Heart of gold by user9150471

Format: Commander

Commander: Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Neriv, Heart of the Storm helms an aggressive Mardu deck that converts entering creatures and tokens into devastating burst damage. Neriv's static ability doubles all damage dealt by creatures that entered the battlefield this turn, turning myriad attackers like Battle Angels of Tyr, Elturel Survivors, and Herald of the Host into immediate board-wide threats. The list pairs these combat mechanics with direct damage triggers from Terror of the Peaks, Pandemonium, and Warstorm Surge, which also benefit from Neriv's doubling effect. A dense package of haste enablers—such as Ogre Battledriver, Rising of the Day, and Sneak Attack—ensures that threats strike immediately upon resolution. Supporting pieces like Isshin, Two Heavens as One and Windcrag Siege double attack triggers, while protective spells like Flawless Maneuver and Voice of Victory shield the board during critical combat turns. The deck closes games rapidly through wide, amplified combat steps or infinite combat phases via Aurelia, the Warleader and Helm of the Host.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Animate Dead
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
• 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Bilbo's Gambit
• 1 Blade of Selves
• 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
• 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Dalek Squadron
• 1 Damn
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Delina, Wild Mage
• 1 Dolmen Gate
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Duke Ulder Ravengard
• 1 Elturel Survivors
• 1 Enduring Courage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Feldon of the Third Path
• 1 Fervent Charge
• 1 Fervor
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
• 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
• 1 Hammer of Purphoros
• 1 Hammers of Moradin
• 1 Helm of the Host
• 1 Herald of the Host
• 1 Iroas, God of Victory
• 1 Ironwill Forger
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Lightning, Army of One
• 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
• 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Nahiri's Resolve
• 1 Necromancy
• 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
• 1 Ogre Battledriver
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Pandemonium
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 3 Plains
• 1 Profane Tutor
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Rising of the Day
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Shattered Landscape
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Slayers' Stronghold
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Spymaster's Vault
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Terror of the Peaks
• 1 The Master, Multiplied
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Urabrask the Hidden
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Warstorm Surge
• 1 Windcrag Siege
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Zurgo Stormrender