Nova Hellkite and the Most Popular Deck in Standard

Nova Hellkite is a big part of what Patrick calls “a philosophically different Red Deck” than we’ve seen before.

It’s big. It’s kind of one more mana for Boros Charm. Then a few turns later you get another Boros Charm. When you’re lucky it murders your opponent’s dopey 1/1. And then another 1/1. Though Mike points out that Nova Hellkite’s triggered ability isn’t optional. Sometimes you end up shooting an opposing Screaming Nemesis and that isn’t a fun time at all.

In a world dominated by Vivi Cauldron, Nova Hellkite and Razorkin Needlehead (this strategy’s Eidolon of the Great Revel) come together to make one of the most popular decks in Standard.

Also in This Episode…

• Hate Bears in Vintage (“it’s the kind of deck that can kind of lose to a draft deck”)
• Which Necropotence deck you would choose?
• The best players at each name (trust us this is basically the best topic of all time)
• Then a weird switch to Pauper. As has been widely documented elsewhere, Mike really loves Pauper!
• Which card from Spider-Man does Mike think is a mistake?

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