Zaffai and tempests budget extra turns by lucas333

Format: Commander

Commander: Zaffai and the Tempests

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet big-mana spellslinger strategy commanded by Zaffai and the Tempests. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana in the early turns with low-cost rocks and cost reducers, then casting Zaffai to cheat expensive, game-warping instants and sorceries from hand for free. Once Zaffai or secondary engines like Ovika, Enigma Goliath, Sunbird's Invocation, and Franklin Richards, Ascendant are established, the deck generates overwhelming board presence through massive token generation and free cascading spells. It closes the game by overwhelming opponents with swarms of hasty Phyrexian Goblins, flying Elementals from Rootha, Mastering the Moment, extra turn spells like Nexus of Fate and Alrund's Epiphany, or stealing blockers with Mob Rule. The deck features robust backup engines and strong late-game card advantage, though its high commander mana cost and reliance on holding up mana for reactive counterspells leave it vulnerable to well-timed spot removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway Commons
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Banishing Betrayal
  • 1 Baral and Kari Zev
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Chilling Grasp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Divergent Equation
  • 1 Elemental Mascot
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explosive Singularity
  • 1 Fblthp, the Lost
  • 1 Franklin Richards, Ascendant
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hidden Cataract
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Hydro-Channeler
  • 1 Invert // Invent
  • 1 Ionize
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Learn from the Past
  • 1 Mind Transfer Protocol
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 1 Muse Seeker
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Part the Waterveil
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Quick Study
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Retro-Mutation
  • 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Shimmer of Possibility
  • 1 Shreds of Sanity
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Smelt
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Mage
  • 1 Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study
  • 1 Splatter Technique
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stress Dream
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 TCRI Building
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Windrider Wizard
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Yue, the Moon Spirit
  • 1 Zaffai and the Tempests