Meta archetypes
Izzet Elemental
Izzet Elemental: Blue · Red · Midrange · frequent instants and sorceries pumping creatures · Tribe Elemental
8.2% of winning MTGO lists · 61 lists from 22 events · 13 Top 8s · 1 wins · 5 League 5-0s
Data as of 2026-10-16 · Every list MTGO published since 2026-10-02 (748 lists from 34 events)
How to play it
- A quality card every turn, trading removal for their key pieces
- Keep hands with both early plays and removal
- Be the defender against aggro, the attacker against control
- Two-for-one cards win long games
Core cards
average copies per list, lands excluded
| 4 | Sleight of Hand |
| 4 | Prismari Charm |
| 4 | Opt |
| 4 | Hearth Elemental |
| 4 | Eddymurk Crab |
| 3.9 | Sunderflock |
| 3.2 | Burst Lightning |
| 2.8 | Traumatic Critique |
| 2.2 | Spell Snare |
| 2.2 | Get Out |
| 1.4 | Impractical Joke |
| 1.3 | Flow State |
| 0.8 | Spell Pierce |
| 0.8 | Seasoned Cryomancer |
| 0.5 | Winternight Stories |
Typical list
the list closest to this archetype's average
Main
6 Island
4 Burst Lightning
4 Eddymurk Crab
4 Hearth Elemental
4 Opt
4 Prismari Charm
4 Riverpyre Verge
4 Sleight of Hand
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Steam Vents
4 Sunderflock
3 Traumatic Critique
2 Get Out
2 Impractical Joke
2 Multiversal Passage
2 Seasoned Cryomancer
2 Spell Snare
1 Spell Pierce
Sideboard4 Colorstorm Stallion
3 Belion, the Parched
2 Flashfreeze
1 Annul
1 Broadside Barrage
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Get Out
1 Negate
1 Ral, Crackling Wit