Niv are you ok? by andy_vi

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Lifegain Combo-Control list commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. It combines early-game stax and taxation with dense lifegain synergies, aiming to control table tempo before closing the game via deterministic two-card infinite combos. The deck utilizes low-cost ramp to deploy value engines such as Black Market Connections, Smothering Tithe, and Blind Obedience, which slow aggressive opponents while fueling card advantage. Its primary victory route pairs damage-on-lifegain permanents (Enduring Tenacity, Marauding Blight-Priest) with lifegain-on-damage permanents (Exquisite Blood, Bloodthirsty Conqueror). Once both halves are active, any single life gain or opponent life loss initiates an infinite recursive loop that drains all three opponents to zero life instantly. The deck backs up this strategy with robust spot removal, asymmetric stax pieces like Dauthi Voidwalker and Charismatic Conqueror, and silence effects that protect the winning turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Helm of Obedience
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starving Revenant
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Windswept Heath