River Song by coopsims

Format: Commander

Commander: River Song

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Izzet spellslinger-burn list helmed by River Song that wins by converting a dense instant-and-sorcery suite into table-wide damage. Early pingers (Firebrand Archer, Kessig Flamebreather, Electrostatic Field, Guttersnipe, Thermo-Alchemist) tax every noncreature spell, while damage amplifiers (Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Mechanized Warfare, Twinflame Tyrant, Fiery Emancipation, Thor, Asgard's Avenger) turn those trickle triggers into lethal reach. River Song is a political and incremental payoff-she grows and burns opponents whenever they scry, surveil, or search-but the deck's real engine lives in the 99. Cost reducers (Baral, Chief of Compliance, Goblin Electromancer), magecraft doublers (Veyran, Voice of Duality, Harmonic Prodigy), and a deep counter suite keep the spells flowing and protected until X-finishers (Banefire, Comet Storm) or a resolved Thousand-Year Storm/Mizzix's Mastery close the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Banefire
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Desolate Lighthouse
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Impulse
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 River Song
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thor, Asgard's Avenger
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Wandering Fumarole
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve