Nekusar by LucBer07

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Grixis Group Slug strategy helmed by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The game plan revolves around turning the fundamental mechanic of drawing cards into a lethal hazard for opponents. By combining symmetrical extra-draw permanents like Howling Mine and Dictate of Kruphix with punishing enchantments like Underworld Dreams, Fate Unraveler, and Spiteful Visions, the deck steadily erodes life totals. The primary burst damage engine comes from mass wheel effects such as Windfall, Whispering Madness, and Diminishing Returns, alongside the continuous disruption of Teferi's Puzzle Box. While the deck dishes out massive multi-target damage and punishes opponents for holding large hands, it also fuels opposing hands with fresh resources on every rotation. Surviving to execute the finish requires carefully timing wheels, utilizing copy spells like Galvanic Iteration, and protecting key punishers until opponents succumb to cumulative draw damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alania, Divergent Storm
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Brain in a Jar
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cerebral Vortex
  • 1 Cinder Barrens
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Crosis's Charm
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Diminishing Returns
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Galvanic Iteration
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Guard Gomazoa
  • 1 Highland Lake
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Guildgate
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Megrim
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
  • 1 Peculiar Lighthouse
  • 1 Peer into the Abyss
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Prismari Campus
  • 1 Prosperity
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rielle, the Everwise
  • 1 Sangromancer
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellbook
  • 1 Spin Out
  • 1 Spiteful Visions
  • 1 Stormcatch Mentor
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swiftwater Cliffs
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teach by Example
  • 1 Teferi's Puzzle Box
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Whispering Madness
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change