Several months ago, we saw an exciting take on aggro that featured Insolent Neonate, Hollow One, and Vengevine. The deck tried to use Cathartic Reunion and Insolent Neonate to stock the graveyard full of Vengevines and then cast a couple of cheap spells like Hollow One to apply enormous pressure to the opponent as early as the second turn of the game. We haven’t seen much of the deck since then, but Warren138 is looking to change that:

Red-Green Vengevine - Modern | Warren138, 5-0 Modern League

• Creatures (28)
• 1 Flamewake Phoenix
• 1 Hooting Mandrills
• 2 Reckless Bushwhacker
• 4 Burning-Tree Emissary
• 4 Flameblade Adept
• 4 Hollow One
• 4 Insolent Neonate
• 4 Street Wraith
• 4 Vengevine

• Instants (2)
• 2 Lightning Bolt

• Sorceries (9)
• 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
• 4 Faithless Looting
• 4 Goblin Lore

• Artifacts (4)
• 4 Mishra's Bauble

• Lands (17)
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Copperline Gorge
• 3 Stomping Ground
• 4 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Wooded Foothills

• Sideboard (15)
• 1 Ancient Grudge
• 2 Become Immense
• 2 Blood Moon
• 1 Grim Lavamancer
• 4 Leyline of the Void
• 1 Lightning Axe
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Shattering Spree
• 2 Temur Battle Rage

Buy This Deck

With the inclusion of both Hollow One and Flameblade Adept, Goblin Lore becomes the two-mana draw spell of choice to power both of these up. It’s worth noting that this deck can easily supplement these aggressive creatures with Become Immense and Temur Battle Rage out of the sideboard to steal games out from under opponents who think they’ve stabilized.

If you’re looking for an excuse to sleeve up some Vengevines, this deck looks like a blast to play. The addition of Flameblade Adept means that you have fewer draws that are just going to sputter out without doing anything, and the ability to apply real pressure via traditional beatdown gives you more openings to force through your combo turns in the midgame.