Nekusar, the Mindrazer by dhockley2001

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis burn and wheels strategy led by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. It aims to turn every card drawn by opponents into direct life loss while slinging efficient noncreature spells. The early game focuses on deploying artifact ramp and establishing color fixing across Blue, Black, and Red. By Turn 5, the deck deploys Nekusar or redundant draw punishers like Underworld Dreams and Spiteful Visions. The midgame escalates rapidly on Turn 6 by resolving wheel effects such as Whispering Madness, Magus of the Wheel, and Jace's Archivist, forcing opponents to discard their hands and draw fresh cards while taking massive burst damage. Auxiliary spellslinger engines, including Vivi Ornitier, Guttersnipe, and Black Waltz No. 3, convert cheap cantrips and removal into additional table-wide burn. While the deck generates high damage velocity and card advantage, giving opponents extra cards exposes its board to frequent interaction, requiring careful timing and defensive management to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Phyrexian Tyranny
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
  • 1 Queen Brahne
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shantotto, Tactician Magician
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Visions
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Whispering Madness