Pioneer MtG — Izzet Combo Drakes vs. Mono Black Zombies
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2021-10-18

This was actually the second time that Trey and I played this matchup. In that one game, he overwhelmed me. This is one of those matchups that should take a combo KO to outrace, but that's where the removal shores up that weakness. Zombies? Yeah, they tend to come back from the graveyard, so they also play around my own spot removal. Yeah, it's a doozy.

Here's the Izzet Drakes decklist:
Creatures (12)
4 Crackling Drake
4 Enigma Drake
4 Sprite Dragon
Instants (19)
4 Lightning Strike
4 Opt
4 Temur Battle Rage
4 Unleash Fury
3 Wild Slash
Sorceries (8)
4 Crash Through
4 Expressive Iteration
Lands (22)
1 Island
3 Mountain
2 Shivan Reef
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Steam Vents
4 Sulfur Falls
4 Temple of Epiphany (2 of which should be Shivan Reef)
Sideboard (15)
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Bonecrusher Giant
1 By Force
2 Dispel
1 Flame Sweep (which likely should be another Anger of the Gods)
3 Negate
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
2 Smash to Smithereens

To watch more games with this deck, starting with the beginning of this tournament, please check out my Pioneer MtG playlist:
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