Niv* by Chizuri

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Orzhov combo-control build centered on life manipulation and instant table kills. Its primary win condition pairs Exquisite Blood with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity. Once both permanents are on the battlefield, any life gained or lost triggers an infinite loop that drains all three opponents to 0 life in a single turn. Commander Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel functions as a massive card-draw engine and self-contained trigger enabler by converting gained life directly into fresh cards. The supporting shell accelerates through efficient 2-CMC mana rocks, dark rituals, and premium black tutors like Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor. Strong board control from Toxic Deluge and Swords to Plowshares manages opposing threats, while silence effects from Grand Abolisher and Voice of Victory ensure your combo turn resolves without interruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Font of Agonies
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Heliod's Intervention
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhox Faithmender
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Words of Worship