Ghost mizzet by user6263919

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Lifegain Control strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. The game plan revolves around turning life gain into massive card advantage. Early turns focus on establishing mana acceleration alongside low-cost lifegain triggers like Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Creeping Bloodsucker. Once Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel enters the battlefield, any life gained allows the player to pay that life to draw equal cards, refilling the hand at negligible mana cost. The deck leverages this velocity to assemble game-winning combinations, primarily casting Approach of the Second Sun and redrawing it in the same turn, or chaining spells through Bolas's Citadel and Aetherflux Reservoir. Opponents are kept off balance through efficient spot removal, sweepers, and passive life-drain taxes like Kambal, Consul of Allocation and Polluted Bonds, while robust defensive spells such as Teferi's Protection and Flawless Maneuver safeguard the board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abiding Grace
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contemplation
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Purity
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Serra Avatar
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul of Eternity
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage