Izzet Affinity (6.1% of the Winner's Metagame) 4 Fiery Islet 4 Spirebluff Canal 4 Urza's Saga 4 Kappa Cannoneer 4 Pinnacle Emissary 4 Engineered Explosives 4 Mishra's Bauble 4 Mox Opal 4 Weapons Manufacturing 3 Sink into Stupor 3 Tormod's Crypt 3 Metallic Rebuke 3 Claws of Gix 2 Emry, Lurker of the Loch 2 Arcbound Ravager 1 Island 1 Shadowspear 1 Steam Vents 1 Pithing Needle 1 Welding Jar 1 Aether Spellbomb 1 Skateboard 1 Shivan Reef 3 Damping Sphere 2 Whipflare 2 Galvanic Blast 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Consign to Memory 1 Grafdigger's Cage 1 Force of Negation 1 Vexing Bauble 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch As the name implies, Izzet Affinity thrives on artifact synergies, quickly enabling metalcraft for explosive starts
however, if you do not have newer cards theyre proven enough to net some wins
It also has a unique interaction with adventures: If you cast an adventure and exile it with a dream counter, you can then cast the regular spell with the attack trigger
Llanowar penalty for trespassing I have mixed feelings about this one
Itll give your Inventor cards Resist +6 for the turn, which means that they each have the ability to ignore six points of damage dealt to them
I like this in Commander with a black leader that already has evasion to kill out of nowhere