Big Wizard Hats by Drakarra

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This Izzet Spellslinger deck is commanded by Vivi Ornitier, a legendary Wizard that converts every noncreature spell into table-wide burn and +1/+1 counters, while offering a once-per-turn burst of colored mana equal to its power. The deck's primary game plan revolves around enchanting Vivi with Curiosity, Tandem Lookout, or Sigil of Sleep. Because Vivi deals 1 damage to each opponent on every noncreature cast, Curiosity triggers three times per spell, drawing three cards and instantly sustaining an explosive storm turn. Supported by cost reducers like Baral and Stormcatch Mentor, mana engines like Storm-Kiln Artist, and trigger doublers like Harmonic Prodigy and Veyran, the deck chains cantrips and free spells until opponents are incinerated in a single turn. With dense 1-mana countermagic, flexible bounce removal, and asymmetric board resets like Cyclonic Rift, the list maintains high tempo while assembling its decisive storm lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consult the Star Charts
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wizard's Staff