Pioneer Peak: Is This A Death's Shadow?
Earlier in the week, A supporter by the name of SirEklz wanted to see a deck with Scourge of the Skyclaves #122 in Pioneer so this is what we came up with!
Gameplan
In Modern, we have Death's Shadow #82 as a cheap threat that rewards us for hitting ourselves. Naturally, we had to try to make Scourge of the Skyclaves #122 as its Pioneer counterpart. The issue is that Scourge requires us to care about both player's life totals!
Because we care about both of our life totals, I added Eidolon of the Great Revel #94.
This should help both players continue to wither their health down for a big Scourge. In Pioneer, Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath #277 and tons of standard's mistakes are still legal so we have to pack some form of prevention of lifegain. Roiling Vortex #156 has now entered the chat! This is a card I've been super hyped on since spoiler season, as it can shut down lifegain, burn both players, and dunk on Fires of Invention #125!
All of this deck is built on the back of a typical Rakdos Pyromancer playstyle so we have an "early game" plan. We're still trying to fire off multiple spells for cheap to build a board presence and disrupt our opponent's with cards like Thoughtseize #20 Showcase. All these cheap spells will eventually fuel our Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger #221!
Conclusion
The deck was a lot better than last week's Werewolves, but it still feels too fair for what Pioneer has access to. I do think the deck would benefit from more graveyard hate in the maindeck along with a miser Temur Battle Rage #264 for the surprise OTK. Currently, the meta has a ton of the cards and decks that were banned out of standard and needs more ways to slow those decks down in order to be a true contender. However, the deck was a lot of fun and Scourge of the Skyclaves #122 just needs a few more set releases to live up to its potential in Pioneer!
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