Pew Pew Pew (Ghyrson Starn)

Commander / EDH UR (Izzet)

Latch

Creatures (22)

• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 1x Sawblade Scamp
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Agate Instigator
• 1x Chandra's Pyreling
• 1x Coruscation Mage
• 1x Electrostatic Field
• 1x Erebor Flamesmith
• 1x Esior, Wardwing Familiar
• 1x Firebrand Archer
• 1x Immolation Shaman
• 1x Kessig Flamebreather
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Third Path Iconoclast
• 1x Chandra's Spitfire
• 1x Gelectrode
• 1x Kindlespark Duo
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Unruly Catapult
• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator

Burn Spells (8)

• 1x End the Festivities
• 1x Gut Shot
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Smash to Dust
• 1x Electrolyze
• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Virtue of Courage
• 1x Pyrokinesis

Ramp (6)

• 1x Retraced Image
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist

Tokens (2)

• 1x Third Path Iconoclast
• 1x Notorious Throng

Draw (20)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Expressive Iteration
• 1x Brainsurge
• 1x Electrolyze
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Of One Mind
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Quick Study
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Tidings
• 1x Unexplained Vision
• 1x Virtue of Courage
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Into the Story
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Lands (36)

• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Ferrous Lake
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 15x Island
• 13x Mountain
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sulfur Falls

Equipment Aura (4)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Sticky Fingers
• 1x Ophidian Eye

Removal (2)

• 1x End the Festivities
• 1x Smash to Dust

Commander (1)

Interaction (15)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Gut Shot
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Cast into the Fire
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Negate
• 1x Electrolyze
• 1x Flatline
• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Pyrokinesis

Protection (6)

• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Esior, Wardwing Familiar

Combo (3)

• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Notorious Throng

Recursion (1)

• 1x Wishing Well

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Sideboard

Draw (19)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Combat Research
• 1x Curious Obsession
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Military Intelligence
• 1x Mischievous Catgeist  ^Flip
• 1x Perilous Research
• 1x Vision Skeins
• 1x Artificer's Epiphany
• 1x Matzalantli, the Great Door  ^Flip
• 1x Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Precognitive Perception
• 1x Flow of Ideas
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Arcane Endeavor
• 1x Overflowing Insight
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Apex of Power

Shortlist (5)

• 1x Hydroelectric Laboratory  ^Flip
• 1x Mockingbird
• 1x Song of Totentanz
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Ghostfire Slice

Equipment Aura (2)

• 1x Combat Research
• 1x Curious Obsession

Bombs (1)

• 1x Song of Totentanz

Burn (1)

• 1x Ghostfire Slice

SWAP (1)

• 1x Blazing Volley

Other (16)

• 1x Soporific Springs  ^Flip
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Rotisserie Elemental
• 1x Corporeal Projection
• 1x Manifold Mouse
• 1x Powerbalance
• 1x Ral, Monsoon Mage  ^Flip
• 1x Return the Favor
• 1x Flare of Denial
• 1x Flare of Duplication
• 1x Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
• 1x Molten Gatekeeper
• 1x Asinine Antics
• 1x Berserkers' Onslaught
• 1x Season of Weaving
• 1x Calamity of Cinders

Interaction (6)

• 1x Dual Shot
• 1x Shower of Sparks
• 1x Strix Serenade
• 1x Unified Will
• 1x Frolicking Familiar
• 1x Ghostfire Slice

Protection (3)

• 1x Combat Research
• 1x Strix Serenade
• 1x Spellskite

??? (1)

• 1x Nanogene Conversion

Lands (1)

• 1x Hydroelectric Laboratory  ^Flip

Tutors (1)

• 1x Invert / Invent

Creatures (10)

• 1x Mockingbird
• 1x Song of Totentanz
• 1x Improbable Alliance
• 1x Mischievous Catgeist  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Viper
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Young Pyromancer
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Frolicking Familiar
• 1x Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch

Removal (7)

• 1x Blazing Volley
• 1x Electrickery
• 1x Forked Bolt
• 1x Tectonic Hazard
• 1x Boiling Earth
• 1x Scalding Viper
• 1x Scouring Sands

Combo (5)

• 1x Cavalcade of Calamity
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Apex of Power

Burn Spells (2)

• 1x Forked Bolt
• 1x Tectonic Hazard

Tokens (2)

• 1x Improbable Alliance
• 1x Young Pyromancer

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Maybeboard

Creatures (8)

• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Latulla's Orders
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Spiketail Hatchling
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Wharf Infiltrator

Bombs (1)

• 1x Flame Fusillade

Other (1)

• 1x The Magic Mirror

Removal (1)

• 1x Latulla's Orders

Tutors (1)

• 1x Muddle the Mixture

Draw (7)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Wrenn's Resolve
• 1x Manifold Insights
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winged Words
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Cosmic Epiphany

Protection (2)

• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Spiketail Hatchling

Tokens (1)

• 1x Access Denied

Interaction (6)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Flashfreeze
• 1x Latulla's Orders
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Twin Bolt
• 1x Access Denied

Burn Spells (2)

• 1x Twin Bolt
• 1x Flame Fusillade

Equipment Aura (1)

• 1x Latulla's Orders

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New updates (consider against old updates too!) - Replaced Muddle the Mixture with kindlespark duo - Replaced Windfall with coruscation mage - Replaced manifold insights with Brainsurge - Replaced Cosmic Epiphany with Wishing Well - Replaced wharf infiltrator with island - Replaced Looter il-kor with agate instigator - Replaced access denied with turn aside - Replace Tidings with Ferrous Lake - replace spiketail hatchling with tidings - replace flame fusillade with virtue of courage - replace counterspell with unexplained visions - replace flashfreeze with spell pierce - replace brainstorm with Retraced Image

Old updates: - Replaced Improbable Alliance for Notorious Throng - Replaced Triton Shorestalker for erebor flamesmith - Replaced Tetsuko with Cosmic Epiphany - Replaced island with Recurring insight - Replaced Latulla's Orders for flame fusillade - replaced scalding viper with electrostatic field - Replaced Dual Shot for windfall - Replaced cavalcade of calamity for gelectrode - Replaced blazing volley for electroylze - Replaced Military intelligence for Quick Study - Replaced Turn Aside for pongify - Replaced razorfin hunter for Unruly Catapult - Replaced curious obsession for keep watch - Replaced combat research for storm-kiln artist - replaced slither blade for Access Denied - replaced invisible stalker for island - Replaced bident of thassa for tidings - Replaced Spellpierce for Muddle the Mixtures - Replaced Wrenns resolve for brainstorm - Replaced Frolicking Familiar with Into the Story - Replaced scouring sands with Counterspell - Replaced forked bolt with flashfreeze - Replaced tectonic hazard with arcane denial

Just going to detail some of the design philosophy, not a guide.

Instants prioritised over sorceries to avoid opportunity cost of holding up mana. Where possible more costly spells with draw stapled on chosen. 1 mana "do 1 damage to opponents creatures" spells removed, as get that effect from the pinger creatures, so may as well have spells achieve more useful things like draw/counters/interaction. I've found the deck tends to fizzle if engines disabled or boardwiped, need to be careful not to overextend.

A tendency I always find with Izzet decks is to push the cmc as low as possible, flood the deck with as much efficient draw as possible, and yet still find yourself starved for cards. You also find you tend to - if you subscribe to the 8 of theory - to draw one sector of the deck, and miss drawing a different sector (e.g. all your burn, none of your creatures, etc.). Still not sure how to deal with this. One option is card selection (brainstorm, faithless looting etc.) rather than draw, to filter later, but you can't have too much otherwise you'll never have card advantage. My answer with this deck has been to put in 'bomb' draw spells to recharge your hand late game. But hard to get enough of these that are actually good value to fill out enough slots in the deck that you consistently draw into them.

Some cards weren't included because they'll draw too much hate, e.g. Charisma. Also avoided any infinites like Niv-Mizzet + tandem Lookout or Niv + curiosity/ophidian eyes, as I don't want people to feel like I'll be able to kill them out of hand, as then they'll actively be dismantling my board. Gotta sit right in that sweet spot of threat metre.

Also I don't run a tutor suite, mostly as a personal deck building challenge. Kind of lame when you can just always tutor that one combo piece or answer. Just build a solid deck lol. My exception is muddle the mixtures in this deck, as it's very conditional.

Date added	10 months
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 5 Mythic Rares 20 - 24 Rares 24 - 18 Uncommons 27 - 14 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.59
Tokens	Agate Instigator 1/1 R, Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Coruscation Mage 1/1 R, Cursed, Elemental 1/1 R, Faerie 1/1 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Manifold Mouse 1/1 R, On an Adventure, Plot, Rat 1/1 B w/ Can't Block, Soldier 1/1 C, Squid 1/1 U, Treasure