Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Commander / EDH UR (Izzet)

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Instant (37)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Careful Consideration
• 1x Cerebral Vortex
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Firemind's Foresight
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Invert / Invent
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Reality Spasm
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Thrill of Possibility
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Whispers of the Muse

Artifact (13)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel

Land (30)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x High Market
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 14x Island
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mystic Remora

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Collective Defiance
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Runic Repetition
• 1x Shenanigans
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Throes of Chaos

Creature (4)

• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

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Mizzix of the Izmagnus EDH

General Game Plan

• Focus on casting cantrips and ramp artifacts. Goal: build resources and reach win-cons as quickly as possible.
• Use control spells and token generating creatures to protect ourselves until then.
• You don't necessarily need to cast Mizzix of the Izmagnus on curve. While she accelerates our game plan significantly, she draws a lot of hate. In this case, she can be used as a feint/ lightning rod to draw attention away from the other things you are doing, as she isn't necessary to win.

Going Infinite

In the following cases, the "Minimum Conditions" produce infinite cast triggers (i.e. net 0 mana generation/ produce enough mana per iteration to sustain subsequent iteration only)

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter

• Minimum Conditions: Artifacts that produce 2+ mana.

Dramatic Reversal + Reiterate

• Minimum Conditions: Artifacts that produce 2 red mana, and 4 Experience Counters (Or else) to repeat.

Reality Spasm + Reiterate

• Minimum Conditions: Since permanents we mainly have only produce 1 mana per tap (using lands as examples): we need 2 Islands, 2 Mountains and 4 Experience Counters (Or else). First cast of Reality Spasm must untap 4+ permanents.

Mystic Retrieval + Reality Spasm + Runic Repetition

• Minimum Conditions: 4 Islands, 1 Mountain, and 5 Experience Counters (Or else). Reality Spasm must untap 5+ permanents.
• Example Initial State: All 3 cards are in graveyard.

1. Flashback Mystic Retrieval to return Runic Repetition from graveyard to hand.
2. Cast Runic Repetition to return Mystic Retrieval from exile to hand.
3. Cast Mystic Retrieval to return Reality Spasm from graveyard to hand.
4. Reality Spasm untap mana producers.
5. Repeat steps 1 - 4.

Dramatic Reversal + Mystic Retrieval + Runic Repetition

• Similar to the Mystic Retrieval + Reality Spasm + Runic Repetition loop above, but is substantially harder to assemble as it relies purely on artifact mana generators.

Win Outlets

Capsize

• Pretty self explanatory, though it makes your opponents unable to win, rather than you winning.

Blue Sun's Zenith and Stroke of Genius

• Can be used to draw your entire deck, but can also be used to force your opponents to draw out their library and lose. Preferably, you should draw you library first to have all your cards at your disposal. Cast on your opponents with X = 101 an keep and eye out for Laboratory Maniac effects.

Whispers of the Muse

• Pretty self explanatory. Dig through your entire deck.

Spell Burst

• Pretty self explanatory. Protects your other Wincons. However, it won't win a counter war by itself.

Reiterate

• Magic happens when you can copy anything an infinite number of times.

Token Generators

• Young Pyromancer, Murmuring Mystic, Talrand, Sky Summoner, and Docent of Perfection   can leverage on infinite cast triggers. Unfortunately, none of the tokens have haste, so winning will be delayed by a turn.
  

Tutors

Mystical Tutor

• Goes without saying.

Merchant Scroll

• Narrower that Mystical Tutor, but good enough to search anything important.

Muddle the Mixture

• Notably fetches both halves of Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter .

Whir of Invention

• Notably Isochron Scepter. Don't forget Lightning Greaves. Otherwise just ramp further if on abundant mana already.

Firemind's Foresight

• Can assemble Reality Spasm + Reiterate or Dramatic Reversal + Reiterate . Can also assemble Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter via Whir of Invention in the 3 CMC slot. In such cases, 1 CMC slot can go to something like Spell Burst for protection, or Whispers of the Muse to dig through your entire library.

Invert / Invent

• Can assemble the Mystic Retrieval + Reality Spasm + Runic Repetition combo partially. Can assemble Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter as well (in a very convoluted way) via combinations of Merchant Scroll (in the sorcery slot) and others.

Other Notable Cards And/ Or Interactions

Mystic Confluence

• Just a very versatile card. When there is nothing to tutor, Mystic Confluence will always come in handy.

Reins of Power

• A nasty and abusable combat trick. Can cancel a combat, or steal an opponent's field for a winning swing.

Read the Runes

• Can be used with Reins of Power to sac your opponent's creatures.

Cackling Counterpart

• Flashback-able for creating a replacement Mizzix of the Izmagnus when it is targeted for removal. Or, can be used with Reins of Power to steal a creature.

Cerebral Vortex

• Use normally as a draw 2 at instant speed. Otherwise, can be used to punish opponents that went infinite in the card draw department.

Collective Defiance

• Can act as a single player Windfall. 4 Damage to a creature can also be surprisingly relevant. Otherwise, combo with Reiterate to kill.

Past in Flames

• Sometimes I'm guilty of forgetting that it's already there in the graveyard.
  

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Reality Spasm + Reiterate Mystic Retrieval + Reality Spasm + Runic Repetition
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Dack Fayden, Experience Token, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Wizard 2/2 U
Folders	Commander / EDH