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Vivi Ornitier - community staples
Vivi Ornitier · RU · 100 cards · 37 lands
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Strategy
Vivi Ornitier leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, pointing repeated damage at players. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 2.68.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Storm-Kiln Artist and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Vivi Ornitier on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Hullbreaker Horror is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Curiosity keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Ashling, Flame Dancer for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 2.68 average mana value the top end is cheap, so expect to deploy several spells a turn.
Win conditions: Wins by pointing damage at players until they run out of life.
- Curiosity - Card draw
- Ophidian Eye - Card draw
- Harmonic Prodigy - Core to the plan
- Tandem Lookout - Card draw
- Gitaxian Probe - Core to the plan
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary - Card draw
- Hullbreaker Horror - Interaction
- Quicksilver Elemental - Core to the plan
~$649.29
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Vivi Ornitier
Legendary Creature — Wizard
{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.
Creatures (37)
Harmonic Prodigy
Creature — Human Wizard
$3.94
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a triggered ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
Tandem Lookout
Creature — Human Scout
$0.9
Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.)
As long as Tandem Lookout is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card."
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$6.65
Flying
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to an opponent, you draw that many cards.
Hullbreaker Horror
Creature — Kraken Horror
$5.72
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Quicksilver Elemental
Creature — Elemental
$19.2
{U}: This creature gains all activated abilities of target creature until end of turn. (If any of the abilities use that creature's name, use this creature's name instead.)
You may spend blue mana as though it were mana of any color to pay the activation costs of this creature's abilities.
Veyran, Voice of Duality
Legendary Creature — Efreet Wizard
$1.5
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Veyran gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
If you casting or copying an instant or sorcery spell causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Storm-Kiln Artist
Creature — Dwarf Shaman
$1.62
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Archmage Emeritus
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.56
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$5.65
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.
Guttersnipe
Creature — Goblin Shaman
$0.24
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Coruscation Mage
Creature — Otter Wizard
$1.57
Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Hexing Squelcher
Creature — Goblin Sorcerer
$19.89
This spell can't be countered.
Ward—Pay 2 life.
Spells you control can't be countered.
Other creatures you control have "Ward—Pay 2 life."
Simian Spirit Guide
Creature — Ape Spirit
$3.1
Exile this card from your hand: Add {R}.
Stormcatch Mentor
Creature — Otter Wizard
$0.33
Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Goblin Electromancer
Creature — Goblin Wizard
$0.18
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate
$40.41
Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Archmage of Runes
Creature — Giant Wizard
$3.36
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Prismari, the Inspiration
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
$3.59
Flying
Ward—Pay 5 life.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast have storm. (Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Electro, Assaulting Battery
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
$4.46
Flying
You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, add {R}.
When Electro leaves the battlefield, you may pay {X}. When you do, he deals X damage to target player.
Firebrand Archer
Creature — Human Archer
$0.23
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Valley Floodcaller
Creature — Otter Wizard
$4.3
Flash
You may cast noncreature spells as though they had flash.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Birds, Frogs, Otters, and Rats you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap them.
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
Legendary Creature — Tyranid Human
$33.55
Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
Three Autostubs — Whenever another source you control deals exactly 1 damage to a permanent or player, Ghyrson Starn deals 2 damage to that permanent or player.
Imperial Recruiter
Creature — Human Advisor
$13.51
When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard
$0.22
Flying
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.
Dragon's Rage Channeler
Creature — Human Shaman
$1.25
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.
Kessig Flamebreather
Creature — Human Shaman
$3.07
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Electrostatic Field
Creature — Wall
$0.98
Defender
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Young Pyromancer
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.25
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.
Spellskite
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$6.86
{U/P}: Change a target of target spell or ability to this creature. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Spellseeker
Creature — Human Wizard
$16.47
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Dualcaster Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$3.65
Flash
When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$0.41
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Drift of Phantasms
Creature — Spirit
$0.19
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Ashling, Flame Dancer
Legendary Creature — Elemental Shaman
$5.73
You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, discard a card, then draw a card. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, Ashling deals 2 damage to each opponent and each creature they control. If it's the third time, add {R}{R}{R}{R}.
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Legendary Creature — Bird Spirit
$35.83
Flash
Flying, vigilance
When Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down.
Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$1.13
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
{T}: Draw a card.
Thassa's Oracle
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$20.99
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Instants (17)
Brainstorm
Instant
$1.27
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.01
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Frantic Search
Instant
$0.74
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Opt
Instant
$0.16
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Snap
Instant
$3.36
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.
Swan Song
Instant
$9.85
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Mystical Tutor
Instant
$14.99
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Mana Drain
Instant
$51.22
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
Fire Magic
Instant
$0.77
Tiered (Choose one additional cost.)
• Fire — {0} — Fire Magic deals 1 damage to each creature.
• Fira — {2} — Fire Magic deals 2 damage to each creature.
• Firaga — {5} — Fire Magic deals 3 damage to each creature.
Mana Sculpt
Instant
$0.77
Counter target spell. If you control a Wizard, add an amount of {C} equal to the amount of mana spent to cast that spell at the beginning of your next main phase.
Desperate Ritual
Instant — Arcane
$6.66
Add {R}{R}{R}.
Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Big Score
Instant
$0.37
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Prismari Command
Instant
$0.32
Choose two —
• Prismari Command deals 2 damage to any target.
• Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.
• Target player creates a Treasure token.
• Destroy target artifact.
Sorceries (5)
Gitaxian Probe
Sorcery
$2.82
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.
Ponder
Sorcery
$1.77
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Preordain
Sorcery
$0.63
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Jeska's Will
Sorcery
$40.12
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Strike It Rich
Sorcery
$1.75
Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Enchantments (3)
Curiosity
Enchantment — Aura
$0.75
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Ophidian Eye
Enchantment — Aura
$12.51
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Rhystic Study
Enchantment
$67.53
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.
Lands (37)
Mistrise Village
Land
$6.98
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.
Otawara, Soaring City
Legendary Land
$26.49
{T}: Add {U}.
Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1.11
({T}: Add {U}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Riptide Laboratory
Land
$0.64
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}, {T}: Return target Wizard you control to its owner's hand.
Urza's Saga
Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga
$36.03
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Cephalid Coliseum
Land
$0.34
{T}: Add {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Emergence Zone
Land
$3.79
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Legendary Land
$58.63
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.
Basic lands: 14 Island 11 Mountain
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