Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}{B}{B}
How we read this card
Flying
Whenever you gain life, you may pay that much life. If you do, draw that many cards.
triggered —
triggered — draws you that many cards
Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
activated {T} — makes each opponent lose 1 life
activated {T} — gains you 1 life
activated {T} — drains each opponent
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: make a player lose life, draw a card, gain life.
Cares about: life is gained.
Works well with
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel deals combat damage:
- Parapet Thrasher — triggers
- Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
- Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers
a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel enters:
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token
a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.
- Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel counters as it enters
487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken Spirit deals combat damage — 725 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
- Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel deals combat damage, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token
a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
- Baboon Spirit — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token
life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this.
- Dina, Soul Steeper — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Dina, Soul Steeper makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Marina Vendrell's Grimoire draws you that many cards
- South Wind Avatar — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, South Wind Avatar makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Rodolf Duskbringer — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Rodolf Duskbringer grants indestructible
- Fiendish Panda — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Fiendish Panda puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Veinwitch Coven — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Veinwitch Coven brings a card back
- Cleric Class — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Cleric Class puts a counter on a creature
- Lich's Mastery — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Lich's Mastery draws you that many cards
- Wall of Limbs — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Wall of Limbs puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Haliya, Guided by Light — When Haliya, Guided by Light gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When Massacre Girl, Most Wanted gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Ayara, First of Locthwain — When Ayara, First of Locthwain gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Liliana the Faultless — When Liliana the Faultless gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Enduring Innocence — When Enduring Innocence gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Wispdrinker Vampire — When Wispdrinker Vampire gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
- Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer triggers
1,264 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
- Far Fortune, End Boss — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed
- Zahur, Glory's Past — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
- Aether Syphon — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Aether Syphon raises your speed
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Vnwxt, Verbose Host raises your speed
- Embalmed Ascendant — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Embalmed Ascendant raises your speed
- Slick Imitator — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Slick Imitator raises your speed
- Nesting Bot — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Nesting Bot raises your speed
- Howlsquad Heavy — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Howlsquad Heavy raises your speed
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes a player lose life, Oath of Lim-Dûl sacrifices an enchantment
46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes a player draw a card, Temmet, Naktamun's Will gives +1/+1
66 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.