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Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Legendary Creature — Goblin Wizard · {2}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value greater than the number of experience counters you have, you get an experience counter. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each experience counter you have.

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What Mizzix of the Izmagnus actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value greater than the number of experience counters you have, you get an experience counter.
• Static ability · cost_reductionInstant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each experience counter you have.

What a Mizzix of the Izmagnus deck needs

Plays as cost reducer. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• cheap, dense instant and sorcery spells (it makes them cheaper)
• instant and sorcery spells (its trigger fires on each one you cast)

The Mizzix of the Izmagnus deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
• 20× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

Combos with Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Mizzix of the Izmagnus is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Frantic Search + Reiterate2,892 decks
• Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Seething Song + Reiterate2,642 decks
• Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Pyretic Ritual + Reiterate1,153 decks
• Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Turnabout + Reiterate1,113 decks
• Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Desperate Ritual + Reiterate1,058 decks
• Mizzix of the Izmagnus + Unexpected Windfall + Reiterate664 decks

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