Ringwraiths just wraiths by Ismur

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

Lord of the Nazgûl leads a synergistic Dimir spellslinger and typal midrange strategy centered on the Ring tempts you mechanic and Wraith token swarms. The deck leverages the 9-of Nazgûl rule to create a dense, self-buffing creature core while casting cheap instants and sorceries to continuously generate 3/3 menace Wraith tokens. Interactive spells serve dual purposes: disrupting opposing game plans while triggering the commander to build an overwhelming board state. High-impact typal payoffs such as Kindred Discovery, Raise the Palisade, and Roaming Throne amplify both card advantage and combat lethality. While vulnerable to board sweepers and dependent on multi-turn combat to eliminate three opponents, the deck possesses strong reanimation recovery via Reanimate and Echoing Return. Its backup plan of standalone Nazgûl aggression functions smoothly without the commander, providing a resilient and interactive midrange game plan.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant Return
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disperse
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Levitation
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nanogene Conversion
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Think Twice
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
  • 1 Withering Torment