New Untitled Deck by Crabtrap

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger strategy piloted by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The deck capitalizes on Ghyrson's ability to amplify any single point of damage into 3 damage, transforming innocuous 1-damage sources into potent threats. By pairing a dense suite of noncreature spell-damage pingers like Firebrand Archer, Kessig Flamebreather, and Coruscation Mage with Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Tandem Lookout, the deck creates an explosive engine: every 1-mana cantrip deals 3 damage to each opponent and draws up to 3 cards. This allows the pilot to storm through the library in a single Turn 4 turn, closing out all 3 opponents simultaneously. As a secondary plan, Niv-Mizzet, Parun offers a compact 2-card infinite combo with Curiosity, while Underworld Breach and Grapeshot provide graveyard recursion and storm redundancy. A lean suite of 1-mana counterspells protects the winning turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Electrolyze
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lava Dart
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Obsessive Search
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Peek
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quicken
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twisted Image
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Windfall