Nin EDH by TDW

Format: Commander

Commander: Nin, the Pain Artist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Izzet draw-go control strategy commanded by Nin, the Pain Artist. The primary game plan revolves around policing the table with dense countermagic, spot removal, and temporary creature theft before closing the game with overwhelming late-game threats. In the early game, the deck establishes mana through utility artifacts and deploys Nin to convert spare mana and expendable creatures into fresh cards. During the mid game, it uses theft spells like Act of Aggression, Ray of Command, and Chamber of Manipulation to turn opposing threats into blockers or Nin draw fodder, while resetting crowded boards with efficient sweepers like Blasphemous Act. In the late game, the deck resolves game-ending bombs such as Molten Primordial, Diluvian Primordial, or a kicked Rite of Replication, overwhelming all three opponents through massive combat swings backed by robust free countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Aggression
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blind with Anger
  • 1 Blue Elemental Blast
  • 1 Capsize
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chamber of Manipulation
  • 1 Chancellor of the Spires
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Crystal Shard
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Domineering Will
  • 1 Double Negative
  • 1 Dracoplasm
  • 1 Erratic Portal
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Forbid
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frost Titan
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Grab the Reins
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hinder
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 1 Inferno Titan
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Ivory Tower
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Journeyer's Kite
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Molten Primordial
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nin, the Pain Artist
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Ray of Command
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Redirect
  • 1 Reins of Power
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Shattering Pulse
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soldevi Excavations
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundial of the Infinite
  • 1 Trickbind
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Twincast
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vesuvan Doppelganger
  • 1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
  • 1 Wild Ricochet
  • 1 Worn Powerstone