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Commander / EDH Budget Combo Tokens UR (Izzet)

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Carddraw (34)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gush
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Nivix Guildmage
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

**Acquire** (2)

• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Vandalblast

Combo (2)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Skullclamp

Amplifier (13)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Five-Alarm Fire
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Keep Watch
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Windreader Sphinx

Counter (7)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Exclude
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swan Song

Ramp (6)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Removal (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Five-Alarm Fire
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Wheel (4)

• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior
• 1x Windfall

Cut? (2)

• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Nivix Guildmage

Commander (1)

Lands (40)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 18x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 12x Mountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of the False God

Utility (6)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vandalblast

Boardwipe (4)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Magmaquake

Protection (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Tutor (1)

• 1x Muddle the Mixture

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Sideboard

Other (9)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum

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Maybeboard

Other (16)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Azor's Gateway  ^Flip
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Flash
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Murder of Crows
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Whir of Invention

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Wheel, Tokens, Subtheme: Spellslinger

Your Ideas are welcome! :)

V1.1:

Curse of Verbosity -> Impact Tremors

Goblin Electromancer -> Baral, Chief of Compliance

Insidious Will -> Magmaquake

V1.2:

Keeper of Keys -> Subterranean Tremors

Island -> Unstable Obelisk

Island -> Commander's Sphere

Minds Aglow -> Reality Shift

V1.3:

Island -> Remote Isle

Mountain -> Smoldering Crater

Tandem Lookout -> Curiosity

Subterranean Tremors -> Vandalblast

Venser's Journal -> Whirlpool Warrior

V2.0

OUT: The Spellslinger Suite is not that interesting or impactful, so I remove it with this update. IN: More Control and other interesting scaleble cards

Card cuts:

Young Pyromancer (Spellslinger card)

Guttersnipe (Spellslinger card)

Talrand, Sky Summoner (Spellslinger card)

Thermo-Alchemist (Spellslinger card)

Swarm Intelligence (Spellslinger card)

Ophidian Eye its only use was the infite with Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, despite this it always was nearly a dead card

Island

Smoldering Crater

Fellwar Stone

Temple Bell

Cards in:

Preordain why wasn't it in here?!

Earthquake Burn'em!

Spirebluff Canal

Mountain

Mind Stone Ramp and Carddraw! <3

Keep Watch Surprise Blockers / Double my Insects

Fevered Visions Better than Temple Bell

Obelisk of Urd Pump'em

Stubborn Denial Protect the boss

Five-Alarm Fire Removal and "hymn" effect

additional inspiration: https://articles.edhrec.com/pursuit-of-knowledge-izzet/

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 25 - 4 Rares 21 - 1 Uncommons 20 - 3 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Insect 1/1 UR, Manifest 2/2 C, Squid 1/1 U