Nightmare Weaver by BADWOLFDONTBLINK616

Format: Commander

Commander: Umbris, Fear Manifest

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Dimir control deck uses exile-based mill to fuel its commander, Umbris, Fear Manifest. The primary plan exiles large portions of opponents' libraries using mass-exile spells like Tasha's Hideous Laughter alongside Nightmare and Horror triggers. This simultaneously depletes enemy resources and grows Umbris into a lethal threat. The deck converts this massive power into rapid commander damage eliminations using evasion tools like Whispersilk Cloak, Rogue's Passage, and Dauthi Embrace. Secondary win paths include stealing win conditions from opposing graveyards and libraries with The Scarab God, Captain N'ghathrod, and Mnemonic Betrayal, or locking down the board with Toxrill, the Corrosive.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ashiok's Erasure
  • 1 Ashiok's Skulker
  • 1 Ashiok, Dream Render
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
  • 1 Ashiok, Wicked Manipulator
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Captain N'ghathrod
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
  • 1 Dauthi Embrace
  • 1 Dauthi Horror
  • 1 Dauthi Marauder
  • 1 Dauthi Mercenary
  • 1 Dauthi Mindripper
  • 1 Dauthi Slayer
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Despoiler of Souls
  • 1 Dimir Infiltrator
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Foggy Swamp Visions
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Glen Elendra Liege
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Jon Irenicus, Shattered One
  • 1 Koh, the Face Stealer
  • 1 Krang & Shredder
  • 1 Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
  • 1 Lazav, Familiar Stranger
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Leyline of the Void
  • 1 Malboro
  • 1 Mask of Riddles
  • 1 Mind Sludge
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mnemonic Deluge
  • 1 Mnemonic Wall
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Oblivion Strike
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phthisis
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruin Crab
  • 1 Scrounger of Souls
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sludge Crawler
  • 1 Sludge Monster
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Traumatize
  • 1 Umbris, Fear Manifest
  • 1 Wall of Souls
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin