Izzet EDH by user5508637

Format: Commander

Commander: Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Izzet spellslinger deck uses Sanar, Unfinished Genius to generate Treasure ramp and tutor key instants or sorceries via its adventure spell, Wild Idea. The core game plan revolves around deploying low-cost burn creatures such as Electrostatic Field, Firebrand Archer, Erebor Flamesmith, and Guttersnipe, then chaining cheap cantrips and copy spells to deal damage to all opponents at once. Token generators like Murmuring Mystic and Stormchaser's Talent provide secondary board presence and blockers. The deck hits its operational setup on Turn 4 and reaches critical onset around Turn 6, when multiple pingers or large engines like Niv-Mizzet, Parun threaten lethal table-wide burn. Because the list features dense pinger redundancy, it recovers rapidly from removal and functions smoothly without its commander. However, it requires creatures to survive across multiple turns without built-in protection, and its interaction suite lacks permanent answers for resolved noncreature permanents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Infusion
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardent Elementalist
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Complete the Circuit
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Essence Backlash
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hypersonic Dragon
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer
  • 1 Kindlespark Duo
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Mana Short
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pillardrop Warden
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Quench
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spectacle Mage
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stern Dismissal
  • 1 Stitch in Time
  • 1 Storm Skreelix
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Autonomous Furnace
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 The Surgical Bay
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Wizard Class