Curiosity
The cheapest ignition. Resolve Parun, attach for one blue, then start with any draw or spell cast.
Izzet control room · selected V3 · Bracket 4
Every answer
becomes ammunition.
Hold the stack, draw through the noise, and let every new idea leave a scorch mark. Then deploy a Dragon—or four temporary Nivs—and end the experiment.
Boundary Mana Vault is the only premium fast-mana artifact. No Mox pile, Oracle consultation, dedicated Breach combo, or wheel lock.
100cards
37effective lands
12Game Changers
4free answers
3.10nonland average MV
Live instrument 01
The stack is a damage engine.
Parun has two linked triggers. More Nivs or trigger doublers multiply both sides, so the pressure grows quadratically—not one ping at a time.
P × (1 + D) = 1 triggers per event
1cards drawn
1damage triggers
One spell makes one Parun draw once, then that draw creates one ping.
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Signature combat
Auton Soldier becomes a nonlegendary Parun with myriad.
Attack one opponent in a four-player game: two myriad copies join Auton and the original commander. Cast one instant during combat and four Paruns produce 4 draws and 16 pings.
Engine map 02
Four ways to close the circuit.
Each partner turns a Parun ping into another draw. The loop is controllable: choose not to draw, or aim a later ping away from an opponent.
Ophidian Eye
Flash converts an opponent's end step—or attempted answer—into an instant-speed launch window.
Tandem Lookout
Step Through can find it. The granted draw is mandatory, but a ping at a creature safely breaks the chain.
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
The most theatrical second half: every point of noncombat damage draws the next card and keeps the circuit live.
Guaranteed pile
→
No matter which card reaches hand, Parun gets a loop partner.
Copy protocol 03
Legend rule: respectfully bypassed.
The list uses copy effects that explicitly make or permit nonlegendary Nivs. Every extra Parun multiplies the cast trigger and the draw trigger.
Auton Soldier
Nonlegendary copy plus myriad. Best when the table is tapped low and one protected combat-step spell becomes a lethal stack.
Helm of the Host
Expensive on purpose. Each combat adds a nonlegendary, hasty Parun that survives to police every following turn.
Sakashima
Copies the best engine while turning off the legend rule for your board. The laboratory stays open.
Deployment bay 04
Hold five mana. Release something unreasonable.
Sneak Attack and Through the Breach preserve the draw-go posture. If the table does nothing worth answering, deploy a threat at the last responsible moment.
Combat-damage payload
Ancient Silver Dragon
Cheat it in with haste, phase out opposing fliers with March of Swirling Mist, connect, and turn one attack into up to twenty cards—and twenty Parun pings.
Flight manual 05
Play the patient dragon.
Parun rewards restraint. Develop colored mana, make opponents move first, and turn their interaction into your cards before exposing a finisher.
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Develop
Keep three lands or two lands plus colored acceleration. Blue and red pips matter more than raw colorless mana.
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Police
Trade only for game-winning engines or tempo that protects your sixth land. Let fair permanents live.
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Resolve
Cast Parun with a protection line or when a fight benefits you. Even removal pointed at him draws a card before it resolves.
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Ignite
Choose the cleanest finish: Curiosity circuit, Niv copies, or an end-step Dragon deployment into combat.
Pregame disclosure “Ceiling Bracket 4 Niv-Mizzet draw-go: twelve Game Changers, Mana Vault as the only premium fast-mana artifact, four free answers, efficient tutors, and intentional commander-based draw-damage loops. Copies or trigger doublers can make them table-lethal. No cEDH Mox pile, Oracle consultation, dedicated Breach combo, or wheel lock.”
Mulligan bench 06
Seven cards. One decision.
The lab evaluates structure, not fate: land drops, colored acceleration, cheap interaction, and whether the opening hand is clogged with six-mana experiments.
Card index 07
The complete laboratory.
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