Niv-Mizzet, Parun by user5659372

Format: Commander

Commander: Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 76

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered competitive EDH control and combo list built around Niv-Mizzet, Parun. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Niv-Mizzet ahead of curve through format-defining fast mana like Jeweled Lotus, Mana Crypt, and Dockside Extortionist. Once on the battlefield, Niv-Mizzet acts as both an uncounterable card advantage engine and a lethal combo centerpiece. Attaching Curiosity, Ophidian Eye, or soulbonding Tandem Lookout creates an instant-speed infinite loop: dealing damage draws a card, and drawing a card deals damage. This loop draws the library while dealing lethal damage to all opponents. Supported by an extensive suite of free interaction including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat, the deck effortlessly controls the stack, denies fast opposing wins, and protects its own combo window. Value engines like Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and The One Ring provide sustained resources throughout the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dockside Extortionist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Geistwave
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeweled Lotus
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Crypt
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Ophidian Eye
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pentad Prism
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thunderclap
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yusri, Fortune's Flame