Lightning Stormkin

Two mana buys a 2/2 that flies and swings the turn it lands, which is exactly the payload Izzet tempo decks want and rarely get cheaply. The pairing of flying and haste on a body this small is the whole appeal: it dodges ground blockers, applies pressure immediately, and clocks a life total while you hold up interaction. The catch is the same 2/2 body that makes it easy to cast: it dies to almost any removal, trades poorly in combat, and offers nothing once the board stalls. That fragility is what keeps a two-mana evasive haste creature honest, and it defines the deck this card belongs in. It is not a midrange threat; it is a flying clock for a shell that wants to end games before the opponent stabilizes, ideally backed by burn or counterspells that protect the racing math. Elementals and Wizards both give it tribal relevance, but neither is doing the real work here; the work is the flying-plus-haste combination on a two-drop that turns unspent early mana into pressure. It rewards a build that treats it as a countdown rather than a blocker, one where every point of evasive damage matters and the body's frailty is priced into the plan.