mtg pioneer legal cards Elite Otter Deck - Izzet Blue Red - Modern & - Custom Built - Magic The Gathering - MTG An Intro to Pioneer -

(2025-06-06) If another effect (or effects) modifies how much damage a source you control would dealby preventing some of it, for examplethe player being dealt damage or the controller of the permanent being dealt damage chooses the order in which any such effects (including Lightning's) apply

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What this means is that basically any burn spell that would do more damage than necessary to kill a creature now converts that damage into direct burn, which is incredibly efficient

While were going to be seeing no shortage of decks sideboarding Red Elemental Blasts throughout this countdown, the following list is one of the most influential decks in the games history and went so far as to maindeck them(!) Creatures (2) Lands (21) Spells (37) 4 Mana Drain 2 Counterspell 4 Swords to Plowshares 1 Sol Ring 1 Regrowth 1 Mind Twist 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Braingeyser 1 Time Walk 1 Ancestral Recall 2 Red Elemental Blast 1 Jayemdae Tome 2 Disrupting Scepter 4 Disenchant 1 Recall 2 Moat 1 Mirror Universe 1 Timetwister 1 Black Lotus 1 Mox Emerald 1 Mox Jet 1 Mox Pearl 1 Mox Ruby 1 Mox Sapphire Brian Weissmans The Deck is one of the most legendary decks in the games history, and along with related decks by Matt Place and Mike Long, provided the foundation for the concept of a control deck