Whenever you cast a spell, you may put it on the bottom of its owner's library. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put all revealed cards not cast this way on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Cast a cheap spell each turn, swap it for a free hit off the top of your library via Neera's once-per-turn 'gamble' trigger, and chain into high-impact bombs you didn't pay for. The deck wants a high density of expensive, game-warping nonland cards so every Neera flip is a haymaker, while filling the rest of the curve with cheap cantrips and ramp to enable the trigger early. You grind value and randomness into card advantage until a flipped finisher or extra-turn spell closes the game.
Free top-of-library casts let you deploy bombs well ahead of curve, generating huge mana advantage
Naturally synergizes with high-MV spells, so your worst flips are still strong
Izzet gives access to the best card selection, counterspells, and extra-turn effects
The gamble can hit anything nonland, including instants/sorceries you'd never hardcast for full value
Inherently random—you can flip lands or whiff into a weak card at a critical moment
Only triggers once per turn, so it's slow against fast combo or aggressive boards
Six mana commander that does nothing the turn it lands and is removal-bait
Sorting revealed cards to the bottom 'randomly' fights against deck-stacking effects
Color identity locks you out of dedicated tutors that find your best flips reliably
Cheap trigger-enabler that sets up your next gamble and smooths random flips.
Tighten the curve so cheap cantrips reliably power the trigger while every nonland 'big' card is genuinely game-ending, minimizing dead flips. Add extra-turn spells, top-deck manipulation, and storm payoffs (Mind's Desire, Apex of Power) to convert free casts into wins, plus protection like Veil of Summer and counterspells to defend Neera. For maximum power, lean into a deterministic spellslinger combo backup (Aetherflux Reservoir, Underworld Breach lines) so you're not solely reliant on randomness.
Legendary Creature — Human Elf Shaman
