Zada Bomb Combo

[redwolv]

Play tested this against a buddy of mine. He was not amused when the combo went off against his ally deck, but i sure was!

3 out of 1 stars
Would ignite zada again.

[Kaylesh]

Play tested this against a buddy of mine. He was not amused when the combo went off against his ally deck, but i sure was!

3 out of 1 stars
Would ignite zada again.

That's really nice to hear.
I had prepared a gauntlet starting with Abzan aggro. The Abzan list made such short work of the list I pretty much dismissed this build as a standard legal casual. I guess I shouldn't give up yet.

[Kaylesh]

Further play testing makes me like this deck.
It may not be THE deck to beat, but I recon it can surprise. So now building a sideboard. Thinking of protection and some added aggression for a slight transformation into RW aggro style. Any ideas?

[redwolv]

I'll get back to you with more but off the top of my head. {temur battle rage} I also still like {center soul} for two turns of evasive beat down. Or  {Feat of Resistance} For evasion and a permeant power bump.

[Kaylesh]

I'll get back to you with more but off the top of my head. {temur battle rage} I also still like {center soul} for two turns of evasive beat down. Or  {Feat of Resistance} For evasion and a permeant power bump.

I agree, I'm thinking mostly a transform SB. Full combo R1, then move into more of a tailored beatdown. Great suggestions, keep m coming.

[redwolv]

 {Kytheon's Irregulars} Might be interesting to sideboard has he works with both battlerage ferocity, that mist card in the mainboard to untap him, plus he can become a 5/4 if he hits the oppenet. Lastly his WW can be nice for opening holes in the opponents defenses or to stop him from attacking with something nasty.

Well my break is over. Will probably thing of more stuff by the time i get home from work.

[Nfidel2k]

For a transform sideboard, what about {ojutai's exemplars} and {felidar's sovereign}.  New win con and the base is already there

Edit: and you originally had them in the deck

[Kaylesh]

For a transform sideboard, what about {ojutai's exemplars} and {felidar's sovereign}.  New win con and the base is already there

Edit: and you originally had them in the deck

Sounds great, but I saw the price of Felidar and adding him so that I consistently can win with him is gonna be pricey. 20-30 USD I recon.
The beatdown plan is cheaper on the budget.
However, I do like the idea

In the beatdown plan, could Exemplars be better as 4-drop in the side? It can also tap down, but seems somewhat more versatile.

[Nfidel2k]

I like the exemplars with the cheap instants.  My favorite in this case would be {titans strength} for beatdown sideboard.  My concern with the new set is the popularity of the eldrazi and the prevalence of colorless removal spells; i guess we'll see what happens this friday to my local meta.  Eldrazi are bigger, and against a green/blue ramp i'm not sure i would try beatdown.  Colorless removal and creatures means protection spells are almost useless as well.

[Kaylesh]

I like the exemplars with the cheap instants.  My favorite in this case would be {titans strength} for beatdown sideboard.  My concern with the new set is the popularity of the eldrazi and the prevalence of colorless removal spells; i guess we'll see what happens this friday to my local meta.  Eldrazi are bigger, and against a green/blue ramp i'm not sure i would try beatdown.  Colorless removal and creatures means protection spells are almost useless as well.

You are right. Devoid gets around protection.
Will be swapping out one of those for the {titan's strength}. I totally missed they were reprinted in ORI :$

[Kaylesh]

Took this to FNM standard today.
While I had fun, and the deck had its moments (explaining arcbond + lifelink is very satisfying).
Went 0-3 though, with two 0-2s and a really close 1-2.
It was shutdown by control. (G2 he drew a full hand of removal + {citadel siege}, so I couldn't stick anything).
Outpaced by Zada aggro in match 3. (I could have had him with the infinite combo G2, however, he didn't block).
Match two was the only one that was close. It was a 4-color CoCo thing, but the player had his CoCos in his modern deck, so was running without.
Plenty of 4+ power to trigger his ferocious were removed by combat tricks or straight up {valorous stance} and flipping {hidden dragonslayer}. Managed to get tons of life while wiping the board in G1. (He also cracked 8 fetches that game which will have helped).
Then the sideboard came out and with it came tons of counterspells. G3 went to time, he was swinging with a {den protector} fitted with two counters & two Mantis. All I needed to draw was removal for the Den to get the game to a draw. Alas, I didn't.

All in all. Great fun, but I'm afraid it's more of a casual combo deck which happens to be standard legal.
Might still play it again in another FNM though..

[particle]

So 2 {soulfire grandmaster}s would also be out of budget right? They seem great here over {champions of arashin}. More lifegain and rebuy your spells lategame.

[Kaylesh]

So 2 {soulfire grandmaster}s would also be out of budget right? They seem great here over {champions of arashin}. More lifegain and rebuy your spells lategame.

SGM was considered, but I'm not convinced he's worth it. I saw him do heaps of work in a BRW burn/control, but I don't have any burn spells except for the 3 in SB.
All damage is done by the creatures.
The buyback is somewhat steep considering most games were over with 4-5 lands on the field.

[particle]

So 2 {soulfire grandmaster}s would also be out of budget right? They seem great here over {champions of arashin}. More lifegain and rebuy your spells lategame.

SGM was considered, but I'm not convinced he's worth it. I saw him do heaps of work in a BRW burn/control, but I don't have any burn spells except for the 3 in SB.
All damage is done by the creatures.
The buyback is somewhat steep considering most games were over with 4-5 lands on the field.

I missed the fact that {arcbond} and {Chandra's ignition} are not actually doing any damage themselves. Makes sense sgm is not right here.

[Kaylesh]

So 2 {soulfire grandmaster}s would also be out of budget right? They seem great here over {champions of arashin}. More lifegain and rebuy your spells lategame.

SGM was considered, but I'm not convinced he's worth it. I saw him do heaps of work in a BRW burn/control, but I don't have any burn spells except for the 3 in SB.
All damage is done by the creatures.
The buyback is somewhat steep considering most games were over with 4-5 lands on the field.

I missed the fact that {arcbond} and {Chandra's ignition} are not actually doing any damage themselves. Makes sense sgm is not right here.

So nice people miss that. Like two times during FNM I resolve arcbond, they pick up pieces, calculate damage, and then I'm like: gain 10.
Wait what?
Hidden dragonslayer did all the damage..