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Pinecone Strike
Removal
Why it works in Burn and Draw
Three damage at speed for 2 mana kills most 2- and and plenty of bigger creatures. If that creature would die this turn, it is instead, so triggers like Fearsome Goblin Pair's never happen. The other mode destroys an ( , Axe, Stone Boulder), and you may choose both modes at once.
How to play it
Hold it for their turn. Kill an attacker, or kill a creature in response to an equip payment, so the mana is wasted and the stays where it was. Facing a creature and an , take both for the same 2 mana, which is why you wait for Long-Bodied Grey Dog's to arrive before you aim at the Dog. A 1/1 token is worth the Strike only when it is about to kill you.
This is red's best common and you should take it highly.
Win rates
- Win rate when drawn () in Burn and Draw decks
- 60.3% +0.9 vs all decks 2,434 games
- Win rate when drawn () in all decks
- 59.4% 55,706 games
Win rates from 17Lands.
Replacements
If you don't see Pinecone Strike, these do the same job: removal.
Win rates from .