Captain Ripley Vance

Gameplan

Cast a high volume of cheap spells each turn so you hit your third cast, growing Captain Ripley Vance and slinging escalating damage at faces or creatures. You play as a mono-red spellslinger/aggro-burn deck that chains cantrips, rituals, and copy effects to fire multiple triggers per turn and snowball Vance into a one-card win machine.

Key Cards

• Birgi, God of Storytelling — Generates mana on each spell cast, fueling long chains to reliably hit your third spell.
• Storm-Kiln Artificer — Makes Treasures off every cast, paying for cheap spells to keep the chain going and grow Vance.
• Grapeshot — A storm payoff that also counts toward your third spell, providing a burst kill alongside Vance triggers.
• Underworld Breach — Recasts cheap spells from the graveyard to explode your spell count and finish the table.
• Ruby, Daring Tracker — Cheap ramp and a body that helps maintain mana for chaining multiple spells.
• Reckless Impulse — Cheap impulse draw that refills your hand to sustain the three-spell engine.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and cost reducers (Jeska's Will, Goblin Electromancer-style effects, Birgi) to consistently exceed three casts per turn, plus spell copiers like Dualcaster Mage and Twinning Staff. Tighten the curve toward 1-2 mana cantrips and rituals, and include protection such as Deflecting Swat or Heroic Intervention proxies in red like Fight as One. For top-end, build toward the Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Grapeshot storm kill for a deterministic finish.