Mal-Niv by Nevetsnehc

Format: Commander

Commander: Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This Malcolm and Kediss Commander deck is an optimized cEDH Polymorph combo-control list. It exploits a strictly singleton creature build in the 99, featuring Niv-Mizzet, Parun as its sole creature target. In the command zone, Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar establish a rapid mana acceleration engine: connecting with Malcolm triggers Kediss to deal combat-redirected damage to every opponent, generating three Treasure tokens per combat. The deck leverages this mana surge to cast one of six Polymorph effects on Turn 3, deterministically placing Niv-Mizzet directly onto the battlefield. Attaching Curiosity or Ophidian Eye creates a game-ending loop that draws the entire library and deals lethal damage across the table. Backed by over thirty interactive spells, including a dense suite of free countermagic like Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat, plus asymmetric stax via Cursed Totem, the deck executes a protected, format-ceiling win sequence with zero response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Artificial Evolution
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chaos Mutation
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Copy Enchantment
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Disrupting Shoal
  • 1 Divergent Transformations
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Polymorph
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Scramble
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Saprazzan Skerry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Steal Enchantment
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stern Scolding
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sudden Substitution
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Transmogrify
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Trickery Charm
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Word of Seizing