Nekusar - Draw Burn v1.5 NEEDS REWORK! by StarweaversLoom

Format: Commander

Commander: Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Grixis wheel and burn strategy commanded by Nekusar, the Mindrazer. The game plan accelerates through dense 1-2 CMC mana rocks to deploy Nekusar or redundant draw punishers like Underworld Dreams and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse by Turn 4. Starting on Turn 5, the deck casts symmetrical wheel spells including Windfall, Dark Deal, and Whispering Madness, weaponizing forced card draws into substantial life loss across all three opponents. Amplifiers such as Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and Bloodletter of Aclazotz double this damage output, enabling a full table elimination around Turn 7. A robust interaction suite of counterspells and spot removal protects key permanents and disrupts opposing threats. While giving opponents seven fresh cards per wheel increases exposure to removal, the deck's redundant punishers and high burst damage make it a resilient and lethal multiplayer threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dream Fracture
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 1 Goblin Electromancer
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jace's Archivist
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kederekt Parasite
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Master of the Feast
  • 1 Minds Aglow
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Tyranny
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Prosperity
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tandem Lookout
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whispering Madness
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zenith Chronicler