Niv-Mizzet Burn by user1233825

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger strategy that turns noncombat burn into overwhelming card draw using Niv-Mizzet, Visionary. The early game focuses on deploying mana rocks, cost reducers, and pingers like Firebrand Archer and Thermo-Alchemist. Once the commander enters the battlefield, any multi-target burn spell draws a massive grip of cards, turning symmetrical damage effects like Flame Rift into explosive draw engines. While mana constraints on the onset turn usually prevent a same-turn table elimination without Storm-Kiln Artist, the massive card advantage ensures full control and protection for an untap finish on the following turn. The deck's primary strength lies in its high redundancy and extreme card velocity, though it remains vulnerable to targeted removal during the commander's initial casting window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Epiphany
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Aria of Flame
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Divination
  • 1 Erebor Flamesmith
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firemind's Research
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Flame Rift
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gandalf the Grey
  • 1 Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Imodane, the Pyrohammer
  • 1 Ionize
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Johann, Apprentice Sorcerer
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Lambholt Raconteur // Lambholt Ravager
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lunar Insight
  • 1 Mechanized Warfare
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Najal, the Storm Runner
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Play with Fire
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Rowan, Scholar of Sparks // Will, Scholar of Frost
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skewer the Critics
  • 1 Slagstorm
  • 1 Slick Sequence
  • 1 Slickshot Show-Off
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Tyrant
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Wizard's Lightning