Niv-Mizzet, Parun

The triple-pip cost on both halves is the whole bargain: a card you build a manabase around rather than splash, and the reward for committing that hard to Izzet is an engine that feeds on the deck's natural texture. Every instant or sorcery cast (yours or an opponent's) draws you a card, every draw pings something for one, and the loop runs on its own once it starts. A single cheap cantrip becomes two triggers stacked back to back, and a low life total or a board of small creatures dies in increments while you refill your hand. The mythology is exactly right. The Firemind has been rendered as an engine before, but earlier versions priced the draw or the damage as something you paid into; this rendition makes the loop self-sustaining, which is why it asks for a color commitment devout enough to earn it. "Can't be countered" is the quiet load-bearing clause: a six-mana payoff that dies to a Counterspell on the stack is a liability, and stripping that vulnerability lets the card resolve into the very blue mirrors where the draw-heavy loop does the most work. The flying body is almost incidental, a 5/5 evasive clock that only matters after the engine has already tilted the game. The design's honesty is the point: the power is enormous, and the cost says so out loud.