Iron Lad, Young Avenger

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Iron Lad is a 3cmc 2/2 flying legend that reduces the cost of all noncreature spells you cast by {1}, making him a strong cost-reducer for spellslinger and control shells. He's a signature commander or 99-slot card in Izzet spellslinger decks where the cost reduction compounds with high instant/sorcery density; in Brawl he's even more impactful because a single opponent means the flying body closes games faster. In Commander, he competes with stronger cost-reduction engines, making him tier-2 rather than tier-1.

• Iron Lad reduces the cost of ALL noncreature spells (artifacts, enchantments, instants, sorceries, planeswalkers), not just instants/sorceries — this makes him surprisingly strong in artifact-matters or enchantment-heavy shells alongside spellslinger.

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• At 3cmc with a {U/R} hybrid pip, Iron Lad is accessible in any Izzet-adjacent identity and can serve as a budget cost-reducer commander in Brawl that effectively replaces the slot a 2-drop rock would fill.

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• The flying body is often underrated — in prolonged games he can sneak in chip damage and pressure planeswalkers while his static ability generates cumulative mana value across multiple turns.

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• EDHREC rank: #26,880