Vivi Ornitier Threat Index 52 by DeckCheckMTG2025

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger storm deck commanded by Vivi Ornitier. Vivi acts as a scaling ritual and win condition in the command zone, growing in power and burning every opponent whenever noncreature spells are cast. The deck deploys low-cost cantrips, cost reducers, and mana engines like Birgi, God of Storytelling, Storm-Kiln Artist, and Runaway Steam-Kin to generate tremendous mana and card advantage. Once assembled on Turn 4, it leverages cards like Underworld Breach, Archmage Emeritus, and Curiosity to cycle through the library, triggering Vivi repeatedly to burn out the entire table in a single explosive turn. Backup win routes include Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal, Aetherflux Reservoir, and Niv-Mizzet, Parun paired with Curiosity. Efficient counterspells and redirects protect the storm sequence from opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Aria of Flame
  • 1 Avishkar Raceway
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Baral and Kari Zev
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Bria, Riptide Rogue
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra, Chill of Compliance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Grinning Ignus
  • 1 Impulse
  • 1 Increasing Vengeance
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quicksilver Elemental
  • 1 Ral, Storm Conduit
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wizard's Staff