Orzhov - Niv-Mizzet, Extortion at its Finest by jleonard1012

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck leverages a powerful lifegain and card-draw engine piloted by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. By converting life gains into raw card draw, the deck digs rapidly toward its primary win condition: an infinite drain-and-gain loop pairing Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, or Enduring Tenacity. The deck utilizes dense creature-based lifegain triggers like Soul Warden and passive punishers like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Kambal, Consul of Allocation to control life totals and maintain high life reserves. Midgame mana acceleration via Crypt Ghast and Smothering Tithe enables powerful turns, culminating in Bolas's Citadel storm lines or instant combo kills that eliminate all three opponents simultaneously. Supported by flexible Orzhov spot removal and robust protection spells such as Grand Abolisher and Teferi's Protection, the deck can reliably execute and defend its combo lines in the midgame.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demon's Horn
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Drain Life
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Healing Salve
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shard of the Nightbringer
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of the Guilds
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tithe
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Withering Torment