Vivi Ornitier by tannerfaries

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This list is an optimized competitive Izzet spellslinger storm deck commanded by Vivi Ornitier. The primary game plan revolves around pairing Vivi with Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or Tandem Lookout. Because Vivi deals 1 damage to each opponent whenever a noncreature spell is cast, each cast triggers three card draws. This massive card influx fuels continuous chaining of rituals, 0-cost mana rocks, and cantrips. As noncreature spells resolve, Vivi accumulates +1/+1 counters and can tap into a massive mid-turn mana injection via its {0} activated ability. The chain typically eliminates all three opponents on Turn 3 via direct burn damage. Should Vivi be neutralized, the deck pivots into format-standard secondary packages, such as Underworld Breach storm lines with Brain Freeze, Quicksilver Elemental infinite mana, or Niv-Mizzet, Parun. Robust free interaction and silence-style protection ensure high resilience against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Quicksilver Elemental
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Wooded Foothills