Izzet Starter by tsuseo

Format: Commander

Commander: Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger aggro list commanded by Balmor, Battlemage Captain. The strategy centers on establishing cheap token generators such as Young Pyromancer and Third Path Iconoclast or storm amplifiers like Veyran, Voice of Duality and Harmonic Prodigy. By chaining low-mana cantrips, rituals, and impulse-draw spells, the deck triggers Balmor's ability multiple times in a single turn, granting the entire board massive power buffs and trample to overwhelm opponents through combat. Direct damage from Guttersnipe and Ral, Storm Conduit supplements combat steps with table-wide life loss. The deck transitions into late-game closing power via mass graveyard recursion like Past in Flames and Mizzix's Mastery. While highly explosive and mana-efficient on curve, the deck is vulnerable to well-timed board wipes and relies on proactive sequencing and targeted protection to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call to Mind
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Dive Down
  • 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Galazeth Prismari
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Maelstrom Muse
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rootha, Mercurial Artist
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zaffai, Thunder Conductor