Neriv, Heart of the Storm by AlHazard

Format: Commander

Commander: Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Mardu combat deck built around Neriv, Heart of the Storm. The primary objective is to deploy continuous token-generating permanents—specifically utilizing Mobilize, Myriad, and attack triggers such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Bone-Cairn Butcher—and leverage Neriv's static ability to deal double damage with any creature that entered the battlefield that turn. Supported by acceleration and card engines like Skullclamp and Caretaker's Talent, the deck establishes a threatening board presence by Turn 4 and reaches critical onset on Turn 5. High-impact combat finishers like Devilish Valet, All-Out Assault, Gratuitous Violence, and Great Train Heist scale the damage output exponentially, allowing the deck to eliminate all three opponents across two subsequent attack cycles while relying on flexible spot removal to clear critical obstacles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chainsaw
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Devilish Valet
  • 1 Djeru and Hazoret
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Inevitable Defeat
  • 1 Ironwill Forger
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
  • 1 Mass Hysteria
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Overlord of the Boilerbilges
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rottenmouth Viper
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyknight Squire
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of Eternity
  • 1 Stadium Headliner
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thunder of Unity
  • 1 Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider
  • 1 Ultimate Magic: Holy
  • 1 Urabrask's Forge
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender