Scan: Magnus the Red by hixg

Format: Commander

Commander: Magnus the Red

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a spellslinger token-swarm deck built around Magnus the Red's cost reduction: every creature token you control makes your instants and sorceries cheaper, which lets you chain bigger and bigger spells. The core loop is deploying token generators (Talrand, Sky Summoner, Young Pyromancer, Third Path Iconoclast, Ovika, Enigma Goliath), then converting that token count into a torrent of copied spells, storm-style chains, and ultimately extra turns and massive burn. Primary wins are combat via a hasty, pumped token army (Balmor, Battlemage Captain, Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer, Court of Embereth) and direct damage through Crackle with Power, Sorcerer Class, and Niv-Mizzet, Parun. A heavy extra-turn package (Alrund's Epiphany, Time Stretch, Expropriate, Karn's Temporal Sundering) both buys time and multiplies spell triggers. The deck is explosive but relies on assembling a wide board before the haymakers land.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Apex of Power
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Endeavor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Beholder's Charm Ray
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonfire of the Damned
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Chandra, Hope's Beacon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Cosmic Epiphany
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Embereth
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Dark Apostle
  • 1 Deekah, Fractal Theorist
  • 1 Discontinuity
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Eris, Roar of the Storm
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 High Tide
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 1 Melek, Izzet Paragon
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Overwhelming Intellect
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Pink Horror
  • 1 Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Stormsplitter
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tzaangor Shaman
  • 1 Young Pyromancer