WUBRG Legends Matter Defilers by DrBean

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color midrange engine centered on Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact. It leverages a dense suite of two-color permanents across all ten Ravnican guilds to maximize the commander's combat damage, card draw, and life gain triggers. Supported by an optimal land base of ten ABUR duals, ten fetchlands, and ten shocklands, the deck achieves flawless color fixing and deploys early acceleration via Bloom Tender, Delighted Halfling, and two-mana land tutors. Mid-game turns capitalize on high-synergy legendary payoffs such as Jodah, the Unifier, Aragorn, the Uniter, and General Ferrous Rokiric, turning every multicolored cast into token armies and massive combat buffs. Defensive staples including Heroic Intervention, Boros Charm, and Gold-Forged Thopteryx shield the board from wipes, while efficient countermagic and removal disrupt opposing plans. The deck wins by generating overwhelming card advantage and closing through combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Aragorn, the Uniter
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defiler of Dreams
  • 1 Defiler of Faith
  • 1 Defiler of Flesh
  • 1 Defiler of Instinct
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 General Ferrous Rokiric
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
  • 1 Jodah, the Unifier
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Krile Baldesion
  • 1 Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet Reborn
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Supreme
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills