Mizzix: Queen of Spellslinger

Commander / EDH Combo Infinite Combo Multiplayer UR (Izzet)

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Card Draw (16)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Opt
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Control (8)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Snap
• 1x Vandalblast

Graveyard Recursion (2)

• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Past in Flames

Mizzix Protection (2)

• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Card Filter (1)

• 1x Mystic Speculation

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 13x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 12x Mountain
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek

Ramp (10)

• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Turnabout

Tutor (4)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Firemind's Foresight
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Muddle the Mixture

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation

Commander (1)

WinCon (11)

• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Gut Shot
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Reality Spasm
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Rite of Replication

Counter (8)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Unwind

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This (more or less) is a budget deck, utilizing Mizzix's cost reduction ability to generate an infinite/very high amount of mana which in turn is used to kill the entire board with one of our wincons. Due to being the main target once entering the battlefield, relying only on her to win the game is a challenging task. Thus, I decided to add some Mizzix-independent wincons, namely Isochron Scepter , Dramatic Reversal , Paradox Engine , and Rite of Replication . These cards (and combinations) are well suited for winning the game even if Mizzix, completely unjustified :), was killed several times, increasing her casting costs to the point where she is too expensive to bring out of the command zone.

How to win:

Muddle the Mixture -> Merchant Scroll -> Firemind's Foresight -> (a) Reiterate (b) Pyretic Ritual / Reality Spasm (c) Lightning Bolt

Depending on where you start this combo and how many mana you can allocate, 3 to 4 experience counter are necessary. If you start with Muddle the Mixture and have 3 experience counter, you'll need . Starting this combo with Firemind's Foresight and 4 experience counter requires only .

Isochron Scepter with Lightning Bolt / Brainstorm / Preordain / Arcane Denial / Shattering Pulse and Paradox Engine and mana rocks

Unlimited damage, card draw, counter spell, and artifact destruction.

Isochron Scepter with Snap and Paradox Engine

Allows you to control the entire board and may be used to rescue Mizzix.

Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal and mana rocks

Infinite mana that may be used to cast Blue Sun's Zenith followed by, for instance, Fanning the Flames .

Frantic Search and Reiterate

Draw a lot of cards and create a high storm count. If Guttersnipe is already on the battlefield, deal a lot of damage :).

Notes:

• I don't like playing infinite turns and thus do not run cards like Enter the Infinite and Laboratory Maniac .

• Did you know that Mizzix's experience counters interact with the stack. For example, if you have no experience counter yet and cast Opt , the stack looks like this (from left to right): counter, Opt . You may take advantage of this fact by casting spells of equal CMC and still being rewarded with multiple experience counters. Let's extend our example as follows. You start with Opt and cast Gut Shot in response. Now the stack looks like this: counter, Opt , counter, Gut Shot . As you can see, you get two experience counters although you cast two spells with CMC 1. Utilizing this mechanic, you can obtain five experience counters without paying a single mana: Gitaxian Probe (pay two life), in response Gut Shot (pay two life), in response Mental Misstep (pay two life and counter Gut Shot ), let Mental Misstep and Gitaxian Probe resolve and take your three experience counters, cast Tezzeret's Gambit for free (pay two life) and get another two experience counters.

• Gilded Lotus is the perfect mana rock for Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal or Isochron Scepter and Paradox Engine , as it generates an infinite amount of mana.

• Leyline of Anticipation is an awesome card to cast Mizzix of the Izmagnus or Paradox Engine at the end of your opponent's turn, minimizing the threat of being destroyed before your next turn. Likewise, it significantly enhances the effect of Crush of Tentacles , Mystic Speculation , and Rite of Replication .

• Spell Burst , Fanning the Flames , and Shattering Pulse are, from my point of view, the best buyback spells for Mizzix. Note that if the target of these spells is removed before they resolve (by bouncing or sacrificing the target), their buyback effect won't trigger and they are put into your graveyard instead back into your hand. Further, to get an experience counter from Fanning the Flames , you need to pay . If you do, the damage dealt is n-1 with n being the number of experience counter.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Experience Token, Octopus 8/8 U