Neerdiv, Devious Diver | Self Mill by user9967395

Format: Commander

Commander: Neerdiv, Devious Diver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This mono-blue combo-control deck uses Neerdiv, Devious Diver as both an explosive card advantage engine and a lethal mill outlet. By combining Neerdiv with a tap-for-mana enabler such as Paradise Mantle or Relic of Legends and an untap aura like Freed from the Real or Pemmin's Aura, the deck establishes a loop that mills all opponents out of the game in a single turn. The supporting shell leverages graveyard-cast mechanics—including flashback, jump-start, and unearth—to repeatedly draw cards, grow Neerdiv, and dig for combo pieces. A lean suite of 1-mana countermagic and protection spells defends the combo during its assembly turn. If the commander is removed or locked out, the deck shifts into a dedicated self-mill game plan that closes the game with Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Archmage's Newt
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Aura of Dominion
  • 1 Catalyst Stone
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Defy Gravity
  • 1 Dream Twist
  • 1 Drowner of Secrets
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Fatestitcher
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Increasing Confusion
  • 32 Island
  • 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mass Diminish
  • 1 Maximize Altitude
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry
  • 1 Mission Briefing
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Neerdiv, Devious Diver
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Quiet Speculation
  • 1 Radical Idea
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 River Kelpie
  • 1 Runic Repetition
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scavenged Brawler
  • 1 Secrets of the Dead
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Skyway Robber
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphinx of Forgotten Lore
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Start the TARDIS
  • 1 Stillness in Motion
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Subterranean Schooner
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 Unending Whisper
  • 1 Ureni's Rebuff
  • 1 Visions of Beyond
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winternight Stories