New Untitled Deck by Jun1997

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is a dedicated lifegain and aristocrats strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost lifegain enablers such as Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Daxos, Blessed by the Sun during the opening turns. After accelerating mana with efficient 2-CMC artifacts, the deck casts its commander to turn every lifegain trigger into explosive card advantage. Drawing through the deck rapidly fuels a dense array of asymmetric drain payoffs, including Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Bastion of Remembrance, alongside growing beaters like Karlov of the Ghost Council and Voice of the Blessed. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through accumulated table-wide life loss, high-impact finishers like Gray Merchant of Asphodel, or the infinite Exquisite Blood and Sanguine Bond combo. It features exceptional spot removal and persistent life taxes, though it remains vulnerable to sweepers due to limited active protection spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 2 Ajani's Pridemate
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Attended Healer
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Healer's Hawk
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Impassioned Orator
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kabira Crossroads
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Memorial to Glory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Guildgate
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vampire Cutthroat
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Vraan, Executioner Thane
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble