Niv-Shizzit by Bamboozled

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain combo-control strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. It aims to slow down aggressive opponents and control the table through taxing enchantments like Authority of the Consuls, Blind Obedience, Ghostly Prison, and Sphere of Safety during the early turns. Midgame development leverages efficient card advantage from Esper Sentinel and Trouble in Pairs, supported by black rituals and tutors. The primary win condition revolves around assembling Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel alongside lifegain-draw engines such as Sheoldred, the Apocalypse or Words of Worship. Once both pieces are active, drawing a card or gaining life initiates a chain reaction that draws the entire library. The deck converts this massive card advantage into instant mana through Skirge Familiar and rituals, deploying Aetherflux Reservoir to eliminate all opponents simultaneously with 50-damage activations, heavily shielded by protection pieces like Grand Abolisher and Silence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blighted Steppe
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Confessor
  • 1 Contemplation
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diamond Mare
  • 1 Dismantling Wave
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Illumination
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lapse of Certainty
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peace of Mind
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Remote Farm
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Words of Worship