SHOCKERS ‘R’ US

I’ve wanted to make a deck full of burn and shock like spells with very little creatures in the deck. Until recently I wasn’t going to make it due to funding and such, well, more like not getting around making the idea happen. I’ve searched around on google (am I allowed to use that name?), and I shockingly find out that there really isn’t an extravagant amount of decks out there that has the same idea as me. I was expecting to find it the top 8 pro-tour or events somewhere but not really finding them. Surely there are people out there that have decks in the deck piles somewhere that are just shock and burn types of deck, right?

I’ve had this idea for quite some time now. Just now I’m getting around to putting it to work. Talk about being lazy right? That’s what happens when you can’t find a job for over 4 years. My deck idea is posted on tappedout.com and I tested it out a few times and kind of liked it, but I feel like something is missing or something needs to be added to the deck. Which in most cases, I feel the same way with all of my decks. Even the ones that are completed, but still have the feeling that it needs to have something else in with it. Strange right?

I have compiled my ideal burn deck on tappedout.com. completed with a huge maybe board, just because the deck in the mainboard needs something. Here’s what I have so far.

Creature (23)
3x Archetype of Aggression
4x Chandra's Phoenix
4x Ember Swallower
4x Guttersnipe
4x Hellraiser Goblin
4x Satyr Firedancer

Instant (16)
4x Lightning Strike
4x Magma Jet
4x Shock
4x Titan's Strength

Land (25)
25x Mountain

To me it doesn’t look like it could do a whole lot. So I added a maybe board just to make myself feel better. Remember I am aiming for standard. Here’s my maybeboard.

Maybeboard (39)
4x Bolt of Keranos
4x Everflame Eidolon
4x Flame-Wreathed Phoenix
4x Madcap Skills
4x Ordeal of Purphoros
4x Prophetic Flamespeaker
4x Rage of Purphoros
4x Searing Blood
4x Skullcrack
3x Spawn of Thraxes

The basic idea behind the deck is to burn (or shock) the other player’s life total down, quickly. Also I can use the shocks and bolts to burn their creatures off the battlefield, providing that they don’t get countered and or won’t do enough damage to get rid of them. I’m asking for some help with this one because well, I’m not sure which way to go with this type of deck.

What would you do?

What’s your favorite type of deck to play with and why?

Please leave comments of your thoughts.

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