Nekusar, the Mindrazer by ironbatmk18

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis spellslinger and wheel strategy built around Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The primary plan accelerates into Nekusar on Turn 5 and follows up with mass-draw wheel effects such as Windfall and Reforge the Soul on Turn 6. These wheels deal substantial burst damage to the entire table while disrupting opposing hands. The deck supplements this strategy with a robust Magecraft and spellslinger core, featuring Guttersnipe, Veyran, Voice of Duality, and Storm-Kiln Artist to maintain high spell velocity and burn opponents down over 2 response cycles. As a secondary avenue to victory, the deck contains the classic two-card loop of Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Curiosity, alongside an alternate self-mill win with Laboratory Maniac and Demonic Consultation. While vulnerable to spot removal because it gives opponents extra cards, the deck applies relentless global pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Backlash
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Campfire
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Darksteel Ingot
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Echo Tracer
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Firemind Vessel
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jhoira of the Ghitu
  • 1 Kaza, Roil Chaser
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Maximum Overdrive
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Minds Aglow
  • 1 Mizzix of the Izmagnus
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystic Speculation
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 No One Left Behind
  • 1 Oscorp Industries
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Powerstone Fracture
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Quicksilver Dagger
  • 1 Reforge the Soul
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Silent Departure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 The Gold Saucer
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
  • 1 Young Pyromancer