Nekusar, Take the Wheel by user7123581

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis wheel strategy helmed by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The primary game plan accelerates mana through low-cost artifacts to deploy Nekusar or complementary draw-punishers like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Underworld Dreams by Turn 4. Starting on Turn 5, the deck resolves mass wheel spells such as Wheel of Fortune, Windfall, and Dark Deal. These spells strip opponents of their carefully sculpted hands while simultaneously dealing massive, unavoidable bursts of direct damage to the entire table. Value engines like Waste Not convert opponent discards into extra mana and card draw, enabling consecutive wheel casts in a single turn. The list also includes the compact two-card infinite combo of Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank to instantly mill and drain opponents. While giving opponents fresh cards carries inherent risk, dense countermagic and asymmetric disruption help secure decisive table eliminations by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breathstealer's Crypt
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commit // Memory
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dream Halls
  • 1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Incendiary Command
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Library of Leng
  • 1 Liliana's Caress
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Megrim
  • 1 Mind Over Matter
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Molten Psyche
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Tyranny
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Possibility Storm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 Time Reversal
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wheel and Deal
  • 1 Wheel of Fate
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Whispering Madness
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Xander's Lounge