impdec by prapla

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and pinger strategy commanded by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The game plan centers on turning minor 1-damage pings into devastating 3-damage bursts using Ghyrson's static ability. Early turns focus on accelerating mana with artifacts and deploying low-cost ping sources like Goblin Fireslinger, Thunderdrum Soloist, or Impact Tremors. Once Ghyrson enters the battlefield, every single-damage trigger threatens opposing life totals and wipes away low-toughness creatures with cards like Scouring Sands and Fulminous Forte. The deck controls the game pace using cheap counterspells while chaining cantrips and untap triggers from Gelectrode to burn all three opponents simultaneously. Because the deck relies heavily on Ghyrson to amplify its damage clock, protecting the commander and maintaining hand size with engines like Quicksilver Dagger and Rhystic Study are critical to closing out the game before opponents stabilize.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Braid of Fire
  • 1 Chandra's Fury
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Bauble
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Disrupt
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fireball
  • 1 First Volley
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Fulminous Forte
  • 1 Gelectrode
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Goblin Fireslinger
  • 1 Goblin Medics
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hydro-Channeler
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Iron Myr
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Keldon Flamesage
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Molten-Core Maestro
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Najal, the Storm Runner
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Quicksilver Dagger
  • 1 Reach Through Mists
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scattershot
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Shower of Sparks
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stitch in Time
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Tibor and Lumia
  • 1 Train of Thought
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Vivid Crag