Elder Dracogenius Highlander

Commander / EDH* Combo Counterspell Infinite Combo UR (Izzet)

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Instant (35)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Beyeen Veil  ^Flip
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Burn Away
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Firemind's Foresight
• 1x Geistblast
• 1x Hypothesizzle
• 1x Invert / Invent
• 1x Ionize
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Jwari Disruption  ^Flip
• 1x Learn from the Past
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Prismari Command
• 1x Prophetic Bolt
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Radical Idea
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Silundi Vision  ^Flip
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Turn / Burn
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Sorcery (15)

• 1x Beacon Bolt
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Invoke the Firemind
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Pieces of the Puzzle
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Show and Tell
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Song-Mad Treachery  ^Flip
• 1x Vandalblast

Creature (12)

• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Hydroelectric Specimen  ^Flip
• 1x Hypersonic Dragon
• 1x Izzet Guildmage
• 1x Izzet Staticaster
• 1x Mercurial Chemister
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Sprite Dragon

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Firemind's Research
• 1x Sigil of Sleep

Commander (1)

Land (27)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Highland Lake
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Silverbluff Bridge
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Artifact (7)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Izzet Cluestone
• 1x Izzet Locket
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Reality Spasm
• 1x Rush of Inspiration  ^Flip

Land (10)

• 6x Island
• 4x Mountain

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Direct Current

Creature (1)

• 1x Ecstatic Electromancer

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This is my first deck, I'll add to this later if I can to talk about my experiences making it.

Strategy: Stall til you combo, mostly. All your key cards are expensive, so you'll need 8-10 mana to be comfortable. If you can't combo, your commander and several other cards in your deck are 5/5 fliers, so just win that way.

Wincon 1: Firemind's Foresight, tutoring Reiterate, any 2-mana counterspell for protection, and Mystical Tutor. Mystical Tutor searches for Turnabout. With 10 total mana and at least 8 lands split between red and blue, you cast Turnabout, respond with Reiterate, and buyback and recast Reiterate to infinitely untap all your lands, making blue and red each time. Cast Dracogenius and burn everyone to death.

Wincon 2: Several combinations of Parun, Visionary, Firemind, and Curiosity can create an infinite loop. Enchant Firemind or Parun with Curiosity, or put visionary on the field with them.

"Wincon" 3: Not an infinite combo, but Dracogenius plus Sigil of Sleep can deny opponents the ability to put down any creatures, especially powerful following a board wipe.

Initial drafts of this deck focused a lot on spell copying, but didn't have that many effects TO copy. I plan to fix that with a few more value-oriented instants and sorceries that aren't just doing damage and drawing cards.

Update: Swapped out Deflecting Swat and Cyclonic Rift for Pyretic Ritual and Cryptic Command. Reason was mainly cost-related.

Update: New Niv-Mizzet in UR, adding him to the deck. Visionary makes the Curiosity combo more consistent.

Update: Added Show and Tell to cheat out the other Niv-Mizzets, replacing one Mountain. Deck has plenty of lands, and Pyretic Ritual makes my mana better overall.

Update: Added MDFC lands to decrease the frequency of getting mana-flooded while still keeping the same amount of lands in my deck. Thanks for the tip, Lilin!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	5 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 2 Mythic Rares 28 - 2 Rares 32 - 4 Uncommons 18 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Energy Reserve, Manifest 2/2 C, Treasure