VIVIsection by Allistaar

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet Spellslinger Storm deck helmed by Vivi Ornitier. Vivi functions as both a lethal win condition and a ritual engine: every noncreature spell cast puts a +1/+1 counter on Vivi and deals 1 damage to each opponent, while its {0} activated ability taps into that accumulated power to produce large amounts of colored mana. By attaching Curiosity or Ophidian Eye to Vivi, each cast noncreature spell deals damage to all three opponents and draws three fresh cards. This engine allows the deck to storm through its library using 1-mana cantrips, pump spells like Brute Force and Titan's Strength, and rituals like Jeska's Will. The deck also features an infinite mana combo using Quicksilver Elemental to repeatedly copy Vivi's mana ability, finishing the table through continuous burn from Vivi triggers, Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, or Grapeshot.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banishing Knack
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Quicksilver Elemental
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twisted Image
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island