Premodern Gameplay: Iron Burn w/ Neal Sacks

Neal Sacks plays Chris DiBiase's Iron Burn list, the build he points people to when they ask where to start with Sligh. The headline choice is Ball Lightning, which has drifted out of most current lists but still ends games a turn early next to Fireblast. Paying three mana for it means cutting the colorless lands, so there is no Wasteland or Mishra's Factory here and Price of Progress handles nonbasics out of the sideboard instead. The list also skips the usual red hate answers like Flaring Pain and Anarchy, leaning on four Barbarian Ring, Cursed Scroll, and careful sequencing to get through Circle of Protection: Red, Sphere of Law, and Warmth. That leaves the sideboard open for cards with broad application rather than a pile of narrow answers aimed at one matchup. Five rounds with live commentary on keeps, sideboarding, and how burn navigates hate without dedicating slots to it. Decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/i1z5jFcN30... Chapters below. 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:00 Round 1 vs RG Goblins 00:31:42 Round 2 vs Threshnought 00:44:58 Round 3 vs Finkula 01:22:00 Round 4 vs Dreamhalls 01:45:10 Round 5 vs Sacred Sligh 02:08:21 Conclusion