Niv-Orzhov 2 by smileywaffles

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck operates as a potent lifegain midrange and combo strategy commanded by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. The primary game plan focuses on utilizing early mana acceleration and efficient stax pieces, such as Blind Obedience, Authority of the Consuls, and Opposition Agent, to constrain opposing tempo and library access. Mid-game turns establish steady card advantage through engines like The One Ring, Black Market Connections, and the commander, which converts incidental life gain into explosive card draw. The deck aims to assemble its compact two-card infinite combo: granting Walking Ballista lifelink with Heliod, Sun-Crowned to deal infinite damage across the table at instant speed by Turn 6. Backup lines leverage Sheoldred, the Apocalypse paired with Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel to draw through the library into Aetherflux Reservoir or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. Supported by high-tier removal and tactical protection spells like Grand Abolisher and Silence, the deck maintains resilience while grinding opponents down.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 March of Otherworldly Light
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Ranger of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow