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Commander / EDH Budget UR (Izzet)

5aximus

Creature (35)

• 1x Aeon Chronicler
• 1x Aspiring Aeronaut
• 1x Bane of Bala Ged
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Darksteel Myr
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Detritivore
• 1x Dragon-Style Twins
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Errant Ephemeron
• 1x Jhoira's Timebug
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Keldon Halberdier
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Palace Familiar
• 1x Pilgrim of the Fires
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Rift Elemental
• 1x Riftwing Cloudskate
• 1x Shatterskull Recruit
• 1x Shivan Dragon
• 1x Shivan Sand-Mage
• 1x Stormchaser Mage
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Thopter Engineer
• 1x Thopter Squadron
• 1x Timebender
• 1x Tuktuk the Explorer
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Veiling Oddity
• 1x Viscerid Deepwalker

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Highland Lake
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terminal Moraine
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Warped Landscape

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Thassa's Ire
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Artifact (12)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Izzet Cluestone
• 1x Izzet Keyrune
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Shrine of Burning Rage
• 1x Shrine of Loyal Legions
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Thran Turbine

Instant (5)

• 1x Clockspinning
• 1x Cunning Strike
• 1x Fall of the Hammer
• 1x Fury Charm
• 1x Timecrafting

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Arc Blade
• 1x Blast of Genius
• 1x Call the Skybreaker
• 1x Denying Wind
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Plunder
• 1x Reality Strobe
• 1x Shivan Meteor

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Aven Surveyor
• 1x Deceiver of Form
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Izzet Chronarch
• 1x Kapsho Kitefins
• 1x Shipbreaker Kraken
• 1x Stoneshock Giant

Land (2)

• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Pyromancer's Assault

Artifact (1)

• 1x Loreseeker's Stone

Instant (2)

• 1x Fated Infatuation
• 1x Winterflame

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Roiling Waters
• 1x Ugin's Insight

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Mahamoti Djinn
• 1x Minotaur Aggressor
• 1x Prickleboar

Land (4)

• 1x Dread Statuary
• 1x Gargoyle Castle
• 1x Stalking Stones
• 1x Zoetic Cavern

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Claustrophobia
• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Paralyzing Grasp
• 1x Singing Bell Strike
• 1x Tightening Coils

Instant (1)

• 1x Opportunity

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bathe in Dragonfire
• 1x Concentrate
• 1x Inaction Injunction
• 1x Krenko's Command
• 1x Rise of Eagles
• 1x Thassa's Bounty

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I love suspend as a mechanic, Jhoira's a super neat card (and character - Jhoira as a planeswalker, anyone? Wizards plz), and is my favorite color combination, so I'd really like to make this deck LEGEN-wait for it...

"At the beginning of your upkeep..."

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One benefit of this deck is the ability to make my upkeep as scary as possible for my opponents. With Paradox Haze giving me a second upkeep, I not only remove two time counters per suspended card per turn, I also get even more benefit from:

• Detritivore - later, lands
• Aeon Chronicler - cards get
• Staff of Nin - even more cards get
• Shrine of Burning Rage - future damage get
• Shrine of Loyal Legions - future Myr get
• Tamiyo's Journal - Clue get
• Thopter Spy Network - Thopter get
• Thran Turbine - get

Combos are fun

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The more cards I draw, the sooner I get something big and scary. The sooner I get something big and scary, the sooner I can suspend it. The sooner I suspend the big, scary thing, the sooner I can get that big, scary thing on the field.

Granted, this the best-case scenario, but Paradox Haze + Staff of Nin + Aeon Chronicler + Dictate of Kruphix + Tamiyo's Journal + Thran Turbine = Eight draws per turn:

• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind trigger x8 - 8 damage divided
• Sphinx's Tutelage trigger x8 - at least 16 cards milled

Thopter? I 'ardly know 'er!

• Paradox Haze + Thopter Spy Network + Thopter Engineer: kamikaze Thopters
• Paradox Haze + Thopter Spy Network + Thopter Squadron: Thopter legion

Everything I can do with the from Thran Turbine:

• Suspend a card with Jhoira of the Ghitu
• Help pay a non-Jhoira'd suspend cost
• Help pay for Rift Elemental's ability
• Help pay to tap dat with Thassa's Ire
• Help pay to draw and discard with Sphinx's Tutelage
• Help pay to make Colossus of Akros monstrous
• Endbringer it up
• Rearrange some Thopters with Thopter Squadron
• Generate mana with Izzet Signet
• Cycle Remote Isle
• Cycle Smoldering Crater
• Help pay to sac Foundry of the Consuls
• Help pay to sac Shrine of Burning Rage
• Help pay to sac Shrine of Loyal Legions
• Sac a Clue from Tamiyo's Journal
• Sac Mind Stone
• Sac Hedron Archive
• Sac Terminal Moraine
• Sac Warped Landscape
• Sac Grixis Panorama

Death by a thousand paper cuts: Enter the Infinite + ...

• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind: instawin, unless the opponent is running a stupid OP lifegain deck.
• Sphinx's Tutelage: instawin, unless the opponent's library happens to be more than twice the size of mine.
• Day's Undoing: considering how much I can draw with this deck, pretty much necessary for multiplayer games so I don't accidentally draw myself to zero, or get forced to draw to zero by someone I don't manage to knock out with either of the above combos. Laboratory Maniac is probably worth picking up also.

Big, Scary Things

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Every time counter removed is another tick of the clock, the ever-decreasing countdown to your destruction. Melodramatic? Maybe, but I enjoy the thought of my opponents seeing exactly what big scary things are coming to stomp on them.

• Bane of Bala Ged
• Colossus of Akros
• Darksteel Sentinel
• Deep-Sea Kraken
• Desolation Twin - two 10/10's for 10? Ten outta ten.
• Dragon-Style Twins
• Endbringer
• Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• Pilgrim of the Fires
• Shatterskull Recruit
• Shivan Dragon
• Stormtide Leviathan - gg ez
• Tyrant's Familiar
• Blast of Genius
• Call the Skybreaker
• Denying Wind
• Reality Strobe
• Shivan Meteor

ew don't touch me

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Assuming a perfect hand, I can get Jhoira out on Turn 2, and a big, scary thing out on Turn 3:

• Turn 1: Mountain/Island/Command Tower > Sol Ring > Mind Stone
• Turn 2: Mountain/Island/Command Tower > Jhoira of the Ghitu > suspend a big, scary thing
• Turn 3: Timecrafting (or Fury Charm + Clockspinning) > big, scary thing

However, the odds of having Sol Ring, Mind Stone, Timecrafting, two differently colored lands, and a big, scary thing in my opening hand are quite small. Therefore, I need some way of defending myself while the big, scary things are on their way. Hence:

• Aspiring Aeronaut - Thopter get
• Darksteel Myr
• Epochrasite
• Foundry of the Consuls
• Jori En, Ruin Diver
• Palace Familiar
• Pilgrim's Eye - Thopter that doubles as a fetch? Can't say no to that
• Stormchaser Mage - Card of the Year, every year
• Tuktuk the Explorer - Best of both worlds - a chump blocker that turns into a big, scary thing
• Thassa's Ire
• Thopter Engineer - Thopter get
• Thopter Spy Network - welcome to the Thopter capital of the world

What I'm looking for

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Preferably permanents that let me consistently and routinely draw, as well as permanents with abilities that trigger during my upkeep.

...DARY

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Key combos	Paradox Haze + Staff of Nin Aeon Chronicler + Dictate of Kruphix Tamiyo's Journal + Thran Turbine
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 1 Mythic Rares 22 - 7 Rares 28 - 7 Uncommons 31 - 5 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.33
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Elemental 5/5 UR, Goblin 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Phyrexian Myr 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Tuktuk the Returned
Folders	Izzet EDH