Niv-Mizzy Gaining and Draining by StinkyDinkles

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Orzhov combo-control strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. The deck leverages lifegain triggers to generate immense card advantage, turning life into fresh cards and fueling efficient tutor lines. Its primary win condition revolves around infinite life-drain loops, most notably Exquisite Blood paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Sanguine Bond. Secondary win lines include Heliod, Sun-Crowned paired with Walking Ballista and Bolas's Citadel storming with Aetherflux Reservoir. A robust removal suite and passive stax pieces such as Blind Obedience and Kambal, Consul of Allocation keep faster aggressive decks and spell-slingers under control while the deck sets up its protected combo turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Words of Worship
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat