Mizzix's Counting House

Commander / EDH* Burn Control Creatureless UR (Izzet)

Lutris

Land (36)

• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 14x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of the False God

Burn (9)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Incite Rebellion
• 1x Jaya's Immolating Inferno
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Rolling Thunder
• 1x Volt Charge

Buyback (6)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Fanning the Flames
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Spell Burst

Boardwipe (3)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Answers (2)

• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Shattering Pulse

Removal (1)

• 1x Incite Rebellion

Ramp (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Brass's Bounty
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Reality Spasm
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel

Counter (9)

• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Mindswipe
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Syncopate

Proliferate (5)

• 1x Contentious Plan
• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Volt Charge

Protection (4)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Reach (1)

• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

Commander (1)

CardDraw (15)

• 1x Apex of Power
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brilliant Plan
• 1x Contentious Plan
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Oona's Grace
• 1x Petals of Insight
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Steady Progress
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Regrow (5)

• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Volcanic Vision

Wincon (4)

• 1x Firemind's Foresight
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reality Spasm
• 1x Reiterate

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Maybeboard

Other (50)

• 1x Aethersnatch
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Breakthrough
• 1x Broken Ambitions
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Distorting Wake
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Goblinslide
• 1x Heat Ray
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Interpret the Signs
• 1x Kaervek's Torch
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Master the Way
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Mindstatic
• 1x Mirror Match
• 1x Mizzium Transreliquat
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Not of this World
• 1x Overwhelming Intellect
• 1x Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1x Radiate
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Scorched Earth
• 1x Smoldering Crater
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Street Spasm
• 1x Sudden Demise
• 1x Thassa's Bounty
• 1x Thought Reflection
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Burn (8)

• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Conflagrate
• 1x Fall of the Titans
• 1x Fireball
• 1x Ghitu Fire
• 1x Illuminate
• 1x Invoke the Firemind

Reach (5)

• 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x Swarm Intelligence
• 1x Venser's Journal

Land (3)

• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs

Wincon (3)

• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Thousand-Year Storm
• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Buyback (1)

• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Protection (1)

• 1x Spark Double

CardDraw (8)

• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Enhanced Awareness
• 1x Everdream
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Illuminate
• 1x Invoke the Firemind
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Answers (3)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Prophetic Bolt
• 1x Repeal

Counter (3)

• 1x Clash of Wills
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Cryptic Command

Regrow (3)

• 1x Dire Fleet Daredevil
• 1x Pull from the Deep
• 1x Recall

Boardwipe (1)

• 1x Incite Rebellion

Proliferate (1)

• 1x Inexorable Tide

Ramp (1)

• 1x Coldsteel Heart

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Mizzix is a tricksy little sod, and the amount of mana available is going to be deceptive. I anticipate spending too much time counting my mana, looking at my hand, counting my mana, looking at my hand...

We started with the Commander 2015 UR deck "Seize Control", but many modifications have been made. Very little of the deck remains. What has been added, however, is a rockin' spell-slinger style EDH deck.

1. Added: Proliferate cards, to help Mizzix rack up the experience counters

2. Added: Buyback spells, to take advantage of those experience counters

3. Added: Lots of x-costed spells, both in the burn section and the counter spell section, with some pulling double duty

4. Added: Equipment and artifacts to protect Mizzix and help the deck to function

5. Removed: Most of the creatures and non-artifact, non-land permanents

The card draw engine is the most important engine in the deck, I think. Mizzix needs fuel for her machine, and if you are drawing cards, you are going to be drawing your answers, your counterspells, your burn, your win conditions. We are trying to reach a critical mass of Ancestral Recall variants in the deck.

The deck runs at least one infinite combo win condition: Firemind's Foresight tutoring up Reiterate + Reality Spasm + Whispers of the Muse (or another 1 drop). Reiterate and Reality Spasm create infinite mana, which can be used to draw your library for all your burn spells and other answers to win the game. There is also a tutor for the tutor, although the deck does not depend on the combo for winning. Its just nice to have.

Buyback is very important for getting and keeping card advantage. Mizzix's cost reduction ability means these spells become much cheaper, and therefore much more powerful.

The proliferate package runs every non-artifact proliferate card in Mizzix's colors. Mizzix is fairly fragile, and against a board of determined opponents she may be taken down before she can accumulate too many experience counters. The command tax can become prohibitive, but with spells that proliferate, you can continue to accrue value until Mizzix returns.

The deck runs a full complement of control spells, from counterspells, to boardwipes, to spot removal. These spells are selected to work with Mizzix's ability, and, where possible, to leave Mizzix standing at the resolution of the board wipe.

Finally, there are five artifacts in the deck which I consider to be Mizzix's special tools. Firstly, her trusty steed, the Psychosis Crawler, the only other creature in the deck. The crawler works well with the card draw engine and is often just a big blocker to protect you from bad beats. Secondly, the Sphinx-Bone Wand, a wincon in its own right. If this gets any number of counters on it, it can be devastating to your opponents' life totals. (It also works well with the proliferate package). Venser's Journal is the third tool in Mizzix's saddlebags. Another source of discard protection, the lifegain is not to be ignored, especially since Mizzix doesnt do blocking. Finally, two pair of boots, in Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves, ways to protect Mizzix from pesky removal.

While there are still tweaks to consider this is a deck which is a lot of fun to play!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Construct X/X C, Experience Token, Treasure
Based on	Reach for the Skies! Lutris EDH