The Black Breath by ArcyltheRed

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck combines Dimir spellslinger velocity with Wraith tribal aggro-control under Lord of the Nazgûl. The strategy accelerates early with two-mana rocks and Dark Ritual to deploy the commander on Turn 4 or 5. Once the commander is in play, every instant and sorcery creates a 3/3 Wraith with menace. The list features nine copies of Nazgûl, which continuously distribute +1/+1 counters across all Wraiths whenever the Ring tempts you. A dense suite of cheap cantrips and efficient interaction fuels rapid token generation while keeping opponents off balance. Combat is closed out using evasive menace attacks, one-sided wipes like Raise the Palisade, or reaching the nine-Wraith threshold to turn the entire army into 9/9 beaters. The deck sustains card flow through Archmage Emeritus, Call of the Ring, and Black Market Connections, ensuring it can rebuild effectively after opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shire Terrace
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin