Ghyrson by MrollKneeto

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a spellslinger burn strategy commanded by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The primary game plan revolves around exploiting Ghyrson's Three Autostubs ability, which triggers whenever another source deals exactly 1 damage to a permanent or player and deals an additional 2 damage. By combining cheap pingers like Firebrand Archer and Electrostatic Field with one-mana sweepers such as End the Festivities and Blazing Volley, the deck consistently deals 3 damage per trigger across all opponents and their boards. This turns low-cost cantrips and utility spells into substantial table-wide life total pressure while clearing small opposing utility creatures and tokens. Card advantage engines such as Archmage Emeritus and Curiosity sustain spell velocity, while Niv-Mizzet, Parun serves as a potent late-game finisher and two-card infinite draw-damage loop with Curiosity effects. The deck reliably creates critical pressure on Turn 5 and closes the game on Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blazing Volley
  • 1 Boiling Earth
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caltrops
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Circle of Flame
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dual Shot
  • 1 Electrickery
  • 1 Electrolyze
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flame Fusillade
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flick a Coin
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gimli, Counter of Kills
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Playful Shove
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quicksilver Dagger
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Scouring Sands
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Smash to Dust
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Urabrask // The Great Work
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality