Elementals for the kill

Vedrfolner · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 1443

Try something like this:

4 Flamekin Harbinger
4 Smokebraider
4 Incandescent Soulstoke
3 Shriekmaw
4 Mulldrifter
2 Reveillark
1 Æthersnipe
1 Spitebellows

4 Incinerate
4 Lash Out
2 Flame Javelin
3 Makeshift Mannequin

4 Primal Beyond
4 Caves of Koilos
4 Secluded Glen
12 Mountain

Actually, I think what I do differently than you, considering the likeness of the decks, is that I don't try to be fast early on. I slow them down and steal the mid-game by using card advantage. The mannequins allow me to evoke early on without worrying too much about losing the tempo. Mulldrifter draws into burn.

So I skip weak cards like Banneret, Supreme Exemplar, Sunflare Shaman and Ashenmoor Gouger and instead insert burn + Makeshift Mannequin. Less 2/3-of and more 4-of for consistency. You're right that the Coldsteel Hearts shouldn't be there, but if you want to go aggressive with elementals, play Elemental Shamans instead:

// Deck file for Magic Workstation (http://www.magicworkstation.com)

// Lands
18 [CS] Snow-Covered Mountain
4 [MOR] Mutavault

// Creatures
4 [LRW] Flamekin Harbinger
3 [LRW] Ashling the Pilgrim
4 [MOR] Sunflare Shaman
4 [LRW] Smokebraider
4 [MOR] Rage Forger
4 [LRW] Incandescent Soulstoke

// Spells
4 [10E] Shock
4 [10E] Incinerate
4 [TSP] Rift Bolt
3 [SHM] Flame Javelin

// Sideboard
SB: 4 [CS] Skred
SB: 4 [FUT] Magus of the Moon
SB: 4 [SHM] Fulminator Mage
SB: 3 [LRW] Glarewielder

EDIT: I have posted those decks (more or less) earlier in this thread. I suspected I repeated myself but had to check to be sure. In any case, what I wrote between the decklists is relevant.

beefstew144 · Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 2

Here's my decklist. Just got done with it and it's pretty good, if I say so myself.

Maindeck:

Land (24):
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Primal Beyond
4 Vivid Crag
2 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Creek
3 Rugged Prairie
3 Fire-Lit Thicket
2 Graven Cairns

Creatures (20):
4 Smokebrader
2 Shriekmaw
3 Incandescent Soulstoke
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
3 Horde of Notions

Spells (16):
4 Momentary Blink
3 Nameless Inversion
3 Crib Swap
4 Firespout
2 Oblivion Ring

Sideboard:

3 Guttural Response
3 Wispmare
2 Shriekmaw
2 Bottle Gnomes
4 Kitchen Finks
1 Crib Swap

It's a pretty simple decklist that abuses [card]Reveillark[/card]. Let me know if you like.

Kholdstare42 · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 8

i made a version that actually had nova chaser in it..its pretty neat to soulstoke it out onto a harbinger..swing.. for 11 trample..then get another chaser and do it again.