Izzet A Burn? by theblueberrybear

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 68

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger and combo list commanded by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The primary game plan converts small 1-damage pings into lethal 3-damage bursts using Ghyrson's ability. By combining low-cost pingers (such as Firebrand Archer and Kessig Flamebreather) with cheap cantrips and rituals, the deck rapidly depletes opponent life totals while keeping opposing boards completely clear of small creatures via 1-mana sweepers like End the Festivities. The main win condition uses Curiosity effects on Ghyrson to draw three cards per spell cast, chaining through the library into a storm finish with Underworld Breach and Grapeshot, or assembling the Niv-Mizzet, Parun two-card infinite combo. A robust free counterspell suite and anti-interaction pieces like Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun protect critical combo turns from opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Agate Instigator
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blazing Volley
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Cast into the Fire
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Coruscation Mage
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Cyclonic Rift
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Electrickery
• 1 Electrostatic Field
• 1 End the Festivities
• 1 Erebor Flamesmith
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expressive Iteration
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Firebrand Archer
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
• 1 Goblin Electromancer
• 1 Grapeshot
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Imperial Recruiter
• 6 Island
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Kessig Flamebreather
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 7 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Pact of Negation
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Pyretic Ritual
• 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1 Razorkin Needlehead
• 1 Repercussion
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Riverpyre Verge
• 1 Roiling Vortex
• 1 Ruby Medallion
• 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
• 1 Seething Song
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Tectonic Hazard
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 Training Center
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• 1 Vivi Ornitier
• 1 Wooded Foothills