Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius

Commander / EDH Control Infinite Combo UR (Izzet)

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Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 7x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Expressive Iteration
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Instant (18)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Consider
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Negate
• 1x Prismari Command
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Noble's Purse
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Mordenkainen

Commander (1)

Creature (15)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dreamscape Artist
• 1x Ethereal Usher
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Hydroelectric Specimen  ^Flip
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Loyal Apprentice
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Pinnacle Monk  ^Flip
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Enchantment (8)

• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Dream Tides
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip
• 1x Stranglehold

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Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius EDH Deck.

2nd version of Niv-Mizzet released, and probably the weakest of the Izzet ones (as commander). Still, he's okay; and this is meant to be a mid-powered list, not a cEDH one, so he's my commander.

Mana is often left up after Niv is out to cast counterspells. If we don't use that mana to cast counterspells or other removal, on our last opponent's end step, for every {U}{R} we have we can either ping creatures or ping face to draw cards. (Usually the latter, though sometimes {U}{R} is used to kill 1 toughness creatures. Remember, {U}{R} = 1 damage to any target, and Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius draws us cards when he hits people).

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This Deck Wins via Infinite Combo:

Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Mind Over Matter + Izzet Boilerworks or Gilded Lotus

This enables {INFINITY} damage to face and {INFINITY} draw. Our mana source (Izzet Boilerworks or Gilded Lotus) taps for either {U}{R} or {U}{U}{U}{R}{R}{R} respectively (with two taps of Gilded Lotus). Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius uses this mana for his {U}{R}: ability to ping our opponent's faces and draw us either one or three cards (Gilded Lotus), and one or two cards are discarded to Mind Over Matter to untap our mana source and reset us back to the start of the loop.

While we have {INFINITY} draw, your hand size won't actually be increasing with Izzet Boilerworks (though it will with Gilded Lotus), since you're discarding cards to Mind Over Matter. There is no worry of decking yourself though. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre is in the deck, and he(it?)'s not there to be cast. Eventually, in our {INFINITY} draw / {INFINITY} damage, we'll draw into Ulamog. We then pitch him to our 'yard to shuffle our graveyard into our library. So we we really do have {INFINITY} damage and {INFINITY} draw.

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Deathtouch:

Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius can ping creatures. Once we give him deathtouch (Basilisk Collar), it's {U}{R}: Destroy target creature.

Alternate Win-Con:

When putting together this deck, Mordenkainen was chosen for his -10, not his -2. In practice, though, I generally use his -2, and I've occasionally killed people with big dogs, so this is worth mentioning.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Dog Illusion */* U, Emblem Mordenkainen, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B