THAT'S LIFE by FaithfulFailure

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Orzhov Turbo Ad Nauseam list designed to assemble game-winning combo lines as early as Turn 2-3. It leverages dense fast mana, efficient rituals, and premier black tutors to resolve Ad Nauseam or Necropotence. Once drawn, the massive influx of cards allows the pilot to deploy zero-mana artifacts, cast protection, and finish the table in the same turn using Sickening Dreams paired with Angel's Grace, or an infinite loop featuring Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward and Animate Dead. A standout strength of the deck is its pre-emptive protection suite: effects like Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Ranger-Captain of Eos ensure the winning turn cannot be countered or disrupted on the stack. Disruptive staples such as Opposition Agent, Orcish Bowmasters, and Blind Obedience punish opposing fast starts while this deck sculpts its winning window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
  • 1 Abeyance
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sickening Dreams
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Starving Revenant
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman