magic necessary for an instant win. Lose your Augurs of Bolas in favor of Pillars of Flame, and focus on destroying instrumental elves/walls to prevent the combo from getting off the ground. Once your opponent is closer to an obscene land count, you can focus more on carefully planned counters, but in the interim, try to keep pressure on with Delver of Secrets. Save your burn for the end, then unload for lethal after shutting down their ultimate spells. Other considerations Ultimately, Coldhearted Counterburn works best when you know what your opponents are playing and you can shut down their threats long enough to drain their souls of life. With a fairly predictable, boring metagame right now, jumping into the fray with this kind of control should produce interesting results. Because after enough rounds of you saying "actually, in response..." it's guaranteed your foe will detest you. The very act of casting a card will fill them with Pavlovian anxiety. About the author WiNGSPANTT is Editor in Chief of Top Tier Tactics. Nothing gives him more joy than seizing victory at the last second with an unlikely strategy or an unexpected maneuver. If you see him online, your best bet is to run for your life. I really like your approach, I have always been a dark purple player at heart. I feel like you specifically would benefit from adding black to your deck, particularly search and some fat ass demon/evil whatever else creatures. I have watched the way you