Vivi by Stonewall

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Izzet Spellslinger Storm strategy commanded by Vivi Ornitier. The game plan revolves around casting a high density of low-cost noncreature cantrips and burn spells, which simultaneously grow Vivi with +1/+1 counters and ping each opponent for direct damage. Vivi acts as an integrated mana battery, tapping for zero mana to refund colored mana equal to his power once per turn. This mana injection enables rapid chaining into game-ending velocity engines such as Storm-Kiln Artist, Archmage Emeritus, and Veyran, Voice of Duality. The deck finishes games cleanly through critical mass noncombat burn triggers, explosive spell doubling with Thousand-Year Storm or Harmonic Prodigy, or assembling the compact two-card infinite combo of Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity. Backed by a lean suite of low-mana counterspells and targeted interaction, the deck protects its commander and swiftly closes out the game on Turn 5 with zero opponent response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Ashling, Flame Dancer
  • 1 Baron, Airship Kingdom
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
  • 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deduce
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stella Lee, Wild Card
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Stormchaser's Talent
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 We Say Thee Nay!
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wizard's Retort
  • 1 Wizard's Staff