Nekusar by user8668393

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Grixis Group Slug strategy helmed by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The primary game plan revolves around turning the fundamental resource of card draw into a lethal liability for opponents. Early turns are spent developing mana through 2- and 3-mana rocks and deploying defensive enchantments like Propaganda to deter aggressive combat. Once Nekusar or redundant draw punishers like Fate Unraveler, Underworld Dreams, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse are established on Turns 4–5, the deck transitions into its critical onset on Turn 6 using mass-draw bursts such as Windfall, Magus of the Wheel, or Forced Fruition. A rich interaction suite boasting 12 counterspells ensures that the pilot can protect critical pieces and disrupt opposing win conditions. While the deck generously refuels opposing hands, the sheer volume of stacked passive damage rapidly burns down all three opponents simultaneously across two turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Alrund's Epiphany
• 1 Ambition's Cost
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Cancel
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cliffgate
• 1 Coiling Rebirth
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Consumed by Greed
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Countersquall
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Cryptic Command
• 1 Darkness
• 1 Dimir Aqueduct
• 1 Emrakul's Messenger
• 1 Ertai Resurrected
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fate Unraveler
• 1 Forced Fruition
• 1 Grixis Panorama
• 1 Haunted Fengraf
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 9 Island
• 1 Jace Beleren
• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1 Kederekt Parasite
• 1 Krang, the All-Powerful
• 1 Long River's Pull
• 1 Maestros Theater
• 1 Magus of the Wheel
• 1 Mask of Griselbrand
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Minds Aglow
• 1 Mortuary Mire
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Mulldrifter
• 1 Negate
• 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1 Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychosis Crawler
• 1 Razorkin Needlehead
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Relic of Sauron
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Resurrection Orb
• 1 Revenge of Ravens
• 1 Ringsight
• 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
• 1 Scatter Ray
• 1 Scrawling Crawler
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spellgyre
• 1 Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit
• 1 Spiteful Visions
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thriving Bluff
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Twist Reality
• 1 Underworld Dreams
• 1 Unexpected Assistance
• 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Void Shatter
• 1 Windfall