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For example, Become Immense technically has a CMC of six, but if you've ever played with or against Death's Shadow Aggro, you'll know that it is most often cast for one mana, so for the sake of our calculations, we count it as one CMC rather than six
We still need to agree on a new, less scary-sounding name
Still, something as simple as Goblin Guide on Turn 1 into Monastery Swiftspear plus Lightning Bolt on Turn 2 into Boros Charm plus another one-mana burn spell (Lightning Bolt, Lava Spike, or Shard Volley) adds up to more than 20 damage unimpeded, and this doesn't even take into consideration the free damage that Modern players often hand out thanks to the typical fetch land / shock land mana base
Notably, doing this could get rather costly, so youll also want plenty of lifegain to keep yourself afloat