Show and tell cannot be retrieved with cunning wish. Makes Progenitus look pretty bad in the main.
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I must disagree with cutting blue because thopter spy network is the glue of the thopter deck. It's probably the best card in the deck.
How does geist of saint traft only warrant a 1 star rating? Its a 5 or at least a 4 in 1v1. You should really specify weather this is multiplayer or 1v1 edh.
http://www.mtgvault.com/mitchellkirk2/decks/izzet-standard/ there's the link, cuz it's unlisted and it will be changing a lot while I experiment and balance it.
I've been messing with cipher and I've found a few things useful. (I have checked rulings on this too) First, trait doctoring can be used to change the type of basic land, effectively breaking opponents lands. Using hidden strings would go nicely with pain seer, or triggering agent of fates. Cipher stays on cards that Change being creatures, such as keyrunes. I've been trying to make izzet cipher using things like nivmagus elemental, guttersnipe, young Pyromancer, ect. Cipher seems very susceptible to any removal and lacks the draw power to compete against most aggro decks. Not to mention getting the initial hit once your opponent realizes how your deck functions. What I would not give for invisible stalker....