Leo's Zaffai

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Budget Casual Midrange Multiplayer Spellslinger Tokens UR (Izzet)

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Draw (28)

• 1x Apex of Power
• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Clear the Mind
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Commune with Lava
• 1x Creative Technique
• 1x Decoy Gambit
• 1x Epiphany at the Drownyard
• 1x Expressive Iteration
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Inspiring Refrain
• 1x Izzet Locket
• 1x Jace's Ingenuity
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Opportunity
• 1x Opt
• 1x Precognitive Perception
• 1x Prophetic Bolt
• 1x Prying Eyes
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Shimmer of Possibility
• 1x Thirst for Meaning
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Unexplained Vision

Copy (4)

• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• 1x Rootha, Mercurial Artist
• 1x Swarm Intelligence

Recursion (2)

• 1x Surge to Victory
• 1x Volcanic Vision

GraveHate (1)

• 1x Clear the Mind

Protection (1)

• 1x Mirror Shield

Tutor (1)

• 1x Firemind's Foresight

Ramp (20)

• 1x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Apex of Power
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bonder's Ornament
• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elementalist's Palette
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Izzet Locket
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rousing Refrain
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Removal (10)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
• 1x Clash of Titans
• 1x Decoy Gambit
• 1x Prophetic Bolt
• 1x Run Away Together
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Whiplash Trap

Counterspell (3)

• 1x Negate
• 1x Reinterpret
• 1x Whirlwind Denial

Boardwipe (1)

• 1x Volcanic Vision

Steal (1)

• 1x Mass Manipulation

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desert of the Fervent
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 13x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Memorial to Genius
• 10x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Prismari Campus
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of the False God

WinCondition (9)

• 1x Chandra, Novice Pyromancer
• 1x Ferocity of the Wilds
• 1x Inferno Project
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Muse Vortex
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Surge to Victory
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner

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The focus of the deck is to explore Zaffai, Thunder Conductor's triggered ability with 5-mana and X-cost spells. It is supposed to be a casual version of Leo's Kalamax. This deck already has great ramp: it only needs reliable card draw and good finishers.

Links to all decks in this series: || 4/8 {W} || 3/8 {U} || 3/8 {B} || 6/8 {R} || 2/8 {G} ||

• {B} Leo's K'rrik
• {U}{R} Leo's Zaffai
• {B}{R} Leo's Anje
• {R}{W} Leo's Osgir
• {G}{W} Leo's Siona
• {G}{U}{R} Leo's Kalamax
• {U}{R}{W} Leo's Gavi
• {R}{W}{B} Leo's Humans

Changes:

• Octavia, Living Thesis -> Rise from the Tides (a finisher that is also a 5+ mana value sorcery. The more creatures you run in your spellslinger deck, the less spells you have to trigger all the spells-matter cards)
• Diluvian Primordial -> Opportunity (against Siona, Osgir, Anje and Trynn/Silvar, you probably won't see any instant or sorcery in their graveyard to cast. Even in Anowon, it is hard to get 2 spells off Primordial)
• Dazzling Sphinx -> Precognitive Perception (you have to wait a whole rotation to maybe get to cast a good spell)
• Sea God's Scorn -> Baral's Expertise
• Erratic Cyclops -> Firemind's Foresight
• Radiant Performer -> Inferno Project (might be a good finisher since it has trample)
• Fiery Encore -> Supplant Form (discarding before drawing is usually bad)
• Scavenger Grounds (to Siona) -> Jace's Ingenuity

"Mashup" cards:

• Prophetic Bolt = Flame Lash/Lightning Blast/Flame Javelin + Impulse

Some interesting upgrades:

Elementals synergy:

• Warstorm Surge

Doubling damage:

• Gratuitous Violence

Include some mana filters so you can convert the huge amount of {R} from Mana Geyser into {U}:

• Prismatic Lens (also ramp)
• Sea Scryer (also ramp)
• Cascade Bluffs (recently reprinted)
• Crossroads Candleguide (also graveyard hate)
• Gemstone Array (it stores your mana)

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2nd batch of upgrades:

Decoy Gambit -> Ponder (Letting opponents choose usually gives you the least favorable result.)

Reinterpret -> Guttersnipe (Same as with Kalamax: despite being potentially strong, Reinterpret is situational. Besides, your Zaffai sometimes plays on its own turn, leaving no mana to counterspell.)

Clear the Mind -> Into the Story (Exiling graveyards at sorcery speed is not that effective. Into the Story does not get a spot on Kalamax only because it can be slow if not against Anje, Osgir or Zaffai. At least, on Zaffai, it creates a 4/4 token with the potential of costing 4 mana.)

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WBG
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 4/4 UR, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B