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Format: Commander

Commander: Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger aggro list commanded by Balmor, Battlemage Captain. The game plan establishes a board of low-cost token generators such as Young Pyromancer and Third Path Iconoclast alongside Balmor, Battlemage Captain, then converts strings of one-mana cantrips into massive, board-wide stat boosts with trample. Mana velocity is sustained through cost reducers like Stormcatch Mentor and burst mana generators like Birgi, God of Storytelling and Storm-Kiln Artist. The deck protects its combo-like combat turns with free interaction including Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship, allowing it to commit all mana to spell chaining. While it lacks infinite combos and fast mana artifacts, its dense card draw and redundant creature threats reliably push lethal combat damage across the entire table by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blustersquall
  • 1 Bothersome Quasit
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
  • 1 Embrace the Unknown
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geralf, the Fleshwright
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kiln Fiend
  • 1 Kitesail Larcenist
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Monastery Swiftspear
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Slickshot Show-Off
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Sprite Dragon
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warlord's Fury
  • 1 Young Pyromancer