Vivi Spellcaster by corboart

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Izzet spellslinger combo engine led by Vivi Ornitier. Vivi converts every noncreature spell into +1/+1 counters, burns all opponents simultaneously, and generates a massive burst of mana with its {0} activated ability. The primary strategy leverages damage-triggered draw effects like Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, and Tandem Lookout. Because Vivi deals 1 damage to each opponent on every noncreature cast, each spell draws three fresh cards. This allows the pilot to chain through free artifacts, rituals, and cantrips, accumulating mana and spell count in a single turn. The deck finishes via direct Vivi burn triggers, an Underworld Breach storm loop with Brain Freeze or Grapeshot, or a backup Niv-Mizzet, Parun infinite draw-damage line. Packed with free countermagic and targeted interaction, the list aggressively protects its Turn 3 win attempts while remaining resilient to opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Gambit
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chromatic Sphere
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Invert // Invent
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lock and Load
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Paradise Mantle
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Quicksilver Elemental
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reckless Ransacking
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Secret Identity
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sigil of Sleep
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stitch in Time
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Wild Ride
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff