SPOOKY NIV by user2748257

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel to turn incidental lifegain into card advantage and board dominance. The early game establishes passive lifegain permanents such as Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Creeping Bloodsucker while developing mana through steady land drops. Once the commander enters on Turn 6, every lifegain trigger permits drawing cards at parity, quickly refilling the hand and digging into decisive finishers. The deck threatens game-ending states on Turn 7 through Approach of the Second Sun, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, or Aetherflux Reservoir, typically closing the game on Turn 8. A dense suite of spot removal and flexible sweepers like Farewell allows the deck to control the board and survive opposing aggression. While reliant on resolving an expensive commander and vulnerable to counterspells, redundant drain engines provide strong resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cleric Class
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregate
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Defacing Duskmage // Vandal's Edit
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Imposing Sovereign
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya's Guile
  • 1 Kaya's Wrath
  • 1 Koth of the Homestead
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Oathsworn Vampire
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peace of Mind
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Radiant Fountain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Souls of the Faultless
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Starving Revenant
  • 1 Sudden Edict
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Destined White Mage
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Words of Worship