Adeliz, the Cinder Wind - Izzet Beatdown
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I find Adeliz, the Cinder Wind to be an interesting commander to build around because she seems to be pulling me in two different directions. On the one hand, she clearly wants to be at the helm of a spellslinger build, but on the other hand she's pushing me toward wizard tribal (assuming I'm not considering voltron). This leads to a real deckbuilding challenge because a spells deck needs a threshold of instants/sorceries, and a tribal deck needs a threshold of relevant creatures, and I wanted to see if I can strike a functional balance. I think I've succeeded.
I'm focusing this list on 3 main themes/wincons:
1. Wizard beatdown via Adeliz's wizard "prowess" trigger and flying wizards. I can run up quite a prowess storm count with all the copy effects and nonsense like Snap, Frantic Search, and Turnabout. I'm also looking to get a lot of mileage out of board control via Tibor and Lumia/Earthquake/Molten Disaster, with those X spells leaving most or all of my board untouched while benefiting from mana discounters like Goblin Electromancer, Baral, Chief of Compliance, and Primal Amulet.
2. Big mana from High Tide and Seething Song effects copied multiple times and abused via untap effects like Turnabout and the mana sunk into an X spell or generating a high storm count.
3. Wheel effects a la Arjun, the Shifting Flame, Dragon Mage, and Mindmoil + the Niv-Mizzets.
All three of these have a lot of overlap and shared cards with the other two, and given the deckbuilding challenge Adeliz presents I think I need all the synergy I can get.
Some concerns:
- I'm not utilizing the yard since I've omitted stuff like Flood of Recollection, Past in Flames, Mystic Retrieval, and Mission Briefing, and this could be a mistake. I just don't have the available slots, and I've already got a very low land count.
- I felt haste was important, so I'm running some meh cards in Burst of Speed and Surge of Zeal. Not sure if they are worth it.
- I only have two wheel payoffs. Perhaps I need more, say The Locust God and/or Psychosis Crawler?