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Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard · {2}{U}{U}{R}{R} · Red/Blue commander
Flying
Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals damage to a player, you may draw a card.
{U}{R}: Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
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What Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Niv-Mizzet deals damage to a player, you may draw a card.
- Activated ability{U}{R}: Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
- Keyword · flyingflying
What a Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deck needs
Plays as pinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- mana to ping each turn (each ping to a player draws)
- evasion and protection for the commander
The Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 9× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 12× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
- 14× A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
Best cards for Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive2 mana
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Wonder4 mana
- Reverse the Polarity3 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Archetype of Imagination6 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Jilt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Dragonologist3 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Izzet Signet2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
A permanent that does something every turn it is on the battlefield — the deck's body, for a commander whose text asks for nothing specific
- Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
- Bontu's Monument3 mana
- Oketra's Monument3 mana
- Artist's Talent2 mana
- Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei2 mana
- Roiling Vortex2 mana
- Hazoret's Monument3 mana
- Rhonas's Monument3 mana
Combos with Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Xorn + Maskwood Nexus18 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Xorn + Arcane Adaptation13 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Goldspan Dragon + Maskwood Nexus8 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Xorn + Xenograft8 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Goldspan Dragon + Arcane Adaptation7 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius + Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Goldspan Dragon + Xenograft4 decks