Spell sling by TurtburgerWC762

Format: Commander

Commander: Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 19

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger list commanded by Ovika, Enigma Goliath. The primary strategy focuses on deploying mana rocks and cost reducers in the early game to cast Ovika on Turn 6. Once Ovika is on the battlefield, casting noncreature spells generates an army of hasty Phyrexian Goblin tokens with power proportional to the spells' mana values. Auxiliary creatures like Guttersnipe and Firebrand Archer convert each spell cast into direct damage to all opponents. While explosive when resolved, the deck is constrained by Ovika's high mana cost and a relatively light interaction suite. It lacks fast mana or infinite combos, meaning victory is achieved through wide combat damage and burn across multiple turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Alchemist's Gambit
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Diary of Dreams
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Double Vision
  • 6 Dragon's Approach
  • 1 Enraged Flamecaster
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Franklin Richards, Ascendant
  • 1 Galvanic Blast
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Ghostfire Slice
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Highspire Bell-Ringer
  • 1 Hypersonic Dragon
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 1 Molten-Core Maestro
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Muse's Encouragement
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Pillardrop Warden
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Ral and the Implicit Maze
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 River's Rebuke
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Sphinx of the Final Word
  • 1 Splatter Technique
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Unfathomable Truths
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Zaffai and the Tempests