MtG Arena — Standard Shakeup w/ Izzet Blitz
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2020-12-24

Here's a link to the banlist for the Standard Shakeup event.
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtg-arena-standard-shakeup-2020-12-19
Banned Cards
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Bonecrusher Giant
Brazen Borrower
Cauldron Familiar
Embercleave
Escape to the Wilds
Felidar Retreat
Fires of Invention
Gilded Goose
Lotus Cobra
Lucky Clover
Oko, Thief of Crowns
Omnath, Locus of Creation
Once Upon a Time
Questing Beast
Scute Swarm
Soaring Thought-Thief
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Zenith Flare

With that, here's the deck that I piloted: Izzet Blitz. I like to think that this is Infect in Standard again, but it might be more akin to Splinter Twin in that it's a blue and red combo deck with the capacity to win on turn four.

Creatures (12)
1 Rielle, the Everwise
4 Sprite Dragon
3 Stormwing Entity
4 Umara Wizard
Instants (22)
4 Fire Prophecy
2 Into the Roil
4 Opt
4 Raking Claws
4 Shock
4 Unleash Fury
Sorceries (4)
4 Crash Through
Lands (22)
5 Island
7 Mountain
2 Riverglide Pathway / Lavaglide Pathway
4 Swiftwater Cliffs
4 Temple of Epiphany
Sideboard (15) (This is given to show cards that I either considered but didn't run due to anti-synergy with Rielle or that I could not run due to the Standard Shakeup banlist, i.e. the two adventure cards.)
4 Bonecrusher Giant
4 Brazen Borrower
1 Escape Velocity
4 Glimpse of Freedom
2 Sleep of the Dead
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