After a less than stellar start to the new Arena season with my WB Clerics deck, I switched my Boros Angels deck. That just led another painful loss run (0-6) and never seemed to have answers to the decks I faced. It was time for something different. I switched to the Boros Burn deck that had just emerged as new top contender after watching CovertGoBlue play with it.

Here is the deck that I have been playing with since:

• 6 Plains (SNC) 263
• 6 Mountain (SNC) 269
• 4 Luminarch Aspirant (ZNR) 24
• 4 Roil Eruption (ZNR) 155
• 4 Needleverge Pathway (ZNR) 263
• 2 Den of the Bugbear (AFR) 254
• 4 Brutal Cathar (MID) 7
• 3 Bloodthirsty Adversary (MID) 129
• 4 Play with Fire (MID) 154
• 2 Angelfire Ignition (MID) 209
• 4 Sunrise Cavalier (MID) 244
• 4 Hopeful Initiate (VOW) 20
• 3 Sundown Pass (VOW) 266
• 4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan (NEO) 152
• 4 Thundering Raiju (NEO) 166
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (NEO) 268
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (NEO) 276

It has proven to be quite potent. The mana curve works very well and I often find myself with either a Hopeful Initiate or Kumano Faces Kakkazan to lead off. And if I don’t have those, a Play with Fire often shows up instead allowing me to immediately inflict some damage and not lose momentum.

And who would have predicted that Sunrise Cavalier would be such an awesome card in the deck? Certainly not I. The four-mana Thundering Raiju brings a lot versatility a bit later on, inflicting damage to the face and pumping other creatures up at the same time.

As of now, the deck is at 25-11, moving me through Gold quite quickly after the painful start experienced with the other decks. We’ll see how it fares in Platinum but early signs are promising. At this point, I’m not really thinking of any tweaks but we’ll see how things evolve in the coming days.