Hey there everyone,
I'm relatively new to EDH, having only played with a smallish group of friends. I decided to go with Melek because I do enjoy that mad Izzet spell casting. I've been stuck in exam-purgatory for a while so I haven't actually been able to play a game with this deck and its undergone quite a few revisions.
I though I may go mostly creatureless with Proteus Staff as a way to rearrange my deck and tuck away enemy commanders. I'm having trouble deciding if I should try going entirely spell-based or keep the few ones that are there. Magus of the Future was left there because it gets cards moving. I added Ulamog's Crusher because putting him onto the field for 3 mana would be really fun. When I realized that Id always have at least one of the creatures in my deck in order to use Proteus Staff I thought Young Pyromancer might be good to put onto the field then use its spell generated tokens to bring out the other creatures without having to lose any of them into the deck.
My other thought is that I may have too many cards that don't really get me anywhere and not enough counter type cards to keep me alive until I can try to use a win-condition. But this could just be me spending too much time revising it in my head with no real play time to test it. So I would appreciate any tips, advice or constructive criticisms you may have.
I'm relatively new to EDH, having only played with a smallish group of friends. I decided to go with Melek because I do enjoy that mad Izzet spell casting. I've been stuck in exam-purgatory for a while so I haven't actually been able to play a game with this deck and its undergone quite a few revisions.
I though I may go mostly creatureless with Proteus Staff as a way to rearrange my deck and tuck away enemy commanders. I'm having trouble deciding if I should try going entirely spell-based or keep the few ones that are there. Magus of the Future was left there because it gets cards moving. I added Ulamog's Crusher because putting him onto the field for 3 mana would be really fun. When I realized that Id always have at least one of the creatures in my deck in order to use Proteus Staff I thought Young Pyromancer might be good to put onto the field then use its spell generated tokens to bring out the other creatures without having to lose any of them into the deck.
My other thought is that I may have too many cards that don't really get me anywhere and not enough counter type cards to keep me alive until I can try to use a win-condition. But this could just be me spending too much time revising it in my head with no real play time to test it. So I would appreciate any tips, advice or constructive criticisms you may have.
1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
Creature
1x Magus of the Future
1x Ulamog's Crusher
1x Young Pyromancer
Instant
1x Boomerang
1x Brainstorm
1x Cackling Counterpart
1x Comet Storm
1x Counterspell
1x Desperate Ritual
1x Firemind's Foresight
1x Frantic Search
1x Grab the Reins
1x High Tide
1x Increasing Vengeance
1x Long-Term Plans
1x Memory Lapse
1x Muddle the Mixture
1x Quicken
1x Reiterate
1x Reverberate
1x Rewind
1x Seething Song
1x Snap
1x Spin into Myth
1x Spy Network
1x Trickery Charm
1x Unsummon
1x Wild Ricochet
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Fellwar Stone
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Izzet Signet
1x Library of Leng
1x Mirari
1x Proteus Staff
1x Sphinx-Bone Wand
1x Vedalken Orrery
Enchantment
1x Robe of Mirrors
1x Abduction
1x Arcane Melee
1x Braid of Fire
1x Confiscate
1x Dual Casting
1x Spellweaver Volute
Planeswalker
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
Sorcery
1x Blatant Thievery
1x Careful Study
1x Dream Cache
1x Empty the Warrens
1x Epic Experiment
1x Explosive Revelation
1x Fabricate
1x Grapeshot
1x Ignite Memories
1x Index
1x Invoke the Firemind
1x Mana Severance
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Mind's Desire
1x Mystic Retrieval
1x Mystic Speculation
1x Omen
1x Ponder
1x Portent
1x Preordain
1x Spelltwine
1x Stitch in Time
1x Surreal Memoir
1x Temporal Mastery
1x Vandalblast
1x Desolate Lighthouse
1x Halimar Depths
11x Island
1x Izzet Boilerworks
1x Izzet Guildgate
8x Mountain
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Sand Silos
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Snow-Covered Mountain
1x Steam Vents
1x Temple of the False God
- Isaac Asimov