Vivi Ornitier by aaronsilber18

Format: Commander

Commander: Vivi Ornitier

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Izzet spellslinger strategy commander by Vivi Ornitier. Vivi serves as both a primary mana engine and a lethal win condition, gaining a +1/+1 counter and dealing 1 damage to every opponent whenever you cast a noncreature spell. On your turn, Vivi's {0} ability converts its power into an equivalent burst of blue and red mana. The deck leverages cheap pump spells like Monstrous Rage and Zhalfirin Shapecraft to rapidly swell Vivi's power, producing immense mana that fuels long chains of low-cost cantrips. Enchanting Vivi with Curiosity draws three cards per noncreature spell, sustaining continuous card flow. Additional burn payoffs like Guttersnipe, Coruscation Mage, and Firebrand Archer stack damage alongside storm finishers like Grapeshot. If Vivi is removed, the deck easily pivots to an independent infinite combo with Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Curate
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Electrostatic Field
  • 1 Epic Experiment
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Finale of Promise
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Riptide Laboratory
  • 1 Runechanter's Pike
  • 1 Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Slick Sequence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 The Dawning Archaic
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunder Magic
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Zaffai and the Tempests
  • 1 Zhalfirin Shapecraft