Phoenix Chicks are Back!!

They are a pretty nice combo with Halana and Alena, Partners, often dealing unblockable damage.

Introduction

This is the tenth version of my Gruul aggro deck. This time Phoenix Chicks are back to the deck roster. I think they have nice synergies with Halana and Alena, Partners. I dropped the number of Monastery Swiftspears to 2 and the number of Questing Druids to 2.

Format

• The deck is for the Standard format with The Lost Caverns of Ixalan being the last legal set.
• The deck is probably Tier 1 or Tier 1.5 caliber.
• The deck can be played in both Bo1 and Bo3.
• The deck is pretty fast, and thus it's suitable for quickly grinding a large number of wins in the MTG Arena ladder.

Source

The changes in this version were inspired by a .

Overview

Strengths

• Almost as fast as a traditional red aggro deck.
• Access to enchantment removal, such as Boseiju, Who Endures.
• Samut, Vizier of Naktamun can draw you lots of cards while not sacrificing much damage.
• Samut, Vizier of Naktamun has vigilance, which might help against The Wandering Emperor and in defense.
• Samut, Vizier of Naktamun's first strike can be useful at times, too. It's especially nice with instants.
• Seek the Beast can provide you with extra cards, if you are running out of gas.
• Every spell in the deck boost up Questing Druid.
• All removal spells in the deck are instants.
• First 3 lands always come into play untapped.
• Halana and Alena, Partners can give haste to Questing Druid.

Weaknesses

• Most creatures die to Cut Down and Gix's Command.
• Witchstalker Frenzy cannot be cast by Bloodthirsty Adversary, because it costs 4 mana.

Mana Base Statistics

• Total of 23 lands
• 19 lands produce red mana
• 10 lands produce green mana
• 2 lands produce colorless mana

Starting Hand Probabilities

Bo3 (No Hand Smoothing)

• At least two lands: 83.49 %
• 2–5 lands: 82.46 %
• At least 1 red mana: 94.18 %
• At least 2 red mana: 72.06 %
• At least 1 green mana: 74.14 %

Bo1 (Hand Smoothing)

Ranked Queue (Best of 2 Hands)

Hand smoothing in the ranked queue takes the best of 2 different starting hands (of 2 different deck shuffles).

• 2–5 lands: 96.92 % (approximately)

Play Queue (Best of 3 Hands)

Hand smoothing in the play queue takes the best of 3 different starting hands (of 3 different deck shuffles).

• 2–5 lands: 99.46 % (approximately)

Land Probabilities

Probabilities are for on the play / on the draw.

Land Count

With 2-Land Starting Hand

• At least 3 lands by turn 3: 64.01 % / 78.83 %
• At least 4 lands by turn 4: 34.36 % / 52.15 %
• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 16.58 % / 30.37 %

With 3-Land Starting Hand

• At least 4 lands by turn 4: 76.71 % / 86.03 %
• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 48.76 % / 63.21 %

With 4-Land Starting Hand

• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 84.16 % / 90.30 %

With Any Starting Hand

• At least 3 lands by turn 3: 75.53 % / 82.79 %
• At least 4 lands by turn 4: 58.60 % / 68.28 %
• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 41.67 % / 51.99 %

Color Count

With 1-Red-Mana Starting Hand

• At least 2 red mana by turn 2: 33.96 % / 56.82 %
• At least 2 red mana by turn 3: 56.82 % / 72.06 %
• At least 3 red mana by turn 3: 11.10 % / 26.34 %

With 0-Green-Mana Starting Hand

• At least 1 green mana by turn 2: 18.87 % / 34.47 %
• At least 1 green mana by turn 3: 34.47 % / 47.32 %
• At least 1 green mana by turn 4: 47.32 % / 57.86 %

With Any Starting Hand

• At least 2 red mana by turn 2: 79.57 % / 85.35 %
• At least 2 red mana by turn 3: 85.35 % / 89.68 %
• At least 1 green mana by turn 2: 79.02 % / 83.05 %
• At least 1 green mana by turn 3: 83.05 % / 86.38 %
• At least 1 green mana by turn 4: 86.38 % / 89.10 %