Izzet Thoptorzz (OGW - Retired)

Casual Artifact Budget Midrange Tokens UR (Izzet)

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Creature (16)

• 4x Hangarback Walker
• 3x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 2x Reality Smasher
• 3x Stormchaser Mage
• 3x Thopter Engineer
• 1x Whirler Rogue

Artifact (4)

• 4x Ghostfire Blade

Land (24)

• 5x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 2x Ruins of Oran-Rief
• 4x Shivan Reef
• 4x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 4x Wandering Fumarole

Instant (10)

• 4x Fiery Impulse
• 3x Horribly Awry
• 3x Void Shatter

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Thopter Spy Network

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Exquisite Firecraft

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 3x Artificer's Epiphany
• 3x Dispel
• 3x Tears of Valakut
• 3x Turn to Frog

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Seismic Rupture

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Thopters + Ghostfire Blade = Win

I don't mind reexamining cards at all, but just so you know: Everything I've previously considered is at Full Maybeboard for Izzet Thoptorzz (OGW Standard).

Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions!

Strategy and card choices

WIN-CON: Attack from the air with pumped-up Thopters. Key cards include Hangarback Walker (perhaps the best 2-drop in Standard), Pia and Kiran Nalaar (Thopter generator and Hangarback sac' outlet extraordinaire), Whirler Rogue (almost as good as the Nalaars), Thopter Spy Network (relentless Thopter pressure and draw), and Ghostfire Blade. Having so many key 4-drops is a big constraint on the deck, but it's so worth it!

ALTERNATE WIN-CON: Burn or punch through for some bigger-than-Thopter damage. Key cards include Exquisite Firecraft to the face, or some combo of Reality Smasher, Wandering Fumarole , Whirler Rogue (for her second ability) and Ghostfire Blade.

PREVENT OPPONENT WIN-CONS: Answer threats before they hit the table with Horribly Awry or Void Shatter , or after they've resolved with Fiery Impulse and Exquisite Firecraft .

MOVE TOWARDS THE WIN: Thopter Engineer for a Haste anthem and an early Thopter.

GENERAL VALUE: Stormchaser Mage is just a great 2-drop. It's too bad he doesn't play better with Ghostfire Blade.

LAND: Shivan Reef is great for fast fixing. For a midrange deck on a budget, tap-lands like Wandering Fumarole and Swiftwater Cliffs are OK. And Ruins of Oran-Rief is just awesome in this deck.

SIDEBOARD:

I think of this as a 75-card deck; here are some thoughts on the other 15 cards:

• Need more answers? Artificer's Epiphany
• Too many combat tricks or counterspells? Dispel
• Too many little dudes? Seismic Rupture
• Too many annoying flyers? Tears of Valakut
• Too many super-annoying creatures? Turn to Frog

ROTATING CARDS:

• 8 April 2016: KTK Ghostfire Blade and Swiftwater Cliffs ; FRF None
  
• Q4 2016: DTK; ORI

So, why Thopters?

I've loved Thopters since the original Ornithopter back in Revised, and I've wanted to build a Thopter-centric EDH or Standard deck ever since picking up a Pia and Kiran Nalaar at the Origins prerelease. At long last, here it is!

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Inspiration for the deck originally came from SaffronOlive's Standard UR Thopters, Mark Higgs' U/R Thopters, and Inez' UR Aggro. It's continued to evolve thanks to your comments and some of my favorite Thopter and Prowess decks here at T/O.

Please don't forget to +1 Upvote if you like it :-)

Top Ranked	Achieved #26 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	29 - 0 Rares 13 - 9 Uncommons 8 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.36
Tokens	Thopter 1/1 C
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