Overview:

This Chandra-themed mono-red deck combines planeswalker synergy, direct damage amplification, and land destruction to control the board and burn opponents out. Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh serves as a flexible commander, enabling early chip damage and flipping into a planeswalker that scales with the deck's burn strategy. The deck leverages multiple Chandra planeswalkers, damage doublers like Pyromancer's Gauntlet, and punishing stax pieces like Manabarbs to grind opponents down. Key win conditions include mass burn via Chandra ultimates, Brash Taunter/Stuffy Doll damage redirection, and land destruction-fueled attrition.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (T1-4): Deploy mana rocks (Sol Ring, Ruby Medallion), stax pieces (Winter Moon, Blood Moon), or early Chandras. Use land destruction (Cleansing Wildfire, Demolition Field) to disrupt opponents.
2. Midgame Pressure (T4-7): Resolve key planeswalkers (Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Chandra, Awakened Inferno) and damage amplifiers (Sulfuric Vortex, Insult // Injury). Activate Chandra loyalty abilities to generate card advantage and chip damage.
3. Win Conditions (T6+):
   • Burn Out: Stack Chandra emblems (Chandra, Awakened Inferno) and damage multipliers (The Rollercrusher Ride) for escalating damage.
   • Damage Redirection: Pair Brash Taunter/Stuffy Doll with mass burn spells (Blasphemous Act, Chain Reaction).
   • Land Destruction Lock: Combine From the Ashes, Boom // Bust, and Krenko's Buzzcrusher with stax to cripple opponents' mana.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Prioritize early mana (2-3 lands + ramp), a Chandra planeswalker, and at least one disruption piece (land destruction or stax).
• Keep hands with Ruby Medallion or Chandra's Regulator for synergy.
• Avoid hands lacking red sources or with only high-CMC spells.

Key Tips:

• Use Chandra's Regulator to double loyalty activations for faster ultimates.
• Time mass land destruction after establishing Chandra-based card advantage engines.
• Protect key pieces with Pariah's Shield on indestructible creatures.
• Leverage Repeated Reverberation to triple planeswalker ultimates or critical burn spells.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Vulnerable to planeswalker removal and enchantment hate (Boseiju, Who Endures, Heliod's Intervention), which disrupts damage engines.
• Locks itself out with symmetric stax (Winter Moon, Blood Moon) if unprepared with basic lands.

Moderate

• Struggles against lifegain strategies (no repeatable answers beyond Sulfuric Vortex).
• Limited card draw makes recovery difficult after board wipes.

Minor

• Weak to fast creature swarms before mass burn comes online.
• Minimal stack interaction (only Return the Favor for counterspells).

Most Important Cards:

• Chandra, Torch of Defiance (Card advantage, ramp, removal)
• Brash Taunter (Damage redirection wincon)
• Blood Moon (Mana disruption)
• Pyromancer's Gauntlet (Damage amplification)
• Blasphemous Act (Board wipe + combo with Taunter/Doll)
• Chandra's Regulator (Planeswalker synergy enabler)
• Sulfuric Vortex (Anti-lifegain, persistent damage)
• From the Ashes (Nonbasic land reset)
• Manabarbs (Resource denial)
• Repeated Reverberation (Ultimate accelerator)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10
Threatens wins via Taunter combos or Chandra ultimates around T7-9, slowed by setup requirements for damage multipliers.

Resilience: 4/10
Limited protection for key pieces and reliance on fragile planeswalkers, though indestructible creatures provide some redundancy.

Consistency: 6/10
Multiple Chandras and land destruction spells create overlapping game plans, but lacks tutors for critical combo pieces.

Interaction: 7/10
Strong land destruction suite and mass creature removal, but minimal answers to noncreature permanents or stack interaction.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a Casual/Focused Casual level, leveraging stax and incremental burn to win around T7-9. While it has potent disruption and synergy, its reliance on vulnerable permanents and lack of fast combos cap its power.

Power level: 4.0 - 4.5