New Untitled Deck by Elasker

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain and aristocrats attrition strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. The primary game plan establishes early lifegain enablers such as Lunarch Veteran, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun, and extort creatures during turns 1 through 3. On Turn 5, the deck deploys its commander to convert every instance of lifegain into raw card advantage, effectively turning life totals into a steady stream of resources. By Turn 7, the deck establishes critical onset by compounding drain permanents like Marauding Blight-Priest and Starscape Cleric or resolving explosive spells like Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Debt to the Deathless. The deck steadily chips away at all three opponents simultaneously, securing a table finish around Turn 9 over two response cycles. While the deck boasts immense card draw and resilient redundant pieces, its heavy reliance on creature permanents leaves it vulnerable to board wipes and targeted interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Angel of Vitality
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Battle Menu
  • 1 Baxter Building
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Breathe Your Last
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Crypt Incursion
  • 1 Dark Tutelage
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diresight
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fiendish Panda
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Life Insurance
  • 1 Lifecreed Duo
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Nomad Stadium
  • 1 Orazca Relic
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Promising Vein
  • 1 Restless Fortress
  • 1 Revitalize
  • 1 Riot Control
  • 1 Sanctify
  • 1 Sanguine Syphoner
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shambling Vent
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Syndic of Tithes
  • 1 Syndicate Heavy
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrull Parasite
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Umbral Expanse
  • 1 Union of the Third Path
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vengeful Bloodwitch
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch of the Moors