Nix Mizzet by user6931190

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Izzet spellslinger control strategy helmed by Niv-Mizzet, Parun. It operates by establishing early mana development and deploying efficient cantrips and countermagic to control the early-to-mid game. Once Niv-Mizzet is cast on Turn 6, the deck converts every spellcast into card advantage and direct damage pings. The deck scales damage output through multipliers such as Guttersnipe, Firebrand Archer, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, and Thousand-Year Storm, burning through 120 life across the table by Turn 8. Additionally, the list features an instant-win infinite copy loop utilizing Ral, Storm Conduit and Expansion // Explosion. The deck's primary strengths lie in its massive card velocity, uncounterable commander deployment, and flexible reactive suite, while its primary vulnerabilities include heavy colored mana requirements and reliance on key permanents surviving on the battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Beacon Bolt
  • 1 Blink of an Eye
  • 1 Bloodwater Entity
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Burning Prophet
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Chemister's Insight
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackling Drake
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Desert of the Fervent
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Ionize
  • 1 Irencrag Pyromancer
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Izzet Locket
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Mana Geode
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Naiad of Hidden Coves
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Omen of the Sea
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Polymorphist's Jest
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Radical Idea
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Secrets of the Golden City
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellgorger Weird
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Mirari Conjecture
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Vivid Crag
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Winged Words
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void