[https://youtu.be/Oknhjv9ddmo](https://youtu.be/Oknhjv9ddmo)  


Hi again, I once more took the opportunity to play against Wildfire Red, hoping to bring more matchups in the future — first and foremost the one Kai avoided in the Top 8, meaning 1999 Mono‑Blue Control, plus the mirror match, and maybe some battles against other Standard‑legal decks through the course of the years.  
This time we played nine matches between Kai Budde’s Wildfire Red and a true Premodern tier‑1 deck: Mono‑Red Sligh. An archetype that simply didn’t exist in 1999 Standard (Lightning Bolt and Ball Lightning, just to name a few, weren’t legal). So of course, Wildfire Red isn’t naturally suited for this fight.

Let’s take a look at the difficulties Wildfire Red encounters in this matchup.  
On its side, Wildfire Red can still steal maindeck wins if it has the right opening, deploying its big creatures quickly.

The ban of Grim Monolith isn’t the only reason this deck needs to be rethought for Premodern. It was a list designed for a very specific environment. Many players try to turn it into a kind of prison deck, pushing it toward Mono‑Uncolored Deck territory. In my opinion, German Dragon should distinguish itself from MUD by remaining a ramp deck that wants to play big creatures fast.

To beat Mono‑Red and other aggro decks, that alone might be enough — especially when combined with Sphere of Resistance, maybe even just in the sideboard. And in Premodern we also have Red Elemental Blast!

In the end, this is the real question: what are the best 75 cards for German Dragon in Premodern? For now we’re watching this legendary deck in action, but sooner or later we’ll need to arrive at an answer.



🐉1999 Worlds Deck (Kai Budde) Wildfire🔥



3 Ancient Tomb

4 City of Traitors

4 Covetous Dragon

4 Cursed Scroll

4 Fire Diamond

4 Grim Monolith

1 Karn, Silver Golem

3 Masticore

2 Mishra's Helix

13 Mountain

4 Temporal Aperture

4 Thran Dynamo

4 Voltaic Key

4 Wildfire

2 Worn Powerstone



Sideboard

2 Boil

3 Earthquake

1 Mishra's Helix

1 Phyrexian Processor

2 Rack and Ruin

2 Shattering Pulse

4 Spellshock



🔥🔥 Monored Sligh 🔥🔥



9 Mountain

4 Bloodstained Mire

4 Wooded Foothills

2 Karplusan Forest   (supposed to be 3)

4 Grim Lavamancer

4 Jackal Pup

4 Mogg Fanatic

4 Ball Lightning

4 Lightning Bolt

4 Seal of Fire

4 Incinerate

4 Fireblast

2 Price of Progress

1 Lava Dart

2 Cursed Scroll



Hi again, I once more took the opportunity to play against Wildfire Red! 9 games vs MTG Premodern Monored Sligh Burn.