MTG
Lightning Bolt
R

Burn

Face is the place. Turn three is optional.

Mono-Red

Modern-inspired · Freeform

The purest Magical experience: point red cards at the opponent until the stack says zero.

Why it works

Every card deals damage. Goblin Guide and Monastery Swiftspear pressure early; Bolts, Helixes, and Skewer finish. No value — just math.

Signature interactions

  • Swiftspear + pump / burn spells = prowess snowball
  • Boros Charm as 4 damage or protection
  • Searing Blaze for creature + face

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Every card deals damage. Goblin Guide and Monastery Swiftspear pressure early; Bolts, Helixes, and Skewer finish. No value — just math.

  • Swiftspear + pump / burn spells = prowess snowball
  • Boros Charm as 4 damage or protection
  • Searing Blaze for creature + face
Scryfall

Raw list

// Burn
// Face is the place. Turn three is optional.
// Modern-inspired · Freeform

4 Goblin Guide
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Eidolon of the Great Revel
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lava Spike
4 Rift Bolt
4 Skewer the Critics
4 Lightning Helix
2 Boros Charm
2 Searing Blaze
2 Skullcrack
3 Roiling Vortex
8 Mountain
4 Inspiring Vantage
4 Sunbaked Canyon
3 Sacred Foundry

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  • Arcbound Ravager modular transfers
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  • Amulet of Vigor + bounce lands = free mana loops
  • Primeval Titan tutors the kill lands
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  • Murktide Regent exile yard = massive flyer
  • Dragon's Rage Channeler surveil + prowess
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You trade one-for-one until the opponent is empty, then a planeswalker or emblem ends the game safely.

  • Teferi, Hero of Dominaria emblem = exile forever
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