Niv's Hands for Days

Commander / EDH UR (Izzet)

Zyrook

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Island
• 4x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Volcanic Island

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit
• 1x Teferi, Master of Time

Instant (21)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Opt
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Creature (11)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Body of Knowledge
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Hullbreacher
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Rielle, the Everwise
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Tandem Lookout

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

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It's Niv, hi Niv. What does Niv do? He draws cards. This is my oldest deck and the one I've put the most time and money into. As time goes on it gets more and more fine tuned and more competitive. I realize Niv is not the tiered powerhouse he once was and has lost his R/U throne to Mizzix, and then his card draw shtick to Locust God, but I'm a sentimental sod and still want to tune Niv to be the best he can be.

The Strategy Get down, Niv , Niv (but not Niv ), Psychosis Crawler , or The Locust God then draw enough cards to kill. It has the Niv + Curiosity / card:Ophidion Eye combo. The other infinite is Kozilek, Butcher of Truth + Mind Over Matter with the Firemind for a true infinite (Mind Over Matter to untap Niv, eventually pitch Kozilek to shuffle the graveyard back in, repeat infinitely).

Most of the stuff in Draw Power should be self-explanatory. In addition to general card advantage the draw is what triggers my win-cons and simply has value with any one of the main creatures out. Dack Fayden is in this section since, at worst, he's a repeatable Faithless Looting. However often times he can nab opponent's rocks.

While this deck isn't a storm deck, it does have a lot of spells in it. All the stuff in Spell Support either lets me recur my spells, copy, or tutor for them.

The Niv Protection section are the cards that keep my general safe or enable him to hit targets he otherwise couldn't.

Misc are just staples mostly. Stitch in Time is, like Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius , a nostalgia holdover. However it's won me enough games I'm loathed to take it out.

Chandra, Torch of Defiance and Ral Zarek are in the Rocks and Ramp section since that's what I use them for the most, but they both have versatility to them.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Kozilek, Butcher of Truth + Mind Over Matter
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.76
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Dack Fayden, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Zyrook's Active EDH Decks