Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to any target.
{T}: Draw a card.
Kiln Fiend
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Kiln Fiend gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
It traps an explosion within its stony skin.
Goblin Electromancer
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
When asked how much power is required, Izzet mages always answer "more."
Izzet Guildmage
({U/R} can be paid with either {U} or {R}.)
{2}{U}: Copy target instant spell you control with mana value 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
{2}{R}: Copy target sorcery spell you control with mana value 2 or less. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Gelectrode
{T}: Gelectrode deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may untap Gelectrode.
"Diametrically opposing energies in self-sealed plasmodermic bubbles make great pets!"
—Trivaz, Izzet mage
Wee Dragonauts
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Wee Dragonauts gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
"The blazekite is a simple concept, really—just a vehicular application of dragscoop ionics and electropropulsion magnetronics."
—Juzba, Izzet tinker
Steamcore Weird
When Steamcore Weird enters the battlefield, if {R} was spent to cast it, it deals 2 damage to any target.
Like many Izzet creations, weirds are based on wild contradictions yet somehow manage to work.
Shrewd Hatchling
Shrewd Hatchling enters the battlefield with four -1/-1 counters on it.
{U/R}: Target creature can't block Shrewd Hatchling this turn.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from Shrewd Hatchling.
Whenever you cast a red spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from Shrewd Hatchling.
Ogre Savant
When Ogre Savant enters the battlefield, if {U} was spent to cast it, return target creature to its owner's hand.
He's an oxymoron.
Galvanoth
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if it's an instant or sorcery spell.
It chews open Mirrodin's husk and feeds on the outpouring of energy.
Izzet Chronarch
When Izzet Chronarch enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
He ensures not only whether but also when and where the lightning strikes twice.
Djinn Illuminatus
({U/R} can be paid with either {U} or {R}.)
Flying
Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has replicate. The replicate cost is equal to its mana cost. (When you cast it, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
The mizzium-sphere array drove her mind deep into the thought field, where only the rarest motes of genius may be plucked.
Force Spike
Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.
"I don't *think* so."
Magma Spray
Magma Spray deals 2 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
"Jund is a wounded world. Beware its searing blood spilling out onto the surface."
—Rakka Mar
Isochron Scepter
Imprint — When Isochron Scepter enters the battlefield, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
{2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Izzet Signet
{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.
The Izzet signet is redesigned often, each time becoming closer to a vanity portrait of Niv-Mizzet.
Call to Heel
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller draws a card.
On Bant, a sigil is both a prize of honor and a bond of duty. The one who bears it may be called to fulfill that charge at any moment.
Train of Thought
Replicate {1}{U} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost.)
Draw a card.
"But then . . . oh, but . . . which means . . . which would lead to . . . exactly!"
Pyromatics
Replicate {1}{R} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Pyromatics deals 1 damage to any target.
Izzet Charm
Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.
• Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature.
• Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Reminisce
Target player shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Leave the door to the past even slightly ajar and it could be blown off its hinges.
Thunderheads
Replicate {2}{U} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost.)
Create a 3/3 blue Weird creature token with defender and flying. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
The clouds grew thick, and then they grew teeth.
Vacuumelt
Replicate {2}{U} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Dissipate
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
"This abomination never belonged in our world. I'm merely setting it free."
—Dierk, geistmage
Quicksilver Dagger
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. You draw a card."
The dwarves call their quicksilver techniques "improvisational weaponsmithing."
Prophetic Bolt
Prophetic Bolt deals 4 damage to any target. Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Overwhelming Intellect
Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's mana value.
"My brain hurts."
Sphinx-Bone Wand
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on Sphinx-Bone Wand. If you do, Sphinx-Bone Wand deals damage equal to the number of charge counters on it to any target.
Its host's final curse lies captured within.
Street Spasm
Street Spasm deals X damage to target creature without flying you don't control.
Overload {X}{X}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Invoke the Firemind
Choose one —
• Draw X cards.
• Invoke the Firemind deals X damage to any target.
To those in tune with the Firemind, there is no difference between knowledge and flame.
Fire // Ice
Fire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.
Tap target permanent.
Draw a card.
Forgotten Cave
Forgotten Cave enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Izzet Boilerworks
Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped.
When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
{T}: Add {U}{R}.
Lonely Sandbar
Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.
Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{U}{R}, {T}: Exile the top card of your library. Until your next turn, you may cast it if it's an instant or sorcery spell.
Niv-Mizzet's genius and vanity reverberate throughout the mirrored halls of Nivix.
Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Island
({T}: Add {U}.)
Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Mountain
({T}: Add {R}.)
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
{1}{B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return Jarad from your graveyard to your hand.
Plagued Rusalka
{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
"Look at her, once filled with innocence. Death has a way of wringing away such . . . deficiencies."
—Savra
Elves of Deep Shadow
{T}: Add {B}. Elves of Deep Shadow deals 1 damage to you.
Cast out of the Conclave generations ago, these elves found a home in the corrupted districts of the Golgari.
Golgari Thug
When Golgari Thug dies, put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Dredge 4 (If you would draw a card, you may mill four cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)