Ghryson by user1163431

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Izzet spellslinger and pinger control deck commanded by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The primary strategy converts one-damage pings into lethal three-damage bursts through Ghyrson's Three Autostubs ability. By utilizing one-mana asymmetric sweepers like End the Festivities and Blazing Volley, the deck repeatedly wipes opposing utility creatures and commanders while simultaneously burning player life totals. Low-cost pingers such as Firebrand Archer, Kessig Flamebreather, and Coruscation Mage scale rapidly with cheap cantrips, turning each noncreature spell into three damage per opponent. Card velocity is fueled by Curiosity effects on Ghyrson or pingers, generating three card draws per trigger across a four-player pod. A suite of free and one-mana counterspells protects the engine, while Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might provides a powerful backup damage multiplier. The deck establishes firm board control by Turn 4 and closes out the table through compounding burn by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aether Sting
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Asinine Antics
• 1 Avalanche of Sector 7
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Blazing Volley
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Cascade Bluffs
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consider
• 1 Coruscation Mage
• 1 Curiosity
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Electrickery
• 1 End the Festivities
• 1 Evacuation
• 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Faerie Mastermind
• 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Ferrous Lake
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Fiery Islet
• 1 Firebrand Archer
• 1 Flame Fusillade
• 1 Flatline
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Flusterstorm
• 1 Force of Negation
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
• 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
• 1 Gleeful Arsonist
• 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1 Gorgon's Head
• 1 Grapeshot
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
• 1 Imperial Recruiter
• 1 Into the Flood Maw
• 3 Island
• 1 Kessig Flamebreather
• 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Narset's Reversal
• 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
• 1 Ophidian Eye
• 1 Opt
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Razorkin Needlehead
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
• 1 Riverpyre Verge
• 1 Scalding Tarn
• 1 Scorched Geyser
• 1 Serum Visions
• 1 Sigil of Sleep
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Smash to Dust
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spirebluff Canal
• 1 Spiteful Prankster
• 1 Starting Town
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Strix Serenade
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Tandem Lookout
• 1 Tectonic Hazard
• 1 Three Steps Ahead
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Training Center
• 1 Turbulent Springs
• 1 Unsubstantiate
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Vivi Ornitier
• 1 Wandering Fumarole
• 1 Wild Magic Surge
• 1 Windfall