Niv-Mizzet by freefallninja

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color legendary midrange strategy piloted by Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact with Jegantha, the Wellspring as a companion. The game plan focuses on casting efficient two-color legendary creatures that span all ten Ravnican guild pairings. Early turns prioritize mana acceleration through land-grant spells and low-cost dorks to secure all five colors by turn 4. Once Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact resolves and attacks on turn 5, its combat trigger generates massive card advantage, targeted burn, and life gain scaled to the variety of guild pairings in play. Token generators like General Ferrous Rokiric and Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile turn multicolored spells into wide board presence. An efficient removal suite of Assassin's Trophy, Swords to Plowshares, and Urza's Ruinous Blast clears opposing threats, while Boros Charm and Ratadrabik of Urborg protect the board against opposing sweepers until combat damage closes the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Ant-Man, Elusive Avenger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bring to Light
  • 1 Captain Sisay
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Case of the Shattered Pact
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 General Ferrous Rokiric
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Inga and Esika
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Lazav, Wearer of Faces
  • 1 Lonis, Cryptozoologist
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
  • 1 Malcolm, the Eyes
  • 1 Merry, Esquire of Rohan
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
  • 1 Obsidian Obelisk
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Radha, Heart of Keld
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Sokrates, Athenian Teacher
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tajic, Legion's Edge
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
  • 1 The Infamous Cruelclaw
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Urza's Ruinous Blast
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vraska Joins Up
  • 1 Widespread Thieving
  • 1 Willie Lumpkin, Postman
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground