Purple Magic by user8779540

Format: Commander

Commander: Krark, the Thumbless and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a classic Izzet coin-flip spellslinger storm deck helmed by the Krark, the Thumbless and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces partner pair. The core plan is to resolve Krark early, copy him with Sakashima (and other clone effects), and stack coin flips-ideally with Krark's Thumb-so that every instant and sorcery either returns to hand or produces free copies. Cheap cantrips, rituals, and magecraft payoffs then snowball into lethal storm counts or ping damage. Primary wins come from storm finishers (Grapeshot, Brain Freeze), repeated triggers off Guttersnipe/Electrostatic Field/Vivi Ornitier/Firebrand Archer, or decking into Laboratory Maniac. Underworld Breach supplies a powerful backup recursion engine that turns the graveyard into a second hand for storm turns. The low curve and dense interaction suite let the deck both race and protect its window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Breeches, the Blastmaker
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterflux
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dive Down
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Krark's Thumb
  • 1 Krark, the Thumbless
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Okaun, Eye of Chaos
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral Zarek
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stern Dismissal
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tavern Scoundrel
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Young Pyromancer
  • 1 Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom