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Niv-Mizzet, Gatherer of the Guilds

Commander / EDH* Blink Bracket 1 Casual Dragons

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Dragons! (12)

Removal (12)

Mana Advantage (4)

Boardwipes (3)

Combat Support (2)

Doubler (2)

Special Lands (2)

Fetch Lands (12)

Tri Lands (10)

Blink / Mirror (8)

Protection (3)

Recursion (2)

Commander (1)

Commander: Niv-Mizzet Reborn

Ramp (12)

Basic Lands (10)

Multi Lands (4)

Fogs (2)

Maybeboard

Removal (12)

Defense (3)

Hand Size (3)

Boardwipes (2)

Special Lands (2)

Too Mean (2)

Dragons! (6)

Blink (5)

Ramp (5)

Too Expensive (3)

Protection (2)

Doublers (1)

Tutors (6)

Combat Support (5)

Bounce (4)

Smoothers (3)

Mirror (2)

Recursion (1)

Gameplay Mission: Summon, blink, and bounce Niv-Mizzet multiple times throughout the game to add new answers to your hand from each color combination's unique strengths. Go on the offensive with dragons and other high-impact creatures while saving two-mana instants for removal and defense. This deck is mostly for fun and geared towards outlasting your opponents through card advantage.

Power Cards (>$10): None

Sleeper Cards: Ferrous Rokiric, Soul Herder, Jegantha, Dragon Arch, Urza's Filter, Borderposts

Possible Edits

CONSIDER replacing O Charm, V Memory, R Avalanche

CONSIDER adding Manamorphose, Rivaz, R Laboratory

During Game

Remember that blink & flicker effects can protect against single target removal because they change the state of the card that was targeted, but they don't help against boardwipes

Don’t be so quick to discard answer cards like the charms in favor of big dragons

Pull Jegantha into hand on turn 3 as long as doing so won't cause discard

Stats

101 cards because Jegantha meets "Companion" criteria

52 multi-color cards in main deck (plus Niv and Jegantha):

Selesnya 6 Gruul 6 Simic 5 Izzet 5 Golgari 5 Boros 5 Orzhov 5 Dimir 5 Azorius 5 Rakdos 4

10 lands that ETB tapped (26% of total) - more than normal b/c of 5-color mana base

1 colorless non-fetch land (3% of total)

Deck Notes

Adapted from decklist on "The Commander's Quarters"

Restructured cardpool to enable Jegantha as companion; removed basic landcycling and vivid lands

Deck previously had a sub-theme of 18 legendary creatures (relevant to Sisay and Arvad) - these were later transferred into Jodah the Unifier deck

Uses a lot of ramp both to help with Niv's casting cost and to be able to keep up with card draw / cast multiple spells per turn

Mana curve heavily weighted to 2 CMC spells since Niv can replenish hand w/ more spells

Doesn’t have traditional card draw spells - focuses on triggering Niv Mizzet's ETB effect

Card Notes

Charm spells have multiple uses outside the category they are typically used for

Most of the Blink instants can also function as Protection; some can also be used as removal

Mirror spells are primarily for copying Niv-Mizzet's ETB effect, but can also copy a valuable creature

Soulherder can reset Niv Mizzet from tapped to untapped when it blinks

Tyrant's Scorn, Orzhov Charm, and Hostage Taker can also be used on Niv to recast for original cost

Borderposts can be cast for 1 generic mana by returning a basic land to hand; helps with catching up on land drops

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