This is gonna sting a little, a lot. by Mr.Dent79

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger and burn strategy built around Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The commander triples the output of every source dealing exactly 1 damage, converting symmetrical one-damage board wipes and individual spellcast triggers into lethal table-wide damage. By surrounding the commander with redundant pingers such as Firebrand Archer, Kessig Flamebreather, and Coruscation Mage, along with card-draw engines like Curiosity and Tandem Lookout, the deck rapidly draws through its library while burning opponents and clearing their creatures. An elite counterspell suite featuring Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat shields the board during development. As an independent backup plan, the deck runs the compact two-card infinite combo of Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity to draw the deck and close the game immediately.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Chandra's Incinerator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drain Power
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hydroblast
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mind Bomb
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Zell Dincht