This is an Arcane deck, built around splicing Arcane spells to burn out my opponent.
The key mechanic of this deck is "spice onto arcane", which allows me to add the effects of one spell to another. The spliced spell remains in my hand, so I can spice it onto another arcane spell later. For example, I can cast
Reach Through Mists
and splice
Glacial Ray
onto it, drawing me a card and dealing damage.
The deck's creatures are ones that take advantage of this deck having loads of instants and sorceries, including the infamous
Delver of Secrets
, but also including
Guttersnipe
and
Fluxcharger
. This also includes
The Unspeakable
, which I can get into play from my library by casting
Peer Through Depths
,
Reach Through Mists
, and
Sift Through Sands
in a single turn for instead of the hard-casting it requires.
Finally, this deck has the potential to go infinite with Desperate Ritual + Izzet Guildmage + Lava Spike
. To start, you need an
Izzet Guildmage
in play,
Lava Spike
and
Desperate Ritual
in your hand, and available.
1 - Cast
Lava Spike
, splicing
Desperate Ritual
.
2 - In response, cast
Desperate Ritual
and let it resolve, adding to your mana pool.
3 - Use the sorcery-copying ability of
Izzet Guildmage
to copy the
Lava Spike
with
Desperate Ritual
spliced onto it, using the mana added from
Desperate Ritual
.
4 - Let the copy of
Lava Spike
/
Desperate Ritual
resolve, dealing 3 damage to your opponent and adding to your mana pool.
5 - Repeat steps 3 and 4 until your opponent is at 0 life.
I still need a few more copies of
Izzet Guildmage
to be able to pull it off more reliably. Right now I have
Nivix Guildmage
in there as placeholders.
