Thieving Horrors

Format: Commander

Commander: Captain N'ghathrod

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Horror tribal and graveyard-theft strategy helmed by Captain N'ghathrod. The deck establishes an early board with low-mana evasive Horrors before casting its commander on turn 5. Captain N'ghathrod grants all Horrors menace and converts combat damage into mill, stealing the best creature or artifact from an opponent's milled cards at each end step. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions from incremental card theft to decisive life totals pressure using powerhouse threats like Consuming Aberration, Guiltfeeder, and Syr Konrad, the Grim. Support pieces such as Lightning Greaves and Mithril Coat provide targeted protection for the commander, while spells like Breach the Multiverse offer overwhelming late-game board presence. The deck functions effectively in casual and focused tables through steady creature advantage and graveyard scaling.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aboleth Spawn
• 1 Altar of the Brood
• 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bloodline Pretender
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Brainstealer Dragon
• 1 Breach the Multiverse
• 1 Captain N'ghathrod
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consuming Aberration
• 1 Curtains' Call
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Dauthi Horror
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Demolition Field
• 1 Despoiler of Souls
• 1 Dig Through Time
• 1 Doom Weaver
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Endless Evil
• 1 Faceless Butcher
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Field of Ruin
• 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1 Grell Philosopher
• 1 Guiltfeeder
• 1 Haunted One
• 1 Herald's Horn
• 1 Horrid Shadowspinner
• 1 Hunted Horror
• 1 Into the Story
• 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
• 7 Island
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Metallic Mimic
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1 Mind Flayer
• 1 Mindcrank
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Nanogene Conversion
• 1 Nemesis of Reason
• 1 Nighthowler
• 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Pull from Tomorrow
• 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1 Reflections of Littjara
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sewer Nemesis
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Silent Hallcreeper
• 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
• 1 Sludge Monster
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spellskite
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 10 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1 Tainted Isle
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
• 1 Treasure Cruise
• 1 Uchuulon
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Vashta Nerada
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Wharf Infiltrator
• 1 Windfall
• 1 Woe Strider
• 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer