Forest

Commercial District

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.)
Commercial District enters tapped.
When Commercial District enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Arid Mesa: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Cindervines

Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, Cindervines deals 1 damage to that player.
{1}, Sacrifice Cindervines: Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Cindervines deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Karplusan Forest

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}. Karplusan Forest deals 1 damage to you.

Goblin Guide

Haste
Whenever Goblin Guide attacks, defending player reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, that player puts it into their hand.

Dragon's Claw

Whenever a player casts a red spell, you may gain 1 life.

Den of the Bugbear

If you control two or more other lands, Den of the Bugbear enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
{3}{R}: Until end of turn, Den of the Bugbear becomes a 3/2 red Goblin creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking." It's still a land.

Atarka's Command

Choose two —
• Your opponents can't gain life this turn.
• Atarka's Command deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain reach until end of turn.

Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.)
As Stomping Ground enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Copperline Gorge

Copperline Gorge enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Monastery Swiftspear

Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}.
Channel — {3}{R}, Discard Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Destructive Revelry

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Destructive Revelry deals 2 damage to that permanent's controller.

Wooded Foothills

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Wooded Foothills: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Reckless Bushwhacker

Surge {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
Haste
When Reckless Bushwhacker enters, if its surge cost was paid, other creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.

Burning-Tree Emissary

When Burning-Tree Emissary enters, add {R}{G}.

Mountain

Rancor

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.
When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Hazoret the Fervent

Indestructible, haste
Hazoret the Fervent can't attack or block unless you have one or fewer cards in hand.
{2}{R}, Discard a card: Hazoret deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Searing Blaze

Searing Blaze deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and 1 damage to target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.
Landfall — If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, Searing Blaze deals 3 damage to that player or planeswalker and 3 damage to that creature instead.

Questing Druid

Whenever you cast a spell that's white, blue, black, or red, put a +1/+1 counter on Questing Druid.

Seek the Beast

Exile the top two cards of your library. Until your next end step, you may play those cards.

Questing Druid // Seek the Beast

Kird Ape

Kird Ape gets +1/+2 as long as you control a Forest.

Damping Sphere

If a land is tapped for two or more mana, it produces {C} instead of any other type and amount.
Each spell a player casts costs {1} more to cast for each other spell that player has cast this turn.

Scavenging Ooze

{G}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Scavenging Ooze and you gain 1 life.

Tormod's Crypt

{T}, Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt: Exile target player's graveyard.

Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

First strike, menace
Whenever Kari Zev, Skyship Raider attacks, create Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey creature token. Ragavan enters tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.

Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay {R}{R}. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Aggro

Casual

Atarka Gruul

Ragavan

I wasn't really having much fun with the Burning-Tree Emissary + Reckless Bushwhacker combo since it's kinda inconsistent and also pretty brainless even though it can be very powerful when it goes off. I was just getting tired of topdecking bushwhacker at the worst times and playing it as a 3 mana 2/1, and having my whole hand constrained around keeping a 1 drop for surge. So I was trying to theorycraft ways to make the deck more interesting/fun without sacrificing too much power and this list is what I've arrived at. I was originally trying to work Tarmogoyf into the deck as I personally love that card but then I considered going full on burn mode, cutting some creatures for Chain Lightning and Lava Spike with Atarka's Command acting as a sidegrade to Boros Charm. So far, this list has been an absolute blast to play. There's a bit more decision-making (mostly around Questing Druid but also just around using your additional burn spells) but mainly, the deck just feels so much more consistent. It also feels like I can still win even if I lose board control which I wasn't feeling as much with the Bushwhacker verison. Right now, I'm trying a 2-2 split between Lava Spike and Searing Blaze because I'm missing my fourth Spike. Searing Blaze feels amazing when it works of course (and I have some fetches for it!) but costing 2 mana is a liability in a Questing Druid deck so I'm not sure if it will be sticking around. Kird Ape is a bit of question mark right now as I only have 10 forests in the deck (if you include the fetches) and I'm not 100% about the legendary 2 drops either. Those could be more burn spells (Searing Blaze, Skewer the Critics) or I could just try to find different creatures (Kumano Faces Kakazan, Eidolon, Tarmogoyf). But for now I will keep them all in, I think it would be a real shame to lose Kird Ape in particular as I am somewhat emotionally attached to the little guy. He's been in the deck since the beginning and he brings some Gruul flavor to an otherwise mostly red aggro list.

Pivot to Burn

Recent(ish) changes to the deck: Added 1 copy of Hazoret over Bloodbraid Elf. Hazoret is an absolute all-star at grinding out a game once the opponent has stabilized, I have been very impressed by it and it's super fun to play with. Bloodbraid Elf is kind of "win more" in comparison even though I do love the card.
Replaced 2x Zhur-Taa Goblin with 1x Kari Zev and 1x Gallia. Kari Zev combos well with Atarka's Command since it gives two bodies while Gallia gives a bit of longevity. I like playing 1-of each of these cards because they are legendary.
Replaced 1x Reclamation Sage with 1x Cindervines. Not sure which is better but would like to run Cindervines for a while just to experiment. Reclamation Sage is a body which is good with Atarka's Command and Bushwhacker, but Cindervines can get in damage around blockers.
I would like to replace Bonecrusher Giant with Questing Druid I think. Bonecrusher Giant can be a 2-for-1 and also has the benefit of sometimes closing out the game by going face but it just doesn't give the grindyness that Druid gives. I would even maybe like to replace Sarkhon Vol with a third Questing Druid. I'm mainly holding off because Druid is a bit pricey currently at $4.50 a pop.

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