Updated Kaits izzet by XANOOBIS72

Format: Commander

Commander: Rootha, Mastering the Moment

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized Izzet Spellslinger Midrange strategy piloted by Rootha, Mastering the Moment. The central game plan focuses on utilizing cost reducers like Goblin Electromancer and Magnus the Red, alongside delve and affinity mechanics, to cheat the mana costs of massive spells such as Dig Through Time, Magma Opus, and Blasphemous Act. When these high-mana-value spells are cast before combat, Rootha triggers to create massive flying, hasty Elemental tokens scaled to the printed mana value of the spell. The deck leverages these evasive threats alongside secondary token duplicators like Redoubled Stormsinger and Rionya, Fire Dancer to quickly threaten opposing life totals. A healthy package of cheap Izzet counterspells and flexible removal ensures interaction against opposing threats, although the deck largely foregoes hard stax and infinite combos in favor of honest, high-impact spellcasting and combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Burn Away
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chase Inspiration
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confusticate and Bebother
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Firemind's Foresight
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom Muse
  • 1 Magma Opus
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Melek, Reforged Researcher
  • 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prismari Apprentice
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
  • 1 Rowan, Scholar of Sparks // Will, Scholar of Frost
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Spectacle Mage
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Swerve
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zaffai, Thunder Conductor