Nekusar, the Mindrazer by swampkami

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis group-slug and spellslinger burn strategy commanded by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating Nekusar onto the battlefield on Turn 4 using a dense suite of 2-mana artifacts, then punishing opponents for drawing cards. The deck supplements Nekusar's passive draw-step damage with incremental burn engines like Fiery Inscription and Thermo-Alchemist, high-impact payoffs such as Bloodchief Ascension and Wheel and Deal, and raw card draw from Necropotence. Because the list does not include fast mana or nonland tutors, it operates at a fair pace, relying on cantrips and natural draws to assemble its pieces. A deep suite of 20 interaction spells—ranging from Counterspell and Pongify to Cyclonic Rift—provides broad defensive coverage against opposing threats. However, because Nekusar gives opponents additional cards every turn cycle, the deck must carefully manage table politics and protect its commander against incoming removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Browbeat
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dismal Failure
  • 1 Envelop
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force Spike
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Graveborn Muse
  • 1 Guiltfeeder
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Lava Spike
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Oblivion Stone
  • 1 Peek
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shepherd of Rot
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel and Deal
  • 1 Worn Powerstone