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