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The Naked Time has found another Standard home besides Boros Pixie. MTG Rocks’ November 13 report points to Izzet Looting, and the linked Magic Online league record shows OafMcNamara going 5–0 on November 11 with a complete 75. MTGGoldfish also lists three other pilots at 5–0 in the November 12 League results and four Izzet Looting lists in positions 14–21 in a November 12 Challenge. That makes this a concrete shell to test, though published league lists don’t tell us how many players tried it or what percentage won.
The list plays four Tiger-Seal and four Duelist of the Mind. Pompous Battlemage, Fear of Missing Out and Seasoned Cryomancer add creatures while helping the deck draw its second card in a turn. Winternight Stories gives those discard effects a payoff from the graveyard. The Naked Time is a separate source of pressure: chapter one finds a land, then chapter two lets cheap creatures contribute immediately. Quantum Riddler gives the deck a more expensive play to reach with the extra land, or a creature it can deploy sooner for its warp cost.
The list has four Torch the Tower. If there is a legal target, casting it with bargain and sacrificing The Naked Time before the last lore counter is added can avoid chapter three. Once the chapter trigger is already on the stack, sacrificing the Saga does not undo it. That timing is worth practicing before relying on the line in a match.
This build attacks on a different axis from Boros Pixie: it uses repeated draw and discard to support its threats and stay supplied after the initial burst. It also asks for time to set up, and cards such as Authority of the Consuls can blunt the haste turn. Test whether the list can still pressure opponents when the Saga is absent or answered. The early results justify that test, not a claim that the deck has solved the format.
The list plays four Tiger-Seal and four Duelist of the Mind. Pompous Battlemage, Fear of Missing Out and Seasoned Cryomancer add creatures while helping the deck draw its second card in a turn. Winternight Stories gives those discard effects a payoff from the graveyard. The Naked Time is a separate source of pressure: chapter one finds a land, then chapter two lets cheap creatures contribute immediately. Quantum Riddler gives the deck a more expensive play to reach with the extra land, or a creature it can deploy sooner for its warp cost.
The list has four Torch the Tower. If there is a legal target, casting it with bargain and sacrificing The Naked Time before the last lore counter is added can avoid chapter three. Once the chapter trigger is already on the stack, sacrificing the Saga does not undo it. That timing is worth practicing before relying on the line in a match.
This build attacks on a different axis from Boros Pixie: it uses repeated draw and discard to support its threats and stay supplied after the initial burst. It also asks for time to set up, and cards such as Authority of the Consuls can blunt the haste turn. Test whether the list can still pressure opponents when the Saga is absent or answered. The early results justify that test, not a claim that the deck has solved the format.
Original source: Infamous Star Trek Enchantment Returns Izzet Tiger-Seal Deck to Standard ↗MTG Rocks