LEA Grixis by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Creator: Psyga315

Commander: Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a flavorful Grixis Villains exhibition build commanded by Nicol Bolas, the Ravager. Its construction strictly prioritizes thematic cohesion, packing legendary antagonists and Grixis staples whose casting costs almost uniformly require blue, black, and red mana. The deck accelerates in the opening turns via 2-CMC mana rocks, deploys Bolas on Turn 4 to apply initial hand pressure, and transitions into a midrange control strategy featuring massive threats such as Sauron, the Dark Lord, Lord Xander, the Collector, and transformed planeswalkers. While it generates solid incremental card advantage and recurring value through reanimation and combat abilities, it intentionally foregoes compact infinite combos, cheap countermagic, and dedicated tutors. As a result, the deck closes games through fair, prolonged creature combat, offering high aesthetic appeal and resilient midgame haymakers at the cost of vulnerability to sweeping board wipes and fast combo strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abaddon the Despoiler
  • 1 Anhelo, the Painter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Bladecoil Serpent
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Breaking // Entering
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Corpse Appraiser
  • 1 Crosis's Catacombs
  • 1 Crosis's Charm
  • 1 Crosis, the Purger
  • 1 Cruel Ultimatum
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Crypt of the Eternals
  • 1 Dark Intimations
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Davros, Dalek Creator
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Doctor Doom, King of Latveria
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Edea, Possessed Sorceress
  • 1 Evelyn, the Covetous
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Geyadrone Dihada
  • 1 Grixis Charm
  • 1 Gwendlyn Di Corci
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hostile Takeover
  • 1 In the Darkness Bind Them
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Kess, Dissident Mage
  • 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maestros Charm
  • 1 Maestros Confluence
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marchesa, Dealer of Death
  • 1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
  • 1 Missy
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Nicol Bolas
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
  • 1 Obeka, Brute Chronologist
  • 1 Oscorp Industries
  • 1 Parnesse, the Subtle Brush
  • 1 Phyrexian Tyranny
  • 1 Prince of Thralls
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Rise // Fall
  • 1 Saruman, the White Hand
  • 1 Sauron, Lord of the Rings
  • 1 Sauron, the Dark Lord
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Sedris, the Traitor King
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Slave of Bolas
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sol'Kanar the Tainted
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Horus Heresy
  • 1 The Rani
  • 1 Thraximundar
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zevlor, Elturel Exile