I am Lord Ya Ya Ya by Nick_Mikhailov

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck combines Dimir spellslinger mechanics with Lord of the Rings flavor, using Lord of the Nazgûl as a centerpiece engine. It accelerates early with efficient mana rocks before resolving its commander on turn 4 or 5. Once the commander is active, every instant and sorcery creates a 3/3 Wraith token with menace. Running eight copies of Nazgûl provides extraordinary redundancy; every Ring temptation distributes +1/+1 counters to all Wraiths on your board. The deck controls the tempo with cheap interaction such as Counterspell, Snap, and Flare of Denial, which double as army-building triggers. Once the board amasses nine Wraiths or stacks enough counters, combat swings close out the game in rapid succession across turns 6 through 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abjure
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Caves
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gandalf, Friend of the Shire
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Harbinger of the Tides
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Impulse
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Lórien Revealed
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 8 Nazgûl
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Palantír of Orthanc
  • 1 Pelargir Survivor
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Sauron's Ransom
  • 1 Singularity Rupture
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viridian Longbow
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar