Iss It Goblins? by miltonstillton

Format: Commander

Commander: Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is an Izzet spellslinger-tokens deck helmed by Ovika, Enigma Goliath. The plan is to ramp into the 7-mana commander, then cast expensive noncreature spells to vomit hasty 1/1 Phyrexian Goblins equal to each spell's mana value. Those tokens are leveraged through go-wide combat payoffs (Shared Animosity, Berserkers' Onslaught) and ETB/cast burn (Impact Tremors, Warstorm Surge, Guttersnipe, Firebrand Archer, Molten Gatekeeper). Secondary engines include smaller token makers (Young Pyromancer, Third Path Iconoclast) so the deck is not entirely commander-bound, plus recursive spell value (Ardent Elementalist, Pinnacle Monk, Impulsivity, Wisdom of Ages). There are no infinite combo lines; wins come from table-wide burn plus one or two decisive combat steps, occasionally doubled by Great Train Heist. The curve is medium-high (AMV ~3.31) and tutor density is very low, so the deck plays as a grindy value-midrange spellslinger rather than a fast combo deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardent Elementalist
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Coalition Relic
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firemind Vessel
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impulsivity
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Ionize
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Locket
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Magma Opus
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Pack Attack
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Snort
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Stonespeaker Crystal
  • 1 Storm's Wrath
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunbird's Invocation
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wisdom of Ages
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 You See a Pair of Goblins
  • 1 Young Pyromancer