Mizzix of the Izmagnus: Ride the Lightning

Commander / EDH Burn Combo Control Infinite Combo UR (Izzet) Wizards

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Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 15x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center

Overwhelming Advantage (6)

• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sublime Epiphany
• 1x Time Warp

Mizzix Protection (4)

• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Robe of Mirrors
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Tutor (4)

• 1x Firemind's Foresight
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Solve the Equation

Be Gone (12)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Temporal Fissure
• 1x Vandalblast

Card Draw (10)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Time Spiral

Ramp (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel

Direct Damage (2)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Lightning Bolt

Commander (1)

No (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song

Reiteration (5)

• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Reset
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Turnabout

Pest Control (2)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Meekstone

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Please note that I've decided to retire this deck - you were sort of fun while you lasted, Mizzix

As you can likely tell from my other decks, I'm used to filling the table with creatures and turning them sideways. For a change of pace I thought I'd try out a pure spell slinging Izzet deck and Mizzix looks to be the greasy empress of value town.

Something exciting about Mizzix + experience counters is the value that can be had with any spell with buyback, flashback, kicker, multikicker, overload etc. The counters go toward those costs! It's true! Likewise with {X} spells - In fact, {X} spells get a special bonus with Mizzix because you can effectively gain an experience counter any time you cast one: {X} = all current XP counters, the U/R in the casting cost takes you over the current XP counter mark which nets you a new one. Gravy.

So then, how do you win with this thing you ask? The main plan of attack is to simply build up a few Mizzix experience counters and commence with the slingin'. The ultimate goal is a Reiterate combo in order to produce infinite mana, the cornerstone of all Mizzix decks really.

With Mizzix on the table + 4 experience counters + Reiterate + Pyretic Ritual/Reset/Seething Song/Turnabout = mana for days. From there it's a choose your own adventure ending...Braingeyser/Stroke of Genius your opponents to mill them out? Temporal Fissure or Capsize the table (there's a table flip joke in here somewhere)? Comet Storm, Fall of the Titans or Lightning Bolt until there's nothing left but your opponent's ashes? Turns for life with Expropriate/Time Warp (yes, they do stack)? You choose!!

The rest of the deck is really just tools to allow all of these terrible things to happen. The usual ramp, draw, interaction + general control to try and prevent everyone from crushing me with their creature armies. There's also a few tutors to try and assemble the win conditions + a few pieces to protect our squishy little goblin wizard. Even if you can't get the combos going, with enough experience counters you can likely cast something like Capsize multiple times per turn which will usually induce a scoop or 2.

And that's it. It's definitely outside of my comfort zone as I'm not really a big spells only combo player, but I thought I'd try my hand at some true Izzet douchebaggery for a bit of variety and also for science. If you see anything in here that you think is preposterous, let me know! Likewise if you think there's something missing.

Reiteration

Because I know I'm going to have to explain these interactions during games, I'll just leave these Reiterate combo examples here for reference...

Pyretic Ritual: 3 lands ({R}{R}{R} required) + 4 XP counters + Pyretic Ritual + Reiterate = Infinite {R}:

1. Cast Pyretic Ritual for {R} (cost reduced by {1} thanks to the XP counters).
2. Cast Reiterate for {R}{R} (cost with Buyback reduced by {4} thanks to the XP counters) targeting your freshly cast Pyretic Ritual.
3. Allow the copy of Pyretic Ritual to resolve which leaves you with {R}{R}{R}. This allows you to cast Reiterate with Buyback for {R}{R} again, targeting the initial unresolved Pyretic Ritual, leaving you with {R} to spare + {R}{R}{R} from the new copy.
4. Repeat step 3 infinitely, increasing your mana count by {R} each time. Neat!

Reset: 5 lands ({1}{U}{U}{R}{R} required) + 3 XP counters + Reset + Reiterate = Infinite mana:

1. Cast Reset for {U}{U}.
2. Cast Reiterate for {1}{R}{R} (cost with Buyback reduced by {3} thanks to the XP counters) targeting your freshly cast Reset.
3. Allow the copy of Reset to resolve and untap all your lands. This allows you to cast Reiterate with Buyback for {1}{R}{R} again, targeting the initial unresolved Reset, leaving you with 2 lands open - Tap these to float 2 mana.
4. Repeat step 3 for eternity, increasing your mana count by {2} each time. Congratulations, you now have ALL THE {U}{R} MANA.

Seething Song: 4 lands ({1}{R}{R}{R} required) + 3 XP counters + Seething Song + Reiterate = Infinite {R}:

1. Cast Seething Song for {R} (cost reduced by {2} thanks to the XP counters).
2. Cast Reiterate for {1}{R}{R} (cost with Buyback reduced by {3} thanks to the XP counters) targeting your freshly cast Seething Song.
3. Allow the copy of Seething Song to resolve which leaves you with {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}. This allows you to cast Reiterate with Buyback for {1}{R}{R} again, targeting the initial unresolved Seething Song, leaving you with {R}{R} to spare + the {R}{R}{R}{R}{R} from the new copy.
4. Repeat step 3 forever, increasing your mana count by {R}{R} each time. Go ahead and Comet Storm the planet.

Turnabout: 6 lands ({2}{U}{U}{R}{R} required) + 2 XP counters + Turnabout + Reiterate = Infinite mana:

1. Cast Turnabout for {U}{U} (cost reduced by {2} thanks to the XP counters).
2. Cast Reiterate for {2}{R}{R} (cost with Buyback reduced by {2} thanks to the XP counters) targeting your freshly cast Turnabout.
3. Allow the copy of Turnabout to resolve and untap all your lands. This allows you to cast Reiterate with Buyback for {2}{R}{R} again, targeting the initial unresolved Turnabout, leaving you with 2 lands open - Tap these to float 2 mana.
4. Repeat step 3 to your heart's content, increasing your mana count by {2} each time. Enjoy your never ending flow of {U}{R} and then proceed to crush your enemies, see them driven before you & hear the lamentations of their women.

The stack. It's a hell of a thing.

Top Ranked	Achieved #58 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #49 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Burn 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 5 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Experience Token, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Octopus 8/8 U
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