Niv-Orzhov by smileywaffles

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Lifegain Combo-Control deck piloted by Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel. It establishes early board control through asymmetric tempo pieces such as Authority of the Consuls, Blind Obedience, and Kambal, Consul of Allocation while ramping with rocks and black rituals. The midgame leverages powerful lifegain engines like Soul Warden, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, and Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel to turn incidental lifegain into continuous card draw and life disparity. The primary win condition is the compact infinite combo of Heliod, Sun-Crowned and Walking Ballista, which deals lethal damage to all opponents in a single turn. Backed by extensive spot removal including Deadly Rollick, Swords to Plowshares, and Solitude, along with sweepers like Toxic Deluge, the deck comfortably controls fast creature strategies while assembling its game-ending combo or draining the table with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Exsanguinate.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ajani Resolute
• 1 Ajani's Welcome
• 1 Alhammarret's Archive
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Beacon of Immortality
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Children of Korlis
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Culling the Weak
• 1 Damn
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Enduring Tenacity
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Exsanguinate
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1 Grief
• 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Light of Hope
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Liliana the Faultless
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
• 1 Ocelot Pride
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path to Exile
• 6 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Sacrifice
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Shadowy Backstreet
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Snuff Out
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solitude
• 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Sun Droplet
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 The Celestus
• 1 The Darkness Crystal
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The Wind Crystal
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Vindicate
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Wrath of God
• 1 Zuran Orb