[Tiny Leaders] Ashling RDW

[Cirrus]

So I discovered Tiny Leaders, which is an EDH 1v1 format wherein you are only allowed CMC<=3 cards (including commander) and 50 cards in a deck (including commander). Being an adherent to the philosophy of fire, of course the first thing I had to do was draft one of these. I'm not even sure 50 singletons is enough to kill someone from 25 life esp. with all the sweepers around BUT WHATEVER

Alternatives to Ashling include Zo-Zu, Jaya Ballard, or maybe something super janky like Tuktuk or Adamaro; but I picked Ashling because you can make her big with excess mana (not that you /need/ manasinks but still) and or burn someone to the face with her (though again it takes a lot of mana).

 

Cards listed / organized by CMC. I'm happy to take improvement suggestions. Uncertain if I should include Rabblemaster. It is also very possible I should play Price of Progress ...

 

Commander [1]

2 Ashling the Pilgrim

 

Creatures [16]

1 Firedrinker Satyr

1 Goblin Guide

1 Grim Lavamancer

1 Monastery Swiftspear

1 Stromkirk Noble

1 Vexing Devil

2 Ash Zealot

2 Eidolon of the Great Revel

2 Hellspark Elemental

2 Kargan Dragonlord

2 Keldon Marauders
2 Satyr Firedancer

2 Young Pyromancer

3 Chandra's Phoenix

3 Flamewake Phoenix

3 Hell's Thunder

 

Sorceries [6]

1 Chain Lightning

1 Lava Spike

2 Final Fortune

2 Flame Rift

3 Rift Bolt

3 Wheel of Fortune

 

Instants [10]

1 Lightning Bolt
1 Shard Volley

2 Incinerate

2 Magma Jet

2 Searing Blood

2 Skullcrack

3 Brimstone Volley

3 Char

3 Pulse of the Forge

3 Staggershock

 

Enchantments [1]

3 Sulfuric Vortex

 

Lands [16]

4 Fetches

11 Mountains

1 Barbarian Ring

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

What sweepers? Wraths are cmc=4. You are going at the format the most effective way. Anyway, my Tiny Leaders deck is similar (Anax and Cymede), and it really does work. Char feels kinda ehh when you take into account that 3 damage should be all you ever need to deal. Have you considered Forked Bolt? The majority of your burn base is too high-cost. In aggro, you should be aiming to goldfish wins by trn 5 at the latest, and things like Brimstone Volley are just gonna sit dead in your hand. Eidolon is a sick tech for the format, but not in a deck that will be casting A LOT of spells. It kills your delver matchup. Kargan Dragonlord is a sick card, but you will NEVER have enough mana for it. With a list like this, I feel that Alesha, Who Smiles at Death is the best best, allowing you to pull value with cheap beaters as well as repeatedly firebolting with Vexing Devil.

[Cirrus]

Firespout, Volcanic Fallout, Black Sun's Zenith, Mizzium Mortars, et cetera ... there's actually a decent amount of sweepers in the format.

 

So, eh, I should be playing a bunch of shocks? I didn't feel like they would give me enough reach to kill people with.

 

Regarding aggro lists, I thought Anax and Cymedes was the best Sligh commander? Hence my "why not Boros" in the title. Alesha return a creature of power<=2, not, uh, cmc<=2. It's a good general, just I think one that requires a different kind of list.

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

Funny thing is i already brewed 99 card alesha, so i have no clue how i got confused on what she did. Shocks, not necessarily, but you should avoid burn spells that cost more than 2. A good bet is to try to get the most out of each card that you can, which is why forked bolt is nice for attaining value. A faithless looting might put in some work as a turn 1 play when you don't have goblin guide or similar. Speaking of golbins, Legion Loyalist is a raging goblin that just gets better a few turns into the game, allowing you to alpha strike without worries. I didn't get any sleep last night, so i am not at 100%, so these are all the ideas I have at the moment.