Spell slinger by user7523078

Format: Commander

Commander: Kraum, Violent Cacophony

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger strategy led by Kraum, Violent Cacophony, built to convert low-cost cantrips into explosive card advantage, Treasure generation, and table-wide burn. Early turns focus on establishing mana through rocks like Arcane Signet and cost-reducers like Goblin Electromancer while sculpting the hand with efficient card filtering. By Turn 4, the deck deploys a primary value engine such as Kraum, Violent Cacophony or Archmage Emeritus, enabling continuous card draw on every spell cast. The mid-game leverages magecraft triggers from Storm-Kiln Artist and Veyran, Voice of Duality to generate substantial mana velocity. The deck aims for a decisive Turn 6 finish, either by assembling the two-card infinite damage loop of Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity, or by storming off with Guttersnipe and Fiery Inscription to eliminate all opponents in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chrome Host Seedshark
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Elemental Eruption
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Eris, Roar of the Storm
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Ionize
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kraum, Violent Cacophony
  • 1 Lock and Load
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Molten Exhale
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remand
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shadow of the Second Sun
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splatter Technique
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormscale Scion
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Windfall