Massimo by noahh801

Format: Commander

Commander: Massimo, the Magician

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

Massimo, the Magician commands a Jeskai spellslinger-aggro deck that converts 1-mana instants and sorceries into recurring combat triggers. The strategy pairs low-cost token generators such as Young Pyromancer, Third Path Iconoclast, and Monastery Mentor with cheap cantrips to flood the battlefield with creatures. When these creatures enter, Massimo, the Magician exiles a 1-mana spell from the graveyard, giving each creature the ability to cast a free copy upon dealing combat damage to a player. Connecting with multiple attackers creates a massive resource swing: copying cantrips like Ponder and Crash Through draws multiple cards per combat, copying removal like Pongify clears opposing boards, and copying Boltwave burns all opponents simultaneously. The deck protects its board with Flawless Maneuver and Silence, closing games with wide combat damage or surprise extra turns via Final Fortune and Angel's Grace.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Grace
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Empty City Ruse
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 False Peace
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hard Evidence
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jacked Rabbit
  • 1 Light of Hope
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Massimo, the Magician
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pull from Eternity
  • 1 Quintorius Kand
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Ranger's Firebrand
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Recruit the Worthy
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spiritual Visit
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Venser, the Sojourner
  • 1 Warrior's Oath
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Young Pyromancer