Lord of the Nazgûl Spellslinger 👻⚡️ by ItsMalte

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Dimir spellslinger strategy centered on Lord of the Nazgûl. It leverages a dense suite of low-cost cantrips, premier free counterspells, and efficient removal to control the early board while ramping into its commander. Once Lord of the Nazgûl enters the battlefield on Turn 4 or 5, every instant and sorcery cast generates a 3/3 black Wraith with menace. The deck accelerates its win condition using creature-type converters like Arcane Adaptation and Maskwood Nexus to instantly turn all tokens into Wraiths, easily reaching the nine-Wraith threshold to turn the entire board into lethal 9/9 attackers. Powerful asymmetric sweepers such as Raise the Palisade and Cyclonic Rift clear opposing boards to guarantee unblocked combat damage. High-impact late-game threats like Hullbreaker Horror, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, and Bolas's Citadel provide inevitable card advantage and lockout capabilities if the game goes long.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspiracy
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Dabbling
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jace's Sanctum
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Murmuring Mystic
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pelakka Predation // Pelakka Caverns
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Professor Onyx
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sedgemoor Witch
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talrand, Sky Summoner
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Withering Torment