5 Color Niv

Pioneer Control Five Color

zilchweb

Land (26)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 2x Breeding Pool
• 4x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (12)

• 4x Bring to Light
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Escape to the Wilds
• 1x Slaughter Games
• 1x Solar Blaze
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Thought Erasure
• 1x Thoughtseize

Instant (3)

• 2x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Utter End

Creature (15)

• 2x Arboreal Grazer
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 4x Niv-Mizzet Reborn
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 3x Teferi, Time Raveler

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Deputy of Detention
• 1x Hero of Precinct One
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Shifting Ceratops
• 1x Voice of Resurgence

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Deafening Clarion
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Enter the God-Eternals
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Rakdos's Return

Instant (2)

• 2x Infernal Reckoning

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rest in Peace

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render

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The deck is built around Bring to Light and Niv-Mizzet Reborn. The rest of the cards are mostly two-color spells meant to control the board with wraths and spot removal until the big guy hits. The idea is to spread out the support cards' color pairs as evenly as is reasonable so that Niv pulls 3-5 spells out of the 10. The card advantage from here is usually enough to put the game out of reach. A few of the big spells will gain life in order to boost up the pitiful life total that you'll usually have once you have enough mana to cast Niv. Early mana ramp creatures provide some decent defense as well. The beauty of Bring to Light is that if you don't need Niv in that moment, you can tutor for any other card in the library. So much fun and such a cerebral deck.

It's damn near impossible to dial in the supporting cast and mana base, which I think is cool. It should keep the deck evolving.

Took her for a spin at the LGS and went 1-3 Sat (last) and 4-0 Sun (first). Not bad for my first weekend running it! I think knowing when to mulligan and how to sideboard it helped.

Any tips are welcome! Still dialing in the mana fixers, the control spells, and the supporting creatures. So I guess everything, except for Niv and Bring to Light. Although I could prob get away with running 3 Niv.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 44 - 12 Rares 2 - 1 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Elemental */* GW, Human 1/1 W, Voja, Friend to Elves, Zombie Army 0/0 B