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Slightly OT, but does anyone have the UR Storm deck list? The one with Krenko's Command, Past in Flames, Augur etc.

Many thanks

Has anyone tried anything with Burning Vengeance lately?

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Slightly OT, but does anyone have the UR Storm deck list? The one with Krenko's Command, Past in Flames, Augur etc.

Many thanks

Frank Lepore on TCGPlayer did a video tech deck about it a month ago or something. I tried looking back up but couldn't find it. I could probably guess half the list because I did watch the video but I wouldn't do the deck justice.

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Frank Lepore on TCGPlayer did a video tech deck about it a month ago or something. I tried looking back up but couldn't find it. I could probably guess half the list because I did watch the video but I wouldn't do the deck justice.

http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=10925

Quote from zemanjaski

Slightly OT, but does anyone have the UR Storm deck list? The one with Krenko's Command, Past in Flames, Augur etc.

Many thanks

Sure, I'm actually building that after my own U/R slowly devolved into RDW=p there's two kinds, a four color and a U/R

4 Color Storm:



This is the original from the magicgameplan website, but i take out -2 increasing vengeance and put in +2 rootborn defenses, it has done me so much more good than increasing vengeance. Not saying that vengeance is a bad card, just not consistant enough for my taste=p

The two color list I've used isn't as strong, but since this IS a U/R thread, and I have won slightly more than I've lost with it, here it is:



Neither of these decks win quite as much as a "meta-deck", but I've had more fun playing these more than any other point in magic. I'm thinking of changing my modern deck from elves to storm. Hope you all enjoy these lists, I got the top one from magicgameplan.com, and the bottom one is similar to the U/R one mentioned, tweaked a little to make it run smoother for me.

Thanks guys, very much appreciated.

Why would someone exile a spell? Niv-Magus' spot is like an empty spot. I'd rather play Electrickery for a R. Or unsummon/Blustersquall for U(this has overload as well)

this is a combo izzet splash white deck. the combo need dead-eye, conscripts, and gilded lotus. make infinite mana and steal your opponents entire field lol. its relies on the revelation two draw into your combo and protect the fragile combo with dissipate.

Here is my take, going to play a few matches on stream this weekend:

Here's my take on a U/R Burn at the Stake deck:

Here's what I have been using once I modified it somewhat:

Thoughts and suggestion are highly appreciated. The main focus is keeping their creatures off long enough to land your own through with lethal. Main thing I'm thinking of chucking in is "cover" for the creatures in form of Mizzium Skin or Counters...

I'm actually running Izzet Counter Burn right now.

3 Izzet Charm - multipurpose, this card loves the counterburn flavor.
3 Unsummon - been thinking about changing these out for cyclonic rifts
3 Rewind - one of the most powerful cards in the deck. It allows me to cancel a 4 turn drop, then set myself up to dig with the Forbidden Alchemy, or searing spear them. With Guttersnipe, this card is absolutely nuts.
4 Forbidden Alchemy - the dig is exactilly what this deck needs, it goes down far enough, and allows you to pick up Guttersnipe or Snapcaster, and ditch instances which you can cast later.
4 Pillar of flame - Almost necessary to eat 1 drops and manadorks.
4 Dissipate - Better than cancle
4 Searing Spear - It's no incenerate, but this has a cool foily promo!
1 Rakdos Return - Late game finisher, empty someones hand, and punch them in the mouth for win

4 Delver of Secrets - Cannot go wrong
4 Snapcaster Mage - Staple card
4 Guttersnipe - Staple card

4 Blood Crypt
4 Sulfur Falls
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Steam Vents
9 Island
3 Mountain

Came up with a more Control-Build, dont know how good it is now, but I think I sleeve it up:

That got me 3rd place at FNM last week; I went undefeated until second round of top 8, where a Simic deck I'd narrowly beaten previously beat me that time. I'm gonna drop Jace and Talrand for 4x Augur of Bolas, and probably tweak the sideboard a bit too (Rolling Temblor didn't see any use at all, but the rest came in handy when I needed them).

I've been having so much fun working on this in the past weeks. It's starting to work efficiently. It revolves around the stuffy/reckoner + blasphemous act combo.
// Deck file for Magic Workstation

// Lands
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Sulfur Falls
4 Steam Vents
3 Izzet Guildgate
2 Desolate Lighthouse
5 Island
5 Mountain

// Creatures
1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
4 Boros Reckoner
2 Snapcaster Mage
3 Stuffy Doll
3 Augur of Bolas

// Spells
2 Counterflux
3 Searing Spear
2 Cackling Counterpart
3 Cyclonic Rift
2 Jace, Architect of Thought
3 Chandra, the Firebrand
2 Blasphemous Act
1 Into the Maw of Hell
2 Izzet Charm
2 Think Twice

// Sideboard
SB: 1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
SB: 2 Talrand, Sky Summoner
SB: 2 Counterflux
SB: 2 Rapid Hybridization
SB: 1 Searing Spear
SB: 2 Mizzium Mortars
SB: 1 Cyclonic Rift
SB: 1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
SB: 1 Jace, Architect of Thought
SB: 1 Blasphemous Act
SB: 1 Into the Maw of Hell

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Izzet certainly is competitive in this meta, but you have to get creative.
I went 8-0 on game day with this list:

Izzet Dead Yet?Magic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
4 Goblin Electromancer 4 Tandem Lookout 2 Guttersnipe 4 Hellrider 4 Pillar of flame 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Mizzium Mortars 4 Krenko's Command 4 Searing Spear 4 Talrand's Invocation 2 Sleep 2 Bonfire of the damned	4 steam Vents 4 sulfuric falls 8 Islands 8 Mountains	Sideboard 1 cyclonic rift 3 mizzium mortars 4 Syncopate 3 Jace, Architect of thought 2 Desolate Lighthouse 2 Niv-mizzet

I won:
2-1 vs Burn
2-0 vs Selesnya
2-0 vs Jund
2-0 vs Epic experiment
2-0 vs Reanimator

Finals:
2-0 vs Selesnya (different player)
2-1 vs Reanimator (Same player as round 5)
2-0 vs Bant Control (UW control with farseek/thragtusks)

yes, tandem lookouts is not a joke, they were awesome with hellrider and guttersnipe.
especially against an unprepared control deck, you draw so many cards from a bound hellrider, that you can immediately recover from a sweeper the next turn.

Have this deck gained any new tools from Gatecrash? I'm thinking about making it as I want a nice Izzet colored deck. This one seemed the funnest to me as I like aggro

What should be changed for the current meta?

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Take out bonfire, in a deck like that isn't that good because you gonna draw like hell, i have that deck and its a beast, try one more sleep and rift or mortars, or even some control.

Hmmmmm ok, Im also going to try to make room for 1-2 more Guttersnipes, I feel 2 is too little

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Have this deck gained any new tools from Gatecrash? I'm thinking about making it as I want a nice Izzet colored deck. This one seemed the funnest to me as I like aggro

What should be changed for the current meta?

From Gatecrash, we have two notable spells being Hands of binding and Aetherize.

I have tried replacing the Pillar of flames with a playset of Hands, and they have been going great in removing potential blockers like a lone Thragtusk (They get pretty bonkers when Guttersnipe is around, too). Encoding it on an insignificant 1/1 goblin token also helps to attract the aggro to them.

Until people start to smarten up to it, a resolved Aetherize tend to win the game for me on the next turn. Being cheaper to cast than an overloaded Cyclonic Rift is also a plus. Though I won't replace Sleep with them.

To be honest the most notable card that we got out of GTC was skullcrack. Having the ability to shutoff life gain is tremendous. Ive been playing Izzet as a side pet deck since RTR the best direction that the meta has taken since GTC released is the fact that not every deck uses Caverns for mana fixing anymore since there is access to the other 5 duals.

I thought since this is the Izzet deck forum, I'd throw my take into the pool



Given that a large portion of the spells maindeck have flashback, Tibalt's downside (random discard) is heavily negated. As a result, he's actually half decent, and acts as additional card draw, and punishes control decks with his -4. He can be sided out after G1 for whatever you need instead.

Well, I've been working on my Izzet deck for a while, I think it's pretty good. The major downside that I've seen is that undying decks counter it pretty hard. Here we go:


As you can tell, the deck isn't all that complicated, the main goal is to get either a Talrand or a Guttersnipe (hopefully with curiosity) out and then just dominate your opponents with low drop burn and similar control. There are also some higher level board clear spells that I have as just in case cards. (Although if you are pumping out drakes with Talrand, then they all stay there after Devastation Tide which can win the game.) I've played it a couple times with friends and before cockatrice went MIA but haven't taken it to a FNM yet. Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
Thanks

Devastation tide kills your own tokens

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Devastation tide kills your own tokens

Devastation tide only gets permanents.

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Devastation tide only gets permanents.

110.1. A permanent is a card or token on the battlefield.

If only talrand was one toughness stronger, we could've went for Rolling Temblor instead...