Overview:

This Izzet spellslinger deck helmed by Stella Lee, Wild Card focuses on casting multiple spells per turn to generate value through card advantage and spell copying. The strategy revolves around cost reducers (Goblin Electromancer, Baral, Chief of Compliance), cantrips (Opt, Brainstorm), and storm payoffs like Storm-Kiln Artist and Ral, Storm Conduit. Stella Lee acts as both an engine (exiling cards for future plays) and a combo enabler (copying key spells like Dramatic Reversal or Galvanic Iteration). The deck wins through incremental storm damage, Ral’s ping triggers, or explosive turns enabled by treasure tokens and copied spells.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Play mana rocks (Sol Ring, Izzet Signet), cost reducers (Goblin Electromancer, Stormcatch Mentor), and cantrips (Opt, Preordain) to dig for key pieces.
2. Mid-Game Value (Turns 4-6): Cast Stella Lee and trigger her second-spell ability to exile cards. Use Storm-Kiln Artist and Seething Song to generate mana for high-impact spells like Dig Through Time or Blasphemous Act.
3. Win Conditions:
   • Storm Damage: Chain cantrips and copy effects with Ral, Storm Conduit to deal 1-2 damage per spell.
   • Spell Copy Combos: Use Dualcaster Mage + Snap for infinite mana or Galvanic Iteration + Dramatic Reversal for untap loops.
   • Overwhelming Card Advantage: Leverage Expressive Iteration and The One Ring to outvalue opponents.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands, at least one cost reducer or mana rock, and a cantrip.
• Prioritize hands with early interaction (Swan Song, Deflecting Swat) against aggressive metas.
• Avoid hands lacking blue mana or with only high-CMC spells.

Key Tips:

• Cast Stella Lee after deploying cost reducers to maximize her ability.
• Use Mystical Tutor to fetch Borne Upon a Wind for surprise interaction or Solve the Equation for combo assembly.
• Storm-Kiln Artist’s treasures enable explosive turns: pair with Seething Song or Big Score for massive mana.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Rule of Law Effects: Eidolon of Rhetoric or Archon of Emeria shut down the deck’s multi-spell engine.
• Commander Dependency: Repeated removal of Stella Lee stalls the exile/copy value engine.
• Graveyard Reliance: Haughty Djinn and flashback spells (Faithless Looting) are vulnerable to Rest in Peace.

Moderate

• Artifact Hate: Vandalblast or Collector Ouphe disrupt mana rocks and treasure generation.
• Aggressive Decks: Limited blockers make early creature pressure problematic.

Minor

• Hand Disruption: Thoughtseize-effects can strip key combo pieces preemptively.
• Tax Effects: Thalia, Guardian of Thraben slightly slows the spell-heavy strategy.

Most Important Cards:

• Storm-Kiln Artist (Treasure generation, storm enabler)
• Ral, Storm Conduit (Primary win condition via spell copying)
• Dualcaster Mage (Combo piece with instant-speed copy effects)
• Baral, Chief of Compliance (Cost reduction, looting)
• Galvanic Iteration (Doubles key spells like Blasphemous Act or tutors)
• Fierce Guardianship (Free interaction to protect combos)
• Mystical Tutor (Fetches critical instants/sorceries)
• Dramatic Reversal (Untap engine for mana rocks/creatures)
• Solve the Equation (Tutors for combo pieces)
• Haughty Djinn (Alternate win condition via combat)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can threaten wins via storm or combos by turns 6-8, but lacks fast mana (e.g., Mana Crypt) for earlier kills.

Resilience: 5/10

• Counterspells (Swan Song, Deflecting Swat) protect key plays, but over-reliance on Stella Lee and fragile creatures lowers durability.

Consistency: 7/10

• Strong card selection (10+ cantrips, 5 tutors) ensures access to engine pieces, but combo lines are less redundant.

Interaction: 7/10

• 12+ counterspells/removal spells (Counterflux, Blasphemous Act) handle most threats, though lacks board wipes beyond red sweepers.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates as a focused spellslinger build with a T6-8 win potential through storm or combo lines, supported by strong interaction and card selection. However, its dependency on the commander and vulnerability to stax effects cap its resilience, placing it below optimized tiers.

Power level: 6.0 - 6.5