MTG: Fog Burn Deck

Creatures:

4 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
4 Dawnstrider
1 Jeska, Warrior Adept
2 Inferno Titan
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Furyborn Hellkite
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Spore Frog

Spells:

4 Fog
4 Rites of Flourishing
3 Fireball

Planeswalkers:

2 Chandra Nalaar
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Sarkhan Vol

Land:

4 Rootbound Crag
4 Raging Ravine
4 Terramorphic Expanse
Forest
Mountain


This deck originally started out as a RG spider burn-control deck using Arachnus Spinner and its web. There were also Deadly Recluses and Blightwidows. Creatures like Jaya Ballard would help keep creatures in check and Inferno Titan was the finisher. The problem was it played like an aggro deck but was far too defensive, and its greatest weakness was that most tests resulted in topdecking. To avoid this, I added Rites of Flourishing. It sped things up, but it couldn't keep up with the elf deck I use for testing.

I ended up going for fog effects to shut down any creature advantage the Rites would give to the opponent. Instead of going just for instants, however, I decided Dawnstrider would work better. First of all, it's on a stick. Second, Rites helps fuel the dryad's ability.

Fog effects provided a better defense than spiders because they were basically a "block everything" function. I found spiders were good, but they became overwhelmed by large numbers of elves combined with Overrun.

The win condition is virtually the same: Whittle their creature base with Jaya Ballard, Lavamancer, Jeska, and Chandra while pounding away with Inferno Titan.

I found the deck demolishes mono-green. The elf deck simply can't answer once Dawnstrider hits and green's creatures are generally quite vulnerable to red burn.