Niv by JP7014

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 67

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Izzet control and combo build centered on Niv-Mizzet, Parun. The primary strategy leverages Niv-Mizzet's uncounterability, card-draw triggers, and damage pings alongside Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Tandem Lookout to draw the entire library and eliminate all three opponents in a single burst. A robust suite of low-cost ramp, including Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Lotus Petal, and Treasure generators like Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer and Vivi Ornitier, powers out the commander's demanding six-colored-mana cost by Turn 4. Extensive tutor access via Imperial Recruiter, Spellseeker, Gamble, and transmute spells ensures rapid assembly of combo pieces. The deck protects its win attempts through format-staple free interaction including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat, while Rhystic Study and Mystic Remora sustain card advantage. If the primary plan is stalled, Dualcaster Mage and Molten Duplication provide a fully independent, hasty infinite-attacker finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Dragonologist
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jeweled Amulet
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Loki's Scepter
  • 1 Lotus Bloom
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Winds of Change