Double Or Nothing by user9975822

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Izzet Spellslinger Storm engine piloted by the partner commanders Krark, the Thumbless and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces. The deck's primary game plan revolves around casting Krark on Turn 2, followed by Sakashima on Turn 4 to duplicate Krark's coin-flip ability without the legend rule. With two or more Krark triggers per instant or sorcery, losing one flip returns the spell to hand while winning copies it, converting cheap rituals and cantrips into repeatable, mana-positive value loops. Mana enablers like Tavern Scoundrel, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Birgi, God of Storytelling turn coin flips into massive Treasure and mana surpluses, while clone spells like Twinflame rapidly scale the number of Krark copies on board. Once critical mass is reached, the deck draws its entire library and eliminates all three opponents in a single turn using Grapeshot, Brain Freeze, or looped Ral, Storm Conduit triggers. It is protected by efficient 1-2 CMC countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krark's Thumb
  • 1 Krark, the Thumbless
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stitch in Time
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tavern Scoundrel
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Wizard's Staff