VIVIsection by miljar

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger storm deck centered on Vivi Ornitier. Vivi grows with +1/+1 counters and pings all opponents for 1 damage whenever you cast a noncreature spell, while also acting as a burst mana engine. The primary win condition pairs Vivi with Curiosity or Ophidian Eye. Because Vivi damages each opponent simultaneously, each noncreature spell triggers three separate card draws. This draws virtually the entire library while generating surplus mana via Vivi's tap-free activation and rituals. The deck finishes the table on the same turn through direct ping damage, Grapeshot, Aetherflux Reservoir, or Chandra's Ignition. Dense cantrips smooth early draws and find key auras, while premium countermagic like Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat protects the combo turn. If Vivi is unavailable, Niv-Mizzet, Parun serves as an independent two-card combo with the same auras.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banishing Knack
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crimson Wisps
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mind's Desire
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overmaster
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Proft's Eidetic Memory
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Quicksilver Elemental
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twisted Image
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island