Early midrange Izzet deck. If I could get Ral Zarek I'd probably put him in. Block aggression early with your pyromancer chump blockers, and 1/4 and 1/5 bodies with cyclops and fluxcharger. Around turn 4 or 5 once you've built up a bit, turn your creatures around and start swinging.
Every card has a reason for being there. They may be shitty reasons, and the deck may be awful, but god damnit I have my reasons. So let's begin.. creature base:
Fluxcharger
and Nivix Cyclops are the theme of this deck. Defenders who can switch to smashers. Young Pyromancer is just a cool card I'm trying out. I could get rid of it, but I need a cheap drop like him to get in the game before turn 3, and he can produce nice chump blockers, and even trade blows himself. Also fits with the theme of reacting to instant/sorcery casts. Now, Artful Dodge and
Armed / Dangerous
being in this deck always gives me the option of drawing a turn 4 win, with Nivix Cyclops swinging for 22 unblockable damage on turn 4. Armed is also just the best, cheapest mana card for doublestrike, so I'm pretty sure I should keep that no matter what. Artful Dodge could go, but it gives that combo, plus the possibility for non-lethal hits through if I have enough blockers, and it's 1 card that can very cheaply proc my things.
Searing Spear
is just burn to kill creatures or help me get to lethal damage. Izzet Charm counters, burns small creatures, or lets me dig for answers. Hidden Strings is something new I want to try here. If I cast it, tap both enemy blockers (lets assume there's 2), and cipher it onto cyclops, then swing, I can get at least 4 free damage in, and then untap cyclops and a mana, or another attacker. This lets me get damage in while also keeping up to block during my opponent's turn.
Inaction Injunction
is a similar idea, if I can detain one big monster they have then swing, and not worry about them retaliating afterwards. Also replaces itself.
Mugging
, I'm trying out as a replacement for Shock /
Pillar of Flame
. I was mostly using them to burn creatures anyway, and vs people I play with the exile part of pillar was never that big of a deal. With
Mugging
I have the same option to burn creatures early, but I can also just take a blocker out of the picture for a turn while I swing. Unlike the others however, this doesn't prevent them from retaliating with damage during their turn.
As for the sideboard, I haven't really used it much, but the idea will be to put in AEtherize vs aggro, Dispel vs matchups with too much creature removal or Fog,
Electrickery
for hexproof and weenie, and Glaring Spotlight also for hexproof. I'm considering putting Unsummon in the side or mainboard. I'm not sure what I would take out for that. Any suggestions are welcome, I'm just a noob trying to make a good deck with what I have :D.
