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Top 10 Izzet Combat Tricks - Tricksy Otterses
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Alania, Divergent Storm

Whenever you cast a spell, if it's the first instant spell, the first sorcery spell, or the first Otter spell other than Alania you've cast this turn, you may have target opponent draw a card. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Alania, Divergent Storm (blb) 204

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Ancestors' Aid

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Ancestors' Aid (lci) 132
Blazing Crescendo

Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Instant
Blazing Crescendo (one) 123
Great Train Heist

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2}{R} — Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase. + {2} — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. + {R} — Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.

Instant
Great Train Heist (otj) 125
Haze of Rage

Buyback {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Sorcery
Haze of Rage (tsr) 169
Monstrous Rage

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Create a Monster Role token attached to it. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.)

Instant
Monstrous Rage (woe) 142
Rapid Augmenter

Haste Whenever another creature you control with base power 1 enters, it gains haste until end of turn. Whenever another creature you control enters, if it wasn't cast, put a +1/+1 counter on Rapid Augmenter and Rapid Augmenter can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Rapid Augmenter (blc) 38
Samut's Sprint

Target creature gets +2/+1 and gains haste until end of turn. Scry 1.

Instant
Samut's Sprint (plst) WAR-142
Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Shore Up (blb) 69
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (clu) 99
Sudden Breakthrough

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Sudden Breakthrough (j22) 610
Surge to Victory

Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Creatures you control get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player this turn, copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Surge to Victory (c21) 58
Temur Battle Rage

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. Ferocious — That creature also gains trample until end of turn if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Instant
Temur Battle Rage (cmm) 264
Titan's Strength

Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Instant
Titan's Strength (2x2) 128
Unleash Fury

Double the power of target creature until end of turn.

Instant
Unleash Fury (scd) 166

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Bonus Round

Until end of turn, whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player copies it and may choose new targets for the copy.

Sorcery
Bonus Round (plst) BBD-56
Expansion

Instant
Expansion // Explosion (rvr) 243
Galvanic Iteration

When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Flashback {1}{U}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Galvanic Iteration (otc) 227
Harmonic Prodigy

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) If an ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

Creature
Harmonic Prodigy (mh2) 132
Kitsa, Otterball Elite

Vigilance Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. {2}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Activate only if Kitsa's power is 3 or greater.

Creature
Kitsa, Otterball Elite (blb) 54
Krark, the Thumbless

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, return that spell to its owner's hand. If you win the flip, copy that spell, and you may choose new targets for the copy. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Krark, the Thumbless (cmr) 189
Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Narset's Reversal (plst) WAR-62
Twinferno

Choose one — • When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. • Target creature you control gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Instant
Twinferno (dmu) 149
Veyran, Voice of Duality

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Veyran, Voice of Duality gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If you casting or copying an instant or sorcery spell causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Creature
Veyran, Voice of Duality (otc) 248

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Big Score

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Big Score (blc) 193
Desperate Ritual

Add {R}{R}{R}. Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant
Desperate Ritual (uma) 127
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (blc) 278
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (mkc) 156
Pyretic Ritual

Add {R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Pyretic Ritual (plst) M11-153
Rite of Flame

Add {R}{R}, then add {R} for each card named Rite of Flame in each graveyard.

Sorcery
Rite of Flame (csp) 96
Runaway Steam-Kin

Whenever you cast a red spell, if Runaway Steam-Kin has fewer than three +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on Runaway Steam-Kin. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Runaway Steam-Kin: Add {R}{R}{R}.

Creature
Runaway Steam-Kin (grn) 115
Seething Song

Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Seething Song (c21) 179
Seize the Spoils

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Seize the Spoils (khm) 149
Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (otc) 181
Stormcatch Mentor

Haste Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Stormcatch Mentor (blb) 234
Strike It Rich

Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Strike It Rich (mh2) 143
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. Talisman of Creativity deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (cmm) 979
Urabrask

Creature
Urabrask // The Great Work (mom) 169Urabrask // The Great Work (mom) 169

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Borne Upon a Wind

You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash. Draw a card.

Instant
Borne Upon a Wind (ltr) 44
Finale of Promise

You may cast up to one target instant card and/or up to one target sorcery card from your graveyard each with mana value X or less without paying their mana costs. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. If X is 10 or more, copy each of those spells twice. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Sorcery
Finale of Promise (otc) 166
Fists of Flame

Draw a card. Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +1/+0 for each card you've drawn this turn. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Instant
Fists of Flame (cmm) 223
Flick a Coin

Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Draw a card.

Instant
Flick a Coin (woe) 128
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (woc) 93
Harnesser of Storms

Whenever you cast a noncreature or Otter spell, you may exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Harnesser of Storms (blb) 137
Inspired Tinkering

Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. Create three Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Inspired Tinkering (clb) 183
Pearl of Wisdom

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an Otter. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Pearl of Wisdom (blb) 64
Thundertrap Trainer

Offspring {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Thundertrap Trainer (blb) 78

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Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (blc) 191
Arcbond

Choose target creature. Whenever that creature is dealt damage this turn, it deals that much damage to each other creature and each player.

Instant
Arcbond (frf) 91
Dreadmaw's Ire

Until end of turn, target attacking creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact that player controls."

Instant
Dreadmaw's Ire (lci) 147
Flame of Anor

Choose one. If you control a Wizard as you cast this spell, you may choose two instead. • Target player draws two cards. • Destroy target artifact. • Flame of Anor deals 5 damage to target creature.

Instant
Flame of Anor (pltr) 203s
Flowstone Infusion

Target creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn.

Instant
Flowstone Infusion (dmu) 124
Frolicking Familiar

Creature
Frolicking Familiar // Blow Off Steam (woe) 226
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (clu) 141
Rabid Gnaw

Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Then it deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

Instant
Rabid Gnaw (blb) 147
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (woc) 110
You Come to a River

Choose one — • Fight the Current — Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Find a Crossing — Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Instant
You Come to a River (afr) 83

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Cascade Bluffs

{T}: Add {C}. {U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Cascade Bluffs (blc) 297
Dwarven Mine

({T}: Add {R}.) Dwarven Mine enters tapped unless you control three or more other Mountains. When Dwarven Mine enters untapped, create a 1/1 red Dwarf creature token.

Land
Dwarven Mine (eld) 243
Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice Escape Tunnel: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. {T}, Sacrifice Escape Tunnel: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Escape Tunnel (mkm) 261
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice Fabled Passage: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (blb) 252
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (blb) 371
Molten Tributary

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Molten Tributary enters tapped.

Land
Molten Tributary (dmu) 251
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (blb) 375
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (mkc) 276
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Prismatic Vista: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
Shatterskull Smashing

Sorcery
Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. Shivan Reef deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (blc) 331
Silundi Vision

Instant
Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle (znr) 80Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle (znr) 80
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As Steam Vents enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (rvr) 288
Sundering Eruption

Sorcery
Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248
Thundering Falls

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Thundering Falls enters tapped. When Thundering Falls enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Thundering Falls (mkm) 269
Training Center

Training Center enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
Valakut Awakening

Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174
Volatile Fjord

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Volatile Fjord enters tapped.

Land
Volatile Fjord (khm) 273

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Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Flying Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

Creature
Balmor, Battlemage Captain (dmu) 196
Bria, Riptide Rogue

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Other creatures you control have prowess. (If a creature has multiple instances of prowess, each triggers separately.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Bria, Riptide Rogue (blb) 379
Coruscation Mage

Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Coruscation Mage (blb) 131
Otterball Antics

Create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess. If this spell was cast from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, a creature with prowess gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Otterball Antics (blb) 63
Ral, Crackling Wit

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a loyalty counter on Ral, Crackling Wit. +1: Create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess. −3: Draw three cards, then discard two cards. −10: Draw three cards. You get an emblem with "Instant and sorcery spells you cast have storm." (Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Planeswalker
Ral, Crackling Wit (blb) 230
Stormchaser's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) When Stormchaser's Talent enters, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess. {3}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. {5}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess.

Enchantment
Stormchaser's Talent (blb) 75
Stormsplitter

Haste Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a token that's a copy of Stormsplitter. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Stormsplitter (blb) 154
Tempest Angler

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Tempest Angler.

Creature
Tempest Angler (blb) 235
Valley Floodcaller

Flash You may cast noncreature spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Birds, Frogs, Otters, and Rats you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap them.

Creature
Valley Floodcaller (blb) 79
Young Pyromancer

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.

Creature
Young Pyromancer (otc) 185

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