nov morzhov

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel as a command-zone card advantage engine that converts every point of lifegain into fresh cards. The early game establishes mana rocks and low-cost lifegain permanents such as Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Blind Obedience to control the tempo of opposing attackers. Once the commander enters on Turn 5, incidental lifegain triggers quickly replenish your hand. On Turn 6, the deck converts this card surplus into a decisive finish through infinite lifedrain combos like Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity, or via overwhelming draw synergy with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse. A robust suite of targeted exile removal and protection spells like Grand Abolisher and Flawless Maneuver ensures your combo turns resolve cleanly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confessor
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goryo's Vengeance
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lich's Mastery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mister Negative
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Words of Worship