Lord of the Nazgul by LuRoX

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Dimir Spellslinger and Wraith Tribal strategy commanded by Lord of the Nazgûl. The main plan focuses on accelerating into the commander on turn 4, then chaining low-cost cantrips and interaction to flood the battlefield with 3/3 menace Wraith tokens. The deck magnifies its board using all nine legal copies of Nazgûl, which continuously grow the entire Wraith army with +1/+1 counters whenever the Ring tempts you. High-impact clones like Spark Double and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces duplicate the commander's trigger to double token generation. Robust protection is provided by premier free and 1-mana counterspells, including Fierce Guardianship and Force of Will, which advance the board state while defending it. Once nine Wraiths are assembled, the commander transforms them into 9/9 beaters to execute an unblockable, lethal alpha strike around turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Loki, Lord of Misrule
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Serum Visions
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tainted Remedy
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Watery Grave