Niv-isset by user2748257

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Izzet Spellslinger Control deck designed to leverage Niv-Mizzet, Parun as both an overwhelming card-advantage engine and a primary combo win condition. Early turns focus on establishing mana fixing, casting instant/sorcery cost reducers like Baral, Chief of Compliance and Goblin Electromancer, and smoothing draws with efficient cantrips like Ponder and Preordain. A dense suite of counterspells and bounce sweepers like Aetherize protects life totals and keeps opponents off their game plans until six colored mana ({U}{U}{U}{R}{R}{R}) is available. Once Niv-Mizzet hits the battlefield, the deck transitions into a lethal threat: attaching Curiosity or Ophidian Eye creates a loop that draws the entire library while dealing damage to all opponents. Backup lines include token generation via Talrand, Sky Summoner and Docent of Perfection, as well as infinite extra turn loops with Archaeomancer, Time Warp, and Riptide Laboratory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Case of the Ransacked Lab
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Depart the Realm
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Disperse
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration
  • 1 Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 1 Ionize
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
  • 1 Shattering Spree
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorcerer Class
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 The Magic Mirror
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Turn // Burn
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Wizards of Thay