Rooty Tooty Izzet Shooty by user6403972

Format: Commander

Commander: Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Izzet deck is an aggressive spellslinger burn strategy led by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph. The commander's ability turns every source of exactly 1 damage into 3 damage, converting minor ping triggers into lethal burn and one-sided board wipes. The deck deploys low-cost pingers like Thermo-Alchemist and Coruscation Mage alongside cost reducers and cantrips. By Turn 4, the core engine is operational, and by Turn 5 it exerts overwhelming pressure across the entire table. Asymmetrical sweepers like Tectonic Hazard and Smash to Dust clear opposing boards of small creatures, while persistent punishment pieces like Manabarbs tax opposing mana development with lethal damage. Counterspells protect key pieces, and high-end token generators like The Locust God and Talrand, Sky Summoner provide resilient backup lines.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Sting
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Astral Cornucopia
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Flame Fusillade
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Mana Clash
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pensive Professor
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Bull
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Scattershot
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Smash to Dust
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stern Dismissal
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 The Locust God
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Triton Cavalry
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Zuko, Firebending Master