Overview:

This mono-red deck leverages Delina, Wild Mage as a potent token generator, focusing on attacking to create temporary copies of high-impact creatures. The primary strategy involves ramping into Delina, protecting her, and copying creatures with powerful attack triggers, ETB effects, or game-ending abilities like Combat Celebrant or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker. Secondary win conditions include extra combat steps (Aggravated Assault, Karlach, Fury of Avernus), ETB/damage synergies (Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors), and infinite combos. Delina is essential as the engine enabling explosive turns but is vulnerable to removal, making protection critical.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy ramp (Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Ruby Medallion) and protection (Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots). Use loot effects (Faithless Looting, Thrill of Possibility) to dig for key pieces.
2. Deploy Engine (Turns 4-5): Cast Delina with haste/protection. Prioritize copying enablers like Harmonic Prodigy (doubles Delina triggers) or value creatures (Professional Face-Breaker, Goldspan Dragon).
3. Win Condition Activation (Turns 5-7):
   • Combat/Token Swarm: Copy creatures like Port Razer (extra combats), Zealous Conscripts (steal threats), or Godo, Bandit Warlord (fetch Helm of the Host). Amplify with Torbran, Thane of Red Fell or Shared Animosity.
   • Infinite Combos:
     • Kiki-Jiki + Combat Celebrant: Copy Celebrant with Kiki-Jiki to generate infinite combat phases.
     • Aggravated Assault + Neheb, the Eternal: Generate infinite mana/combats with sufficient damage.
   • Burn: Leverage Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, or Fanatic of Mogis with token spam.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands, ramp, and Delina protection.
• Prioritize hands containing Delina + haste/protection or a combo piece (Kiki-Jiki, Combat Celebrant).
• Avoid hands lacking ramp or protection if opponents are interaction-heavy.

Key Tips:

• Maximize Rolls: Use Barbarian Class or Wyll, Blade of Frontiers to improve Delina's d20 rolls. Strionic Resonator copies her trigger.
• Protect Delina: Equip boots/greaves immediately. Darksteel Plate grants indestructible.
• Timing: Attack before casting noncreature spells to preserve Harmonic Prodigy prowess buffs for Delina's trigger.
• Recursion: Use Feldon of the Third Path or Mimic Vat to reanimate key creatures from the graveyard.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Commander Dependency: Removal on Delina cripples the primary engine; limited protection redundancy.
• Board Wipes: Mass removal (e.g., Blasphemous Act) exiles tokens and resets the board with minimal recovery.
• Stax Effects: Cursed Totem/Linvala, Keeper of Silence shut down Kiki-Jiki, Feldon, and mana dorks.

Moderate

• Graveyard Hate: Disrupts Feldon, Mimic Vat, and Buried Ruin recursion.
• Stack Interaction: Limited counterspells; relies on Pyroblast/Red Elemental Blast for blue threats.
• Artifact Hate: Destroys key equipment (Helm of the Host) and ramp (Mana Vault).

Minor

• Mana Constraints: High-cost spells (e.g., Godo) strain resources if ramp is disrupted.
• Flyers/Evasion: Struggles against chump blockers without Rogue's Passage.

Most Important Cards:

• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (Primary combo piece)
• Combat Celebrant (Infinite combat enabler)
• Harmonic Prodigy (Doubles Delina triggers)
• Purphoros, God of the Forge (Burn win condition)
• Aggravated Assault (Extra combats/combo piece)
• Lightning Greaves (Critical protection)
• Godo, Bandit Warlord (Tutors Helm of the Host)
• Imperial Recruiter (Tutors key creatures)
• Mana Vault (Explosive ramp)
• Neheb, the Eternal (Mana generation/combo potential)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Capable of T5-7 wins via combat loops or Purphoros/Impact Tremors burn with optimal draws and unimpeded setup.

Resilience: 5/10

• Protection for Delina exists but is limited; board wipes or commander removal cripples the strategy. Some recursion (Feldon) but slow.

Consistency: 6/10

• Tutors (Gamble, Imperial Recruiter) and looting find key pieces, but reliance on Delina attacks adds variance.

Interaction: 5/10

• Efficient artifact removal (Abrade) and targeted blue hate (Pyroblast), but lacks broad answers to non-artifact/enchantment threats.

Rating Justification:

This deck achieves Focused Competitive speed (T5-7 wins) through potent combos and token synergies but is held back by critical vulnerabilities to commander removal and board wipes, reducing resilience. Its consistency and interaction are adequate but not exceptional, placing it in the high-power casual to focused competitive range.

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0