Vadrik, Astral Archmage by w1ll

Format: Commander

Commander: Vadrik, Astral Archmage

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a classic Izzet spellslinger/storm deck helmed by Vadrik, Astral Archmage, built around growing Vadrik's power through day/night triggers and then converting that into massive cost reduction on instants and sorceries. The primary game plan is to spend the early turns deploying Vadrik, flipping day/night to stack +1/+1 counters on him, and stockpiling rituals and copy effects. The kill turn comes when the deck chains rituals like Seething Song, Pyretic Ritual, and Desperate Ritual into copy spells like Reiterate and Howl of the Horde, then detonates a huge X-spell - Crackle with Power, Comet Storm, or Jaya's Immolating Inferno - or decks opponents out with Stroke of Genius, Blue Sun's Zenith, or Mathemagics. Secondary wins include Jace, Wielder of Mysteries self-mill and Niv-Mizzet, Parun pinging off draw spells. The deck is a one-turn-kill machine that wants to goldfish a single explosive turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Apex of Power
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archmage Emeritus
• 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1 Bonus Round
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Comet Storm
• 1 Conqueror's Flail
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Crackle with Power
• 1 Desperate Ritual
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Drown in Dreams
• 1 Dualcaster Mage
• 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Flow State
• 1 Frantic Search
• 1 Frostboil Snarl
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Howl of the Horde
• 1 Introduction to Annihilation
• 11 Island
• 1 Izzet Boilerworks
• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Long-Term Plans
• 1 Mana Geyser
• 1 Mana Sculpt
• 1 Mathemagics
• 1 Mistrise Village
• 1 Mizzix's Mastery
• 14 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Mystical Tutor
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Past in Flames
• 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1 Pull from Tomorrow
• 1 Pyretic Ritual
• 1 Reiterate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Resonating Lute
• 1 Rewind
• 1 Seething Song
• 1 Slip Through Space
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solve the Equation
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 1 Steam Vents
• 1 Stella Lee, Wild Card
• 1 Storm King's Thunder
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Stroke of Genius
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thousand-Year Storm
• 1 Thundering Falls
• 1 Tidal Barracuda
• 1 Training Center
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Underworld Breach
• 1 Unleash Fury
• 1 Unwind
• 1 Vadrik, Astral Archmage
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Wizard's Staff