Deep in the Deck by Nivosus

Format: Commander

Commander: Nashi, Searcher in the Dark

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Dimir enchantress/aura-voltron deck built around Nashi, Searcher in the Dark as both a draw engine and the primary attacker. There is no hidden commander; K-9, Mark I's Doctor's companion cannot pair with Nashi because Nashi is not a Doctor. The deck uses cheap Auras to make Nashi unblockable, protect her, and grow her, while her combat damage trigger mills legendary and enchantment cards into hand. Enchantment payoffs like Lord Skitter's Blessing, Hateful Eidolon, and Doomwake Giant generate card advantage and board control. The main kill is 21 commander damage through pumped/unblockable Nashi, with Phyresis offering a 10-poison alternate route. Secondary wins come from aura-beaters like Fear of Sleep Paralysis and Aphemia, plus goad/removal Auras and a small counterspell package.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Alien Symbiosis
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Aphemia, the Cacophony
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Flight
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Auramancer's Guise
  • 1 Balemurk Leech
  • 1 Blightcaster
  • 1 Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Cathedral of War
  • 1 Clawing Torment
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryoshatter
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Curator's Ward
  • 1 Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Doomwake Giant
  • 1 Dress Down
  • 1 Eel Umbra
  • 1 Ertai Resurrected
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Eye of Nidhogg
  • 1 Fae Flight
  • 1 Fealty to the Realm
  • 1 Fear of Impostors
  • 1 Fear of Infinity
  • 1 Fear of Sleep Paralysis
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Fresh Start
  • 1 Hand of Vecna
  • 1 Hateful Eidolon
  • 1 Honest Work
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Isildur's Fateful Strike
  • 8 Island
  • 1 K-9, Mark I
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lord Skitter's Blessing
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Mogis's Favor
  • 1 Morgul-Knife Wound
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Murderous Cut
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 One With the Wind
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Security Bypass
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Sleeper's Robe
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swampsnare Trap
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Unable to Scream
  • 1 Unhallowed Pact
  • 1 Urza's Rebuff
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Viper's Kiss
  • 1 Waterfront District
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Vile Offering