Ovika Spell Goblins by Jawdy

Format: Commander

Commander: Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger strategy that converts noncreature spells into an overwhelming swarm of hasty Phyrexian Goblin tokens using Ovika, Enigma Goliath. The deck spends early turns developing its mana base through dense artifact ramp, cost reducers like Stormcatch Mentor and Goblin Electromancer, and explosive rituals such as Mana Geyser and Brightstone Ritual. Once Ovika enters the battlefield on Turn 5, every noncreature spell produces tokens equal to its mana value. The deck transitions immediately into a storm turn on Turn 6, drawing massive amounts of cards through Kindred Discovery, Harmonized Crescendo, or Skullclamp. It finishes the game in a single turn without passing priority, using enter-the-battlefield damage from Agate Instigator and Molten Gatekeeper or sweeping unblockable combat damage enabled by Balmor, Battlemage Captain and Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive. Robust countermagic and Ovika's built-in ward protect the win.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artistic Refusal
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coral Atoll
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Drain Power
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Ember Island Production
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Highland Lake
  • 1 Hydro-Channeler
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Meeting of Minds
  • 1 Mirage Mockery
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Muse Seeker
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Rapturous Moment
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Relm's Sketching
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent