Niv-Mizzet by user6455958

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 60

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages lifegain and life-drain synergies to execute a fast, protected infinite combo while pressuring the table through persistent stax and attrition. Led by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, the deck converts life swings into massive card draw and incremental damage. The primary win condition is the two-card infinite combo of Bloodthirsty Conqueror and Enduring Tenacity, which drains every opponent from full health to zero in a single turn. Dense early acceleration such as Dark Ritual, Chrome Mox, and 2-mana signets speeds up deployment, while top-tier black tutors locate missing pieces. Proactive lockdown creatures like Drannith Magistrate, Grand Abolisher, and Voice of Victory shut down opposing counterplay during execution turns. Backed by cheap removal like Swords to Plowshares and resilient recursion engines, the deck presents an explosive, hard-to-disrupt clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Felidar Cub
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Honor the Past
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Light of Hope
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Potioner's Trove
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thoughtseize
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow