As I looked on my RIX booster loots, I pondered on why the Pirates deck was only Blue Black when in fact Red also featured some of the aggressive one-drops of the tribe. That may be caused by the printing of Goblin Chainwhirler which can kill most of them. I then decided that since it is a tribal deck archetype, why not add White to be able to access Radiant Destiny? Here below is the resulting list:

Creatures
4 Bomat Courier
3 Captain Lannery Storm
4 Daring Buccaneer
2 Dire Fleet Daredevil
4 Rigging Runner
4 Fanatical Firebrand
3 Goblin Chainwhirler
3 Hazoret the Fervent
3 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

Spells
4 Lightning Strike
4 Radiant Destiny

Lands
4 Clifftop Retreat
4 Inspiring Vantage
14 Mountain

I am wrapping up the day with another deck brew for Amonkhet Standard. This build was referenced from a deck during the Odyssey days in Standard with the first time Madness was introduced. My second source was an article by Zvi Mowshowitz in the Channel Fireball website. The deck is nicknamed Red Green Stompy Madness:

Creatures
3 Bloodrage Brawler
4 FlameBlade Adept
2 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Honored Hydra
4 Incorrigible Youths
4 Noose Constrictor
2 Rhonas the Indominable
4 Voltaic Brawler

Spells
4 Lightning Axe
4 Fiery Temper
1 Fling
1 Insult/Injury

Lands
4 Game Trail
3 Cinder Glade
7 Mountain
7 Forest
2 Sheltered Thicket

Remembering that first Madness build in Odyssey in comparison with the current one, we have the following:

Wild Mongrel = Noose Constrictor
Arrogant Wurm = Incorrigible Youths
Roar of the Wurm = Honored Hydra

Fiery Temper was also first printed that time so it is an auto-add to the deck. We have no Basking Rootwalla but the rest of the two drops are mostly 3-powered so it can suffice. FlameBlade Adept just smoothen the curve and we would want to avoid clogging two-drops in our starting hand. Plus that it benefits from any discard or cycle effects and has a built-in evasion on its own via Menace.

The addition of the two Amonkhet Gods give us a late game play with direct damage of Hazoret the Fervent and pump effect via Rhonas the Indominable.

If you see any other cards that I might have missed, just comment them below so we can discuss it further.

I needed a quick decklist to top off my busy week and since Standard has become stagnant once again, I decided to venture on the Modern format. Check out this simple list that interacts with just two cards: Treasure Hunt and Zombie Infestation. See the decklist below.

Spells
4 Treasure Hunt
4 Zombie Infestation

Lands
52 lands of sort, with Blue Black color fixing and stuff.

The deck strategy is just easy: mulligan to a Treasure Hunt in starting hand. Draw most of your lands and then turn them into 2/2 zombies on the infestation and you’re done. It’s that easy.

Opponents would probably have a hard time guessing the deck strategy and maybe playing around until you cast the hunt.

If you want to be trippy and do not mind your registration fee on your next’s FNM, try this deck.