Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel | Extorting your friends spare time by DubzHD37

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain combo-control strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. Its primary game plan revolves around converting incremental life gain into immense card advantage, ultimately assembling a game-ending loop with Skirge Familiar and either Feast of Sanity or Faith of the Devoted. Once assembled, discarding a card produces black mana, triggers damage and life gain, and allows Niv-Mizzet to draw replacement cards to repeat the process until all opponents are eliminated. The deck is supported by an extensive suite of low-cost white protection spells such as Silence, Flawless Maneuver, and Blacksmith's Skill, allowing it to push through interaction securely on its win turn. If the commander is removed or heavily taxed, the list can pivot smoothly to standalone alternate win conditions, including Approach of the Second Sun or a burst lifegain kill via Vizkopa Guildmage and Revival // Revenge.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Brave the Elements
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confessor
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Faith of the Devoted
  • 1 Fanatical Devotion
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Honor
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kingpin's Pet
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Near-Death Experience
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Keyrune
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peace of Mind
  • 1 Phyrexian Unlife
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reroute Systems
  • 1 Revival // Revenge
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Vampire Neonate
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Words of Worship