Patrick — N'ghathrod by Necromogg

Format: Commander

Commander: Captain N'ghathrod

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

Captain N'ghathrod leads a Dimir tribal deck that blends aggressive combat, library mill, and reanimation theft. The deck deploys an array of eerie Horrors, gives them menace through the commander, and converts combat damage into rapid card milling. During each end step, Captain N'ghathrod reanimates the strongest creature or artifact milled that turn, turning opposing decks into fuel for your own board. Standout threats like Consuming Aberration, Nemesis of Reason, and Guiltfeeder rapidly deplete libraries and life totals. Supporting control pieces like Sludge Monster and Hullbreaker Horror suppress opposing boards while asymmetric sweepers such as Crippling Fear and In Garruk's Wake clear blocking lanes. Without fast combo finishes, the deck achieves victory through compounding board presence, high-power evasive attacks, and stolen opposing win conditions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aboleth Spawn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Captain N'ghathrod
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Dark Hatchling
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Horror
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Keyrune
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disturbing Conversion
  • 1 Dross Harvester
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Dusk Mangler
  • 1 Endless Evil
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 From the Catacombs
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Grell Philosopher
  • 1 Guiltfeeder
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hex
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hunted Horror
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Memory Plunder
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nemesis of Reason
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Nihilith
  • 1 Overcharged Amalgam
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Rager
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Psionic Ritual
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sewer Nemesis
  • 1 Sludge Monster
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Uchuulon
  • 1 Wharf Infiltrator
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer