Spellslingin and Wizardin by MorektheGreat

Format: Commander

Commander: Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger strategy led by Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot. It focuses on converting noncreature spell casts into table-wide burn damage through creatures like Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Kessig Flamebreather. Lilah enhances this engine by plotting multicolored instants and sorceries such as Slick Sequence and Izzet Charm, storing free spell casts for explosive storm turns. Mana engines like Storm-Kiln Artist and Mana Geyser generate massive mana bursts to fuel spellslinging, while Past in Flames recurs spent spells from the graveyard. The deck also includes a compact win condition in Niv-Mizzet, Parun combined with Curiosity, which draws the library while pinging opponents down. The deck relies heavily on keeping key creatures on the battlefield and navigates around creature removal with light countermagic protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 1 Alchemist's Gambit
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Arcane Infusion
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Newt
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baron, Airship Kingdom
  • 1 Breeches, the Blastmaker
  • 1 Brimstone Roundup
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Devoted Duelist
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Djinn Illuminatus
  • 1 Elite Arcanist
  • 1 Eroded Canyon
  • 1 Fire // Ice
  • 1 Firemind's Research
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Geyser Drake
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Iron-Fist Pulverizer
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Chemister
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Kraum, Violent Cacophony
  • 1 Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Magebane Lizard
  • 1 Magmakin Artillerist
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mischievous Chimera
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Overwhelming Denial
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Prismari Pledgemage
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rootha, Mercurial Artist
  • 1 Slick Sequence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellbinder
  • 1 Spinerock Tyrant
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Stark Industries
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser Mage
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Turn // Burn
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Winterflame