WIP budget primer by user1846593

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet Spellslinger Combo-Control strategy built around Niv-Mizzet, Parun. Its primary objective is accelerating mana through colored rocks and rituals to deploy Niv-Mizzet uncountered by Turn 5, then untapping on Turn 6 to attach a Curiosity effect and draw through the library for lethal table-wide burn. Because Niv-Mizzet's mana cost requires three blue and three red pips, colored fixing is heavily prioritized over pure colorless ramp. To solve the table-wide 120-life requirement before running out of cards, the list includes Wizard trigger doublers Harmonic Prodigy and Wizard's Staff, which ensure each drawn card yields two damage. Backing this compact win condition is a dense suite of free and single-mana counterspells, targeted removal, and redirection effects. The deck controls fast opposing wins while shielding Niv-Mizzet, but it relies almost entirely on its commander to achieve victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Diamond Lion
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dragonologist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Foil
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goldhound
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lotus Bloom
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Minor Misstep
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mogg Salvage
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Noble's Purse
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Pyrokinesis
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reshape
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Thunderclap
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Wizard's Staff