A pathway to many abilities (2024) (WIP)

Commander / EDH* Counters Lifegain Multiplayer Tokens

Izzetaura

Land (40)

• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 12x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 5x Plains
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Activated draw (6)

• 1x Faerie Formation
• 1x Gretchen Titchwillow
• 1x Mystic Archaeologist
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x River Hoopoe
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi

Activated damage/Removal (4)

• 1x Harbinger of the Hunt
• 1x Skyway Sniper
• 1x Spikeshot Elder
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker

Cool/fun (3)

• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Scrambleverse
• 1x Sunblast Angel

Extra mana (13)

• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Axebane Guardian
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Centaur Nurturer
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Golden Hind
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Llanowar Visionary
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid

Copy/redirect (7)

• 1x Aura Graft
• 1x Divert
• 1x Meletis Charlatan
• 1x Mirari
• 1x Mirror Sheen
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Life gain (5)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest
• 1x Alabaster Mage
• 1x Healer's Hawk
• 1x Seraph of Dawn
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

+1/+1 Counters (2)

• 1x Simic Guildmage
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Draw (2)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Psychic Membrane

Commander (1)

Token generator (10)

• 1x Ant Queen
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Druid's Call
• 1x Earl of Squirrel
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Jade Mage
• 1x Oketra the True
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Side to Side
• 1x Vitu-Ghazi Guildmage

Other (5)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Auramancer
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Rubinia Soulsinger

Activated Abilities (2)

• 1x Deathless Angel
• 1x Training Grounds

---

Sideboard

Other (22)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Brinebarrow Intruder
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Cosi's Trickster
• 1x Domineering Will
• 1x Downsize
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Oneirophage
• 1x Shapers of Nature
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Turn to Frog
• 1x Vine Trellis
• 1x Viridian Joiner

---

Maybeboard

Other (7)

• 1x Blood of the Martyr
• 1x Courier's Briefcase
• 1x Dimir Guildmage
• 1x Golgari Guildmage
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts

---

I've been playing for years, but this is the first deck I'm really happy with. Still tinkering with parts here and there, but settled on focusing on activated abilities. Not being forced into a color lets me use any cards I want, and activated abilities allow for a lot of flexibility and different decisions during the game.

Main goals:

• Get mana dorks out first

• Try to maintain hand of 7, and/or keep playing 1 land per turn

• Create creature tokens, and boost creatures with +1/+1 counters

• Keep life up to around 40 if possible (through lifelink)

Combos:

• Archaeomancer, Auramancer, or Brinebarrow Intruder with: Kenrith, the Returned King (Return from graveyard), Rite of Replication, and/or Followed Footsteps

Mana notes:

• x14 forest symbols?

• 4 each minimum basic lands: UGR (colors of all 1 drops)

Other notes:

• Currently thinking of a way to counter trample without deathtouch, preferably something that adds mana or tokens in proportion to the incoming damage. Ideas: Flying w/lifelink? (buys time)

Scenario testing: (-=play from hand, +1d=draw, h=hand, m=mana)

• T1: -Forest (6h,1m) -Birds of Paradise

• T2: +1d -Island (5h,3m) -Llanowar Visionary +1d

• T3: +1d -Island (5h,5m) Azami, Lady of Scrolls

• T4: +2d -Plains (5h,6m) Kenrith, the Returned King, -Llanowar Elves

• T5: +2d -Forest (5h,8m) -Training Grounds +3d(Kenrith) -Fyndhorn Elves

• T6: +2d -Plains (7h,10m)

Maximum hand size scenario (test)

• T1: -Island (6h1m) -Brainstorm (+3/-2)

• T2: +1d -Forest (6h,2m) -Wall of Blossoms +1d

• T3: +1d -Plains (6h,3m) -Divination +2d

• T4: +1d -Island (7h4m)

Date added	7 months
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 41 - 7 Rares 14 - 8 Uncommons 13 - 6 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Centaur 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Faerie 1/1 U, Insect 1/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U, Squirrel 1/1 G, Warrior 1/1 W w/ Vigilance
Based on	Activated Bant (2023) (WIP) Izzetaura EDH