Dreadhorde Arcanist 1R
Creature - Zombie Wizard
Trample
Whenever Dreadhorde Arcanist attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with converted mana cost less than or equal to Dreadhorde Arcanist's power from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
Not without any way to pump its power. It might be playable in Modern, but it needs suspend cards.
1-2 Surgical Extraction in the main deck, as well as TiTi, are your answers for game 1. And no, they will most likely not be enough, since Dredge is the archetypical Game 1 deck: they are favored to win game 1 against most archetypes, and then have a harder time winning game 2-3 since everyone packs graveyard hate BECAUSE of this deck.
Yes, but he was very lucky his team carried him to victory in the finals: he was absolutely crushed by Mono red Phoenix both games (turn 3-4 kills, though to be fair, game 2 was a non game due to mana screw). Jeffrey Carr with his mono red Phoenix apparently ran 16-0 this weekend, losing only 5 games (I read it on Reddit, though I did hear the commenters saying he was personally undefeated day 2). The deck is absurdly explosive: game 2 of the finals he dealt 10 damage on turn 2.
The reason for Crackling Drake is to have a must answer threat: "You have 1 turn to deal with it before I attack for lethal." It's there for grindy matchups. Yes, it is not very good in aggro or combo matchups, but we have scrys and loots to get rid of it in those games.
Bedlam Reveler is good, but it is not evasive, makes us more vulnerable against Graveyard hate, and we have card draws aplenty, so we are not as often hellbent as the mono-red version.
At the moment, I'm using 3 Monastery Swiftspear and 2 Crackling Drake, though I have not had the opportunity to try that configuration yet. It is quite possible, with Modern being so fast these days, that the correct number is 4x and 0x (or a couple in the sideboard).
Hey everyone. I've been running Jeskai Thing Ascension recently against a friend, it's been great fun but this deck seems to be an upgraded version. I'll be looking forward to its success and probably be joining once I get my hand of 4x Arclight Phoenix.
Not without any way to pump its power. It might be playable in Modern, but it needs suspend cards.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
Yes, he posted an article, though it is premium on SCG. It is behind a paywall, but it will be accessible for everyone eventually: http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38309_How-I-Went-16-0-With-Mono-Red-Phoenix-At-SCG-Baltimore.html
Someone also took another version of mono red Phoenix to a win at GO Toronto PTQ and wrote an article about it. Notably, he replaced Skewer the Critics with Forked Bolt: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-U51SJpjz2qIPuOApmyXJalpxaybfTbsXmHv7Dsv_6g/mobilebasic
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
Light Up the Stage and Skewer the Critics really pushed mono red.
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
Bedlam Reveler is good, but it is not evasive, makes us more vulnerable against Graveyard hate, and we have card draws aplenty, so we are not as often hellbent as the mono-red version.
At the moment, I'm using 3 Monastery Swiftspear and 2 Crackling Drake, though I have not had the opportunity to try that configuration yet. It is quite possible, with Modern being so fast these days, that the correct number is 4x and 0x (or a couple in the sideboard).
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W
WBC Eldrazi & Taxes CBW
UR Keep on Cantripin' (UR Phoenix) RU
WU Surprise! It's not UW Control! (UW Midrange) UW
BG The Rock, Straight BG
U Mono-Blue Fish U
RBW Mardu Pyromancer BWR
RG Rabble! Rabble! (GR Blood Moon Aggro) GR
Legacy
W Death & Taxes W