Izzet Drakes [BUDGET COMPETITIVE]

Pioneer Aggro Budget Combo Competitive Spellslinger UR (Izzet)

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Instant (20)

• 2x Censor
• 2x Izzet Charm
• 4x Lightning Strike
• 4x Opt
• 4x Shock
• 2x Stubborn Denial
• 2x Temur Battle Rage

Land (20)

• 7x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Sulfur Falls

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Chart a Course
• 4x Strategic Planning

Creature (12)

• 4x Crackling Drake
• 4x Enigma Drake
• 4x Pteramander

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Blink of an Eye
• 2x Dive Down
• 3x Essence Scatter
• 1x Negate
• 2x Stubborn Denial

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Lava Coil
• 3x Sweltering Suns

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Contingency Plan
• 1x Tome Scour

Instant (1)

• 1x Izzet Charm

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COMPETITIVE pioneer deck under 80$? YES! Welcome to Izzet Drakes aggro deck! Here is the small description of the decklist.

Main Idea

The main idea of the deck is to play/discard many instant and sorcery spells. Then play drakes and finally beat the opponent with big flyers.

Early Game

In the early game we need to play/discard as many noncreature spells as we can. For this purpose we have following options. 1. Opt - nice first turn spell: +1 spell in grave and card draw 2. Pteramander - no matter that it doesn’t provides any + for the rest of drakes but surely is an excellent creature which can be updated by turn 4-5 for . 3. Stubborn Denial - a response for early but still inconvenient spells like Thoughtseize. Later can help to protect drakes for just 4. Censor - early spells response or cycling, wonderful card that will anyway fulfill our graveyard. 5. Chart a Course and Strategic Planning - second drop spells to get from 1 to 3 extra power for drakes and of course card draw.

3-4 Drops

This is actually the most important period in the game for drakes. Try to have 1-3 drakes in the play and protect them. Don’t forget of your graveyard. 1. Crackling Drake and Enigma Drake - key cards in the deck. You can play them without any thought if have an opportunity because there are 8 copies of them in the deck. 2. Pteramander - still good to play on turns 3-4. 3. Stubborn Denial and Censor - protection 4. Shock and Lightning Strike - make problems for your opponents 5. Don’t forget of filling your graveyard with spells

Game Finish

Finishing the game is quite a funny thing in this deck and it usually happens on turn 6-7 but sometimes on turn 5. Just send everything you can to your opponents face, for example, Shock and Lightning Strike deal 5 damage and increase drakes power on 2 For just and ! And, of course, the best finish would be playing Temur Battle Rage as it doubles one of your drakes power and can bring around 20 damage to your opponents face, moreover, playing on instant speed.

Top Ranked	Achieved #45 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #2 position in Pioneer 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Budget 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer Combo 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 3 Rares 18 - 4 Uncommons 22 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95
Folders	Potential builds, Pioneer decks i want to play, Pioneer Deck Ideas