5c Niv-Gate

Commander / EDH* Five Color Stax

rich_ardl

Land (34)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Wasteland

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x The Mending of Dominaria

Instant (26)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Crop RotationGC
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of WillGC
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory's Journey
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Vampiric TutorGC
• 1x Wear / Tear
• 1x Whir of Invention

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Timetwister

Commander (1)

Creature (13)

• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth

Artifact (12)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Torpor Orb

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First attempt at high-power Maze's End . From a flavour perspective and abilities, I believe Niv-Mizzet Reborn is the best commander to fill this role. Previously the choice commander for Maze decks was mostly Child of Alara for the protection/rattlesnake effect, stalling games long enough to draw into the win; however higher power games simply don't care about attacking into her, or letting the game resolve past t5.

The plan with this deck is to win and tutoring for 1 land at a time with cards like Open the Gates , or beating with Gate Colossus , isn't effective enough in a more competitive meta. I've decided instead for a more Stax build, hopefully slowing the game down enough to combo/or naturally draw into the win.

Win cons

Hermit Druid & Splendid Reclamation or The Mending of Dominaria

Mill deck with Hermit Druid , flashback Memory's Journey to put Splendid Reclamation on top of your library, cast it. All lands return to battlefield, using Deserted Temple untap Maze's End and activating it for the win.

With the final The Mending of Dominaria trigger on the stack, activate Druid to mill entire deck. All lands return to battlefield, using Temple to untap the Maze and activate for the win.

Lavinia/Knowledge Pool lock:

All players play land-go until you finally play your 10 gates for the win.

Scapeshift/Bring to light:

Fetch all gates.

Niv-Mizzet, while I doubt will be cast, can acrew extra value. I'd love some thoughts on the deck and ideas. The early land base is currently causing me issues (semi-solved by combing through Tazzri lists)

Edit 1: +-Changed my mana base to better mirror FC Tazzri.

- Exploration + Lim-Dul's Vault

- Grapple with the Past + Memory's Journey

- Time Spiral + Chrome Mox

- Gates Ablaze + Fire Covenant

- Hull Breach + Wear / Tear

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.35
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, City's Blessing, Marit Lage