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Vivi Ornitier

protected compact combo · Commander / EDH deck · shared by billiam

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Game Plan

Vivi Ornitier scales into a mana engine while cheap noncreature spells trigger payoff creatures—Guttersnipe, Firebending Student, Manaform Hellkite, and Thor, God of Thunder—that drain or burn the table. Sol Ring and fast mana enable turn-2 or turn-3 spell chains; Deduce, Mind Stone, and Gamble fuel selection and tutoring to assemble the spell-slinger engine.

How It Wins

Vivi's mana scaling: Vivi enters as a 0/3 and gains +1/+1 for each noncreature spell you cast, unlocking its {0} mana ability (no tap required, once per turn) to add X mana in blue or red—where X is Vivi's power. This turns spell volume into mana acceleration. Payoff creatures: Guttersnipe deals 2 to each opponent per instant or sorcery; Firebending Student's prowess grows it, then its Firebending ability adds red mana equal to its power when it attacks; Manaform Hellkite creates flying Dragon tokens scaled to the mana spent on each spell; Thor, God of Thunder deals damage equal to each spell's mana value. Cost reduction and spell multiplication: Goblin Electromancer, Stormcatch Mentor, and Haughty Djinn reduce spell costs by {1}. Narset's Reversal and Return the Favor copy spells, multiplying triggers. Consign to Memory, Bolt Bend, and Blasphemous Act reduce costs further—Blasphemous Act costs {1} less per creature on the battlefield, turning a wide board into a cheap spell that triggers everything again. Protection layer: Counterspell, Disdainful Stroke, Dive Down, Lightning Greaves, and Tibalt's Trickery defend Vivi or redirect threats; Bolt Bend and Narset's Reversal also redirect damage or copy spells for tempo.

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