Lord of the Guls by royalshadowloki

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Dimir deck combines spellslinger synergies with Wraith tribal beatdown, led by Lord of the Nazgûl. The strategy aims to deploy the commander on Turn 5 and follow up with cheap instants and sorceries to generate a swarm of 3/3 Wraith tokens with menace. Nine included copies of Nazgûl give the deck strong natural redundancy and pump the entire Wraith army every time the Ring tempts you. The deck reaches a critical threat state on Turn 6 as the board widens. By Turn 7, triggering the commander with nine Wraiths turns the entire army into 9/9 menace creatures, closing out the game in a single massive combat phase. A healthy package of low-cost counterspells and removal provides reactive disruption while fueling the token engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argivian Restoration
  • 1 Arwen's Gift
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Deliberation
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Decode Transmissions
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Divert Disaster
  • 1 Dreadful as the Storm
  • 1 Drown in Ichor
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gollum's Bite
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hithlain Knots
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Liliana, Death Mage
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Scroll of Isildur
  • 1 Secret Salvage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Once and Future
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vren, the Relentless
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Whisper of the Dross
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin