Niv Mizzet EDH
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Posted on Dec. 4, 2012, 2:05 p.m. by MindAblaze
Im working on an EDH deck for my wife to play with, its based on an izzet deck shes been playing with, lots of card draw and burn. Im wondering, what cards are autoincludes for a deck like this? I have a JTMS thats going in, and im planning to put in a Worldfire once I track down an Epic Experiment . Curiosity has a slot too...obviously.
hunter9000 says... #3
Omniscience and Hypersonic Dragon are fun, especially with Worldfire . Also the new Enter the Infinite when Gatecrash comes out.
Things that let you copy instants and sorceries will help get a lot more power out of burn spells, which are usually underwhelming in EDH. Chandra, the Firebrand , Djinn Illuminatus , Cloven Casting , Dual Casting , Echo Mage , Increasing Vengeance , Mirror Sheen , Isochron Scepter , Nivix Guildmage , Wild Ricochet are good options.
card:Blue Sun's Zenith is a good draw card, be sure to include Reliquary Tower .
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage is another great PW for this type of deck.
Extra turns with Beacon of Tomorrows , Temporal Mastery and Time Warp are always fun.
December 4, 2012 3:04 p.m.
ChiefWannaHacka says... #4
I hate to spoil this, but would like to save you time if you want to go play in a sanctioned event, Worldfire was recently banned in EDH. Though if your playgroup is cool with it then by all means have at it!
As for the draw combo, there is also: Ophidian Eye
December 4, 2012 3:36 p.m.
hunter9000 says... #5
Great, Wizards prints a card that's only good in EDH, then it gets banned in EDH. :\
December 4, 2012 3:50 p.m.
ChiefWannaHacka says... #6
Tell me about it, I traded to get a Primeval Titan , then a week later he gets banned and drops $4 in price Wooohooo!
December 4, 2012 4:06 p.m.
If you're going to use Curiosity (though you shouldn't, because it's not fun, imo), then just put in as many cards as you can that'll let you tutor or draw into it. Cuz, let's be honest, it's an incredibly easy two-card 'I win' combo. When half of your win combo is your general, it's a little cheap. So you can also use as much ramp and General protection as you can fit.
December 4, 2012 8:35 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #8
@ KevinLS
I agree with you, Curiosity is kind of cheap, but isnt tutoring it out a little moreso? Plus you still have to draw the cards and with the number of players that a multiplayer EDH can have you'll deck yourself before you kill everybody. I like your suggestions though, I'll post my list when I get it a little more developed.
@ Everyone else
I realize Worldfire is banned, but I'm in a pretty casual playgroup, and as long as somebody keeps their distance from degeneracy then it's usually ok. I dont generally agree with bannings like Prime Time when theyre based on the ubiquity of a cards usage. "everyone plays green" for primeval is a bad argument for me...great card. I dont own one though so I dont have one in deck:the-haven-at-sacellum
December 5, 2012 2:24 p.m.
I sort of agree with your assessment of EHD banning.
The deck construction max of any one non-basic land card, and a deck of minimum 100 cards... there may be a number of 'great' cards, but only having one in a large deck means that no one card really poses a 'broken' status. (Okay, few exceptions... Tolarian Academy ...?)
The real exception, of course, are the commanders. If the commander itself 'could be' broken, then the fact that you always have the capability to cast it makes it broken or to easy to break. Even then, restricting those to "playable, but not as commander" is usually enough.
December 5, 2012 2:42 p.m.
As much as I'd like to play with him, having Emrakul, the Aeons Torn inside the deck is probably more dangerous than having him as the general -- Bribery .
Even against multiple people, if you get infinite draw ability, you should be able to win the game, not just by dealing damage from those draws, but from the cards themselves. It only cost you UR, to draw your deck and deal maybe 70+ dmg. But as long as you're at it:
MindAblaze says... #2
Laboratory Maniac for the Curiosity combo. That way I don't deck myself. Omniscience would be nice with that too...drop my whole library on the field...
December 4, 2012 2:42 p.m.