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Vivi Ornitier

Legendary Creature — Wizard · {1}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander

{0}: Add X mana in any combination of {U} and/or {R}, where X is Vivi Ornitier's power. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

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What Vivi Ornitier actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Activated ability{0}: Add X mana in any combination of {U} and/or {R}, where X is Vivi Ornitier's power. Activate only during your turn and only once each turn.
• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Vivi Ornitier and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

What a Vivi Ornitier deck needs

Plays as spellslinger counters into mana. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• cheap noncreature spells (each grows Vivi and pings)
• mana sinks and big spells for Vivi's mana
• protection for Vivi

The Vivi Ornitier deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 27× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
• 12× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Vivi Ornitier

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.

Combos with Vivi Ornitier

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Vivi Ornitier is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Vivi Ornitier + Quicksilver Elemental16,484 decks
• Vivi Ornitier + Deadeye Navigator1,553 decks
• Vivi Ornitier + Deadeye Navigator + Marvin, Murderous Mimic193 decks
• Vivi Ornitier + Emiel The Blessed137 decks
• Vivi Ornitier + Hero's Blade + Displacer Kitten + Haze Of Rage119 decks
• Vivi Ornitier + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar50 decks

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