Niv Mizet by Ilnerval

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 68

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Orzhov combo-midrange list commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. While the commander acts as a durable card-advantage engine and life-drain outlet, the deck's primary victory line centers on compact two-card infinite drain loops pairing Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, Marauding Blight-Priest, or Starscape Cleric. A dense suite of fast mana and premier black tutors accelerates this combo to a consistent Turn 4 table elimination. To protect its win window, the deck utilizes turn-silencing staples including Grand Abolisher, Silence, and Voice of Victory. Meanwhile, potent asymmetric stax pieces such as Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, and Orcish Bowmasters disrupt opponents' setups and search engines. Low-cost reanimation spells ensure rapid recovery from disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 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 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will