Although its been made in the past, I always wanted to make one myself, as I don't see many ping decks where I play. So far, this is what I've come up with.
Gelectrode and the Cinder Pyromancers are going to be the in general main source of damage, if not, the opponents own creatures. Razorfin is in there, being a 2 drop with almost no setbacks unlike other ping creatures that are 2 drops. Cunning Sparkmage was chosen over prodigial pyromancer due to haste. Obviously, Niv-Mizzet is in there for a long term game. The enchantments are used for controlling enemies creatures or returning them to their hands, or to untap my pingers at a much more rapid pace. Lastly are the instants, Lightning bolt being your classic first turn bolt of pain and in general useful. Punishing fire, although not as painful as lightning bolt, could be returned to my hand in the case that my opponent is using a lifegain deck, which would also allow me to untap gelectrode and cinder pyromancer each time I play it. Lastly is Electrolyze, similar to punishing fire, not as powerful as lightning bolt, but it allows me to distribute the 2 damage and draw a card.
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Ophidian Eye is arguably the best card for any U/R ping deck. Plus it also synergizes well with Niv-Mizzet.
Definitely a win condition worth trying. You could do as much damage as there are cards in you deck.
+2 Niv mizzet
+4 Ophidian eye
Take out whatever, most of the creatures do the same thing. The enchantments are also a matter of preference.
Ophidian Eye is a WONDERFUL suggestion, as is Pemmin's Aura.
With what cards I've got going for me, Neko-Te isn't as great as taking control of their creatures or bouncing them to their controllers hand. Lava Spike would be a suitable card, and will put it into consideration.
Deathtouch would be slightly hard to come by for R/U, and yes, I know You'd say basilisk Collar, but ontop of that I would rather take control of them with Charisma over deathtouch, although it is still very much a viable option as I am very amuzed by the spike.
UGW Hunting Grounds ||||||||||||||||||||||| URWBG Pauper Cube GB Death Cloud ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| R Peasant Kuldotha W Soul Sisters ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| U Pauper Faeninja UR Affinity |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| G Ezuri EDH B Pox |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| R Norin EDH
Well, most of the expensive cards that I have listed I already have copies of, but sadly I have no Goblin Sharpshooter, although I do admit that would be a brutally evil combination. If I had more money on me right now I would definitely try and run that.
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If you take a card like say "prodigal pyromancer" and search niv decks for that card, you will generally get examples of ping commander decks. This also lists many cards that might be worthwhile checking out.
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4 Gelectrode
4 Razorfin Hunter
4 Cinder Pyromancer
4 Cunning Sparkmage
2 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
4 Charisma
4 Sigil of Sleep
4 Freed From the Real
Instants
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Punishing Fire
2 Electrolyze
4 Izzet Boilerworks
8 Island
8 Mountain
Gelectrode and the Cinder Pyromancers are going to be the in general main source of damage, if not, the opponents own creatures. Razorfin is in there, being a 2 drop with almost no setbacks unlike other ping creatures that are 2 drops. Cunning Sparkmage was chosen over prodigial pyromancer due to haste. Obviously, Niv-Mizzet is in there for a long term game. The enchantments are used for controlling enemies creatures or returning them to their hands, or to untap my pingers at a much more rapid pace. Lastly are the instants, Lightning bolt being your classic first turn bolt of pain and in general useful. Punishing fire, although not as painful as lightning bolt, could be returned to my hand in the case that my opponent is using a lifegain deck, which would also allow me to untap gelectrode and cinder pyromancer each time I play it. Lastly is Electrolyze, similar to punishing fire, not as powerful as lightning bolt, but it allows me to distribute the 2 damage and draw a card.
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Definitely a win condition worth trying. You could do as much damage as there are cards in you deck.
+2 Niv mizzet
+4 Ophidian eye
Take out whatever, most of the creatures do the same thing. The enchantments are also a matter of preference.
You might like to run Lava dart. Untaps cinder pyromancer and gel twice.
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Seriously, with how frequently these pop up there should be a frickin primer.
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With what cards I've got going for me, Neko-Te isn't as great as taking control of their creatures or bouncing them to their controllers hand.
Lava Spike would be a suitable card, and will put it into consideration.
Deathtouch would be slightly hard to come by for R/U, and yes, I know You'd say basilisk Collar, but ontop of that I would rather take control of them with Charisma over deathtouch, although it is still very much a viable option as I am very amuzed by the spike.
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I think Lava Dart / Needle Drop would be humorous additions.
GB Death Cloud ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| R Peasant Kuldotha
W Soul Sisters ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| U Pauper Faeninja
UR Affinity |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| G Ezuri EDH
B Pox |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| R Norin EDH
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Thanks for catching onto curiosity! Much lower cost then Ophidian!
Well, most of the expensive cards that I have listed I already have copies of, but sadly I have no Goblin Sharpshooter, although I do admit that would be a brutally evil combination. If I had more money on me right now I would definitely try and run that.
There would have been a message here about Jace, but Jace feigned interest and counterspelled any other reference of him in my signature...
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This is currently the highest ranked result on google when you google help for ping decks.
I wanted to let anyone reading this for advice know that I have started a thread where I will try to keep track of the cards that suit a ping deck:
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/magic-general/789890-red-blue-ru-ping-deck-megathread
Additionally, if you head to edhrec and check out the izzet commanders:
https://edhrec.com/commanders/ur
If you take a card like say "prodigal pyromancer" and search niv decks for that card, you will generally get examples of ping commander decks. This also lists many cards that might be worthwhile checking out.