[EDH] Iizuka the Ruthless

Commander / EDH*

MagnetMan

Creature (22)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Battle-Mad Ronin
• 1x Brass Herald
• 1x Brothers Yamazaki
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Dong Zhou, the Tyrant
• 1x Fire-Belly Changeling
• 1x Flamerush Rider
• 1x Fumiko the Lowblood
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Homura, Human Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Ronin Cavekeeper
• 1x Ronin Cliffrider
• 1x Ronin Houndmaster
• 1x Sokenzan Spellblade
• 1x Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x War-Spike Changeling

Land (37)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Ghitu Encampment
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^{Flip  Meld}
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 27x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Goblin War Drums
• 1x Grand Melee
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Shared Animosity

Artifact (21)

• 1x Citanul Flute
• 1x Crystal Ball
• 1x Gorgon Flail
• 1x Hall of Triumph
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Journeyer's Kite
• 1x Konda's Banner
• 1x Lifeline
• 1x Manriki-Gusari
• 1x Mimic Vat
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Riptide Replicator
• 1x Runed Stalactite
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Stoneforge Masterwork
• 1x Tenza, Godo's Maul
• 1x Volrath's Laboratory
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble

Instant (4)

• 1x Blades of Velis Vel
• 1x Burn Away
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Lightning Surge
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Twinflame

Commander (1)

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Part of a project to fill in some of the unrepresented generals over at EDHrec. Starting with the Mono-R ones first since that's where my heart is.

Iizuka's ability is actually very strong, but the support for it isn't quite there. We're running just about as many creatures as we can that are affected in an attempt to get as much value out of our alpha strikes as possible.

Lots of Anthem effects pump your small army and a grip of temporary clone spells can make your presence stronger that it appears.

The deck has a few tricks like Runed Stalactite/Blades of Velis Vel allowing you to give an unexpected creature Double Strike. There's also some built in recursion so you don't run out of fodder to sac to Iizuka's ability.

Your selection of beaters isn't great by any means, but Iizuka is a fun way to run a lot of cards you typically wouldn't see in any EDH list.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Copy Clone, Eldrazi Horror 3/2 C, Human 1/1 R