Niv by crazyhorse88

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, converting life gained into massive card advantage. The strategy opens by deploying low-cost soul sisters such as Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, and Authority of the Consuls alongside efficient mana rocks. By Turn 5, the commander hits the battlefield, instantly turning every life increment into raw card draw. Midgame development pivots into lethal burn and combat engines via Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and Archangel of Thune. Opponents are heavily taxed by Blind Obedience and Kambal, Consul of Allocation, while Toxic Deluge and The Meathook Massacre control the board. Supported by a deep reanimation package, the deck maintains steady resilience and finishes the game around Turn 8 through overwhelming drain and evasive creature damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 11 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 8 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starfield Shepherd
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Reproach
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vindictive Triumph
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire