Ghyrson Max by user8054507

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph leads an aggressive Izzet spellslinger and ping-burn strategy designed to turn small damage increments into lethal table-wide bursts. Ghyrson's ability triggers whenever another source deals exactly 1 damage, adding 2 additional damage from the commander. This turns low-cost pingers like Firebrand Archer and Kessig Flamebreather into rapid clocks that deal 3 damage to each opponent per noncreature spell. Cheap asymmetric wipes like End the Festivities and Blazing Volley clear opposing boards of dorks and utility commanders for a single mana. The deck accelerates through high-density cantrips and mana engines like Birgi, God of Storytelling and Storm-Kiln Artist, while auras like Curiosity draw up to three cards per cast. By Turn 5, the deck reaches critical onset, chaining cantrips into Past in Flames or Grapeshot to eliminate the table efficiently.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Pyromancer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Corrupted Conscience
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrolyze
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gelectrode
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Windfall