Magnus, The Red (copy) by hottesthead

Format: Commander

Commander: Magnus the Red

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger and token storm strategy centered on Magnus the Red. Its core plan revolves around generating wide swarms of creature tokens via low-cost permanents such as Young Pyromancer, Saheeli, Sublime Artificer, and Talrand, Sky Summoner. Once Magnus enters the battlefield, each creature token acts as a static cost reducer, decreasing the generic mana cost of all instant and sorcery spells by {1}. This cost reduction enables the deck to cast massive card draw spells like Silver Scrutiny and Drown in Dreams for minimal colored mana, rapidly digging through the library to assemble burst mana engines such as Battle Hymn, Mana Geyser, and Storm-Kiln Artist. The deck closes games by channeling this discounted mana into lethal multi-target X-spells like Crackle with Power and Comet Storm, or through evasive token combat powered by Eldrazi Monument. Built-in protection from Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun and phasing spells shields critical turns from opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Change of Plans
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Colorstorm Stallion
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loki, Lord of Misrule
  • 1 Magma Opus
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Metallurgic Summonings
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
  • 1 Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
  • 1 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silver Scrutiny
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Spell Burst
  • 1 Spirit Water Revival
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm King's Thunder
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Transmogrify
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wizards of Thay
  • 1 Young Pyromancer