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Format: Commander

Commander: Magnus the Red

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Izzet spellslinger deck built around Magnus the Red. The core game plan establishes an early board of creature tokens using low-cost permanents like Young Pyromancer and Third Path Iconoclast. Once Magnus the Red enters, each token reduces the generic mana cost of instants and sorceries by {1}. This unlocks dramatic discounts on high-cost spells, enabling you to cast extra-turn spells such as Time Stretch and Expropriate, or lethal finishers like Crackle with Power and Insurrection, for mere colored pips. While the deck boasts immense late-game burst potential and explosive mana velocity once untapping with its commander, its ramp package and interaction suite are relatively modest. It relies heavily on Magnus the Red surviving a full turn rotation without extensive counterspell protection, making timing and threat management critical to successfully closing out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alrund's Epiphany
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blatant Thievery
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Elminster's Simulacrum
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Ghired's Belligerence
  • 1 Hermes, Overseer of Elpis
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mass Manipulation
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Muse Vortex
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Poppet Stitcher // Poppet Factory
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silver Scrutiny
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stolen by the Fae
  • 1 Storm King's Thunder
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tellah, Great Sage
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Time Stretch
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Valeria Richards, Precocious
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zaffai, Thunder Conductor