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Firebrand's Fury

A lean mono-red burn-aggro deck that curves out with cheap creatures and closes games with a wall of direct-damage removal aimed at faces and blockers alike.

Standard · by @evilBOD · 2026-07-28

Key cards

Guttersnipe Guttersnipe Rubble Rouser Rubble Rouser Crackling Cyclops Crackling Cyclops

$13.24 total value · €8.51 · prices as of 2026-09-15

Value over the last 8 price days: $14.06 → $13.24 (-0.82)
Most expensive cards
  • Boltwave$2.70
  • Molten-Core Maestro$0.58
  • Guttersnipe$0.35
  • Burst Lightning$0.26
  • Axgard Cavalry$0.25
  • Heartfire Immolator$0.22
  • Charging Strifeknight$0.21
  • Duel Tactics$0.21
  • Fanatical Firebrand$0.21
  • Abrade$0.19
60 cards 37 spells 23 lands avg CMC 2.22 R42

Mana curve

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10
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13
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10
3
4
4
0
5
0
6
0
7+

mana value · lands excluded

Card types

  • Creature 23
  • Instant 7
  • Sorcery 7
  • Land 23

Colors

  • R 100% (42)

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Strategy

A pure mono-red aggro-burn deck: curve out with cheap, aggressive creatures, then use a deep burn suite to clear blockers or go straight to the face. Guttersnipe and Firebrand's Fury-style payoffs turn every removal spell into extra reach, so the deck never runs out of gas — even a "wasted" burn spell used on a blocker is still doing double duty as damage to the opponent.

Roles

  • Threat: Stromkirk Noble, Rubble Rouser, Mindsparker, Skyraker Giant
  • Removal: Burst Lightning, Abrade, Tome Blast, Obliterating Bolt, Boltwave
  • Ramp: none — the deck is built to win before ramp matters
  • Card draw: Rubble Rouser (loot on ETB), Duel Tactics (flashback value)
  • Protection: Crackling Cyclops and Guttersnipe punish opponents for holding up interaction by turning every noncreature spell into extra damage
  • Lands: 23 Mountain — pure mono-color, zero mana issues, maximum consistency

Synergies & curve

Guttersnipe and Crackling Cyclops both reward casting noncreature spells, so the burn suite isn't just removal — it's a second damage engine running alongside your creatures. Rubble Rouser's graveyard-exile ability doubles as a mana sink and reach in the late game, chipping in extra damage even after your hand is empty. The curve is aggressive and low: two 1-drops, seven 2-drops, ten 3-drops, and a handful of 4s to keep pressure on if the game goes long, with burn spells filling every gap in the curve to keep the pressure constant.

Turn 4: attack with Stromkirk Noble and Crackling Cyclops, then burn a blocker with Tome Blast — Cyclops jumps to +3/+0 from the spell, turning a removal spell into extra unblocked damage the same turn.

Weak spots

The deck has almost no life gain or defensive tools, so it can lose races against decks with efficient lifelink or big early blockers that dodge burn range. Several key creatures are singletons (Stromkirk Noble, Guttersnipe, Mindsparker), so the deck can feel inconsistent if those specific cards don't show up, and there's no way to punch through a wide stabilized board beyond raw burn damage to the opponent's face.

Decklist (60 cards)

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📦 Find in your boxes — by set

Basic lands (any box) · 23 cards

23× Mountain #278

Not in the source lists · 37 cards

3× Abrade #188 · printed in FDN
1× Axgard Cavalry #189 · printed in FDN
1× Boltwave #79 · printed in FDN
4× Burst Lightning #41 · printed in SOA
1× Charging Strifeknight #110 · printed in SOS
2× Crackling Cyclops #83 · printed in FDN
1× Duel Tactics #112 · printed in SOS
1× Fanatical Firebrand #195 · printed in FDN
2× Ghitu Lavarunner #623 · printed in FDN
1× Goblin Boarders #87 · printed in FDN
1× Guttersnipe #217 · printed in TDC
2× Heartfire Immolator #201 · printed in FDN
1× Mindsparker #628 · printed in FDN
1× Molten-Core Maestro #125 · printed in SOS
1× Obliterating Bolt #629 · printed in FDN
1× Ravenous Giant #630 · printed in FDN
1× Redcap Gutter-Dweller #631 · printed in FDN
4× Rubble Rouser #128 · printed in SOS
1× Skyraker Giant #547 · printed in FDN
1× Stromkirk Noble #632 · printed in FDN
1× Strongbox Raider #96 · printed in FDN
4× Tome Blast #135 · printed in SOS
1× Viashino Pyromancer #634 · printed in FDN

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