Let It Ride by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Creator: SailorSmithsonian

Commander: Yusri, Fortune's Flame

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Izzet archetype built around coin-flip mechanics, velocity, and sudden combo finishes. Commanded by Yusri, Fortune's Flame, the deck uses its commander's combat trigger as an aggressive card draw engine starting on turn 4. The primary win condition centers on Frenetic Efreet, whose zero-mana activation can be stacked infinitely to guarantee instant wins with Chance Encounter, infinite mana with Tavern Scoundrel, or massive lethal combat damage with Okaun, Eye of Chaos. Key artifact enablers like Krark's Thumb drastically tilt flip odds in the pilot's favor, turning chaotic spells like Fiery Gambit and Squee's Revenge into massive resource engines. Supported by premium Izzet counterspells like Mana Drain, Deflecting Swat, and Swan Song, the deck protects its key pieces while digging rapidly toward a decisive turn 6 or 7 victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boompile
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Breeches, the Blastmaker
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chance Encounter
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Creepy Doll
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Gambit
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frenetic Efreet
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Game of Chaos
  • 1 Goblin Archaeologist
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Traprunner
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Karplusan Minotaur
  • 1 Krark's Thumb
  • 1 Krark, the Thumbless
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mogg Assassin
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mutalith Vortex Beast
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Okaun, Eye of Chaos
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Planar Chaos
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Ral Zarek
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee's Revenge
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stitch in Time
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Tavern Scoundrel
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Toothy, Imaginary Friend
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Yusri, Fortune's Flame
  • 1 Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom