At a glance
- Format: Standard
- Colors: Black / Red (BR)
- Archetype: Rakdos burn-aggro
- Power tier: mid-high
- Original deck: Mikayla’s brew (same challenge), tuned
- Standard: ✅ Legal
Strategy
Challenge deck. Mikayla’s own answer to the same constraint — a Standard deck built around 4 Rubble Rouser and 4 Raven Eagle — tuned from the original brew into a competitive list.
A lean, low-curve Rakdos burn-aggro: cheap evasive and haste threats (Fanatical Firebrand, Deep-Cavern Bat, Heartfire Immolator) come down under the two three-drop anchors, then 16 points of flexible burn — Shock, Burst Lightning, Lightning Strike, Tweeze — point at the face while doubling as removal. Tweeze is the MVP: 3 damage anywhere plus a loot that triggers Raven Eagle’s second-draw drain and refuels Rubble Rouser. Rubble Rouser and Raven Eagle provide the grind and reach to finish through a stabilized board.
Tuned from the original by cutting a pile of singletons (Massacre Wurm, Red Hulk, Hawkeye, Steal the Show, and more) down to consistent 4-ofs, filling the missing 1–2 drop curve, and fixing the all-basics manabase with Blood Crypt + Blazemire Verge (zero taplands). 100% owned, zero wildcards.
Cards
Decklist
Paste straight into MTG Arena (or Moxfield/Archidekt):
Deck
4 Fanatical Firebrand
3 Heartfire Immolator
4 Deep-Cavern Bat
4 Rubble Rouser
4 Raven Eagle
4 Shock
4 Burst Lightning
4 Lightning Strike
4 Tweeze
2 Abrade
4 Blood Crypt
1 Blazemire Verge
7 Swamp
11 Mountain
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