Niv Mizzet by user4239775

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Lifegain Combo-Control strategy helmed by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. The primary game plan revolves around leveraging early mana acceleration into a resilient mid-game card advantage engine fueled by lifegain triggers. By paying life gained through cards like Soul's Attendant, Authority of the Consuls, and Pristine Talisman, Niv-Mizzet rapidly draws through the library to find redundant pieces of game-ending combos. The deck's primary win condition is the iconic two-card infinite drain loop consisting of a damage-to-lifegain effect (Exquisite Blood, Bloodthirsty Conqueror) paired with a lifegain-to-drain effect (Sanguine Bond, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose). Backed by efficient white and black spot removal, targeted protection spells like Silence and Galadriel's Dismissal, and secondary win conditions like Aetherflux Reservoir and Archangel of Thune, the deck transitions seamlessly from controlling the board to ending the game in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerith Gainsborough
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blessed Ghoul
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 16 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Repel Calamity
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Screeching Soulbreaker
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silverquill Charm
  • 1 Social Snub
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spectacular Tactics
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Thalia, the Survivor
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unflinching Hortimancer
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion