Five-Mizzet Re-experienced

Commander / EDH* Casual Five Color Goodstuff Jank Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

18ths

Lands (37)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 6x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 1x Mirrodin's Core
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Pillar of the Paruns
• 3x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Gruul (4)

• 1x Decimate
• 1x Dragonlair Spider
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Signal the Clans

Izzet (3)

• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Marchesa's Smuggler
• 1x Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Monocolored (12)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Flux Channeler
• 1x Hero of Precinct One
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Thrummingbird
• 1x Twilight Drover

Artifacts (7)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Spawning Pit
• 1x Tome of the Guildpact

Selesnya (7)

• 1x Camaraderie
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x March of the Multitudes
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Pollenbright Wings
• 1x Qasali Pridemage

Azorius (3)

• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Vanish into Memory

Boros (2)

• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas

Dimir (2)

• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Extract from Darkness

Commander (1)

Simic (8)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Fable of Wolf and Owl
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Kiora's Follower

Golgari (7)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Necrogenesis
• 1x Winding Constrictor

Orzhov (5)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Elenda, the Dusk Rose
• 1x Maw of the Obzedat
• 1x Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Rakdos (2)

• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Torrent of Souls

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Ramp (5)

• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Grand Warlord Radha
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Ramos, Dragon Engine
• 1x Unexpected Results

Tokens (2)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Ulasht, the Hate Seed

Proliferatebackup (1)

• 1x Inexorable Tide

Removal (4)

• 1x Angrath's Rampage
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation

Tutor (2)

• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Jarad's Orders

Recursion (2)

• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

Sacengines (2)

• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat

Other (1)

• 1x Thief of Sanity

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I had an idea for 5 color experience counter tribal for months, originally thinking about Ramos at the head, but with recent spoiling of Niv-Mizzet, I knew he should be my new commander. He fixes one of two major obstacles of this idea - consistency on average budget (my decks tend to be around 200-300$), because guess what - all of them are two-colored and each of them is in different pairing. Niv also digs for them pretty deep, even in 100 card format.

The other problem was an actual goal of the deck. With 5 commanders, each pushing in different direction, consistent theme seemed to be a real challenge. I decided on my favourite - tokens. Sure, it's not the best token deck out there - but I certainly looks quite fun. Let's see what roles our commanders have here:

• Ezuri, Claw of Progress - easily the best one out of the five in this deck. Requires very little setup, generates tons of experience and makes very good use of them. Can pump the creatures to enormous sizes, so cards giving evasion should be good to maximize this. Best friends: Fathom Mage, Elenda, the Dusk Rose, Hero of Precinct One, Twilight Drover

• Meren of Clan Nel Toth - the dreaded one and for good reason. Similarly, requires little setup - some sacrifice engines are needed, but if you have them, Meren is an almost infinite engine of experience - sac the token maker, bring it back making tokens while entering the battlefield, rinse and repeat. When you have plenty of them she's still very valuable - to the point I expect she will be heavy targeted, so you probably need some backup graveyard recursion. Best friends: Spawning Pit, Avenger of Zendikar, Teysa, Orzhov Scion

• Daxos the Returned - Not very helpful at gaining counters (although it might happen), but can be crazy good later - imagine repeatably getting (at least) 5/5s for 3 mana at instant speed. As those tokens will grow as the game progresses - evasion is also needed. Best friends: Cryptolith Rite, Nylea, God of the Hunt, Rhythm of the Wild

• Mizzix of the Izmagnus - A bit similiar to Daxos - quite bad at gaining counters (althought a bit better than him), but can be much better later. His synergy with X spells is crazy and there are much more instants and sorceries good at making tokens than enchantments. Best friends: Curse of the Swine, Sphinx's Revelation, March of the Multitudes, Finale of Eternity, Secure the Wastes

• Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas - the worst one, but if stars align, can one shot a player with a bit of evasion. Has some synergy with Theros gods and Daxos, as they are both big and enchantments, so its also possible to generate experience. Also helps that our commander is a 6/6 and there are some bigger guys in the deck. Best friends: Iroas, God of Victory, Pollenbright Wings, Nylea, God of the Hunt, Rhythm of the Wild, Jhoira of the Ghitu

Also, we need to remember that some of there creatures can be really hated, so we need some backup plans for getting experience counters. Once you get at least one - you can proliferate them. It also synergies with Ezuri giving +1/+1 counters to creatures and charge counters here and there. Some graveyard recursion will be also more than welcome, as you cant cast them again from the command zone. Some creature tutors should also be here to add some consistency.

So aside of the usual draw, ramp, gy hate and removal we also need: token generators, sac engines, evasion, a bit of creature tutors, gy recursion, proliferate cards. We also need to achieve relative balance between creatures, instants, sorceries and enchantments. Also the more multicolored cards, the better. Aaand you don't want to have too many cards in one guild, as Niv-Mizzet allows you to draw just one of them. Plus the consistent land base for 5 color decks tends to be a bit expensive. So that's a lot of moving parts, but I think I've managed to construct quite good deck. There are almost 40 multicolors, with Golgari, Orzhov and Simic over-represented a little bit, so on average Niv should draw you around 3-4 cards.

Cards that really stand out in this deck:

Dimir House Guard - tutors for everyone minus Daxos and some other REALLY good cards. Triggers Ezuri and is a evasive body to stack on your +1/+1 counters, can protect itself AND is a free sac engine. Basically the one thing it lacks is a blue pip in a cost, but well, you can't have everything. Also tutoring for Kalemne while having 10 exp counters and Rhythm of the Wild on board after a wipe is hilarious.

Tome of the Guildpact - Almost half of your deck cantrips. Also - a mana rock.

Fable of Wolf and Owl, Hero of Precinct One - Almost half of your deck token-cantrips.

Winding Constrictor - create exp counters twice as fast, triggers Ezuri, goes almost infinite with Spawning Pit

Flux Channeler - see Winding Constrictor, but even better

Vanish into Memory - blink Niv-Mizzet to repeat his ETB AND draw 6 cards, discard 6. Just dont use that before your end step ;) Works well with +1/+1 counters too, so Forgotten Ancient is also a good target.

I should also provide some protection for the five and blink/flicker cards to get better value from our commander, but format allows only 100 cards. ;) So suggestions are more than welcome (and the possibilities are basically endless, so I might have forgotten about something)

Top Ranked	Achieved #27 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #12 position in Commander / EDH 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Casual 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Five Color 4 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Bird 1/1 U, Boar 2/2 G, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Human 1/1 W, Insect 1/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 W, Wolf 2/2 G
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