Rose, Cutthroat Raider

Gameplan

Attack every opponent each turn to flood the board with Junk tokens, then sacrifice them for free card advantage and red mana to fuel an explosive go-wide or burn-heavy turn. Rose turns combat damage into resources, so you curve out aggressively early and snowball into a midgame where each attack refills your hand and ramps you. You close by chaining Junk-fueled spells, big swings, or sacrifice payoffs.

Key Cards

• Reckless Fireweaver — Pings each opponent whenever a Junk artifact enters, turning token generation into incremental burn.
• Goblin Bombardment — Lets you sac Junk for damage and the red mana while drawing cards, a flexible outlet.
• Mayhem Devil — Triggers off both Junk creation and sacrifice, dealing damage on every loop.
• Pia and Kiran Nalaar — Provides more artifact tokens and reach as both fodder and a sacrifice payoff body.
• Krenko, Mob Boss — Pairs go-wide token aggression with Rose's resource engine for explosive board states.
• Birgi, God of Storytelling — Adds red mana on each spell cast, compounding the mana from sacrificed Junk for big turns.

Upgrade Path

Add more no-attack-required token generators (Hordeling Outburst, Krenko) and artifact-token enablers so your Junk and aristocrat payoffs keep firing through board stalls. Lean into haste and evasion (Fervor, Goblin Rabblemaster, Rogue's Passage) to guarantee Rose connects, and include rituals or Treasure synergies to convert the red mana floods into game-ending burn. Tighten the curve and add efficient interaction like Vandalblast and Chaos Warp to cover mono-red's blind spots.