Sinister Alliance

Sinister Alliance is a Blue-Red (Izzet) spells/tempo deck in Standard. It plays like an aggressive prowess-style list, using cheap instants and sorceries such as Opt, Sleight of Hand, Spell Pierce, Burst Lightning, and Torch the Tower to control tempo, trigger its creatures, and keep cards flowing.

Its main synergies revolve around spells-matter threats like Slickshot Show-Off, Stormchaser’s Talent, and Drake Hatcher, which reward you for chaining noncreature spells and applying fast evasive pressure. The deck aims to win by deploying an early threat, protecting it, and snowballing damage through repeated spell casts while burn and bounce clear blockers or disrupt the opponent.