No Pain, No Gain (Suggestions Plz!)

Commander / EDH

ChaosEngineer

Creature (23)

• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Creepy Doll
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Hoard-Smelter Dragon
• 1x Hypersonic Dragon
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Manor Gargoyle
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Mindshrieker
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Thopter Assembly
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Tibalt, the Fiend-Blooded

Land (35)

• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 11x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 13x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Soaring Seacliff
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Wandering Fumarole
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Jace's Erasure
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

Artifact (13)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Izzet Cluestone
• 1x Izzet Keyrune
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Instant (11)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Dragonshift
• 1x Essence Backlash
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Vanishment

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Goblin Rally
• 1x Into the Void
• 1x Last Thoughts
• 1x Master the Way
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Molten Birth
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Time Ebb
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Vandalblast

Commander (1)

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Creature (4)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Venser's Journal

Instant (4)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fateful Showdown
• 1x Mana Short
• 1x Prophetic Bolt

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I'm attempting to make my first serious commander deck. In the past I've had friends say I should build a commander deck to play along so I just threw a bunch of rares into a deck and called it done. This time I'm actually working to a strategy based on Izzet. I want to focus on a few mechanics mostly focused on card draw. Either punish opponents when I draw cards or punish them with their card draw. Please please please give me card suggestions for dealing pain by drawing cards or punishing my opponent for having a large hand.

Side note, I also want to utilize token generation as a back up plan.

Side note # 2, cards in Main are cards I own. Cards in maybe are ones I need to acquire.

Thanks.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Construct X/X C, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 R, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Thopter 1/1 C