Samut, Vizier of Naktamun joins the forces of a red aggro deck and brings the power of Boseiju with him.

Introduction

This is a red aggro deck splashing green for Samut, Vizier of Naktamun. It deploys Thundering Raiju as a top-end creature, which goes well together with the land count of 24 lands. The Raiju can boost Samut, making his first strike ability more dangerous. Green color also opens up a way for enchantment removal, such as Boseiju, Who Endures.

The deck features a slightly higher mana curve than a traditional red aggro deck, aiming at providing a more consistent playing experience and alternative paths to victory aside from an explosive start.

Format

• The deck is for the Standard format, as of October 2023, with Wilds of Eldraine 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

This is my own brew.

Price on MTG Arena

The price is based on the wildcard bundle prices: $9.99 for 4 rare wildcards and $19.99 for 4 mythic rare wildcards. Uncommons and commons are counted as being free.

• Main Deck: $102.42

Strategy

Samut and Squee

The tokens generated by Squee trigger the card drawing ability of Samut, which makes up a nice combo.

Samut and Sokenzan

The tokens created by Sokenzan also trigger the card drawing ability of Samut, turning the channel land into a potential "draw two cards" effect.

Squee and Witchstalker Frenzy

Squee tokens help to bring the mana cost of Witchstalker Frenzy down.

Mana Base Statistics

• Total of 24 lands
• 19 lands produce red mana
• 15 lands produce green mana
• 2 lands produce colorless mana

Starting Hand Probabilities

Bo3 (No Hand Smoothing)

• At least two lands: 85.73 %
• 2–5 lands: 84.39 %
• At least 1 red mana: 94.18 %
• At least 2 red mana: 72.06 %
• At least 1 green mana: 88.25 %

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: 97.56 % (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: 99.62 % (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: 66.26 % / 80.81 %
• At least 4 lands by turn 4: 37.14 % / 55.48 %
• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 18.80 % / 33.77 %

With 3-Land Starting Hand

• At least 4 lands by turn 4: 78.83 % / 87.72 %
• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 52.15 % / 66.67 %

With 4-Land Starting Hand

• At least 5 lands by turn 5: 86.03 % / 91.73 %

With Any Starting Hand

• At least 4 lands by turn 4: 63.18 % / 72.59 %

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 2 red mana by turn 4: 72.06 % / 82.12 %
• 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: 28.30 % / 48.98 %
• At least 1 green mana by turn 3: 48.98 % / 63.99 %