Niv Mizzet, Handcycling/Abuse

Commander / EDH* Competitive Control Counterspell Infinite Combo Island Midrange Transmute UR (Izzet)

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Any Color Lands (8)

• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Reflecting Pool

Basic Lands (13)

• 10x Island
• 3x Mountain

Cost Reducers (3)

• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Sapphire Medallion

Counter Spells (8)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Spell Crumple

Deck Filtering (2)

• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Draw Advantage (4)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Thought Reflection

Dual Lands (9)

• 1x Caldera Lake
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Wandering Fumarole

Fetch (7)

• 1x Distant Memories
• 1x Dizzy Spell
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Ethereal Usher
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Long-Term Plans

Infinite Combo (4)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Tandem Lookout

Mana Artifacts (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

No Hand Size (2)

• 1x Library of Leng
• 1x Spellbook

Other Cards (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Guile
• 1x Knowledge Pool
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Other Lands (9)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Hammerheim
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Wheel Effects (16)

• 1x Arjun, the Shifting Flame
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Forgotten Creation
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Magus of the Jar
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mindmoil
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior
• 1x Winds of Change

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Other (10)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Well of Ideas

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Been working on this deck for a while now. This begin as a superfriends deck, but slowly evolved into a wheel/handcycling deck. Usually by turn 5/6 you win. It can be used in group play, as well as 1v1.

Commander combos: Mind Over Matter + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Tandem Lookout Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Ophidian Eye

Knowledge Pool + Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir = Opponents can't cast spells, due to stack manipulation.

Updated 2/15/16. Removed straggling ideas and streamlined as many options as possible for hand cycling for myself and the whole table. Its good to prevent or resolve tutoring and allows us to cycle through the deck as quickly as we need to.

2/20/2016. Swapped Lotus Bloom for Grim Monolith.

2/23/2016. After a playtest, it was obvious more counters were needed in this deck. Removed straggling ideas, tuned in counterspells. Also, updated sideboard, tutors and infinite combos, a few extra counterspells incase it is needed. Mana Drain is not added, dont have the funds for it. The deck was also placed into custom categories to make it easier to see the combinations.

3/1/2016 - Updated lands on this deck, categorized into several groups. The 'other' group provides various utility, or mana-ramp. A new group was added to identify which cards to swap for the sideboard. These choices were difficult, and input would be welcome here.

6/4/2022 - Updated to current cards in use. Reworked combos to reflect the win condition ideas. This deck now features fetch mechanics to go find the card you need to pull off a combo.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WBG
Splash colors	UR
Key combos	Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Knowledge Pool + Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Ophidian Eye Mind Over Matter + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Tandem Lookout
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 48 - 6 Rares 14 - 3 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 C