Ghyrson by Manbeard

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Izzet spellslinger build helmed by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph, built around the commander's ability to turn every 1-damage ping into a 3-damage blast. The primary game plan is to deploy a critical mass of cheap 1-damage spells and pinger creatures, using Ghyrson to amplify each trigger into table-wide pressure or targeted removal. The deck's main win conditions are the infinite combo of Niv-Mizzet, Parun with Curiosity or Ophidian Eye (each draw triggers a damage loop), a storm kill via Grapeshot after chaining many cheap spells, and incremental pinger attrition. A robust suite of counterspells and free interaction protects the combo turn, while recursion tools like Past in Flames and Urabrask provide resilience. The deck is a classic "spells matter" control-combo hybrid that dictates the pace through stack interaction and volleyed pings.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flame Jab
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forked Bolt
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Magic Missile
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smash to Dust
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier