IzzetLegendary Creature — Goblin PirateBreeches, the Blastmaker
Mana value3Rank#7,782
The Commander
Menace
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, flip a coin. When you win the flip, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. When you lose the flip, Breeches deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.
Guide
Gameplan
Cast cheap, high-impact spells while keeping a steady stream of disposable artifacts to feed Breeches. Hit your second spell each turn, sacrifice a token or cheap artifact, and either copy the spell (heads) or fling its mana value as damage (tails) — both halves are upside. You grind value and burn until you assemble a spell-copy combo or simply burn the table out.
Strengths
- Every coin flip is win-win: a free copy or guaranteed damage to any target.
- Coin-flip support and 'win/lose flip' payoffs turn the ability into broken value engines.
- Cheap commander (MV 3) with menace that pressures life totals on its own.
- Izzet's deep pool of cantrips, treasure makers, and copy spells fuels consistent triggers.
Weaknesses
- Heavily commander-dependent — without Breeches the deck stalls.
- Needs both a second spell each turn AND an artifact to sacrifice, requiring careful sequencing.
- Variance from coin flips without fixing cards can be frustrating.
- Fragile in stax/removal-heavy metas; little board presence beyond the commander.
Key Cards
- Krark, the Thumbless — Doubles your spell triggers and synergizes perfectly with coin-flip manipulation for explosive value.
- Krark's Other Thumb — Lets you flip multiple coins and ignore losses, making Breeches' coin flips nearly always favorable.
- Brass's Bounty — Floods the board with Treasure artifacts to repeatedly fuel Breeches' sacrifice cost.
- Dockside Extortionist — Generates a pile of Treasures for both ramp and endless artifact fodder.
- Reckless Fireweaver — Drains each opponent whenever artifacts you sacrifice or create enter and leave, adding inevitability.
- Mechanized Production — With infinite Treasures from copy loops it's a clean alternate win condition.
Upgrade Path
Add coin-flip doublers (Krark, Krark's Other Thumb, Okaun/Zndrsplt package) to make flips reliable and explosive, and cheap Treasure generators (Dockside, Jeska's Will) for free triggers. Lean into copy spells and X-burn (Fireball, Comet Storm) as copy targets, then tighten the mana base with fast rocks like Mana Crypt and Sol Ring to consistently double-spell early. Cap it with drain payoffs (Reckless Fireweaver, Marionette Master) and a tutor suite to find your combos.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Copying a big X-spell or burn spell to deal lethal damage across the table.
- ▸Krark-fueled coin-flip loops generating infinite spell copies or Treasures.
- ▸Reckless Fireweaver / Disciple of the Vault drain triggers from sacrificing artifacts.
- ▸Repeated Breeches tail damage plus menace commander beats.
Archetypes
- Spellslinger — Breeches rewards casting two spells a turn by copying or flinging them for value.
- Combo — Coin-flip doublers like Krark plus copy spells enable repeatable, game-ending loops.
- Artifacts/Treasures — Treasure and token artifacts are perfect sacrifice fodder to trigger Breeches every turn.
- Spellslinger Burn — Tails outcomes fling spell mana values as direct damage to close games.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (RU), by popularity.
