This puzzle is the first in a series of puzzles highlighting the rarity downshifts from Modern Masters 2017. It begins in your first main phase, and asks you to win before the opponent can kill you.
Player: 5 Life
Field: Foundry Street Denizen, Cerodon Yearling (enchanted with Greel's Caress)
Lands: Secluded Steppe, Forgotten Cave, Boros Garrison, Mountain x3
Hand: Boros Garrison, Burning-Tree Emissary, Needle Drop, Magma Jet, Thunderous Wrath
Library: Jund Hackblade, Otherwordly Journey, Kor Skyfisher, Firebolt
Opponent: 10 Life
Field: Chittering Rats
Lands: Mountain x2, Swamp x2 (all tapped)
Hand: Goblin Bushwacker, Burning-Tree Emissary x4, Manamorphose
Library: Thunderous Wrath, Mountain
Solution
1. Pay RR cast BTE and use the RG to Magma Jet the opponent, scrying Hackblade to the bottom
2. Pay R to Needle Drop the opponent, drawing Journey
3. Pay WR to Journey Chittering Rats
4. Swing for 2 with Denizen, putting the opponent to 5
4. Play Boros Garrison and return Secluded Steppe to hand
5. During the end step, Rats returns to the battlefield, and you place Thunderous Wrath on top of your library
6. During the opponent’s draw step, in response to their Miracle trigger, cycle Secluded Steppe, and Wrath them for 5
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