If you want to go to end deck damage, run curiosity. Put it on Niv-Mizzet and each damage, you draw a card. Make sure you run something like Elixir of immortality to recycle your graveyard.

Daedalus19876 I have not been able to get my hands on a Sneak Attack yet.

narshol: I was running it for a while, but it's dead without Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, so out it went!

canderson107: Let me know how it is, once you do!

@Daedalus, I have it in there as an alternate Win. I don't use it all the time, but if they come up near each other in the deck, it's not a bad way to go.

Psychosis Crawler?

@deadalus I commented a lot of pages ago about combustible gearhulk should be in here. I've gone and built me a locust god deck, and I took him out. Too many other good cards out there.

Msg_magic: Yeah, that's my problem too. I'm even having trouble finding space for that new 1-card combo in C17...

Daedalus19876: if you're talking about Kindred Discovery I believe that combo would mill you out. Since it doesn't say you "May" draw a card.

Klancik: I'd need to play Snapback as well to be able to terminate the combo, even if I have no mana open.

Daedalus19876: Having a Laboratory Maniac out before works, or if you don't have it in hand a Leyline of Anticipation/Vedalken Orrery out means you can flash in Laboratory Maniac in response to the trigger when you have no more cards in your library. Although adding Snapback works, it just seems to feel bad when you don't have Kindred Discovery. You can also add some 1-mana removal spell like Pongify or Rapid Hybridization so you only have to leave up when you go off.

Okay, so I have a possible card suggestion in regards to the "decking yourself" problem in the form of Words of War or also Words of Wind. Additional problem to this is I'm unable to begin guessing where you would make space for either one in addition to Laboratory Maniac (if you even found it worth it). Truthfully I'm more concerned about finding space for Leyline of Anticipation and/or Vedalken Orrery, but the above comments distracted me.

For the way you have your build set up, I'm personally curious how Breath of Fury is able to go infinite the way you describe when you have, as far as I can tell, no way to guarantee that the enchanted creature is getting damage in each time. I might also wonder if, in regards to Faithless Looting in particular, you might not be better off with more spell recursion effects like that of Mystic Retrieval or even Recoup? If nothing else, wouldn't Kozilek be able to be replaced by say Hostility or Guile in regards to the shuffle effect? "Butcher of Wallets" is just as apt a name for Kozilek in this instance.

Lastly, I noticed some people have suggested Curiosity, even though Ophidian Eye is better, to go with your Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, but with Purphorous possibly being a creature at the same time that you have the your commander, he can wield the enchantment/s just as effectively as the dragon (I think). As a side note, cause I got curious and distracted again, Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Illusionist's Bracers + The Locust God + Phyrexian Altar will win the game/clear the board. That also works if you had Mycosynth Lattice and Ashnod's Altar (or I guess Krark-Clan Ironworks at that point) instead of the bracer's and phyrexian altar.

Btw, I don't have it on the site yet, but I am trying to brew a more casual creature-centric locsut swarming deck. I'd love to get your opinion on it later if you're up to it by (estimated time who knows when).

I have 2 suggestions I like in my Locust deck:

Aggravated Assault: with Neheb or infinite mana this is a win con with the swarm, other times the extra combat is just nice to have

Mind Over Matter: honestly I play this for the fact that it is a discard outlet, but the ability to untap helps as well. A little high on the curve but sometimes discarding that Eldrazi is all I need to save myself.

Love this commander, love this deck, looks amazing +1

DarkEclipse18: Thanks for both suggestions! I was actually planning on putting in Mind Over Matter already haha (hadn't finished the next update lol), and I'll definitely consider Aggravated Assault :) Mind re-clicking that upvote button, though? It didn't seem to have worked the first time.

I have finally played my version of this deck against my play group ... I know I already suggested this card to you but ... Rites of Initiation is insane in this deck !!!! Here is my deck list : The Loco Locust

@Daedalus19876: Those are either some very fancy boxes for referencing Razortooth and me, or your response got lost in transit.

TheRedGoat: Shit.

Apparently I can't actually OPEN those accordion folders I created, because clicking them just hyperlinks to the users in question. Dammit.

Here's the gist of it, abbreviated (sorry):

RazortoothMtg: I felt I had a few options, but I needed to be able to use that combo even when holding up 0 mana. That leaves me 2 options: a free spell like Snapback or Pyrokinesis, or Simian Spirit Guide+Pyroblast. The former seemed better, and I got to kill a Kaalia deck with Snapback so I like it, hehe.

TheRedGoat: Sorry for how curt this is about to sound; I lost probably 700 words in those damnable spoiler boxes above :/ In short:

Words of War is inefficient and requires extra setup alas. I find Leyline of Anticipation to be subpar in this case, and slots are tight. Breath of Fury goes infinite with a draw outlet as long as I have any one undefended opponent, but I cut it anyway because it's too easy to disrupt. My deck is fast enough now (average T4 win) that Mystic Retrieval is too much mana. Hostility works for a couple combos in place of Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, but it's a very bad substitute because it won't save you from decking yourself if the effect in question draws more than 1 card. Also, you can't use Hostility as recursion to re-draw your GY. I would honestly try to get Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre if you want to cut a few $$s, but you do need an "Eldrazi shuffle" for the deck to function right. Purphoros, God of the Forge is virtually never a creature (barely have enough devotion in the deck to turn him on) so I'm not running Curiosity. I did add Mind Over Matter for the Niv-Mizzet combo tho. And when you do make that more casual Locust God deck, feel free to link me! :)

Again, sorry for the curtness. If you want more detail feel free to ask for clarification.

Micocoulier: I'm just worried about the random aspect of the discard :/ If I have enough Locusts/cards for it to work, I should just be able to storm for the win...

If that is curt I'd hate to see you when you're really pissed. But in any case you actually made me realize the main point with Breath of Fury is not about ensuring the creature can get in to any given opponent regardless of their board, but rather just that you'll get to a single opponent that may have been behind.

I had the same lack of perspective about Purphorous not having enough devotion most of the time and about the graveyard shuffle being more important than just having a card to stop you from decking out.

I can further tell now that Retrieval and Leyline are more suited to value spell/probably control based interactive decks. Yours being so fast it just wants to get off the ground first, which feels very similar to some elf builds I've looked up, so I'm not sure that's a good thing.

Lastly, I feel I not only misjudged what kind of deck you were building here, but with Words of War I may have misunderstood that it is not meant to be in a draw mechanic focused deck is it? But rather it would be meant for a deck that tries to play off having no resources in hand? Like a Hazoret the Fervent to name a recent example put out by WotC. Or when you say inefficient did you just mean that because you personally are going for a fast paced build as opposed to something slower?

TheRedGoat: I hope that didn't sound angry! I just had very little time to (re)type a lot of information.

With regards to Words of War, it can stop the combo, but I am not willing to pay a card to get a Shock. After all, I want to draw everything I can in this deck! :)

Words of Wind is a bit better because it can act as a nonsymmetric stax piece (I bounce a Locust, they bounce something important), but even there it's simply too slow for how this deck currently functions.

Thanks again for your comments :)

This is brilliant, and brilliantly written. I really, really love the idea of Fateful Showdown, as it just outright ends a dude if you Enter the Infinite, even without the big bug on field.

I would suggest maybe considering Impact Tremors as a nifty budget option to lay the hurt on fools when the commander is on the table. One good draw spell or puzzle box and the pings begin.

do you think Mind Stone might be better than one of the rock you are running?It enters untapped, and can become a locust if drawn too late. I would think that it's better than the Pyramid of the Pantheon. and equal but different to Coldsteel Heart and Fellwar Stone

AngryToken: Thank you! :D I really should build a budget version of this deck...I'll tag you if/when I start that project :)

bmorri9: I could see adding it, but the lack of colored mana is a big deal given that I'm trying to use it with Paradox Engine. Pyramid of the Pantheon is good when I have a few turns to setup, or draw into in the middle of Paradox Engine combo'ing (where it's much, much better than Gilded Lotus).

Whats your primary goal for adding stifle in? Is if for Kindred discovery?

Worthy adding a Timetwister into the deck, since I own one?