Fitting perfectly into Commander games that utilize politics, the Burning Chains trigger on the card's Shinryu side will lead to plenty of humorous stories
(Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Illustrated by Rob Alexander Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Four of the shard tri-colors are unused, and we have mono-black, Orzhov, Gruul, and Simic that Ive never used
Despite this, it holds an impressive 35.5% of the decks from the thread
At the same time, Dark Confidant is powerful enough to cause some serious consideration for brewing
Boros Burn with Boltwave 4 Battlefield Forge 4 Boltwave 4 Boros Charm 4 Burst Lightning 4 Emberheart Challenger 2 Fugitive Codebreaker 4 Hired Claw 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Lightning Helix 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Monstrous Rage 6 Mountain 2 Raucous Carnival 2 Restless Bivouac 1 Rockface Village 2 Shock 4 Slickshot Show-Off 1 Thran Portal 2 Fugitive Codebreaker 2 Obliterating Bolt 2 Scorching Shot 3 Screaming Nemesis 3 Torch the Tower 3 Urabrask's Forge In previous iterations, red aggro decks in Standard focused on creatures, aiming to dominate the battlefield with Knights and Mice