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Commander / EDH* Combo UR (Izzet)

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Creature (16)

• 1x Adamaro, First to Desire
• 1x Arjun, the Shifting Flame
• 1x Barbed Shocker
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Rayne, Academy Chancellor
• 1x Shocker
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Archmage Ascension
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Drake Haven
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Jace's Erasure
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Psychic Possession
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage

Artifact (14)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Black Vise
• 1x Cursed Rack
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Ivory Tower
• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Instant (11)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cerebral Vortex
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fateful Showdown
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Rites of Initiation
• 1x Rites of Refusal
• 1x Scent of Brine
• 1x Visions of Beyond

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 14x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 12x Mountain
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Volcanic Island

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Windfall

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Instant (1)

• 1x Blood Oath

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mana Breach

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This deck essentially wants to win the game by drawing mass amounts of cards. Don't have statistics, but since there's so much group draw here, and the major board-impacting permanents are lategame, you can pretty easily disguise it as a group-hug deck.

Nin, the Pain Artist is a really flexible tool as a commander, both as removal for opponent's creatures, drawing yourself cards, enabling combos by getting others to draw, and allowing a fair amount of politics if somebody's in desperate need of a hand. The rest of the cards in the deck are fairly self-explanatory, but I'll go through the key players in this description.

Winning cards:

Laboratory Maniac: This wouldn't be a mass draw deck without this staple alternate win-con. Needn't be explained, but decking yourself is easy enough with the cards at your disposal; look out especially for Alhammarret's Archive when trying to pull this off - any wheel effect will do!

Psychosis Crawler: Deals the most consistent damage; I've had turns where I kill everybody on the table from close to full health just from drawing with this in play, incredibly useful and surprisingly overlooked until it's too late.

Sphinx's Tutelage: Is the major mill engine. There are a couple of others, but this seriously hampers opponents, thinning their decks at a rate of knots.

Mizzix's Mastery: For a blowout turn is incredibly useful, especially copied with the below card.

Spelltwine: Gives you access to any of your own massively powerful spells you've already used, or anybody else's. The amount of options this provides you is insane, and well worth making use of.

Key Cards:

Alhammarret's Archive: Is insanely useful; this can really start your engine going, as literally all of your draw effects are doubled.

Ivory Tower: Heals you a surprising amount - playing this turn one can get you

Date added	6 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Insect 1/1 UR, Octopus 8/8 U, Squid 1/1 U