All I do is draw cards... by MikeKiser

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Izzet spellslinger strategy built around Niv-Mizzet, Parun. It eschews infinite-combo pieces like Curiosity in favor of honest card velocity, burn triggers, and spell-based payoffs. The game plan relies on deploying a modest suite of mana rocks and cantrips during the opening turns to fix its demanding color requirements ({U}{U}{U}{R}{R}{R}). Once Niv-Mizzet resolves, the deck leverages every cheap instant and sorcery into card advantage and targeted damage. Secondary threats like Veyran, Voice of Duality, Fiery Inscription, and Kessig Flamebreather augment the damage output across the entire table. Due to the absence of hard locks or infinite loops, the deck grinds down opposing life totals over two to three turns of sustained spellcasting. Its primary challenges include managing a vulnerable, high-pip commander and dealing with resolved high-toughness creatures or disruptive enchantments.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aether Gale
  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bronze Walrus
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Dazzling Sphinx
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deliberate
  • 1 Draconic Lore
  • 1 Electric Revelation
  • 1 Embermaw Hellion
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Highland Lake
  • 1 Inferno Project
  • 1 Inspiring Refrain
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jace's Triumph
  • 1 Jaya Ballard
  • 1 Jaya's Greeting
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lambholt Raconteur // Lambholt Ravager
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Omnispell Adept
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Pyroceratops
  • 1 Ray of Erasure
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Role Reversal
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Silent Arbiter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellgorger Weird
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Tackle Artist
  • 1 Tamiyo's Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thirst for Knowledge
  • 1 Thirst for Meaning
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tidings
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Unexplained Vision
  • 1 Uvilda, Dean of Perfection // Nassari, Dean of Expression
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vibrant Outburst
  • 1 Volcanic Vision
  • 1 Wildfire Devils
  • 1 Winged Words
  • 1 Zaffai, Thunder Conductor