Stinger by Variation10

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Izzet Spellslinger and Group Slug strategy led by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The deck's primary engine weaponizes Ghyrson's static ability, which deals an additional 2 damage whenever another source you control deals exactly 1 damage. This transforms cheap 1-mana red sweepers like End the Festivities and Electrickery into one-sided 3-damage board wipes that decimate opposing utility creatures and tokens. Passive pingers such as Firebrand Archer, Coruscation Mage, and Razorkin Needlehead rapidly burn down life totals whenever spells are cast or cards are drawn. The deck amplifies its advantage using group-slug enchantments like Manabarbs, which punishes every land tap for 3 damage, and card-draw auras like Curiosity that draw cards on every ping trigger. Backup win conditions include damage multipliers like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and the classic two-card infinite combo between Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Sting
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Circle of Flame
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Desert
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Fulminous Forte
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Magic Missile
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quicksilver Dagger
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Witch's Clinic