Vivi by Coldcole911

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

Vivi Ornitier commands an explosive Izzet spellslinger and storm deck that weaponizes cheap noncreature spells into lethal burn and massive mana generation. Vivi grows with +1/+1 counters while pinging all opponents whenever a noncreature spell is cast, and its {0} ability converts its power into large bursts of blue and red mana. The primary strategy uses damage-triggered draw effects like Ophidian Eye and Tandem Lookout—which draw three cards for each spell cast because Vivi damages every opponent—to deterministically cycle through the library. Redundant pingers such as Guttersnipe, Fiery Inscription, and Kessig Flamebreather amplify damage output alongside trigger doublers like Harmonic Prodigy and Veyran, Voice of Duality. Low-mana cantrips, rituals, and free protection spells sustain long spell chains that close games in a single turn via burn triggers or a massive Crackle with Power. Efficient countermagic and spot removal provide robust disruption and plan shielding.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Airship Engine Room
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Dazzling Denial
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 15 Island
  • 1 It'll Quench Ya!
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shadow Rift
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sound the Trumpets
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Twisted Image
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volatile Fjord
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zhalfirin Shapecraft