Parun's Competitive Spell-Slinger Deluxe™

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Multiplayer UR (Izzet)

Torquoal

Instant (29)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Whir of Invention

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Rhystic Study

Land (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 9x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

Creature (7)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Tribute Mage

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dream Halls

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Mystic Retrieval

Creature (1)

• 1x Snapcaster Mage

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Background

This used to be curiosity-less wheel effect cEDH style Niv Mizzet the Firemind for many years. However, the release of Niv Mizzet, Parun, really lets one take a more modern and competitive stance on a Niv Mizzet deck that, while still likely not up to Nivix's standards, has its own cool play pattern thanks to Parun's absurd text box.

This is a new build after 7 years using a very different Parun style so feedback would be appreciated!

Gameplan

This deck aims to set up on the first two-three turns using cantrips and artifact tutors to dig out some early mana, with the aim of assembling a fast Isochron - Dramatic Reversal for infinite mana. The deck then wants to cast Parun and dig through the deck, countering threats, until you have enough mana to kill 2 players with Expansion / Explosion, or just kill opponents with Niv triggers. Often you will not being to hit these mana producers as early as this, in which case your aim is to keep crafting your hand and keep counters open to disrupt any early wins your opponents try to commit to.

Notable Exclusions

The old Niv deck used to run Inner Fire, Comet Storm as its main win, but (sadly for nostalgia reasons) these are no longer needed in this build. The old deck tried to get a fat hand, then win, whereas with Parun and isochron scepter/curiosity effects wants to just combo off instantly with disruption to back it up.

Cards I Have To Acquire

This deck is missing a few cards for budgetary reasons, these will be included when/if possible: Volcanic Island, Timetwister (lol), Mox Diamond (increasingly large lol as price rises), Force of Negation.

Changes

07/07/2019 - Paradox Engine banned (probably for the best). Replaced it with Tribute Mage to help secure Isochron combo. Also trying out Narset over Turnabout to see how much she actually interrupts people. 01/10/2019 - Cut some of the more abusable cards or slow cards like Dream Halls, Scroll Rack, Snapcaster, Mission Briefing and Turnabout for protection like Cursed Totem, Grafdigger's Cage and Pyroclasm. Might want to put the first 4 listed back in after testing. This version is more competitive but its less splashy and unique.

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 6 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UR (Izzet) 5 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.30
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C
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