Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel

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).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel onto the battlefield from your library
  10. 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 attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).

When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. The Ur-Dragon — draws you that many cards
  4. Atarka, World Render — grants double strike
  5. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  6. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage
  7. Ojutai, Soul of Winter — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  8. Dromoka, the Eternal — puts a counter on a permanent

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:

  1. Parapet Thrasher — triggers
  2. Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
  3. 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:

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. 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 Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).

When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel enters:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

4 other cards care about 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).

  1. 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).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Niv-Mizzet is one).

When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a Spirit creature it boosts — 889 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Gallows Warden — Gallows Warden gives Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel bigger stats
  2. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel bigger stats

887 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Dina, Soul Steeper makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Marina Vendrell's Grimoire draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, South Wind Avatar makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Rodolf Duskbringer grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Fiendish Panda puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Veinwitch Coven brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Cleric Class puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Lich's Mastery draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — When Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel gains life, Wall of Limbs puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Haliya, Guided by Light — When Haliya, Guided by Light gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  11. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  12. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  13. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When Massacre Girl, Most Wanted gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  14. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  15. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  16. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When Ayara, First of Locthwain gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  17. Liliana the Faultless — When Liliana the Faultless gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  18. Enduring Innocence — When Enduring Innocence gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  19. Wispdrinker Vampire — When Wispdrinker Vampire gains life, Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel makes you lose life
  20. 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).

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Aether Syphon raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Vnwxt, Verbose Host raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Embalmed Ascendant raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Slick Imitator raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Nesting Bot raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel, Howlsquad Heavy raises your speed
  10. 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).

  1. 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.