I did not go to Game Day, despite having Bu Zombies ready and sleeved up. Four of us wanted to go, but at 20 minutes past 0:00 I got a text stating that I would have to go alone. Well, no – that’s definitely not fun. So, instead of playing, I went to brewing.

I always wanted to play Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas in Standard. (Aside: I want to play him in every format, but oh well.) I know that a lot of people like playing aggro and ramp decks here, so I went with something like this (using cards I actually have – that should explain the single Slagstorm)

9 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Island
2 Sulfur Falls
2 Dragonskull Summit
2 Buried Ruin
3 Phyrexia’s Core
4 Evolving Wilds

4 Desperate Ravings
4 Volt Charge
1 Slagstorm
2 Whipflare
2 Mox Opal
2 Ratchet Bomb
4 Sphere of the Suns
1 Contagion Clasp
4 Perilous Myr
3 Tumble Magnet
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Spine of Ish Sah

A rough sideboard could be:

4 Galvanic Blast
4 Invisible Stalker
4 Talons of Falkenrath
3 Nihil Spellbomb

Obviously, people will take out mass removal / edict effects, and then Stalker will kill them from nowhere. Just kiddin’

I jammed some games against Delver / Spirits and Zombies and basically stomped them. The deck is a blast to play and gives Tezzeret room to shine. The sweetest plays are accelerating into Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas + Volt Charge into Ultimate.
Perilous Myr does a LOT of work in this deck. It buys you time, but together with Phyrexia’s Core it even becomes spot removal. Desperate Ravings keeps the deck together and is the main reason I went with two Buried Ruins. Overall, the numbers may not work out yet, but if you love Tezzie and burn, give it a try. You’ll fold to Ancient Grudge, but every deck has it’s weaknesses. If you have recommendations or advice on the deck, you are more than welcome to comment.