Flicker by user1617971

Format: Commander

Commander: Niko, Light of Hope

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Azorius blink deck built around Niko, Light of Hope. Niko creates Shards on entry and can turn every Shard into a copy of a nonlegendary creature until end of turn, turning a single ETB or attack trigger into a lethal swing. The primary plan is to flicker or copy Niko to stockpile Shards, then copy Hero of Bladehold, Silverwing Squadron, or Overlord of the Mistmoors for a one-turn kill. Secondary paths are value beatdown with Soulherder/Teleportation Circle and Twenty-Toed Toad's twenty-cards-in-hand win. Niko Aris in the 99 functions as a second Shard engine. The deck has no infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Candlekeep Sage
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lionheart Glimmer
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Niko Aris
  • 1 Niko, Light of Hope
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overlord of the Floodpits
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Reflector Mage
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Salvation Colossus
  • 1 Seachrome Coast
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Silverwing Squadron
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Starfield Vocalist
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde