Vivi Art-slinger by onkouken

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

Vivi Ornitier commands an explosive Izzet spellslinger deck that converts cheap noncreature spells into incremental burn, scaling commander power, and substantial bursts of mana. The primary strategy revolves around establishing Vivi on curve, rapidly inflating its stats with low-mana cantrips, and activating its free mana ability to ignite explosive storm turns. Supported by premier magecraft engines like Archmage Emeritus, Storm-Kiln Artist, Veyran, Voice of Duality, and Harmonic Prodigy, the deck rapidly cycles through its library while delivering compounding table-wide damage. Secondary win conditions leverage wide token generation through Manaform Hellkite, Prismari Pianist, and Rionya, Fire Dancer, or game-ending surges via Surge to Victory and kicked Rite of Replication. An efficient suite of 1-to-2 mana instant-speed interaction protects life totals and disrupts opposing plans without slowing down spell velocity. While vulnerable to well-timed spot removal against its commander, the deck possesses high functional redundancy and resilient backup token engines to reliably close games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
  • 1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galazeth Prismari
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Inspired Skypainter // Maestro's Gift
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magma Opus
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manaform Hellkite
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle, the Ever-Changing
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismari Pianist
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Bull
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rootha, Mastering the Moment
  • 1 Rootha, Mercurial Artist
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Strago and Relm
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surge to Victory
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tellah, Great Sage
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Torrent