Pierce's Dual Quest

Pierce's

Dual Quest

Type:

Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) vinVintage

Approx. Value:

$41.59

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4 Comments

Avg. CMC 1.8

Card Color Breakdown

Card Type Breakdown

Main Deck - 60 cards, 12 distinct

Columns

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (4)
4	Keldon Marauders		$0.07	Creature - Human Warrior
Instant (20)
4	Flames of the Blood Hand		$0.26	Instant
4	Geistflame		$0.08	Instant
4	Lightning Bolt		$1.19	Instant
4	Needle Drop		$2.67	Instant
4	Volt Charge		$0.11	Instant
Sorcery (8)
4	Browbeat		$0.41	Sorcery
4	Lava Spike		$1.33	Sorcery - Arcane
Enchantment (8)
4	Pyromancer Ascension		$0.44	Enchantment
4	Quest for Pure Flame		$0.41	Enchantment
Land (20)
1	Kher Keep		$0.73	Legendary Land
19	Mountain		$0.09	Basic Land - Mountain

Sideboard - 22 cards, 16 distinct

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (1)
1	Izzet Guildmage		$0.19	Creature - Human Wizard
Instant (17)
1	Burst Lightning		$0.18	Instant
4	Combust		$0.08	Instant
4	Dead // Gone		$0.31	Instant // Instant	//
1	Flames of the Blood Hand		$0.26	Instant
1	Geistflame		$0.08	Instant
1	Manamorphose		$4.25	Instant
1	Punishing Fire		$0.37	Instant
1	Skullcrack		$0.25	Instant
1	Staggershock		$0.09	Instant
1	Thunderous Wrath		$0.14	Instant
1	Volt Charge		$0.11	Instant
Sorcery (3)
1	Faithless Looting		$0.22	Sorcery
1	Firebolt		$0.06	Sorcery
1	Gitaxian Probe		$2.78	Sorcery
Land (1)
1	Kher Keep		$0.73	Legendary Land

Comments

Christopher W | Edited 26-May-2013 09:39

Looking again at your main deck, mine has pretty much become this with 4 Guttersnipes. I'll take that 64 count lol.. Can drop the 4 Firebolts (ouch) to make it Modern; would probably add Geistflame, or something similar, maybe Staggershock.
- Pierce | 27-May-2013 00:44
  
  Oh you're right, I didn't notice it wasn't Modern. Sorry. That's definitely a punch...
  
  Geistflame is definitely its closest sibling. Fortunately, it's not entirely worse. It's instant speed, and the flashback is 4 mana. If you had 5 lands, and a Guttersnipe on field, you'd rather have a Geistflame in hand than a Firebolt in the graveyard.
  
  Nonetheless, I'd caution again'st going 64. Those extra 4 cards hurt your chances of drawing the doubles required for Pyromancer Ascension, and they mess with your land ratio. You should add 2 more lands to balance the other 4, but then you're even higher at 66!
  
  Pyromancer Ascension is a very powerful and fun card, but unfortunately it just pushes the deck to try to do too much. In my self playtests, I found I had much more success with the Finding a Needle in a Bonfire, built only around the Quest for Pure Flame.
  
  But hey, if you want to play with both, go for it. Like I said, they're fun cards, and that's the point of the game!
- - Christopher W | 27-May-2013 05:45
    
    Yeah I'm going to compile it as a for-fun casual deck; but I'll probably collect the cards needed to streamline it into a mean 4 turn burn deck.
    Do you see this getting anywhere in tournaments?
  - - Pierce | 27-May-2013 07:13
      
      Dual Quest? Not for tournaments. The Needle in Bonfire? Yes. I'd say you'd be hard pressed to come up with a deck as good for as cheap. Any deck that can win on turn 4 isn't something to sneeze at. Especially since in my playtesting, it won by turn 5 over 50% of the time, and turn 6 at the latest. Of note: ideally you use Needle Drop and Manamorphose on your opponent's turn to increase your chances of casting Thunderous Wrath for miracle cost.

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