Mind Flayarrs by blakebeard3

Format: Commander

Commander: Captain N'ghathrod

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Horror tribal deck commanded by Captain N'ghathrod. The strategy focuses on curving out evasive Horror creatures, granting them menace, and dealing combat damage to mill opponents' libraries. At the end of each turn, the commander reanimates the best creature or artifact milled from opposing libraries, creating substantial board presence and resource advantage. Secondary win conditions include massive beatdown via Consuming Aberration, unblockable table-wide mill with The Mindskinner, and rapid life drain through Syr Konrad, the Grim and Mindcrank. The deck operates on a steady mid-range curve, utilizing efficient blue countermagic and mass bounce spells to protect its board and stall opposing aggression. While it lacks deterministic infinite combos, its compounding graveyard theft and scaling creature threats consistently overpower tables that lack repeated board wipes or graveyard interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aboleth Spawn
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call to Mind
  • 1 Campfire
  • 1 Captain N'ghathrod
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Duress
  • 1 Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract Brain
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Feldon's Cane
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Guiltfeeder
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 1 Intellect Devourer
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Memory Plunder
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 1 Mind Sculpt
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Nemesis of Reason
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Perigee Beckoner
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Port of Karfell
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Riverchurn Monument
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Sewer Nemesis
  • 1 Shambling Cie'th
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sleep
  • 1 Sludge Monster
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Swindle
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tectonic Edge
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 Uchuulon
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wharf Infiltrator
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer