Izzet goblin slingin time? by user6613704

Format: Commander

Commander: Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger and storm-adjacent swarm deck commanded by Ovika, Enigma Goliath. The primary strategy focuses on deploying cost reducers and mana acceleration in the early turns to cast Ovika on turn 5. Once Ovika is on the battlefield, every noncreature spell generates an army of 1/1 Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens with haste equal to that spell's mana value. The deck quickly converts these tokens into overwhelming mana using rituals such as Battle Hymn and Brightstone Ritual, which fund massive card draw engines and game-ending burn spells like Crackle with Power. Simultaneously, cards like Impact Tremors, Molten Gatekeeper, and Devilish Valet translate token generation directly into lethal damage. With built-in ward protection and cast-trigger resilience on the commander, the deck reliably presents a game-ending board on turn 6 and finishes the table by turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Counterflux
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Curious Homunculus // Voracious Reader
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Devilish Valet
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Explosive Singularity
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin War Strike
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Invert // Invent
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Logic Knot
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Louisoix's Sacrifice
  • 1 Magnus the Red
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mindsplice Apparatus
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Ovika, Enigma Goliath
  • 1 Owlin Spiralmancer
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stark's Ingenuity
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Volcanic Salvo
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 White Lotus Tile
  • 1 Wizards of Thay