Ob nix by mnio8210

Format: Commander

Commander: Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin leads a fast Rakdos combo deck. The primary plan is to ramp into Ob early, then use cheap one-damage pings to grow him and exile extra cards. The main win line is Agatha's Soul Cauldron plus Walking Ballista: cast Ballista for X=0, exile it with the Cauldron, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob, then repeatedly remove that counter to deal 1 damage, which re-triggers Ob and returns the counter, producing infinite damage. Backup engines from Birgi, Prosper, and Bolas's Citadel provide card advantage and mana, while Gamble, Beseech the Mirror, and Goblin Engineer find the missing pieces. The deck is explosive but deeply reliant on Ob staying on the battlefield.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coruscation Mage
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ghostfire Slice
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Grinding Station
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Kederekt Parasite
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Filth
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rending Volley
  • 1 Ricochet Trap
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow of the Goblin
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Unstable Amulet
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vivi's Persistence
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zenith Festival