The Nazgul by slashpdc

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord of the Nazgûl

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Dimir spellslinger deck leverages Lord of the Nazgûl to transform cheap instant and sorcery spells into an evasive army of 3/3 Wraith tokens with menace. Backed by the legal allowance of nine Nazgûl creatures, the deck compounds board presence and counters through recurring Ring temptation triggers from cards like Call of the Ring and Birthday Escape. Early turns focus on mana rocks and cantrips such as Ponder and Preordain to sculpt the hand. Once the commander lands on turn 5, subsequent spell casts rapidly generate an overwhelming board. The deck threatens critical onset around turn 7, where a wide menacing Wraith army or an asymmetric sweeper like Raise the Palisade clears the path to swing for lethal damage. While the deck features robust instant-speed interaction and countermagic, its primary win condition relies on non-hasty creature combat. It remains vulnerable to sweepers and requires multiple attack steps to eliminate all three opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Birthday Escape
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Echoing Return
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Nazgûl
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothing of Sméagol
  • 1 Storm of Saruman
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar