New Untitled Deck by JulioMrscl

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain combo-control strategy led by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. It combines early defensive taxing elements, steady life-total padding, and versatile instant-speed removal to control the pace of the game. Its core win condition revolves around establishing an infinite life-drain loop pairing a gain-on-loss effect like Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with a loss-on-gain effect like Sanguine Bond, Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, or Enduring Tenacity. Alternatively, the deck can win through the compact two-card combination of Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista or a late-game Aetherflux Reservoir burst. Commander Niv-Mizzet converts excess life into significant card draw while acting as an on-demand trigger to start infinite loops.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Athreos, God of Passage
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beacon of Immortality
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Cliffhaven Vampire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Charm
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Restless Fortress
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath