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Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Control Infinite Combo Multiplayer UR (Izzet)

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Creature (7)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Tandem Lookout
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Trinket Mage

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Ral Zarek

Land (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 7x Island
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Dream Halls
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Ophidian Eye
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Treachery

Artifact (11)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Instant (14)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fateful Showdown
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Tolarian Winds

Sorcery (19)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Inner Fire
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Commander (1)

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Hey there! This is an extremely competitive Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind EDH deck. A tip before we get started: if you want to keep your friends, don't play this deck! - unless they're playing Leovold, or something like that.

### Introduction to Niv-Mizzet and Izzet Show

Izzet has long been my favourite colours. "Niv-Mizzet is the draconic leader and parun of the Izzet League and is at least 15,000 years old. His intellect exceeds the intellect of standard mortals by several echelons, and he is known for many ingenious inventions that currently serve the citizens of Ravnica, the most well known being the almost indestructible, yet easily usable and forgeable metal, mizzium." -MTGSalvation:

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### Handcycling, and Its Benefits Show

My esteemed colleague, claims to have invented handcycling. His definition of the phrase is as follows: "The abuse of powerful, efficient, and aggressively costed Timetwister effects for the purpose of generating overwhelming card advantage, dominating the boardstate, rushing to victory, and most importantly, having fun."

I couldn't agree with this anymore. In this deck I have not included all the playable handcyclers, but my deck still includes a good amount. Timetwister and Wheel of Fortune been the best among others. If you are not aware of Nivs ability, lets take a look at it.

As you may be able to tell now, Niv really benefits from handcycling. I know exactly what you are thinking. I don't want to chuck my hand away! Well, you technically are not, especially when Izzet is concerned. Past in Flames been an MVP, but I'll talk mroe about that later.

### The Creature-Base Show

The creature-base is simple enough. With only 7 creatures, this deck hardly has any creatures on the battlefield. But thats kinda like a combo deck! Anyway, lets start off with Consecrated Sphinx, one of the best cards in this deck. I just love this card. Some even say its bannable, the power level is so high. But theyre just people that dont play it, dont worry about em. Anyway, what is it that this card doesnt do? It can get rid of removal, so less for Niv-Mizzet (but I wouldnt really want either to get removed), it gets you REAL good card advantage, REAL fast, and it provides a reasonably good body in attacking and defending as well.Next up, another amazing card, is Gilded Drake. Wow. A creature steal for 2 mana? This card has been named many things, all similar to absurd, and rightfully so. There is a reason it costs 25 dollars.Psychosis Crawler. This is the usual Niv good-stuff, but a lot of people actually underestimate him. Obviously, been an artefact creature, he dies pretty easily, but he actually kills people pretty fast in a Niv deck, loaded with those handcyclers I talked about earlier. When you activate Curiositys ability, you cant kill all 3 people, restricting yourself to 2, or not even if you have less than 80 cards in the deck, which is quite likely when handcycling. But with the crawler, why not hit one, when you can hit all at once?Snapcaster Mage. No reason needed here. In a singleton format, you really get the best out of this guy. Oh, its fine, hes got his Rite of Replication, or Mystical Tutor in the yard. Not anymore with my Snappy Mage!Tandem Lookout. Yeah, Im putting in every single 2-piece combo with Niv in here. This deck is has its name for a reason.Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir. This guy is a major piece in combo decks. He locks people out on your turn, so you can combo off with ease.Trinket Mage. Can dig for Sol Ring and Mana Crypt, as well as cards like Teferis Puzzlebox, Sensei's Divining Top and Vedalken Orrery.

More info coming guys! I would love some criticism!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	WBG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.08
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden