Grixis decks trade resources aggressively, using life as a resource and betting on efficiency
(You can check out my past ones, "The Invention of Flying," "Striking First," and "The Touch of Death" to see more.) After my last one on deathtouch, I received a specific request from reader Michael Pulley: So here we are
My third deck is a Pinger deck that uses Prodigal Sorcerer and Prodigal Pyromancer to tap and kill small stuff, and then combines with deathtouch equipment like Basilisk Collar, and pinging synergies like card draw (Curiosity) and creature stealing and bounce (Sigil of Sleep)
Opening Hand 4 This is the first opener that can lead with a first turn Howling Mine, and this is a keeper
Cyclonic Rift, Cyclone Summoner, and even Scourge of Fleets can help do this on top of cards like Damnation and Toxic Deluge coming down the turn before
Therefore, they dropped the format association and simply renamed the format Brawl, keeping Standard Brawl as its own distinct offshoot