The banning of Deathrite Shaman and Gitaxian Probe really hurt, but I still like this deck, so I've been tinkering with a list incorporating Arclight Phoenix that I like to call Bird of Young Frankenstein.
I haven't had a good chance to test it outside of some goldfishing, but this is where I'm at. Arclight Phoenix would have been better with Probe, but it still seems plenty strong without it. It plays really nicely with Cabal Therapy and you do get occasional nut draws with 2-3 phoenixes coming out on turn 2. The only thing I'm not a fan of is the 2 copies of Surgical Extraction, but free spells are pretty strong here with both phoenix and Young Pyromancer.
4x Badlands
4x Bloodstained Mire
3x Marsh Flats
2x Arid Mesa
2x Mountain
1x Plateau
2x Scrubland
2x Swamp
4x Cabal Therapy
3x Collective Brutality
1x Dread Return
4x Faithless Looting
3x Lingering Souls
4x Reanimate
Creature (11)
4x Arclight Phoenix
1x Bloodghast
1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1x Grave Titan
4x Young Pyromancer
4x Entomb
4x Lightning Bolt
2x Surgical Extraction
I haven't had a good chance to test it outside of some goldfishing, but this is where I'm at. Arclight Phoenix would have been better with Probe, but it still seems plenty strong without it. It plays really nicely with Cabal Therapy and you do get occasional nut draws with 2-3 phoenixes coming out on turn 2. The only thing I'm not a fan of is the 2 copies of Surgical Extraction, but free spells are pretty strong here with both phoenix and Young Pyromancer.
Lingering Souls was added in because it plays nicely with Faithless Looting, Collective Brutality, Cabal Therapy and Dread Return in addition to increasing spell density for phoenix.
This list cut Stoneforge Mystic (which could be wrong), but I wanted more slots to play with, so she's sitting out for the moment.
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