Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact
Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar
Flying, hexproof from multicolored
Whenever Niv-Mizzet deals combat damage to a player, it deals X damage to any target, target player draws X cards, and you gain X life, where X is the number of different color pairs among permanents you control that are exactly two colors.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #10467
Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact draws you a card and deals damage equal to your number of colors whenever it deals combat damage to a player — in a five-color deck, that's five cards and five damage on every unblocked swing. The cost is a six-mana casting cost that demands WUBRG, making it unplayable outside shells built to support all five colors.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact is a genuine staple — five-color decks like Niv-Mizzet Reborn, Ramos, Dragon Engine, and Kenrith, the Returned King run it as a repeatable draw engine that also closes games. Outside Commander, the WUBRG mana cost is a hard barrier: Constructed formats lack the fixing density to cast it reliably, and a six-mana do-nothing-until-it-attacks creature can't compete with the threats those formats offer. It's legal everywhere but belongs in exactly one place.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a legitimate staple in five-color Commander builds. Supply from multiple printings keeps the price flat — don't expect movement, but that also means you can pick up copies any time without urgency.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.