Taxes or denies opponents' lands, mana, and actions, locking the game down rather than racing it.
Izzet — spells-matter decks chaining instants and sorceries for card advantage and direct damage. This pair also leads "Spellslinger" and "Storm" builds, the archetypes named for exactly that plan.
Izzet Stax
32%(38 games, 8 decks)
Cards That Overperform in Stax
Not yet broken out by color identity specifically — these numbers are for Stax across Commander as a whole.