Goryo's Vengeance

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4d ago23.2%

Boros Energy is an aggressive deck that floods the board with efficient creatures and generates card advantage through Ajani, Nacatl Pariah and Seasoned Pyromancer, so your primary goal is to land Atraxa or Griselbrand via Goryo's Vengeance before their pressure becomes overwhelming. Wrath of the Skies comes in as a sweeper reset against their wide board of Ocelot Pride tokens and Guide of Souls, while Pest Control handles an early resolved Ragavan or Ajani. Celestial Purge and Fatal Push give you additional targeted removal for problematic permanents like Phlage or Ragavan. Trim Prismatic Ending (slower and narrower than your new removal), one Teferi (win-more here), one Faithful Mending (less impactful when you need speed), and one Force of Negation (their threats are mostly creatures, not spells). Be wary of their sideboard Blood Moon — keep a basic Island and Plains fetchable to play through it.

Bring In
+1 Pest Control
+3 Wrath of the Skies
+1 Celestial Purge
+1 Fatal Push
Take Out
3 Prismatic Ending
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Faithful Mending
1 Force of Negation
4d ago11.3%

Jeskai Blink is a tempo-control deck built around Phelia and Phlage value engines, backed by Consign to Memory and Galvanic Discharge to disrupt your combo. Their post-board package adds Celestial Purge, Surgical Extraction, and Strix Serenade — all targeting your graveyard plan — so Thoughtseize is critical for clearing these before you attempt to resolve Goryo's Vengeance. Mystical Dispute comes in as a cheap, efficient counter in the blue-heavy mirror, protecting your combo turn or countering their Consign to Memory. Prismatic Ending comes out because their threat base (Ragavan, Phelia, Phlage) is harder to cleanly answer this way and you'd rather be proactive. The second Teferi in from the board helps lock them off instant-speed interaction on your combo turn, as they have no flash threats that demand the main-deck copy specifically.

Bring In
+3 Mystical Dispute
+1 Teferi, Time Raveler
Take Out
3 Prismatic Ending
1 Teferi, Time Raveler