BOLAS FOR FREE! Fires of Invention Grixis Combo CC #51

This video features a Grixis combo deck with Fires of Invention, Fae of Wishes, Nicol Bolas, Dragon God and Planewide Celebration. I played the deck in a Standard Event on MTG Arena where the goal is to win 7 games before you lose 3. This is a best-of-one format. I don’t enjoy best-of-three as a casual format, and I consider this deck a mix of competitive strength and casual jank. This deck should lose matches against Simic Flash, UW Control, Izzet Flash, and similar meta decks. This deck should defeat many other midrange decks like Cat/Oven combo aside from Rakdos. Aggro is a very tough matchup where going first or second matters a lot. I prefer playing Standard Events to ranked ladder because there are gold rewards (500 gold and three cards if you get to seven wins) in Standard Events, and I use the gold to buy cards from the next set, saving me a lot of money vs ranked ladder.

Today I cut several games from the video to keep it a reasonable length. Here is a list of cut games -

Game 3 vs Gruul Aggro - I died on turn 4 because I went second, through a Thought Erasure and a ¼ blocker. Opponent top-decked two clutch spells in a row for perfect lethal.

Game 5 vs Rakdos Aggro - The opponent was clearly on a budget Rakdos deck featuring cards like Hackrobat, Murder, and Forbidden Friut. I won easily.

Game 7 vs Golgari Adventures - Opponent scooped after drawing seven lands and I Thought Erasured their Lucky Clover.

Game 8 vs Simic Ramp - I play Thought Erasure turn two and take their only significant threat, but they drew awesome threats like Lovestruck Beast and Questing Beast every turn for the rest of the game. I had turn four fires, turn five bolas, but never drew another spell the entire game.

Final Record was 5-3

The next deck in the Color Challenge will be Simic. Monday will be a meta update video, so Simic will air on Tues. Let me know what Simic deck I should play in comments!

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A few other people have made Grixis Fires decks if you want more. My version is streamlined, built for Bo1, and suits my playstyle, but there are other interesting takes on the deck:

https://youtu.be/I47tt9ghM_Y | MTG Arena: Grixis Fires with Ali Aintrazi [Bo1 Format]

https://youtu.be/kHmkwbpr8vc | Mogwai’s Grixis Fires of Invention - Best of the Best MTG Standard Deck Arena https://youtu.be/IqDOQjFqd5g | #13 Mythic Rank Grixis | Throne of Eldraine Standard Deck (MTG Arena)

https://youtu.be/RbHSvsBxyA0 | Grixis Fires - Standard - November 4th, 2019

https://youtu.be/zSiv03XJ3d8 | Inventive Grixis | Throne of Eldraine Standard Deck (MTG Arena)

Decklist - MTG Arena Export Deck 4 Fires of Invention (ELD) 125 3 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 4 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God (WAR) 207 4 Blood Crypt (RNA) 245 4 Fae of Wishes (ELD) 44 4 Sphinx of Foresight (RNA) 55 4 Thought Erasure (GRN) 206 2 Castle Vantress (ELD) 242 4 Brazen Borrower (ELD) 39 4 Narset, Parter of Veils (WAR) 61 4 Watery Grave (GRN) 259 4 Enter the God-Eternals (WAR) 196 4 Temple of Epiphany (M20) 253 2 Steam Vents (GRN) 257 4 Interplanar Beacon (WAR) 247 1 Island (ANA) 57 3 Swamp (ANA) 58 1 Mountain (ANA) 59

Sideboard 2 Casualties of War (WAR) 187 1 Planar Cleansing (M20) 33 1 Planewide Celebration (WAR) 172 2 The Elderspell (WAR) 89 1 Deliver Unto Evil (WAR) 85 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General (WAR) 97 1 Karn, the Great Creator (WAR) 1 1 Covetous Urge (ELD) 207 1 Unmoored Ego (GRN) 212 1 Tamiyo, Collector of Tales (WAR) 220 1 Kaya’s Wrath (RNA) 187 1 Thought Distortion (M20) 117 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno (M20) 127

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