Cube Archetype Guide: Izzet Spells

On this Season 10 Episode 05 of Solely Singleton, Brad and Eric return for another discussion in which they are covering the all-too-classic Blue-Red spells archetype. Join them as they take in detail about what the deck entails, how to pilot the deck against various matchups, what to be looking out for in a draft, and more!

Topics:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Archetype Intro
04:50 Archetype Breakdown
08:56 Playing the Early Game
12:21 Playing the Mid Game VS Aggro
13:59 Playing the Mid Game VS Midrange
18:45 Playing the Mid Game VS Control
21:51 Playing the Mid Game VS Combo
24:33 Playing the Late Game
27:24 Drafting
37:33 Final Discussion

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[UnconqrdShawn]

Videos like this are super helpful for new cube players, but they're also very valuable for cube curators who want a better sense of how to support the deck. Great stuff.

[JeFFStumpo]

Good video, everybody! It's nice seeing these improve every time.

[Frostgiantbutsmall]

Really big fan of the editing changes you've made so far, they definitely help your material stand out.

[mc]

Keep up the cube architect videos guys! I disagree with Eric's premise on the squadron hawk cube I think each color should have cards that you want to draft in multiples to make it a theme accumulated knowledge and blue kindle in red Timber pack wolves in green And some type of rat in black

[andrewshewan]

Are there more of these on the way? They’re probably not the most exciting to write but I really enjoy them

[dicedude]

Interesting, I didnt build my izzet spellslinger archetype as a control deck I set it up as more of an aggro deck in the format with signposts like Balmor. Is izzet spells more frequently a control deck or does it split between the two regularly?