Big Lizard Has a 700$ Deck with Half a Wincon and Zero Plan but somehow we keep making it work by user5290531

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

The deck is built around Niv-Mizzet, Parun as a draw-trigger damage engine. Its primary kill uses Curiosity and a trigger multiplier such as Harmonic Prodigy. Once the permanents are in play, a cheap instant or sorcery starts a rapidly scaling draw-and-damage loop that can defeat all three opponents on the same turn. The commander cannot be countered, but the setup is expensive and requires access to two specific support roles. Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, rituals, Treasure makers, and a large counterspell package help the deck reach and defend the combo. The deck has strong interaction and card selection, but its ordinary plan is slower and less redundant than a cEDH list. Descent into Avernus creates pressure and mana without functioning as a lock. The main strategic tension is choosing between developing toward the turn-8 combo and keeping enough mana or free protection available for opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandon Attachments
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Long-Term Plans
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Suspend
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Winds of Change