Spells on Spells on Spells by Belathos
Format: Commander
Commander: Mizzix of the Izmagnus
Bracket: 3
DeckCheck Threat Index: 43
Deck overview
This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and storm list built around Mizzix of the Izmagnus. The primary objective is to deploy Mizzix early using dense two-mana ramp, then rapidly build experience counters by chaining low-cost cantrips and interaction. Because experience counters reduce the generic mana cost of all instants and sorceries, the deck quickly pivots into explosive turns where high-mana spells become virtually free. Critical enablers like Bonus Round, Past in Flames, and Storm-Kiln Artist generate surplus mana and spell copies, drawing through the library with Archmage Emeritus or Expressive Iteration. The deck closes the game decisively on Turn 6 by funneling massive mana discounts into a lethal multikicked Comet Storm or stacking lethal noncombat burn triggers from Guttersnipe, Fiery Inscription, and Vivi Ornitier. A strong suite of cheap counterspells defends the combo turn, while stored player experience counters ensure fast recovery from removal.
Decklist (100 cards)
- 1 Arcane Denial
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Archmage Emeritus
- 1 Aria of Flame
- 1 Artist's Talent
- 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
- 1 Bonus Round
- 1 Cascade Bluffs
- 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
- 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
- 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
- 1 Comet Storm
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Electrodominance
- 1 Epic Experiment
- 1 Exotic Orchard
- 1 Expressive Iteration
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Fellwar Stone
- 1 Fiery Inscription
- 1 Galvanic Iteration
- 1 Goblin Electromancer
- 1 Grapeshot
- 1 Guttersnipe
- 1 Harmonic Prodigy
- 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
- 1 Invert // Invent
- 1 Invert Polarity
- 6 Island
- 1 Izzet Signet
- 1 Jace's Sanctum
- 1 Lightning Bolt
- 1 Mana Drain
- 1 Memory Deluge
- 1 Mistrise Village
- 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
- 1 Mizzix's Mastery
- 6 Mountain
- 1 Mystic Confluence
- 1 Mystic Retrieval
- 1 Mystic Sanctuary
- 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
- 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
- 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
- 1 Past in Flames
- 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Ponder
- 1 Preordain
- 1 Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
- 1 Prismari Command
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
- 1 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
- 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Resonating Lute
- 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
- 1 Riverpyre Verge
- 1 Rowan, Scholar of Sparks // Will, Scholar of Frost
- 1 Ruby Medallion
- 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
- 1 Sapphire Medallion
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
- 1 Seething Song
- 1 Serum Visions
- 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
- 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
- 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
- 1 Solve the Equation
- 1 Spirebluff Canal
- 1 Steam Vents
- 1 Storm King's Thunder
- 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
- 1 Stormcarved Coast
- 1 Stormcatch Mentor
- 1 Strix Serenade
- 1 Sulfur Falls
- 1 Swan Song
- 1 Talisman of Creativity
- 1 Thermo-Alchemist
- 1 Thousand-Year Storm
- 1 Training Center
- 1 Unwind
- 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
- 1 Vandalblast
- 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
- 1 Vivi Ornitier
- 1 Wooded Foothills