this deck, I realized it would become seriously flawed against white and green because of enchantment removal, and flawed against blue because it’s ability to bounce cards, removing all counters from them. Then I decided to rely on mana acceleration to get out heavier cards like Chandra Ablaze and Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs. I then looked for cards that would also benefit from mana accel and I found the land Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle and the creature Dragonmaster Outcast. The Valakut turns every mountain into a Lightning Bolt and Dragonmaster Outcast gives me a strong creature base, much like Kazuul.

So, all there was left for me to do was to decide what spells I wanted. I obviously went first for Lightning Bolt because it is a very potent card that can get rid of an annoying creature or deal damage to an opponent or a planeswalker. I then went to other burn spells like Chandra’s Outrage. Dealing 4 damage to a creature and then 2 to its controller was very appealing, especially as an instant. Pyroclasm and Cerebral Eruption also were good options for the deck because they both do damage to mass amounts of creatures, to control swarms. Cerebral Eruption may be a little unpredictable and it may cost a little more, but it only deals damage to your opponent and his creatures, and it gives you a peek at his top card.

I then went to find the green cards to put in my deck. Cultivate was a must, allowing an extra card out and one into my hand. Explore was also an attractive option, granting another land onto the field and giving a draw. The last green card that I put in my deck was Slice in Twain. This card also granted a draw, and destroyed enchantments such as Leyline of Sanctity or Aestheticism that would otherwise run amuck with my deck.

I decided on the planeswalker Chandra because she could a) Deal 4 damage with a more useless burn spell, b) Use her second ability to let me put cards into my graveyard and let me draw a new hand of cards, making it easier to play activate Pyromancer’s Ascension, and c) Using her ultimate to take all the burn spells and launching them into the face of my opponent.

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