Do you smell something burning?
Eiganjo Exemplar provides your lonely attacking Samurai/Warrior with a temporary +1/+1 buff.
Imperial Subduer taps down a potential blocker.
Peerless Samurai reduces the cost of your next spell.
And Asari Captain gives your lone Samurai/Warrior a power boost equal to your entire army.
However, merely having an attacking army doesn’t necessarily lead to victory.
Raiyuu, Storm’s Edge art by Heonhwa Choe
The plan for A-Raiyuu, Storm’s Edge is simple.
Play lands, then play creatures, and then keep attacking.
Most likely you’llplay A-Raiyuu, Storm’s Edge on your fourth turnand thenattack with a single Samurai or Warrior.
Raiyuu, Storm’s Edge art by Heonhwa Choe
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There’s also theusual problem that red/white faces of running out of steam.
Keeping your creatures alive is paramount.
Just play enough creatures to keep the pressure on your opponent.
For a deck that’s focused on having more combat,A-Raiyuu could also do with more combat tricks.
Cards like Ossification are good, but your opponent can see them coming.
Reinforced Ronin art by Kekai Kotaki
This isn’t a token deck, which is also why Urabrask’s Forge is getting cut.
This deck has exactly one Dragon, Atsushi, the Blazing Sky, soKolaghan Warmonger has little value.
It’s gone, and so is Atsushi.
They have little value, are too expensive, or only affect Warriors when this deck has more Samurai.
Imodane, the Pyrohammeris a great card when paired with spells that deal direct damage to creatures.
This deck has exactlyfive of those spells, whicharen’t enough to justify her existence.
Kargan Warleader art by Colin Boyer
Plus, she’s a Knight, not a Warrior.
Cut In,Sacred Fire,Hold for Ransom, andMoonrager’s Slasharegetting cut for better removal spells.
Gleeful Demolition is a good card, but you probably don’t want to blow up your own artifacts.
The Shattered States Era is too expensiveand too slow for an aggressive deck.
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The perfect first-turn play.
Imperial Blademaster art by Miguel Mercado
Abrade
Better than dealing merely three damage to something is having the option of blowing up an artifact instead.
A staple red spell for a reason.
She also provides a defensive ability to keep your equipped creature alive.
Plus its a Warrior too!
Diamond Pick-Axe
Cheap equipment that provides you with Treasure tokens.
It doesn’t do a lot, but what it does is extremely helpful.
Lightning Bolt
The gold standard of direct damage.
Can be aimed anywhere with zero strings attached.
An excellent addition for A-Raiyuu.
Oketra’s Monument
Makes white creatures cost less and produces a 1/1 Warrior whenever you cast a creature spell.
A way better token manufacturer than Urabrask’s Forge.
Patchwork Banner
A mana rock that also provides +1/+1 to every creature of a chosen jot down.
The perfect addition to any multicolored deck that also follows a creature theme.
Path to Exile
One of the best removal spells in the game.
One mana to make almost any problem go away.
The perfect creature to send into combat solo to trigger A-Raiyuu’s extra attack.
An excellent and flexible card.
Give your solo attacker the power of an army, and then attack with that army thanks to A-Raiyuu.
Sounds like a fair trade.
Swiftfoot Boots
Getting A-Raiyuu into combat faster and also keeping him safe at the same time.
Tempered in Solitude
It’s not quite card draw, but it’s close.
Two-Handed Axe
Two-Handed Axe begins life as a useful combat trick before returning as an even more useful equipment.
Unbreakable Formation
One of the problems with attacking a bunch is that you’re left without any defenses.
