Niv-Mizzet, Gatherer of the Guilds

Commander / EDH* Blink Casual Dragons

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Ramp / Mana Fixing (14)

• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Fieldmist Borderpost
• 1x Firewild Borderpost
• 1x Mistvein Borderpost
• 1x Veinfire Borderpost
• 1x Wildfield Borderpost
• 1x Firemind Vessel
• 1x Urza's Filter
• 1x Dragon Arch
• 1x Jegantha, the Wellspring
• 1x Timeless Lotus
• 1x Tome of the Guildpact

Blink / Bounce (7)

• 1x Infuse with Vitality
• 1x Niambi, Esteemed Speaker
• 1x Orzhov Charm
• 1x Turn to Mist
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Soulherder
• 1x Garna, the Bloodflame

Basic Lands (14)

• 3x Forest
• 3x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 2x Swamp

Multi Lands (4)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Pillar of the Paruns
• 1x Reflecting Pool

Combat Support (3)

• 1x Ride the Avalanche
• 1x General Ferrous Rokiric
• 1x Sarkhan Vol

Doubler (1)

• 1x Galvanic Iteration

Smoothers (1)

• 1x Expressive Iteration

Dragons! (13)

• 1x Vanish into Memory
• 1x Adult Gold Dragon
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• 1x Shadrix Silverquill
• 1x Spellbound Dragon
• 1x Thrakkus the Butcher
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Ojutai, Soul of Winter

Tri Lands (10)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel

Mirror (4)

• 1x Protean Raider
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Progenitor Mimic

Tutors (4)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Rushed Rebirth
• 1x Treasured Find
• 1x Bring to Light

Protection (3)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Simic Charm

Commander (1)

Removal (10)

• 1x Angrath's Rampage
• 1x Artifact Mutation
• 1x Aura Mutation
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Despark
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Tyrant's Scorn
• 1x Legions to Ashes
• 1x Wear / Tear

Fetch Lands (7)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Naya Panorama

Boardwipes (3)

• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Solar Blaze
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Special Lands (2)

• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory

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Maybeboard

Creatures (18)

• 1x Lazav, the Multifarious
• 1x Mischievous Chimera
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Bounding Krasis
• 1x Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
• 1x Radha, Heart of Keld
• 1x Warden of the Chained
• 1x Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
• 1x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 1x Ogre Siegebreaker
• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Arvad the Cursed
• 1x Basandra, Battle Seraph
• 1x Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• 1x Samut, Voice of Dissent
• 1x Vulturous Zombie
• 1x Swathcutter Giant
• 1x Phantom Nishoba

Fetch Lands (6)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Warped Landscape

Boardwipes (4)

• 1x Savage Twister
• 1x Last One Standing
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Void

Hand Size (3)

• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Venser's Journal
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder

Creature Support (2)

• 1x Glass of the Guildpact
• 1x Righteous Authority

Growth Creatures (2)

• 1x Quirion Dryad
• 1x Springmantle Cleric

Recursion (2)

• 1x Izzet Chronarch
• 1x Baloth Null

Finisher (1)

• 1x Captive Audience

Removal (14)

• 1x Dromoka's Command
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Justice Strike
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vanishing Verse
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Kaya's Guile
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Dragons! (6)

• 1x Korlessa, Scale Singer
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Beledros Witherbloom
• 1x Velomachus Lorehold

Theft (5)

• 1x Hurl Through Hell
• 1x The Trickster-God's Heist
• 1x Zara, Renegade Recruiter
• 1x Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
• 1x Grave Upheaval

Tutors (4)

• 1x Glittering Wish
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
• 1x Sivitri, Dragon Master

Multi Lands (3)

• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Temple of the Dragon Queen

Flexible Use (2)

• 1x Atarka's Command
• 1x Emergency Powers

Mirror (2)

• 1x Double Major
• 1x Saheeli Rai

Smoothers (1)

• 1x Grisly Salvage

Blink / Bounce (11)

• 1x Angelic Shield
• 1x Cavern Harpy
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Abuelo, Ancestral Echo
• 1x Mistmeadow Vanisher
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Vanish into Memory
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Kaya the Inexorable
• 1x Roon of the Hidden Realm
• 1x Athreos, Shroud-Veiled

Ramp / Mana Fixing (10)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Traveler's Amulet
• 1x Armillary Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Decanter of Endless Water
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Mirari's Wake

Too Expensive (5)

• 1x Taigam, Ojutai Master
• 1x Inkshield
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

Card Draw (3)

• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Deathreap Ritual

Protection (3)

• 1x Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
• 1x Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero
• 1x Loxodon Hierarch

Fog (2)

• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Energy Arc

Defense (1)

• 1x Spirit of Resistance

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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): Timeless Lotus

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

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Possible Edits

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Deck Prep

Use Silver color-coded land and ramp package

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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

Use Sisay to tutor for 6-7 CMC dragons or General Ferrous in most cases

Use Bring to Light to tutor for Soulherder, Sisay, or boardwipe in most cases

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

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Stats

101 cards because Jegantha meets "Companion" criteria

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

Gruul, Dimir, Rakdos, Golgari, and Selesnya = 6 cards each

Azorius, Simic, Orzhov, Izzet, and Boros = 5 each

11 lands that ETB tapped (29% of total) - more than normal b/c of 5-color mana base

2 colorless non-fetch lands (5% of total)

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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

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Card Notes

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

Most of the Blink instants and Riptide Laboratory 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

Journey to Eternity can also help with ramp and recursion when transformed

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

Tyrant's Scorn can also be used to bounce Niv back to hand

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

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 31 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Golem 4/4 RW, Inkling 2/1 WB, Saproling 1/1 G
Folders	penta, Realistic Commander Decks