In the competitive landscape of the Commander format, commanders are strictly evaluated by their resource generation, built-in protection, and combo potential. On Moxfield’s public deckbuilding charts, few legends command as much tier-one authority within the Esper (White-Blue-Black) color identity as Tivit, Seller of Secrets.
Tivit has become a dominant community favorite because he breaks the traditional political symmetry of voting cards. Featuring the Council’s dilemma mechanic, whenever Tivit enters the battlefield or deals combat damage to a player, each player votes for either „Evidence“ (you investigate) or „Bribery“ (you create a Treasure). Crucially, Tivit’s static text grants you an additional vote. In a standard 4-player pod, a single Tivit trigger guarantees you exactly five artifact tokens in any combination of card draw and fast mana. Combined with a massive 6/6 flying framework and a highly restrictive Ward 3 tax, Tivit serves as an un-killable economic engine that converts political voting into a definitive victory.
Here is the operational breakdown of Moxfield’s premier Tivit list, detailing how to turn artifact tokens into infinite turns.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Piloting Tivit requires a midrange approach—disrupting your opponents‘ early paths while accelerating towards your commander to secure control of the match.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Deploy fast mana artifacts and restrictive hatebears like Drannith Magistrate or Esper Sentinel. Your goal is to slow down the pacing of the table while building your colored mana foundation.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Cast Tivit, Seller of Secrets. Because he costs 6 mana, you often utilize conditional mana resources or treasures to drop him early. Upon resolution, select your five tokens based on immediate needs—stockpiling Treasures for open interaction or Clues for hand replenishment.
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Late Game (Turns 4+): Execute your infinite turn loop. With Tivit providing a repeatable source of five artifact tokens every single combat step, finding your primary artifact catalyst allows you to lock your opponents out of the game entirely.
2. Moxfield Highlights: The Syndicate Components
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Tivit by running highly compact artifact synergy cards and elite tutors that exploit his massive token output.
Time Sieve
The definitive, single-card win condition alongside your commander. Time Sieve is a 2-mana artifact that allows you to tap and sacrifice five artifacts to take an extra turn after this one. Because Tivit natively generates exactly five artifact tokens (Clues and Treasures) whenever he enters the battlefield or attacks, pairing him with Time Sieve creates an immediate, self-sustaining loop of infinite turns that wins the match on the spot.
Cyberdrive Awakener / Rise and Shine
The primary alternate finishers for the deck. If your infinite turn loops are disrupted, these cards turn your massive hoard of passive Clue and Treasure tokens into animated 4/4 artifact creatures with flying until end of turn. This allows you to bypass traditional defenses and swing for over 40 damage in a single combat step.
Orcish Bowmasters
An essential high-tier interactive piece. As a premier response tool in Black, the Bowmasters punish your opponents‘ card-drawing engines by pinging their life totals or removing fragile utility units, while continuously creating Orc armies to block aggressive incoming attacks.
Displaced Dinosaurs
A devastating modern synergy option featured in optimized lists. Because your commander generates a massive wave of tokens at once, having an effect that turns history and artifact tokens into 7/7 Dinosaurs transforms Tivit’s standard value trigger into an immediate, overwhelming army of massive prehistoric threats.
3. Copy & Paste Tivit, Seller of Secrets 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 1 Commander and 99 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for a seamless import into Moxfield.
1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
1 Ad Nauseam
1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Arcane Signet
1 Archon of Emeria
1 Arid Mesa
1 Blind Obedience
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brainstorm
1 Cyberdrive Awakener
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dark Ritual
1 Dauthi Voidwalker
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Displaced Dinosaurs
1 Drannith Magistrate
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Esper Sentinel
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fabled Passage
1 Fabricate
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Flooded Strand
1 Flusterstorm
1 Giver of Runes
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Godless Shrine
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Imperial Seal
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mental Misstep
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Mystic Remora
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Narset's Reversal
1 Notion Thief
1 Orcish Bowmasters
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Path to Exile
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Plaza of Heroes
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
1 Reactive Shielding
1 Resculpt
1 Rhystic Study
1 Rise and Shine
1 Rowdy Research
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Sea Chrome Coast
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Shipwreck Marsh
1 Smothering Tithe
1 Sol Ring
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Swan Song
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sylvan Library
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Teferi's Protection
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Time Sieve
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Underworld Connections
1 Unholy Heat
1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
1 Urza's Saga
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vanquish the Horde
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Void Rend
1 Wash Away
1 Watery Grave
1 Windfall
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
4 Island
4 Plains
4 Swamp
Summary: Executive Vote Control
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Tivit, Seller of Secrets because he provides an unparalleled combination of defense, card selection, and raw mana development. By turning standard multi-player voting into a guaranteed infinite-turn loop via Time Sieve, you dictate the absolute parameters of the game cycle. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, manage your council’s dilemma votes wisely, and secure the secrets to conquer your next Commander pod.
