They're goblins, but better by user5864619

Format: Commander

Commander: Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Izzet Spellslinger Storm strategy commanded by Ovika, Enigma Goliath. The primary game plan accelerates into Ovika ahead of curve using mana rocks, creature cost reducers, and high-yield red rituals. Once Ovika enters the battlefield, every noncreature spell produces a swarm of artifact Phyrexian Goblin tokens with haste. The deck converts these tokens into overwhelming mana and card flow using Phyrexian Altar, Skirk Prospector, Battle Hymn, Brightstone Ritual, and Skullclamp. Victory is achieved on the storm turn through direct damage triggers from Impact Tremors, Agate Instigator, Weftstalker Ardent, and Goblin Bombardment, exponential combat damage from Devilish Valet, or an immediate lethal swing with hasty tokens. Backed by a dense suite of low-cost counterspells, redirection effects, and grave recursion via Underworld Breach and Past in Flames, the deck defends its combo turn effectively and can pivot to backup storm lines if Ovika is suppressed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Devilish Valet
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raid Bombardment
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent