Izzet Storm [MH3] (retired 9/30/2026) by skrimp

Format: Commander

Commander: Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet spellslinger combo strategy led by Ral, Monsoon Mage. The primary game plan revolves around utilizing Ral's cost reduction to churn through the library using efficient cantrips and wheel effects, rapidly digging for decisive win conditions. The deck's primary route to victory is the two-card infinite combo of Twinflame and Dualcaster Mage, which generates an unbounded army of hasty token creatures to eliminate all opponents in a single combat step. Alternatively, the deck can assemble an Underworld Breach storm loop with Brain Freeze and rituals to mill the table or win with Laboratory Maniac, or burn the table using pingers like Guttersnipe and Fiery Inscription. Supported by a low-cost interaction package of counterspells and bounce effects, the deck protects its key combo turns while disrupting opposing threats, presenting a fast, resilient clock without relying on heavy stax or expensive fast mana.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Anticipate
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Befuddle
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blink of an Eye
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Calculated Dismissal
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Depths of Desire
  • 1 Destructive Tampering
  • 1 Disperse
  • 1 Drag Under
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faerie Vandal
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Index
  • 1 Insight Engine
  • 1 Iron Lad, Young Avenger
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Most Decrepit Old Bird // Speak Secrets
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reckless Scholar
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strategic Planning
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Turn Aside
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Volcanic Eruption
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 You See a Guard Approach