Ghost Company by Arceusfang24

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, functioning as a lifegain engine, card-advantage machine, and combo finisher. The primary game plan relies on deploying low-cost mana rocks and passive lifegain enablers (such as Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Creeping Bloodsucker) during early turns. Once Niv-Mizzet resolves on Turn 5, any life gained is converted into raw card draw by paying life at a 1-to-1 ratio. On Turn 6, the deck presents critical onset by dropping Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, initiating a loop where drawing cards gains life, triggering further draws to access the entire library. From there, mana generated by Skirge Familiar fuels instant finishes through Aetherflux Reservoir, Psychosis Crawler, or Doctor Doom, Unrivaled. A sturdy suite of exile-based spot removal, sweepers, and silence protection through Voice of Victory ensures reliable execution across high-power casual tables.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Celebrant
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Children of Korlis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confessor
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Defiling Daemogoth
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Doctor Doom, Unrivaled
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feast of Sanity
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goryo's Vengeance
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Intervention Pact
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lich's Mastery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mister Negative
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skirge Familiar
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Sigil
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Wind Crystal
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Vizkopa Guildmage
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Words of Worship