So I've been combing future standard on Scryfall and I've come up with what I think is a decent starting point for an Izzet spell slinging list. I think there's two ways to go about it, which is why there's a wide variety of cards here. Choice one has you going burn/tempo with some creatures and controlling what your opponent does just enough to kill them. It's a real skin of your teeth situation. Choice two is a more controlling, inevitability engine setup with fewer creatures and more removal/burn/draw. Knowing that we aren't yet done with previews, what looks best here? Is this something worth pursuing or does it need to be scrapped? Should it push to add black or stay at two?
Understand, this is a loose collection of ideas, not a deck - yet.
Do you want to be:
1. Burn deck? or control deck?
2. wizards tribal? or creatureless? or creatures?
3. Do you want to stay Izzet? or do you want to splash? or go 3 colors? (Grixis/Jeskai)
Some short notes.
If your a Burn Deck, you want to carry many low to the ground spells, and try to get card draw due to a low land count.
If your a Control Deck, you want to take advantage of card draw, but also not have too many wincons.
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Do you want to be:
1. Burn deck? or control deck?
2. wizards tribal? or creatureless? or creatures?
3. Do you want to stay Izzet? or do you want to splash? or go 3 colors? (Grixis/Jeskai)
Some short notes.
If your a Burn Deck, you want to carry many low to the ground spells, and try to get card draw due to a low land count.
If your a Control Deck, you want to take advantage of card draw, but also not have too many wincons.
As mentioned, I don’t yet know. I didn’t post a specific build, but merely card options that could work in a deck like this. Whether it’s loads of burn or creature-based or control-based is still up in the air. The post is to start that discussion.
How do you plan to deal with Carnage Tyrant?
Which card is supposed to be the wincon? Ral? Nezahal, Primal Tide would make sense since he would be really hard to deal with
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Understand, this is a loose collection of ideas, not a deck - yet.
Card Draw
Damage
Counter
Removal/Creature Control
Creatures
Planeswalkers
Gimmicks
Do you want to be:
1. Burn deck? or control deck?
2. wizards tribal? or creatureless? or creatures?
3. Do you want to stay Izzet? or do you want to splash? or go 3 colors? (Grixis/Jeskai)
Some short notes.
If your a Burn Deck, you want to carry many low to the ground spells, and try to get card draw due to a low land count.
If your a Control Deck, you want to take advantage of card draw, but also not have too many wincons.
-Stay Frosty
As mentioned, I don’t yet know. I didn’t post a specific build, but merely card options that could work in a deck like this. Whether it’s loads of burn or creature-based or control-based is still up in the air. The post is to start that discussion.
4 Risk Factor
2 Hypothesizzle
4 Shock
3 Lightning Strike
2 Expansion
2 Spell Pierce
1 Syncopate
3 Essence Scatter
3 Negate
2 Beacon Bolt
4 Electrostatic Field
2 Ral, Izzet Viceroy
2 Primal Amulet
4 Sulfur Falls
4 Steam Vents
7 Mountains
8 Islands
Lava Coil and Fight with Fire Should be good against mid-range threats.
How do you plan to deal with aggro?
How do you plan to deal with Carnage Tyrant?
Which card is supposed to be the wincon? Ral?
Nezahal, Primal Tide would make sense since he would be really hard to deal with
-Stay Frosty