MtG Arena — Izzet Drakes… or is it Delver?
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2020-12-20

The title reminds me of that line from Bloodbourne:

"Ah, Kos, or some say Kosm…"

Raking Claws and Unleash Fury make for some impressively quick KOs, appropriate in the hyper-fast meta of Historic. In addition, having access to interaction, such as Shock and Spell Pierce, allow the deck to slow down others for long enough to take over.

Here's the "Drakes" take on the archetype:
Creatures (10)
2 Crackling Drake
4 Enigma Drake
4 Sprite Dragon
Instants (25)
3 Flame Sweep
4 Lightning Strike
4 Opt
1 Radical Idea
4 Raking Claws
4 Shock
4 Spell Pierce
1 Unleash Fury
Sorceries (4)
4 Crash Through
Lands (21)
1 Castle Vantress
4 Island
3 Mountain
1 Riverglide Pathway / Lavaglide Pathway
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Steam Vents
4 Sulfur Falls

To make the "Delver" variant of this list, replace the highest CMC creature (Crackling Drake) with the smallest (Pteramander,) then adjust the list in order to accommodate and better utilize this change:
Creatures (11)
4 Enigma Drake
3 Pteramander
4 Sprite Dragon
Instants (21)
3 Flame Sweep
4 Opt
4 Raking Claws
4 Shock
4 Spell Pierce
1 Unleash Fury
Sorceries (8)
4 Crash Through
4 Winged Words
Lands (21)
1 Castle Vantress
4 Island
3 Mountain
1 Riverglide Pathway / Lavaglide Pathway
4 Spirebluff Canal
4 Steam Vents
4 Sulfur Falls

To see more Drakes, as well as more MtG Arena videos, please check out this handy little playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2AV0Srt54&list=PLL5e2uQsROzk_AFd71pbWMS3D7gO2-FUX&index=8
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