My LGS has a budget format for EDH known as 2DH where the dollar value of cards cannot exceed 2 dollars. I'm working on making Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius. I'm tuning the deck to play in multiplayer matches so I don't want to overstock in too much 1 for 1 counter spell action. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/niv-mizzet-dracogenius-2dh/
1x Cephalid Coliseum
1x Command Tower
1x Desolate Lighthouse
1x Evolving Wilds
1x Flamekin Village
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Great Furnace
1x Halimar Depths
1x Hammerheim
1x Hanweir Battlements
1x High Market
1x Highland Lake
1x Ice Floe
1x Inventors' Fair
7x Island
1x Izzet Boilerworks
1x Izzet Guildgate
1x Kher Keep
1x Magosi, the Waterveil
5x Mountain
1x Mystifying Maze
1x Seat of the Synod
1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1x Shivan Reef
1x Swiftwater Cliffs
1x Temple of the False God
1x Terramorphic Expanse
1x Tolaria
Artifact (11)
1x Coldsteel Heart
1x Commander's Sphere
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Gorgon's Head
1x Hedron Archive
1x Izzet Signet
1x Mind Stone
1x Staff of Nin
1x Swiftfoot Boots
1x Thought Vessel
1x Wayfarer's Bauble
1x Dismiss into Dream
1x Future Sight
1x Monastery Siege
1x Trail of Evidence
Instant (25)
1x AEtherspouts
1x Arcane Denial
1x Brainstorm
1x Capsize
1x Comet Storm
1x Counterflux
1x Counterspell
1x Dig Through Time
1x Dismiss
1x Dissolve
1x Electrolyze
1x Evacuation
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Forbid
1x Impulse
1x Izzet Charm
1x Long-Term Plans
1x Misdirection
1x Prophetic Bolt
1x Starstorm
1x Stroke of Genius
1x Stubborn Denial
1x Swan Song
1x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Turn / Burn
1x Curse of the Swine
1x Devastation Tide
1x Fiery Confluence
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Mizzium Mortars
1x Molten Disaster
1x Mystic Retrieval
1x Ponder
1x Preordain
1x Rite of Replication
1x Treasure Cruise
1x Vandalblast
Creature (9)
1x Disciple of the Ring
1x Dualcaster Mage
1x Flametongue Kavu
1x Frost Titan
1x Inferno Titan
1x Mnemonic Wall
1x Steel Hellkite
1x Trinket Mage
1x Willbreaker
UBRNicol Bolas, the RavagerUBR
R Jaya Ballard, Task Mage R
2DH / Budget Commanders:
WMangara of Corondor 2DHW
BRXantcha, Sleeper Agent 2DHBR