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EDH Benchwarmers — Niv Mizzet, the Firemind - Niv-Mizzet and his Humility-teaching Deck
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Artifacts

Quantity: 18Price: $66.00
Armillary Sphere

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Armillary Sphere: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Armillary Sphere (cmr) 298
1
Coercive Portal

Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice Coercive Portal and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

Artifact
Coercive Portal (cns) 56
1
Coldsteel Heart

Coldsteel Heart enters the battlefield tapped. As Coldsteel Heart enters the battlefield, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Coldsteel Heart (j22) 94
1
Cultivator's Caravan

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Artifact
Cultivator's Caravan (moc) 354
1
Darksteel Plate

Indestructible Equipped creature has indestructible. Equip {2}

Artifact
Darksteel Plate (2x2) 304
1
Diviner's Wand

Equipped creature has "Whenever you draw a card, this creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn" and "{4}: Draw a card." Whenever a Wizard creature enters the battlefield, you may attach Diviner's Wand to it. Equip {3}

Artifact Tribal
Diviner's Wand (mor) 142
1
Dreamstone Hedron

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {3}, {T}, Sacrifice Dreamstone Hedron: Draw three cards.

Artifact
Dreamstone Hedron (brc) 139
1
General's Kabuto

Equipped creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to equipped creature. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
General's Kabuto (chk) 251
1
Glaring Spotlight

Creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof. {3}, Sacrifice Glaring Spotlight: Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Glaring Spotlight (gtc) 229
1
Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {3}

Artifact
Illusionist's Bracers (plst) GTC-231
1
Manalith

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Manalith (m19) 239
1
Masterwork of Ingenuity

You may have Masterwork of Ingenuity enter the battlefield as a copy of any Equipment on the battlefield.

Artifact
Masterwork of Ingenuity (afc) 209
1
Mind's Eye

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Mind's Eye (bbd) 240
1
Perpetual Timepiece

{T}: Mill two cards. {2}, Exile Perpetual Timepiece: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Artifact
Perpetual Timepiece (plst) KLD-227
1
Ring of Evos Isle

{2}: Equipped creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's blue. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Ring of Evos Isle (m13) 211
1
Spectral Searchlight

{T}: Choose a player. That player adds one mana of any color they choose.

Artifact
Spectral Searchlight (c21) 265
1
Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389
1

Creatures

Quantity: 16Price: $20.44
Aeon Chronicler

Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Suspend X—{X}{3}{U}. X can't be 0. Whenever a time counter is removed from Aeon Chronicler while it's exiled, draw a card.

Creature
Aeon Chronicler (tsr) 51
1
Broodbirth Viper

Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token that's a copy of this creature that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.) Whenever Broodbirth Viper deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Creature
Broodbirth Viper (plst) C15-10
1
Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice Burnished Hart: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Burnished Hart (moc) 351
1
Combustible Gearhulk

First strike When Combustible Gearhulk enters the battlefield, target opponent may have you draw three cards. If the player doesn't, you mill three cards, then Combustible Gearhulk deals damage to that player equal to the total mana value of those cards.

Creature Artifact
Combustible Gearhulk (scd) 128
1
Diluvian Primordial

Flying When Diluvian Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Diluvian Primordial (scd) 47
1
Diviner Spirit

Whenever Diviner Spirit deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.

Creature
Diviner Spirit (cma) 37
1
Dragon Mage

Flying Whenever Dragon Mage deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Creature
Dragon Mage (scd) 132
1
Illusory Ambusher

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever Illusory Ambusher is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Illusory Ambusher (c20) 113
1
Jace's Archivist

{U}, {T}: Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Creature
Jace's Archivist (c15) 95
1
Kefnet the Mindful

Flying, indestructible Kefnet the Mindful can't attack or block unless you have seven or more cards in hand. {3}{U}: Draw a card, then you may return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Kefnet the Mindful (akh) 59
1
Mnemonic Wall

Defender When Mnemonic Wall enters the battlefield, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67
1
Nin, the Pain Artist

{X}{U}{R}, {T}: Nin, the Pain Artist deals X damage to target creature. That creature's controller draws X cards.

Creature
Nin, the Pain Artist (plst) C17-183
1
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind deals 1 damage to any target. {T}: Draw a card.

Creature
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind (c20) 225
1
Runehorn Hellkite

Flying {5}{R}, Exile Runehorn Hellkite from your graveyard: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Creature
Runehorn Hellkite (scd) 155
1
Soul of New Phyrexia

Trample {5}: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. {5}, Exile Soul of New Phyrexia from your graveyard: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Soul of New Phyrexia (moc) 382
1
Spellheart Chimera

Flying, trample Spellheart Chimera's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Creature
Spellheart Chimera (dds) 25
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 3Price: $10.77
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (moc) 224
1
Mind's Dilation

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Mind's Dilation (emn) 70
1
Monastery Siege

As Monastery Siege enters the battlefield, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card, then discard a card. • Dragons — Spells your opponents cast that target you or a permanent you control cost {2} more to cast.

Enchantment
Monastery Siege (c17) 88
1

Instants

Quantity: 15Price: $28.23
Burn Away

Burn Away deals 6 damage to target creature. When that creature dies this turn, exile its controller's graveyard.

Instant
Burn Away (cn2) 151
1
Commandeer

You may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Gain control of target noncreature spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell is an artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker, the permanent enters the battlefield under your control.)

Instant
Commandeer (csp) 29
1
Dismiss

Counter target spell. Draw a card.

Instant
Dismiss (j22) 286
1
Dissolve

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Instant
Dissolve (ima) 51
1
Dominate

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less.

Instant
Dominate (c15) 92
1
Dragonlord's Prerogative

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand. If you revealed a Dragon card or controlled a Dragon as you cast this spell, this spell can't be countered. Draw four cards.

Instant
Dragonlord's Prerogative (dtk) 52
1
Engulf the Shore

Return to their owners' hands all creatures with toughness less than or equal to the number of Islands you control.

Instant
Engulf the Shore (ddt) 5
1
Overwhelming Intellect

Counter target creature spell. Draw cards equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Overwhelming Intellect (ddj) 28
1
Psychic Spiral

Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player mills that many cards.

Instant
Psychic Spiral (rtr) 47
1
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (c21) 126
1
Read the Runes

Draw X cards. For each card drawn this way, discard a card unless you sacrifice a permanent.

Instant
Read the Runes (plst) ONS-104
1
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (moc) 231
1
Rethink

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is its mana value.

Instant
Rethink (pcy) 42
1
Scour from Existence

Exile target permanent.

Instant
Scour from Existence (bfz) 13
1
Vex

Counter target spell. That spell's controller may draw a card.

Instant
Vex (dst) 36
1

Lands

Quantity: 40Price: $35.26
Blighted Cataract

{T}: Add {C}. {5}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Blighted Cataract: Draw two cards.

Land
Blighted Cataract (c21) 279
1
Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. Cephalid Coliseum deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice Cephalid Coliseum: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Cephalid Coliseum (ody) 317
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
1
Grand Coliseum

Grand Coliseum enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Grand Coliseum deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Grand Coliseum (c16) 299
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
21
Mirrodin's Core

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Put a charge counter on Mirrodin's Core. {T}, Remove a charge counter from Mirrodin's Core: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mirrodin's Core (jmp) 492
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
13
Opal Palace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters the battlefield with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.

Land
Opal Palace (nec) 172
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 9Price: $8.97
Cathartic Reunion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Cathartic Reunion (2xm) 121
1
Curse of the Swine

Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.

Sorcery
Curse of the Swine (clb) 716
1
Mind Spring

Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Mind Spring (c20) 116
1
Shattering Spree

Replicate {R} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Destroy target artifact.

Sorcery
Shattering Spree (plst) GK1-34
1
Ugin's Insight

Scry X, where X is the highest mana value among permanents you control, then draw three cards.

Sorcery
Ugin's Insight (bfz) 87
1
Volcanic Vision

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Volcanic Vision deals damage equal to that card's mana value to each creature your opponents control. Exile Volcanic Vision.

Sorcery
Volcanic Vision (c21) 182
1
Wash Out

Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Wash Out (2x2) 67
1
Wheel of Fate

Suspend 4—{1}{R} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay {1}{R} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.) Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery
Wheel of Fate (tsr) 198
1
Whelming Wave

Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Sorcery
Whelming Wave (cmr) 409
1

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