Niv Mizzet Parun Commander Deck Tech

[@JumboCommander]

A long overdue decklist! Once lost to the internet now resurrected!!! tappedout.net/mtg-decks/niv-miz-its-time/

[@martinolsen7183]

Great! I was about to ask you about a good Izzet commander, since I don't have any success with Mizzix.

[@leadhead69]

The decklist seems to be missing a lot of the cards mentioned in this video. Are the missing ones just ideas for upgrades, or were they simply overlooked?

[@michaeldesjardin705]

@@leadhead69 He doesnt always put everything he talks about in his deck. He has a lot of spots in his videos with suggestions for YOU but he may not run it

[@leadhead69]

@@michaeldesjardin705 that makes sense. Thank you!

[@nivmizzet8172]

I approve!

[@parkerautry93]

Izzet the best? It is.

[@ilikefishbro8148]

Firemind is a better commander

[@breakingtide]

🤔

[@parkerautry93]

False.

[@snakeyman5560]

UNNACEPTABLE! THE EXPERIMENT IS AXED!

[@GuardianAngelEatos]

Haha! The Paradox Engine flying by kept getting me every time!

[@voidprism_studios666]

I would love to see an updated 2020 version. Considering, core 21, zendikar rising had great spell upgrades

[@PhloodGate]

Your video got me thinking about building this deck, then I went to prerelease and got a promo Niv-Mizzet so I guess I have to now! Thanks DJ, you're always super informative and I love your enthusiasm.

[@ashmit8268]

3:11 You say thousand-year elixir instead of thousand-year storm. Love your videos! I was wanting to make this deck and this video helps out a lot. Keep up the good work her on your channel and on the Command Zone!

[@xakuyer]

I really enjoyed how you used all kind of new cards DJ, very fun to see ! Keep up and good luck for all the 8 legends from this ravnica set !

[@GoodStarfish]

Awesome vid as always, DJ. Niv was my first commander, and I built him like this; with the copy spells and artifacts like mirari, and cantripy spells and a lot of bouncey sweepers. One of my favorites in the deck was dissmis into dream which i could consistantly wipe the board with.

[@FeDubz]

Can't wait for the decklist...I've always wanted an Izzet EDH deck, but never wanted anything that involved an infinite combo or storm. I want to sling spells, but also make it so my playgroup doesn't politely ask me to play a different deck when I sit down. Thanks for this video! I'm super excited to try this out!

[@ericwilliamson5548]

I'm really loving the new Mizzet, and the cmc doesn't bother me at all! Great video, really loving the options on the tech! Spellslinger build seems very "right up my alley"! Keep being awesome, bud! 🤘😁🤘

[@zanerich9460]

Eric Williamson even in standard we have two good red/blue lands and chromatic latern. He's not to hard to cast

[@ericwilliamson5548]

@@zanerich9460 Totally agree! Like I said, his CMC does not bother me, well worth the power you get, imo!

[@mason_branstrator]

Would really love to see the deck list again! So I can tune up my own niv parun deck

[@KBgamer2010]

3 words... Cast through time, 4UUU, all instants and sorceries you cast have rebound

[@MattGoodreau]

Jumbo!! That paradox engine floating by made me laugh out loud at work. Hahah good job

[@JumboCommander]

I should make that a goal. At least one work outburst per video.

[@MattGoodreau]

Agreed! But yes, seriously paradox engine and thousand-year storm was the first thing I thought of when the card was spoiled. Glad we are on the same page. It'll be nuts in a Kess deck. Lots to set up but the dream of cantrip, cantrip x2, demonic tutor x3, kill spell(s) x4 or 5 would be amazing.

[@asinclair666]

Niv-Mizzet and Ral, did major work for me at pre-release, pulled them both in my Izzet kit lol

[@Famejayster]

Rhystic Study and ways to get deathtouch on Niv are essential iny opinion. He will basically protect himself at that point.

[@bardsjr]

Would love to see this decklist at some point.

[@vantheman8050]

I love that this new Niv Mizzet is a lot like the old one. A good card draw weaponizer.

[@andrewsmusicchannel]

The new Mizzet looks dope af, im so excited!!!

[@34Vilend]

I love the Paradox Engines flying by

[@PhazonOmega]

8:14 That moment when you go through puberty a second time while trying to make a KZbin video! :P Loved the video! Love all the cool options, and there are already a lot of cards I could use for this! Maybe I should check it out?

[@GoodStarfish]

Thousand-year...Elixer?

[@jasoncole316]

You could also use temporal casacade and temporal reversal for that awesome instant/sorcery flavor

[@silentCee]

Dj had a Freudian slip. Thousand-year elixir if you don't know is a commander staple artifact that let's you activate (activated) abilities of creatures you control as though they have haste, you can also pay 1 colourless to untap target creature

[@jgiesler]

I came here to say the same thing

[@runeserpent1449]

gata have that dedicated spell cast theme for it

[@Zentenski]

I finally got hold of my own Niv-Mizzet (foil! :D) today, so been brewing aka browsing through sweet Izzet cards for a while now. I realized that I must play Fluxcharger in the deck. That art is just _sweet_

[@josephdickson6572]

When this guy's your commander always, always tutor for mystic speculation. The only reason I say this is because it's not in the deck list and I think it is literally the best card you can have for Niv-Mizzet parun as a commander.

[@spiralhaze2070]

I just love that smug smile!

[@egormatveev1050]

I know the storm build will probably be better, but I feel like punish is a theme worth exploring. Niv draws when any player cast a spell, so you could play a counterspell base, rhystic studies consecrated sphinx and punish people for playing the game by drawing a million cards and pinging the board and the face infinitely.

[@jasoncole316]

You sir, are a genius

[@jean-christophecharbonneau1431]

you could play Forced Fruition too, it would be awesome ! :P

[@seanmachlan3282]

You forgot teferi's puzzle box and laboratory maniac. Also, I think can't trips should be prioritized over exchange effects like frantic search.

[@justinussery9078]

I agree. Young pyromancer, niblis of frost, guttersnipe. A bunch should be included. Some of these creatures don't even need to be in the discussion to play it smarter

[@Matteo_the_Plague_Doctor]

I watched you video today. Then went to an LGS to buy singles for my Zacama deck, they didn't have them, so I bought two packs, pulled a foil Niv. :P

[@danielthomass2807]

i have the selze control deck so i love this deck teach so thank you for posting it .

[@Mischievous_Moth]

I'd love to see what you can do with Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood. I'm building him in a deck built around pinging, dealing little bits of damage to all creatures, and punishment effects like mana barbs.

[@radiantburrito]

Look at this absolute unit. 🙏

[@somestuff1614]

Thank you for this deck-teck

[@NewCommentor]

Voice change at 8:14

[@JumboCommander]

Yeah, I got a little sick ... I thought that the sound editing might have disguised it ... NOPE lol

[@larsclaassen7839]

And at 11:08

[@kiyancarre6345]

I legit thought it was a different person lol.

[@svperuzer]

Yeah it freaked me out

[@reye_bruh]

I like the niv mizzits! They are alwyes serve as a really good budget commander,and being extremely fun! I won't be able to build commander for a while as I am building legacy,but this deck seems awesome,I really want to see lazov the dimir boy dou

[@ryosukeshiro2237]

The deck is still not available somehow

[@xatex1000]

I think just having thousand year storm as the only storm card is fine even if you have just a card draw deck/ spell slinging. just for even more card draw. also if metallurgic summonings is played or the deck tips toward artifact mana I recommend using storm the vault for large amounts of mana. isochron scepter and dramatic reversal could also be a viable way to get infinite mana depending on your local meta.

[@Battleguild]

This Niv is pretty amazing. He's very fun in a Grixis Dragons Reanimator.

[@rowankeltizar5961]

I think you are correct in that the Parun doesn't quite lend himself to a dedicated storm strategy. There are better commanders for that. In my personal list I am leaning heavily on control/removal and focusing on fattening my hand to the point of overwhelming the table with card advantage. I view the Parun as more of means of fattening my hand, rather than pinging everyone to death, although he can certainly do that. Spiraling Embers and Fateful Showdown are some good win cons, as is Mindmoil/Omniscience. I'm looking at As Foretold too as a way of circumventing mana costs. It gets nuts with Vedalken Orrey or Leyline of Anticipation. Reality Scramble can help dig for things like Omniscience or Consecrated Sphinx provided we keep those permanent types to a minimum in our library.

[@gondorian1640]

So if we have 1000-year storm out and lets say we cast 3 instants, what happens if we cast grapeshot? does it copy grapeshot 4 times and each grapeshot has storm?

[@VampiricGamess]

Brudiclad with locus god,talarad,and metallic clergy seems really fun with thousand year storm. So you can change all of those tokens into clue tokens and burn them out with niv miz

[@rafaelrios7984]

I was thinking of a counter burn type deck for the new niv!

[@mikemoyer8162]

Me too! It helps that "Control Burn" is one of my favorite playstyles

[@rafaelrios7984]

@@mikemoyer8162 same here its been kind of a dead archetype for awhile tho

[@mikemoyer8162]

@@rafaelrios7984 I have a modern delver control burn that still hits pretty hard. I think some of it might be the surprise it's still runs haha.

[@kfoster3767]

great vid. Guttersnipe would also be low cost add to this deck.

[@zebulonamrol-davis5314]

Does any one have the link to all of the Commander bans? I heard Griselbrand was only banned as a commander but not as one of the 99.

[@karinawestmoreland8268]

magic.wizards.com/en/game-info/gameplay/rules-and-formats/banned-restricted

[@BloodDracolich]

What that a remix of the Protoman theme at the beginning?

[@NightfallShadow]

I am just going to do crazy tons of card draw and tiny burn spells. Maybe throw in Iscocrone scepter with a counterspell on it of some kind.

[@EvanFarshadow]

If you need mana production, combine Krenko Mob Boss and Skirk Prospector. With Goblin Electromancer and Guttersnipe as includes you could go for a Goblin subtype for the purposes of getting easy fast and dirty mana

[@EvanFarshadow]

The deck also NEEDS a Laboratory Maniac

[@AdventKiwi]

I love basilisk collar in this deck as pure removal!

[@danieldeckard3370]

I found Basilisk Collar a lot of fun!

[@zealous944]

yay i love your deck techs :)

[@oom-3262]

so if I cast a spell with the thousand year storm that has storm, it will get storm+sorm x, where x is the sorc/inst spells you casted this turn? Neat!

[@MicahDewey]

I have a Niv Mizzet Parun deck, and i have a really cheesy Wincon, Omniscience > Manabarbs. Your spells cost nothing, their spells cost them 1 life per cmc. It's a fun Control/Storm Build that uses many of these cards, but also teeters into the Artifacts archtype a bit too.

[@Brandon_94]

I had a crazy game once with this amazing deck playing a 1v1. It was mid to late game and I had Niv out, laboratory maniac and thousand year storm and clever impersonator that copied the thousand year storm with a bunch of mana up. And so I casted like 3 or 4 small spells thanks to goblin electromancer and jaces sanctum to get thousand year storm up there to cast my final spell which was finale of revelation payed 12 mana and drew the rest of my deck which was about 30 to 40 cards and my opponent flipped his shit and left the card shop and didn’t return the rest of the day🤣🤣🤣

[@FeDubz]

Hey DJ! Just wondering when the decklist will be posted? I'd love to buy this and try it out! :) Thanks a ton!

[@Gmediam]

Whats the song in the video? it is incorrectly quotted, please help!

[@ChillyJack]

Another fun thing about Mission Briefing, it only exiles the spell if it would go into your graveyard that turn. If it has buyback you can bring it back to hand unlike with Flashback. Capsize and Forbid anyone?

[@willemvanthoff8708]

Hee DJ, im finding myself building after some of your decks, as they are awesome! is this decklist still up to date? If not, would you mind taking another look at it? Tha ks bro!

[@peterstahl7024]

Howdy, when can we expect to see your list?

[@FinestImp]

Where's the deck list

[@commanderjank9060]

Hey, where's the deck list.

[@WarriorZ676]

Now I'm just imagining a commander deck with all the storm cards we never see, cause they are banned in modern and pauper. Like, wow, this is cool.

[@mikemoyer8162]

Does no one else love chance taking cards? Any love for the Mirror Mad Phantasm?

[@MrRockguy84]

i didn't see any "u have no maximum hand size" cards in here?

[@petrcafourek3791]

When will be the decklist ready ?

[@RDMANGLEYT]

does the commander have to be out on the battlefield to work its effects, and not the command zone?

[@RDMANGLEYT]

or can the effects take action while in the command zone?

[@justinreis9144]

It doesnt have emminence, so he needs to be in play

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Reading the card explains the card.

[@RDMANGLEYT]

@@TheSpiritombsableye i see you are tolarian fan

[@liveJohnR]

Nice video, any chance of a video regarding standard 2019 sets for Nev-Mizzet Parun? Thanks

[@johanneshermansson7630]

Basilisk collar is pretty alright in this deck

[@zacayres351]

Does anyone have the deck that he made for this card

[@Philouface69]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Spiraling Embers! It does damage equal to the number of cards in your hand (like fateful showdown but without the discard thing) I built a deck with mizzix based on “draw the shit out of your library then Spiraling Embers” and copy it for each opponent on the table. It usually hits for 50-60 everybody. Fun! But now I think I’ll do that with Niv Mizzet :)

[@drumert88]

Have you rebuilt the decklist yet Jumbo?

[@dtv2426]

Blade92198 HIS NAME IS DJ

[@GoldStorm07]

With my various Niv-Mizzet builds, Archmage Ascension has been a dark horse win condition. It can activate in just 2 turn cycles if you set up right, and as soon as it's active you can drop Niv and just win. I usually made use of Dream Halls and Enter the Infinite for the most dramatic victories and Dream Halls is more useful in Parun's deck because of our general's more restrictive mana cost. I adore Parun's design. He marries the two most popular Izzet EDH strategies of spellslinging/storm and wheel effects for card draw and synergizes them under a single umbrella. You could build this deck to be very interactive with your opponents in a truly chaotic manner, or just achieve victory with endless turns (Izzet's supposed to be fun tho).

[@sethmasters2147]

What about the mana base?

[@Gmediam]

Here is the correct song to anyone who was just a confused as me since it was wrongly listed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npq8pGiwad2XeLc

[@harrya.6254]

thank you man

[@snakeman830]

No Gemstone Array? It seems like it would be great for this deck as a method of saving mana and color fixing.

[@jean-christophecharbonneau1431]

I think this commander would be nice to play, i'd add the Chakram Slinger / Chakram retriever in this deck, i really like those two cards and it have all synergie i want in this kind of deck !

[@ebhoverman18]

What about Braids of Fire?

[@GodOfReality]

I'm new to magic. I'm looking at Niv Mizzet because it's everything I want in a commander, but I'm curious. The Izzet guild seems to have a lot of "copy target card" effects, and to me, the best thing about Niv Mizzet is Niv Mizzet. With cards like Quasiduplicate and the ability to copy cards, wouldn't that make more sense? The best way to trigger Niv Mizzet's effect more often isn't to cast more spells, it's to have more Niv MIzzet's. Has anyone made a deck like this?

[@erichirsch6013]

GodOfReality Having multiple Niv-Mizzets would certainly be powerful but as he is a Legendary creature two Niv-Mizzet, Paruns cannot exist on your side of the battlefield at the same time. One would have to be sacrificed immediately once the copy came into play barring a few special cards that let you bend the legendary rule such as Helm of the Host or Mirror Gallery. Alternatively, you can definitely run the original Niv-Mizzet card Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind in the other 99 cards since he has that same “1 damage for each card you draw” effect and since it doesn’t share the exact name both Nivs can be out on your field at the same time.

[@jakeapplegate6642]

I can confirm mindmoil is great in this deck

[@cjimmortalify]

Doesn't copy not count as casting got Niv abilities?

[@SHAD0WHUNTER41]

Decklist update?

[@legomann9092]

Could you use omniscience with it?

[@SouixWarrior01]

That voice change halfway through the video threw me off for a bit. The card that I wanna try in this deck is Arcane Melee cause you draw with Niv when a player cast a spell. It looks like fun.

[@JumboCommander]

Hahah, I have a little cold. I thought that the audio adjustments would even it out ... NOPE. lol

[@LzyBn1987]

Deck list?

[@dtv2426]

Oi DJ, where is the deck list?

[@crovax1375]

@12:07 Laquatus's Creativity would be a good choice when you dont want give your opponents a new grip of cards.

[@MeatPops]

I was thinking Coveted Jewel might be worth it in this deck because of the mana constraints.

[@CrownTheGame]

When do you add the decklist?

[@NeuroticLobster]

PRETTY SOON

[@Wolf21973]

So have we got a link for the deck list yet?

[@davidbonell1473]

Please upload the decklist, I traded a niv mizzet on the prerelease and built half the deck, but I'm not 100% sure if I'm missing something

[@metalgauntlet3731]

Eye of the Storm?

[@Visteus]

I'm slapping him directly into my Locust God card-draw-tribal deck as both more card draw and another win condition besides attacking/impact tremors/psychosis crawler/psychic corrosion

[@Chukijay]

So is this one of the 99 in a Locust God deck or is Locust God one of the 99 in THIS commander’s deck?

[@34Vilend]

Get your doubling spells out, then blow up the table with a huge Jayas Immolating Inferno, off of Mana Geyser. So good. It's how my Kenrith deck plays.

[@zggtf211]

Locust god doesn’t make locusts. It makes insects. Such a good commander card by itself

[@worldthroughabucket]

I honestly feel like most of those value enchantments and artifacts aren't even really needed. Niv-Mizzet is such an insane engine on his own. You just need to get him out then start cantripping as much as you can until you run into a wincon. It's a bit of a dull gameplan and not the way I like to play usually, but it does seem like the most effective way to build him.

[@jasoncole316]

I’m currently brewing with this niv-mizzet and it’s all about drawing ur butt off and not caring that u have to discard because I’ll just shuffle my graveyard into my library and draw more cards. Not sure if I should put “laboratory maniac” because of how much card draw is in it and don’t want it to be a one-trick-pony kinda thing

[@zombinekiller]

Wouldn’t dramatic scepter combo finish games in this deck, also treasonous ogre / aetherflux reservoir combo would fit nicely.

[@XbenjaminXL3]

Since on niv mizzet it says he does damage, does that count as commander damage?

[@briangentry3714]

Commander damage is only accumulated through combat damage by the designated commander of a players deck.

[@Kyzsjam]

Correct me if i'm wrong but you say that wheel will draw you 8 cards, and isn't it that when you cast wheel, you'll draw 8th card before wheel will resolve, so in the end you will discard that card and then drew 7 cards. So you will only get 1 dmg from draw but you will loose that card before you can use it. Am i correct?

[@JumboCommander]

You are correct I wasn't thinking, or I could be a equivocating jerk who says "Ummmmmm actually, you still draw 8 total cards even if you only end up with 7 at the end."

[@Bladezeromus]

I'm building this as a mill deck, actually.

[@Bookmanization]

decklist please :-D

[@calebthompson1729]

It seems like you're implying thousand year storm, swarm intelligence, mirari conjecture spells draw you cards to Niv but I'm pretty sure the copies are created on the stack and don't count as "cast"? Please tell me if I'm wrong bc I'm making a Jori-En deck

[@eldritch.madness]

Invoke the firemind, niv-mizzet parun, thought reflection, and fateful showdown.