The Odds Are Against You by TsulKalu

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

A five-color Obosh companion deck built entirely on odd mana values. The primary plan is to resolve Obosh and stack damage-doubling permanents such as Gisela, Aurelia, and Isshin, turning attack triggers and Niv-Mizzet's combat triggers into massive multi-opponent swings. Secondary paths go wide with Anim Pakal, Doubling Season, and Kambal, Profiteering Mayor, while Warleader's Call and Mayhem Devil drain the table. Basalt Monolith plus Forsaken Monument can make infinite colorless mana, but the deck lacks a true win-condition outlet for that loop; it mainly enables Void Winnower. Obosh functions as a hidden second commander, making the deck a damage-doubling midrange combat deck rather than a combo deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Damning Verdict
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign