Aegar, the Freezing Flame leads a Giant tribal deck that plays to the board quickly, using efficient Giants and cheap burn to overkill opposing creatures and planeswalkers. Aegar draws a card whenever an opponent's creature or planeswalker takes excess damage, as long as a Giant, Wizard or spell of the controller's dealt damage to it that turn. Big-power Giants fighting, biting or blocking, and burn spells that hit harder than needed, turn ordinary removal and combat into card advantage that keeps a fast curve fueled. How it wins: The deck clears blockers and planeswalkers with oversized damage, refills its hand through Aegar, and beats down with a quick, steady stream of large Giants backed by burn to finish opponents. Key roles: - Efficient Giants: Cheap and mid-cost Giants, especially those with removal or damage stapled on, set up a fast clock and count as qualifying damage sources for Aegar, the Freezing Flame. Expensive cost giants are ok, maybe some copy spells or tokens to have more giants - Overkill burn: Low-cost damage spells, ideally ones that deal more than the target's toughness or split damage, kill opposing creatures and planeswalkers with excess damage to trigger card draw. - Fight and bite: Effects that make a big-power Giant deal damage to an opposing creature turn the tribe's size into removal, and the excess damage they deal triggers Aegar, the Freezing Flame. - Damage amplifiers: Cards that boost the damage of sources or spells make even small hits overkill, turning nearly every damage event into an extra card. - Tribal payoffs and cost reducers: Giant lords, tribal cost reduction and Giant-matters effects keep the deck fast and push the tribe's power higher than opponents can handle. - Direct damage reach: Burn that can hit players or scale with Giant power closes games once the board has been cleared.

Aegar, the Freezing Flame decklist

• Calamity Bearer
• Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp
• Archmage of Runes
• Tectonic Giant
• Quakebringer
• Warchief Giant
• Lightning Bolt
• Lightning Strike
• Comet Storm
• Electrodominance
• Chandra's Ignition
• Nibelheim Aflame
• Inferno Titan
• Thryx, the Sudden Storm
• Firbolg Flutist
• Crystalline Giant
• Cyclone Summoner
• Surtr, Fiery Jötun
• Sage of the Beyond
• Warstorm Surge
• Brash Taunter
• The Last Agni Kai
• Soul's Fire
• Pain for All
• Rhystic Study
• Cyclonic Rift
• Ancient Tomb
• Fierce Guardianship
• The One Ring
• Jeska's Will
• Mana Vault
• Chrome Mox
• Mystical Tutor
• Force of Will
• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Fellwar Stone
• Thought Vessel
• Mind Stone
• Lotus Petal
• Talisman of Creativity
• Izzet Signet
• Counterspell
• An Offer You Can't Refuse
• Arcane Denial
• Negate
• Mana Drain
• Force of Negation
• Pyroblast
• Twinflame Tyrant
• Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• Artist's Talent
• Fated Firepower
• Gratuitous Violence
• Brainstorm
• Ponder
• Preordain
• Frantic Search
• Opt
• Consider
• Faithless Looting
• Sulfur Falls
• Shivan Reef
• Training Center
• Stormcarved Coast
• Cascade Bluffs
• Temple of Epiphany
• Frostboil Snarl
• Izzet Boilerworks
• Ferrous Lake
• Riverpyre Verge
• 16× Mountain
• 12× Island