Nightmares by user6848648

Format: Commander

Commander: Chainer, Dementia Master

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Mono-Black Reanimator Combo strategy piloted by Chainer, Dementia Master. The game plan revolves around aggressively loading the graveyard in the opening turns using premier enablers such as Entomb, Buried Alive, and dredge engines like Stinkweed Imp. Once high-impact payloads reside in the graveyard, the deck leverages efficient reanimation spells or Chainer's instant-speed ability to establish board dominance. Chainer can repeatedly loop devastating attrition creatures like Archon of Cruelty, Plaguecrafter, and Gray Merchant of Asphodel, rapidly draining opponents while generating overwhelming card advantage. Free sacrifice outlets including Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod's Altar, and Warren Soultrader serve a dual purpose: they facilitate lethal loops and prevent Chainer's downside from exiling your reanimated Nightmares when he leaves the battlefield. The primary finisher is a compact two-card infinite combo featuring Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion, which closes out the game on Turn 5 through infinite direct damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Chainer, Dementia Master
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Faceless Butcher
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Golgari Thug
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nim Deathmantle
  • 1 Nirkana Revenant
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nyx Lotus
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Putrid Imp
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Stinkweed Imp
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 24 Swamp
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vile Entomber
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine
  • 1 Zombie Infestation