They're goblins, but better by user4453577

Format: Commander

Commander: Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and token swarm deck commanded by Ovika, Enigma Goliath. The primary strategy focuses on ramping during the first four turns using mana rocks and cantrips, deploying Ovika on Turn 5, and untapping on Turn 6 to storm off. Once Ovika is on the battlefield, every noncreature spell creates hasty 1/1 Phyrexian Goblin tokens equal to its mana value. The deck chains low-cost cantrips, high-yield rituals like Battle Hymn and Brightstone Ritual, and card draw engines like Skullclamp and Archmage Emeritus into a massive army in a single turn. Win conditions include swinging with hasty tokens buffed by Balmor, Battlemage Captain, attacking with an exponentially large Devilish Valet, or converting tokens into direct damage with Goblin Bombardment and Kyren Negotiations. With built-in Ward protection on Ovika and efficient counterspells, the deck protects its explosive Turn 6 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Artistic Refusal
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Devilish Valet
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin War Strike
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
  • 1 Kyren Negotiations
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raid Bombardment
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo