Nazgul Wraith Swarm by EverDope

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Spellslinger and Wraith Kindred strategy commanded by Lord of the Nazgûl. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost mana rocks and cantrips to cast the commander ahead of curve on Turn 4 or 5. Once Lord of the Nazgûl is on the battlefield, every instant and sorcery creates a 3/3 Wraith token with menace. The deck leverages nine copies of Nazgûl and Ring-tempting spells to rapidly place +1/+1 counters on the entire Wraith army. Card advantage engines such as Kindred Discovery and Archmage Emeritus sustain spell velocity by refilling the hand on each cast and combat step. Win conditions center on overwhelming opponents through evasive combat damage, accelerated by anthems like Coat of Arms or the commander's 9/9 pump ability when reaching nine Wraiths. Efficient interaction and countermagic protect the board while disrupting critical opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cackling Counterpart
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glorious Gale
  • 1 Inexorable Tide
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jwar Isle Refuge
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ringsight
  • 1 Ringwraiths
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sinister Hideout
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stab
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin