A Song of Ice, Fire, and Uglies

Commander / EDH* Eldrazi Spellslinger UR (Izzet)

Life_autonomous

Instant (21)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fury Charm
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Snap
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Timecrafting
• 1x Unwind

Artifact (10)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Tantalite
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Land (36)

• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Highland Lake
• 11x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Wandering Fumarole

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Vandalblast

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Paradox Haze

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Akroma, Angel of Fury
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Hamletback Goliath
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Rift Elemental
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

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Creature (3)

• 1x Aeon Chronicler
• 1x Detritivore
• 1x Shivan Sand-Mage

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Mana Geyser

Land (2)

• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Instant (1)

• 1x Reality Shift

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I enjoy playing this deck! The name of the game is getting your fatties out early and not paying full cmc for them. That said, experienced opponents are going to go for your precious, red-headed queen, so you must have means of protecting her and only cast her when you know you aren't going to get hit with a counterspell. Often times this means casting her later in the game once you have ramped a bit. I get away with casting her turn 2 or 3 and suspending something icky fairly often, but it's usually when the rest of my hand is packed with counterspells or I already have a Swiftfoot Boots on the field. The main thing that makes your glass cannon strategy viable is your ability to interact. You have to protect your commander and protect your suspended creatures/spells once the time counters come off because there are 2 opportunities for opponents to respond to: 1) the last time counter coming off and 2) the suspended spell being cast. There are some cool interactions you can get away with here too. I had Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger and Akroma, Angel of Fury ready to come off of suspension and I had Leyline of Anticipation on board. Responding to the last counter coming off of one of the creatures, I overloaded Cyclonic Rift and cast Echo of Eons , shuffling away the ghastly board state. Once those resolved, I had a clear board and a hasty Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger and Akroma, Angel of Fury to lay down some serious damage. Obviously, not every game is going to go like that, but it is an absolute blast to play. It is worth noting that I have a couple of backup win conditions. Mana Geyser , Reiterate , and Comet Storm give you infinite red mana and player/creature damage given that your opponents have 7 tapped lands between them (which shouldn't be any trouble in edh). Rite of Replication can gift you a win, provided there are viable targets. That's all for now! I am thinking of making cuts for a Clone Legion and I am planning to tweak the land base a bit. If you have suggestions I would love to hear them! Please be constructive, though.

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.22
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH, EDH, Neat, EDH, Cool decks, Commander Decks, Other's EDH Decks