Card
Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
Mana cost {2}{W}{W}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon 4/4
Flying Whenever you gain life, you may pay that much life. If you do, draw that many cards. {T}: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Part of 39 known combos, 6 of them two-card. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · FRC · #10
- Cheapest printing
- €2.74
- EDHREC salt
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- Color identity
- Black, White
- Keywords
- Flying
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Queza, Augur of Agonies, Starving Revenant, Shabraz, the Skyshark, Horizon Chimera, Mind Over Matter
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Queza, Augur of Agonies, Starving Revenant, Shabraz, the Skyshark, Horizon Chimera, Mind Over Matter
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partners: Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Queza, Augur of Agonies, Starving Revenant, Shabraz, the Skyshark, Horizon Chimera, Mind Over Matter
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Queza, Augur of Agonies, Starving Revenant, Shabraz, the Skyshark, Horizon Chimera, Mind Over Matter (early with Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Queza, Augur of Agonies, Starving Revenant, Shabraz, the Skyshark, Horizon Chimera, Mind Over Matter)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
39 known combos, 6 of them two-card.
- Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel + Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel + Queza, Augur of Agonies
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel + Starving Revenant
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2026-08-21 · Wizards of the Coast
If more than one creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage at the same time, Niv-Mizzet's triggered ability will trigger once for each of those creatures.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast