Ghyrson Starn, pew pew by Shdhydhegs

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph commands an Izzet spellslinger deck that turns minor pings into lethal bursts of damage. The strategy relies on Ghyrson's ability to deal two additional damage whenever another source deals exactly one damage, transforming cheap burn spells and static pingers into three-damage hits. The deck curves out with low-mana pingers like Electrostatic Field and Firebrand Archer, then deploys Ghyrson to amplify asymmetric sweepers like End the Festivities and Blazing Volley. These spells clear opposing utility creatures while chunking life totals. Card advantage engines such as Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Tandem Lookout draw cards from every amplified ping, keeping the hand full to chain spells together. Free interaction like Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship protects the board while the deck closes the game with storm finishes or a Niv-Mizzet, Parun combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caltrops
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Circle of Flame
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flame Fusillade
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gelectrode
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magic Missile
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Neurok Stealthsuit
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Playful Shove
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quicksilver Dagger
  • 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Resurrection Orb
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shower of Sparks
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Windfall