Izzet Madness? Yes itiz. (KTK U/R Control)

Standard Competitive Control UR (Izzet)

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Creature (8)

• 2x Keranos, God of Storms
• 4x Spellheart Chimera
• 2x Thassa, God of the Sea

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Jace, the Living Guildpact

Land (24)

• 6x Island
• 6x Mountain
• 4x Shivan Reef
• 4x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 4x Temple of Epiphany

Instant (22)

• 2x Aetherspouts
• 4x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Dissolve
• 2x Jace's Ingenuity
• 4x Magma Jet
• 4x Nullify
• 4x Steam Augury

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Curse of the Swine
• 2x Spite of Mogis

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Dissipate
• 2x Dissolve
• 4x Negate

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Divination
• 4x Scouring Sands

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Prognostic Sphinx

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Get lots of instants and sorceries into the graveyard to pump Spellheart Chimera.

Steam Augury is awesome for this. Jace, the Living Guildpact also does a good job and can bounce something if need be, and then I can probably counter it coming out for the second time.

The amount of instants and sorceries in my yard make Spite of Mogis really valuable as a kill card. AEtherspouts and Curse of the Swine are there to help me deal with anything else.

Keranos, God of Storms combos extremely well with Thassa, God of the Sea and means that by the time I am swinging with a Spellheart Chimera it is often lethal, or at least will be if I Magma Jet the opponent, which also pumps Spellheart Chimera!

Magma Jet = excellent for burning away a threat or fixing my draws early on - a two land hand becomes a much easier keep when it also includes a T2 Magma Jet

Sideboarding:

Against control swap 4x Nullify out for 4x Negate. Add 2x Divination and 2x Dissolve - remove 2x Spite of Mogis and 2x AEtherspouts. I have found that against control Disdainful Stroke is less useful as it cannot counter any counter spells, so I also board out 2 of those and replace them with 2x Dissipate ... this has proven to be more effective in playtesting. If you want to playtest this sideboarded version of the deck here is a link to it: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/izzet-madness-yes-itiz-control-matchup/

Against aggro: 4x Disdainful Stroke come out for 4 Scouring Sands.

Comments and suggestions please! Card I'm least sure about is Curse of the Swine. Need help with SB.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 16 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G