Modern Pyromancer deck

Pyromancer is a blue and red combo deck and comes in two variants. Both variants try to abuse a red enchantment with the word "Pyromancer" in the name, either <c>Pyromancer's Swath</c> or <c>Pyromancer Ascension</c>.
The Swath based deck attempts to put together a critical mass of spells and mana in a single turn, using <c>Rite of Flame</c>, <c>Desperate Ritual</c>, and <c>Seething Song</c>. Using this, Pyromancer's Swath is cast followed by a <c>Grapeshot</c>, with the Grapeshot copied through storm and its damage output enhanced by Swath. The blue component of the deck is primarily card filters to assemble the critical mass and find Swath and Grapeshot.
The Ascension based deck uses the blue cards to find copies of cards already in the graveyard and power up the Ascension. The Ascension in turn then powers up those search cards. This culminates in a game-ending string of copied <c>Lightning Bolt</c>s, a stormed <c>Grapeshot</c>, or a <c>Banefire</c>.
<deck title="Pyromancer's Ascension - Max Sjöblom - Pro Tour Philadelphia 2011">
Lands
6 Island
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Steam Vents
Win Condition
1 Banefire
1 Grapeshot
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Pyromancer Ascension
Setup
4 Gitaxian Probe
2 Ideas Unbound
4 Manamorphose
2 Muddle the Mixture
4 Peer Through Depths
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Remand
4 Rite of Flame
Sideboard
3 Blood Moon
4 Flame Slash
1 Shattering Spree
3 Spell Pierce
3 Vendilion Clique
1 Wipe Away
</deck>
<deck title="Pyromancer's Swath - Conly Woods - Pro Tour Philadelphia 2011">
Win Condition
4 Pyromancer's Swath
4 Grapeshot
Mana Acceleration
4 Rite of Flame
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Seething Song
4 Manamorphose
Card Search
4 Ponder
4 Preordain
4 Peer Through Depths
Utility
3 Lightning Bolt
4 Remand
Lands
2 Halimar Depths
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Steam Vents
1 Breeding Pool
3 Island
1 Mountain
</deck>
Category:Modern format
Category:Tournament decks