Mill Burn nekusar by Angron666

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Grixis deck is a dedicated group slug and draw-punishment strategy led by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The primary game plan accelerates mana through efficient 2-CMC artifacts to resolve Nekusar on Turn 4, followed by stacking symmetrical draw engines and escalating damage amplifiers like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, and Spiteful Visions. By turning every card draw, spell cast, and land drop into a life-draining tax, the deck creates a grinding attrition clock that threatens lethal damage by Turn 6. Supported by a dense suite of 1-2 CMC counterspells and proactive punishers like Painful Quandary and Sulfuric Vortex, the deck disrupts opposing strategies while chipping away life totals. However, because it lacks dedicated nonland tutors and fast combo finishers, it relies on natural draws to sustain pressure across three full response cycles. The deck excels at punishing card-heavy and lifegain-reliant opponents while maintaining consistent engine redundancy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Pact
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Bruvac the Grandiloquent
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Iron Maiden
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Oppression
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Persistent Constrictor
  • 1 Phantom Interference
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sadistic Shell Game
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spiteful Visions
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Xander's Lounge