Standard - [ZNR] Cycling

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  • Deck contains 27 invalid cards for this format: Zenith Flare (IKO), Go for Blood (IKO), Shatterskull Smashing (ZNR), Emeria's Call (ZNR), Riverglide Pathway (ZNR), Rielle, the Everwise (IKO), Irencrag Pyromancer (ELD), Boon of the Wish-Giver (IKO), Frostveil Ambush (IKO), Startling Development (IKO), Shredded Sails (IKO) Needleverge Pathway (ZNR), Drannith Stinger (IKO), Flourishing Fox (IKO), Valiant Rescuer (IKO), Raugrin Triome (IKO), Neutralize (IKO), Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor (IKO), Temple of Enlightenment (THB), Shark Typhoon (IKO), Improbable Alliance (ELD), Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor (IKO), Splendor Mare (IKO), Cinderclasm (ZNR), Neutralize (IKO), Zenith Flare (IKO), Shredded Sails (IKO)
Main 60 cards (20 distinct)
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (28)
$0.20€0.110.03
$0.15€0.100.03
$7.143.91
$2.901.51
$0.20€0.100.03
$0.15€0.090.03
$0.15€0.060.03
$0.15€0.060.03
$0.22€0.120.03
$0.20€0.110.03
Creature (16)
$1.31€1.390.02
$0.40€0.220.02
$0.20€0.100.03
$0.25€0.130.03
$0.20€0.110.03
Land (16)
$6.507.09
$0.49€0.230.04
$3.961.18
$14.00€13.191.27
$0.30€0.200.02
Side 15 cards (9 distinct)
$0.25€0.100.03
$1.98€2.191.36
$0.20€0.110.03
$0.20€0.170.03
$0.20€0.110.03
$0.20€0.140.03
$0.22€0.120.03
$0.20€0.110.03
$0.15€0.060.03

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Description

The classic cycling deck from Ikoria but with Irencrag Pyromancerimage and Rielle, the Everwiseimage as big cycling payoffs. The pyromancer controls the board pretty well and Rielle is a big card advantage machine (as well as finisher sometimes). The deck still wins games with good-old Zenith Flareimage. Later in the game, it can be useful to hard-cast some spells with cycling, such as Boon of the Wish-Giverimage and Frostveil Ambushimage.

Against control, we want to go aggro with Flourishing Foximage, Drannith Stingerimage and Valiant Rescuerimage. The key is to not employ many threats at the same time, since we'll need cards to cycle as well. Games will usually end with Zenith Flareimage finishing the job after our creatures have been wiped-off. Playing Rielle, the Everwiseimage with mana open to draw two cards out of a cycler is a key play in this match-up. Against aggro, nothing's better than Irencrag Pyromancerimage. Her toughness is hard for Gruul to deal with, and if she stays on the battlefield for one or two turns, the game will pretty much have been stabilized. Dimir Rogues is a tricky match-up, but their deck's strategy helps us accelerating a Zenith Flareimage finish. The 4th copy of Zenith Flareimage should be boarded-in, so there's more chance of having one in hand before they mill it.

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I honestly don't know why this card is not regularly used in cycling decks. It turns our 1-mana cyclers into 1-mana draw-2-cards.

Many best-of-three cycling lists fill the sideboard with non-cycling cards. This takes away from the deck's main strategy. For this list, cards like Shark Typhoonimage and Splendor Mareimage are great additions in some matchups while still enabling the cycling payoffs.

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A big fox and Rielle can be nice targets for Splendor Mare's lifelink counter, but Irencrag Pyromancer is my favourite, as it can cast a free-helix each turn.

Deck's Achievements

- November/2020 end-of-season rank Mythic #727 on MTG Arena.

- December/2020 end-of-season rank Mythic #767 on MTG Arena.

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Last Updated: 02 Nov 2022
Created: 19 Nov 2020
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