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Izzet Counter Burn
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $1567.80
Salt Sum: 34.89
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Commander

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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
1

Artifact

Quantity: 8Price: $76.02
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
1
Izzet Signet

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

Artifact
Izzet Signet (moc) 362
1
Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Artifact
Mox Amber (dom) 224
1
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (plst) THB-236
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1
Springleaf Drum

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Springleaf Drum (2xm) 291
1
Talisman of Creativity

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

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (clb) 876
1
Unlicensed Hearse

{T}: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. Unlicensed Hearse's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards exiled with it. Crew 2

Artifact
Unlicensed Hearse (snc) 246
1

Battle

Quantity: 1Price: $0.49
Invasion of Karsus

Battle
Invasion of Karsus // Refraction Elemental (mom) 146Invasion of Karsus // Refraction Elemental (mom) 146
1

Creature

Quantity: 19Price: $175.19
Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (stx) 37
1
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence

Flying Whenever a source you control deals damage to you, put that many +1/+1 counters on Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence. {1}{R}, {T}, Remove X +1/+1 counters from Auntie Blyte: It deals X damage to any target.

Creature
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence (j22) 30
1
Baral and Kari Zev

First strike, menace Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, you may cast a spell with lesser mana value that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, create First Mate Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey Pirate creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Baral and Kari Zev (mom) 218
1
Brazen Borrower

Creature
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft (plst) ELD-281
1
Dreadhorde Arcanist

Trample Whenever Dreadhorde Arcanist attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value less than or equal to Dreadhorde Arcanist's power from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Dreadhorde Arcanist (war) 125
1
Electrostatic Infantry

Trample Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Electrostatic Infantry.

Creature
Electrostatic Infantry (dmu) 122
1
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch

Sorcerous Inspiration — At the beginning of your upkeep, return an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard to your hand. Fire of Tzeentch — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch (40k) 119
1
Guttersnipe

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Guttersnipe deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Guttersnipe (scd) 145
1
Khenra Spellspear

Creature
Khenra Spellspear // Gitaxian Spellstalker (mom) 151Khenra Spellspear // Gitaxian Spellstalker (mom) 151
1
Laelia, the Blade Reforged

Haste Whenever Laelia, the Blade Reforged attacks, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Whenever one or more cards are put into exile from your library and/or your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Laelia.

Creature
Laelia, the Blade Reforged (clb) 801
1
Ledger Shredder

Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, Ledger Shredder connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Ledger Shredder (snc) 46
1
Malevolent Hermit

Creature
Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (mid) 61Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (mid) 61
1
Murktide Regent

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Flying Murktide Regent enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each instant and sorcery card exiled with it. Whenever an instant or sorcery card leaves your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Murktide Regent.

Creature
Murktide Regent (mh2) 52
1
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (j22) 581
1
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. {1}{R/P}{R/P}, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim, Mayhem Dominus. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)

Creature
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus (one) 150
1
Sprite Dragon

Flying, haste Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Sprite Dragon.

Creature
Sprite Dragon (clb) 852
1
Third Path Iconoclast

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.

Creature
Third Path Iconoclast (bro) 223
1
Urabrask

Creature
Urabrask // The Great Work (mom) 169Urabrask // The Great Work (mom) 169
1
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 (c21) 330
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 2Price: $1.98
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (voc) 111
1
Sulfuric Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, Sulfuric Vortex deals 2 damage to that player. If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.

Enchantment
Sulfuric Vortex (dmr) 144
1

Instant

Quantity: 18Price: $55.54
Abrade

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

Instant
Abrade (scd) 122
1
Alchemist's Retrieval

Cleave {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Return target nonland permanent [you control] to its owner's hand.

Instant
Alchemist's Retrieval (vow) 47
1
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
1
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (voc) 102
1
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
1
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
1
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (moc) 273
1
Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (dmr) 51
1
Gush

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Draw two cards.

Instant
Gush (plst) DD2-27
1
Keep Watch

Draw a card for each attacking creature.

Instant
Keep Watch (hop) 10
1
March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
March of Swirling Mist (neo) 61
1
Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Instant
Resculpt (stx) 51
1
Snap

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

Instant
Snap (dmr) 66
1
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98
1
Turn Aside

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

Instant
Turn Aside (plst) EMN-78
1
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.

Instant
Twinferno (dmu) 149
1
Unleash Fury

Double the power of target creature until end of turn.

Instant
Unleash Fury (scd) 166
1
Valakut Awakening

Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174
1

Land

Quantity: 33Price: $1209.51
Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Arid Mesa: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
1
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Bloodstained Mire: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
1
Cascade Bluffs

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

Land
Cascade Bluffs (ncc) 390
1
Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. Cephalid Coliseum deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice Cephalid Coliseum: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Cephalid Coliseum (ody) 317
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Fiery Islet

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U} or {R}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Fiery Islet: Draw a card.

Land
Fiery Islet (mh1) 238
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
6
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
8
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (eld) 247
1
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
1
Polluted Delta

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

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
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
1
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
1
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

{T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Land
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep (plst) CHK-282
1
Shivan Reef

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

Land
Shivan Reef (dmu) 255
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
1
Steam Vents

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

Land
Steam Vents (grn) 257
1
Training Center

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

Land
Training Center (plst) CMR-358
1
Volcanic Island

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)

Land
Volcanic Island (3ed) 291
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 18Price: $48.72
Acidic Soil

Acidic Soil deals damage to each player equal to the number of lands they control.

Sorcery
Acidic Soil (plst) USG-172
1
Artful Dodge

Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Flashback {U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Artful Dodge (dka) 27
1
Assault Strobe

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Sorcery
Assault Strobe (som) 82
1
Candlekeep Inspiration

Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards you own in exile and in your graveyard that are instant cards, are sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.

Sorcery
Candlekeep Inspiration (clb) 59
1
Distortion Strike

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Distortion Strike (plst) IMA-52
1
Earthquake

Earthquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.

Sorcery
Earthquake (cm2) 95
1
Expressive Iteration

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand, put one of them on the bottom of your library, and exile one of them. You may play the exiled card this turn.

Sorcery
Expressive Iteration (brc) 125
1
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (brc) 116
1
Flame Rift

Flame Rift deals 4 damage to each player.

Sorcery
Flame Rift (mh2) 278
1
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
1
Insult

Sorcery
Insult // Injury (akh) 213
1
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 (clb) 799
1
Mind Bomb

Each player may discard up to three cards. Mind Bomb deals damage to each player equal to 3 minus the number of cards they discarded this way.

Sorcery
Mind Bomb (5ed) 105
1
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (ncc) 229
1
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (j22) 63
1
Treasure Cruise

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Treasure Cruise (ncc) 237
1
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (scd) 167
1
Warlord's Fury

Creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Warlord's Fury (dom) 151
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"A fast U/R tempo deck trying to leverage a aggressive and evasive creatures with cantrips and burn spells. Maybe not the best EDH deck considering the amount of life each player has, but the play patterns are really fun and remind me of Delver or other UR tempo builds.\n"}]}
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