Burn Wizard Burn by user2971244

Format: Commander

Commander: Black Waltz No. 3

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Rakdos spellslinger burn strategy commanded by Black Waltz No. 3. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost pingers that deal noncombat damage whenever noncreature spells are cast, scaling damage through multipliers like Harmonic Prodigy, Tor Wauki the Younger, and Artist's Talent. The deck accelerates its mana using low-curve artifacts, cost reducers, and explosive engines like Storm-Kiln Artist and The Vision and Scarlet Witch. A dense suite of impulse draw spells (Reckless Impulse, Wrenn's Resolve, Light Up the Stage) keeps cards flowing to sustain multi-spell storm turns. Interactively, it uses efficient spot removal and asymmetrical board sweeps via Fire Covenant and deathtouch interactions with Pestilent Spirit. Because the 99 is densely packed with redundant pingers matching the commander's damage output, the deck recovers rapidly from disruption and reliably closes out games by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diary of Dreams
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrostatic Infantry
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Pestilent Spirit
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Reckless Impulse
  • 1 Red Mage's Rapier
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skycoach Waypoint
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Vision and Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tor Wauki the Younger
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve