Izzet real?

Standard* Tempo UR (Izzet)

ruinedshadows

Instant (18)

• 2x Chemister's Insight
• 2x Expansion / Explosion
• 2x Hypothesizzle
• 4x Ionize
• 2x Lightning Strike
• 4x Opt
• 2x Sinister Sabotage

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Banefire
• 1x Beacon Bolt

Creature (11)

• 2x Crackling Drake
• 2x Goblin Electromancer
• 2x Murmuring Mystic
• 3x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 2x Wee Dragonauts

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Ral, Izzet Viceroy
• 2x Sarkhan, Fireblood

Land (24)

• 2x Highland Lake
• 7x Island
• 7x Mountain
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Sulfur Falls

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Expansion / Explosion
• 2x Lightning Strike
• 2x Negate
• 2x Unwind

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Beacon Bolt

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Enigma Drake

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Hey! Thanks for looking. I'm pretty stoked on the GRN cards, so thought I'd try and make a standard deck that plays well with a bunch of them.

This is a Standard legal Izzet deck that I've playtested a couple times. It's still in the works. The main couple things here are the t3 Sarkhan, Fireblood + t4 Niv-Mizzet, Parun combo (which I actually go to do once!) and the Ral, Izzet Viceroy wincon, as well as the large amount of sorceries/instants that either control the board, burn your opponent's face or buff/interact with your creatures. It's very creature light. The sideboard is focused on adding additional tempo, if necessary. E.g. you can sideboard in some Unwinds or Negates against a deck that's not running many creatures in place of Beacon Bolt. Or if you need more burn or removal you could add in Expansion / Explosion + Lightning Strikes + more Beacon Bolts.

P.S. I'm pretty new to Magic, so let me know if you have any advice!

Update: Swapped in Banefire for Inescapable Blaze since it's more flexible mana wise (though it isn't an instant).

Currently under consideration: Enigma Drake: Fills a similar role to Crackling Drake, however, I think I like Crackling better since it synergizes with exiled jump-start instant/sorceries and gives card draw for just 1 more mana. Maybe there's space for both of them if you take out Wee Dragonauts? I guess the only downside is UURR is considerably harder to cast than 1UR (or even 2UR). Should be fine in this deck though, there are plenty of other turn 4 plays.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WBG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 2 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Dragon 5/5 R, Emblem Ral, Izzet Viceroy