Blasting by user4100141

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This deck is a precision Izzet pinger strategy helmed by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The core plan is to flood the battlefield with cheap sources of exactly 1 damage - repeatable pinging creatures like Thermo-Alchemist, Spear Spewer, and Gelectrode, alongside instant/sorcery pings like Electrolyze and End the Festivities - then amplify each point of damage into three with Ghyrson's triggered ability. Basilisk Collar and other deathtouch equipment turn every ping into a creature kill, while Curiosity and Tandem Lookout convert that damage into card draw. The deck wins through incremental life loss, slowly grinding down all three opponents. Grapeshot offers a potential storm finisher, and Flame Fusillade can convert every permanent into a pinger for a burst turn. It is a controlling, value-oriented build that leverages redundancy in its 1-damage sources to maintain pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balduvian Trading Post
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caltrops
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chandra's Pyrohelix
  • 1 Circle of Flame
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conscience
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Desert
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrolyze
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flame Fusillade
  • 1 Forked Bolt
  • 1 Gelectrode
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gorgon Flail
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Hawkeye, Avenging Archer
  • 1 Hissing Iguanar
  • 1 Immolation Shaman
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning-Rig Crew
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Needle Drop
  • 1 Nettle Drone
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pyromatics
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Release the Ants
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rubble Rouser
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Jolt
  • 1 Spear Spewer
  • 1 Spiteful Prankster
  • 1 Staff of Nin
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Tim the Enchanter
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Wizard's Staff