JLK's Niko by Doeb

Format: Commander

Commander: Niko, Light of Hope

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Niko, Light of Hope leads an Azorius blink deck that treats Shard tokens as stockpiled ammunition. The primary plan is to repeatedly blink Niko with Soulherder, Teleportation Circle, Thassa, or Displacer Kitten, then use Niko's activated ability to turn every Shard into a copy of a high-impact nonlegendary creature - usually Cloudblazer for cards or Battle Angels of Tyr for a myriad damage burst. A secondary combo assembles Chromatic Orrery, Archaeomancer, and Ghostly Flicker for infinite mana, then loops Niko to make infinite Shards. There is no true hidden commander; Yorion, Sky Nomad is a mass-blink payoff in the 99. The commander is the hub, but the deck is full of independent draw, removal, and protection pieces.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archon of Sun's Grace
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Canoptek Scarab Swarm
  • 1 Canoptek Spyder
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Circuit Mender
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Cloudblazer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copy Artifact
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Disorder in the Court
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Entity Tracker
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Ghostly Dancers
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gold Myr
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Niko, Light of Hope
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Research Thief
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Silver Myr
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yorion, Sky Nomad