Aggro-Control/Tempo Into the Flood Maw | Illustration by Danny Schwartz Creature (4) Enchantment (4) Artifact (4) Instant (19) Monstrous Rage x4 Torch the Tower x3 Into the Flood Maw x3 Sleight of Hand x4 Opt x4 Abrade Sorcery (8) Land (21) Spirebluff Canal x4 Shivan Reef x4 Island x6 Mountain x3 Riverpyre Verge x4 Sideboard (15) Torch the Tower Unable to Scream Get Out x2 Ghost Vacuum x2 Witchstalker Frenzy Enduring Curiosity x2 Into the Flood Maw Spell Pierce x3 Ral, Crackling Wit x2 Aggro-control decks, also called tempo decks, borrow from controls love of cheap interaction but pair it with more efficient creatures rather than a combo finisher
You get plenty of token enablers with cards like Anointed Procession and Doubling Season, along with quite a few ways to make Elf tokens
You can return a Sol Ring to your hand to stick a Platinum Angel into play right before you are about to die
You can have them enter the battlefield with haste and trample, which provides a huge and immediate threat that can swing a race, kill quickly, or surprise attack a planeswalker or battle
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Deathtouch or first strike, none of it actually kills the indestructible creature
