Mizzix, Spellslinging Shenanigans

Commander / EDH mookie990

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1.4: X, then X again —Sept. 19, 2018

Swapping around some things. My opinion is that when you're storming off, you win conditions are sort of arbitrary, which means two things: it's alright to cut win conditions, and it's important to have cards be good when you aren't storming off. So, trying to improve the utility a bit.

-Psychosis Crawler - reasonable, but I don't actually draw that many cards while storming off - a lot of things get cast from exile, and I don't have any way to shuffle my graveyard back in.

-Sphinx-Bone Wand - a solid win condition, but 7 mana is a lot.

-Melek, Izzet Paragon - one of this deck's strengths is that it is largely immune to creature removal. Melek is pretty expensive, and there are a lot of situational cards, so playing off the top isn't always feasible.

-Spell Burst - cute card with Mizzix out (since you can counter everything forever), but I very rarely play out Mizzix unless I'm about to go off - the tempo loss if she gets killed is pretty brutal.

-Reforge the Soul - the deck puts a lot of emphasis on hand sculpting, so wheels are pretty awkward. Potentially drawing opponents into interaction is also bad.

-Wild Ricochet - good when it redirects a spell away from your stuff, but this deck is pretty permanent-light, so that is rare.

-Brainstorm - not enough shuffle effects.

-Temple of the False God, Terrain Generator, 2 Mountain, Island - cutting some of the more marginal lands. This deck doesn't have particularly great mana. It can function passably without red, but it doesn't actually want to.

+Bonus Round - seems powerful. One turn of this ought to be enough.

+Sentinel Tower - a pain to track, but it's a lot more efficient than Spinx-Bone Wand - 4 mana is cheap for a win condition. Hilariously, it also triggers off anyone casting spells during my turn, which I'll have to remember.

+Gitaxian Probe - information and a free cantrip. Most importantly, lets me get the first experience from Mizzix immediately.

+Mental Note - testing. I think I want more cantrips, and the incidental mill ought to be useful, given the flashback / recursion / delve stuff I have.

+Ponder - as above, I think I want more cantrips.

+Reverberate - testing. Copying stuff is fun, and this is a more efficient way to do so. Possible that Doublecast would be better, and Twincast likely would too, but meh.

+Apex of Power - testing. Expensive, but a free draw 7 (or mana positive, with reductions) seems good. Not as good when cast from exile, but still not bad.

+Shivan Reef, Wandering Fumarole, Temple of Epiphany - more duals are good.

+Reliquary Tower - adding back. This deck tends to play draw-go a lot while it prepares to go off, so having a bit more of a buffer before needing to discard to hand size isn't irrelevant.

+Myriad Landscape - the primary limiting factor for how early this deck can go off is often how many lands it has, which makes this effect particularly valuable.

edit: -Apex of Power, +Young Pyromancer - Apex proved to be a bit too troublesome, and I've been wanting to lower my curve anyway - if I have Mizzix online, Apex is totally win-more. On the other hand, testing YP - people often attack me due to lacking blockers, so being able to make some tokens to chump with isn't irrelevant.