Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Gameplan

Ian Malcolm turns extra card draw into a shared exile pile, then lets you cast spells off other players' exiled cards using any color of mana. You build a low-curve Izzet spellslinger/draw engine, ensure you trigger the second-draw clause every turn, and grind value by playing the table's best cards for free-ish. Win by snowballing card advantage into a burn finish, a spell-velocity combo, or sheer tempo.

Key Cards

• Teferi's Ageless Insight — Doubles your draws so you reliably hit the second-draw trigger and exile more cards each turn.
• Brainstorm — Cheap two-plus-card draw that fires Ian's second-draw clause immediately and refills cheaply.
• Reliquary Tower — Lets your draw engine snowball without discarding to hand size.
• Mystic Remora — Forces opponents to draw and feeds the shared exile pile while keeping your hand full.
• Thousand-Year Storm — Each extra spell from the exile pile chains additional copies for explosive turns.
• Underworld Breach — Recur instants and sorceries to chain draw spells and pull combo finishes together.

Upgrade Path

Add more draw doublers (Teferi's Ageless Insight, Alhammarret's Archive) and cheap cantrips to guarantee daily exile fuel, then layer payoffs like Aetherflux Reservoir, Thousand-Year Storm, and Underworld Breach. Improve mana with fast rocks (Mana Crypt, Mind Stone) and Reliquary Tower to keep cards. Tighten the curve and add protection (Veil of Summer alternatives in-color like Spellskite, Swiftfoot Boots) so the engine survives.