Capt N Copy/Draw by williamhall734

Format: Commander

Commander: Captain N'ghathrod

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Dimir Horror tribal and graveyard theft strategy led by Captain N'ghathrod. The deck focuses on deploying low-cost evasive Horrors, accelerating mana through efficient artifacts, and casting the commander on Turn 4. Captain N'ghathrod grants menace to the entire tribe and forces opponents to mill cards equal to the combat damage they take. At each end step, the commander steals the best milled creature or artifact, compounding board advantage using opponents' own resources. The deck scales into the midgame by cloning key threats with spells like Spark Double, suppressing opposing creatures via Sludge Monster, and drawing massive amounts of cards through combat damage triggers. It closes games through exponential combat beatdown with graveyard-scaling giants like Consuming Aberration, unblockable life loss via Guiltfeeder, widespread mill through The Mindskinner, or an incidental infinite mill loop with Mindcrank and Duskmantle Guildmage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ahriman
  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Captain N'ghathrod
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Cruel Somnophage // Can't Wake Up
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dauthi Horror
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Drown in Dreams
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Duskmantle Guildmage
  • 1 Endless Evil
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Goggles of Night
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Guiltfeeder
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn
  • 1 Hunted Horror
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mask of Riddles
  • 1 Military Intelligence
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindcrank
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Multiversal Recruitment
  • 1 Nanogene Conversion
  • 1 Nemesis of Reason
  • 1 Nephalia Drownyard
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Psychic Strike
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sewer Nemesis
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Sludge Monster
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Uchuulon
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wharf Infiltrator
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer