fent wraiths by ithilbun

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Spellslinger Aggro-Control strategy built around Lord of the Nazgûl and the nine Nazgûl. The game plan accelerates mana in the opening turns using efficient rocks and rituals to cast the commander by turn 4. Once on the battlefield, every cheap instant and sorcery creates a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. The deck leverages high-velocity cantrips, Ring tempt triggers, and card draw engines like Archmage Emeritus and Kindred Discovery to rapidly build a wide, evasive board. The nine Nazgûl add +1/+1 counters across all Wraiths whenever the Ring tempts you, turning early tokens into imposing beaters. Upon reaching nine Wraiths, the commander transforms the entire army into base 9/9 threats. Backed by free and low-cost countermagic, spot removal, and one-sided board wipes like Raise the Palisade, the deck protects its board state while methodically eliminating opponents through unblockable or menace-assisted combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetheric Amplifier
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Aphotic Wisps
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Echocasting Symposium
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Retraced Image
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar