Clan of the third hand by kayrock

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger burn and storm control strategy commanded by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The game plan revolves around Ghyrson Starn's ability to amplify any single point of damage into three total damage. By pairing cheap pingers such as Firebrand Archer, Kessig Flamebreather, and Electrostatic Field with draw engines like Curiosity and Ophidian Eye, every 1-mana instant or sorcery deals three damage to each opponent while drawing three cards. The deck controls the board using 1-mana one-sided sweepers like End the Festivities and Blazing Volley, which turn into three-damage one-sided board wipes. It protects its engine with free countermagic including Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat. Once the draw engine is active on Turn 4, the deck quickly burns through life totals and finishes the table on Turn 5 with high storm counts and Grapeshot.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrolyze
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gateway Plaza
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Price of Progress
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyrokinesis
  • 1 Razorfin Hunter
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Searing Touch
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Shower of Sparks
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Jolt
  • 1 Spell Satchel
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence