Mizzix, Izzet League Grand Maestro

Commander / EDH Burn Buyback Casual Jank UR (Izzet)

Vandestelka

Sorcery (23)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Demonfire
• 1x Devil's Play
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Illuminate
• 1x Invoke the Firemind
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 1x Runic Repetition
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Spite of Mogis
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Swarm Intelligence

Instant (18)

• 1x Beacon of Destruction
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Flame Javelin
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Ravaging Blaze
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Steam Augury
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Visions of Beyond
• 1x Volcanic Geyser
• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Artifact (9)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Commander (1)

Land (37)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 17x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 11x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Ral Zarek
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Creature (2)

• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Jace's Archivist

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Mizzix unleashes an array of powerful spells to rain literal hell down on your enemies. Using her genius mind, and loads of borrowed Izzet tech, she relentlessly punishes enemies until there is nothing left but ash.

Be impulsive, act on emotion, and scorch those who would try to stop you.

"To those in tune with the Firemind, there is no difference between knowledge and flame."

Deck Engine

Mizzix of the Izmagnus is the most important card in the deck. Protect her with Lightning Greaves , Swiftfoot Boots , and/or Darksteel Plate . Jace's Sanctum can help reduce costs, but also shifts cards out of the way if necessary. The key to triggering Mizzix is casting your spells, where at least equal to the amount of the experience counters you have. To help get experience counters, Inexorable Tide will be very handy.

Notable Cards

BUYBACK! After gaining enough experience counters, all of your spells with Buyback immediately become a problem for your opponents. Scry ( Mystic Speculation ), draw ( Whispers of the Muse ), copy ( Reiterate ), and bounce ( Capsize ) for as many times as you can pay for it.

Nonburn removal: Curse of the Swine , Capsize , Cyclonic Rift , Scour from Existence

My favorite inclusions: Flame Javelin and Scour from Existence . I like them because with enough experience, they're FREE. Free is good.

Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition is really great! Using this combo, you can infinitely recur spells from your graveyard. First, cast Mystic Retrieval to get something back. Then, flash it back to get something else back. Cast Runic Repetition to get Mystic Retrieval back. Cast Mystic Retrieval to get Runic Repetition back. Flashback Mystic Retrieval to get something back. Cast Runic Repetition to get Mystic Retrieval back. Cast Mystic Retrieval to get Runic Repetition back. And so on and so forth.

When you want to go for a kill shot or two, make sure you have a lot of experience counters. Find an burn spell and use things like Reiterate , Mirari , Swarm Intelligence , and/or Pyromancer's Goggles to finish opponents off in a quick burst - just like a actual Izzet League Guildmage would do!

Pertinent Stats

There are 18 cards with in the mana cost.

There are a total of 41 Instants and Sorceries in the deck, making up 41% of the deck.

(Note: For the following two counts, Invoke the Firemind was counted for both even though the rules text say "choose one". Illuminate was also counted for both even though it is possible you may not want to or may not be able to kick it for the extra draw effect. I am simply listing all total possibilities.)

Nineteen (19) nonpermanent spells deal damage; twelve (12) have in the mana cost.

Thirteen (13) nonpermanent spells draw cards; seven (7) have in the mana cost.

Misc Notes

I don't shy away at the chance to put good counterspells in a deck, but with this particular build I wanted to avoid the "counter everything" archetype. I just want to focus on gaining card advantage, triggering Mizzix, and casting high damaging burn spells.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.95
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Construct */* C, Emblem Dack Fayden, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Experience Token
Folders	EDH / Commander