Commander Mondays (9/30/13): Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius

This is the last deck for our Commander/EDH month. With this, we have finished all the enemy-colored guilds, and hopefully paid tribute to the identity of these color combinations. Join us again for future Commander Mondays on the last Monday of each month.

This deck is from the pre-Theros Standard environment (M13, M14, Innistrad Block, and RTR Block).

Legendary Creatures x1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius (Commander) x1 Melek, Izzet Paragon x1 Talrand, Sky Summoner Creatures x1 Archaeomancer x1 Ash Zealot x1 Augur of Bolas x1 Beguiler of Wills x1 Blistercoil Weird x1 Chandra's Phoenix x1 Cinder Elemental x1 Clone x1 Delver of Secrets/Insectile Aberration x1 Elgaud Shieldmate x1 Fluxcharger x1 Frostburn Weird x1 Goblin Electromancer x1 Guttersnipe x1 Hypersonic Dragon x1 Invisible Stalker x1 Latch Seeker x1 Mercurial Chemister x1 Nivix Cyclops x1 Soulseizer/Ghastly Haunting x1 Young Pyromancer x1 Zealous Conscripts

Instants x1 Aetherize x1 Bone to Ash x1 Brimstone Volley x1 Cackling Counterpart x1 Chandra's Fury x1 Chemister's Trick x1 Cyclonic Rift x1 Dissipate x1 Downpour x1 Dragonshift x1 Dynacharge x1 Essence Backlash x1 Izzet Charm x1 Pillar of Flame x1 Searing Spear x1 Shock x1 Skullcrack x1 Street Spasm x1 Syncopate x1 Turn//Burn Sorceries x1 Act of Treason x1 Amass the Components x1 Artful Dodge x1 Blast of Genius x1 Devil's Play x1 Epic Experiment x1 Mizzium Mortars x1 Teleportal Enchantments x1 Arcane Melee x1 Dual Casting x1 Spectral Flight x1 Spirit Away

Artifacts x1 Izzet Cluestone x1 Izzet Keyrune x1 Ring of Evos Isle x1 Ring of Three Wishes x1 Ring of Valkas x1 Runechanter's Pike x1 Tablet of the Guilds Planeswalkers x1 Chandra, the Firebrand x1 Jace, Architect of Thought x1 Ral Zarek x1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage Lands x1 Izzet Guildgate x1 Rogue's Passage x1 Shimmering Grotto x1 Steam Vents x1 Sulfur Falls x1 Transguild Promenade x13 Island x13 Mountain

First and foremost, this deck follows the idea of Blue/Red being about instant and sorcery spells.

    

Besides the whole Instants and Sorceries theme, I've built in a theft theme as well (which I'm fond of Blue/Red theft decks...)

    

I would like to thank everyone who has joined me over the past month to check out some of the (formerly) Standard Legal EDH decks. Granted they may not be legal in Standard anymore, but chances are, you have a lot of the cards in these decks, or can easily get them. Until next month, I hope you've enjoyed Commander Mondays!