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Nekusar, the Mindrazer - Razing Wheels
Nekusar, the Mindrazer · BRU · 100 cards · 38 lands
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Bracket 5 - cEDHCommander 1Creatures 18Instants 21Sorceries 4Artifacts 15Enchantments 3Lands 38
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Strategy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a three-color (black, red, blue) deck built to punish opponents for drawing cards. Nekusar forces every player to draw an extra card during their draw step, and deals 1 damage to any opponent each time they draw. The deck pairs this symmetric card draw with a suite of 'draw punishers' so that every forced draw chips away at opponents' life totals, then closes the game with mass-draw spells that deal lethal damage all at once.
Early: Prioritize ramp and a fast Nekusar. Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Dark Ritual, Lotus Petal, Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Mox Opal, Arcane Signet, Dimir Signet, Izzet Signet, Rakdos Signet, and the Talismans of Dominance, Creativity, and Indulgence all accelerate toward Nekusar's {2}{U}{B}{R} cost. Nightscape Familiar reduces your blue and red spells by {1}. Hold up interaction like Counterspell, Swan Song, or the free Fierce Guardianship to protect your early plays and stop opposing threats.
Mid: Resolve Nekusar and begin layering draw punishers. Underworld Dreams, Fate Unraveler, Spiteful Visions, Kederekt Parasite, Razorkin Needlehead, and Scrawling Crawler each punish opponent draws with damage or life loss, stacking with Nekusar so a single draw hurts many times over. Sheoldred, the Apocalypse drains opponents 2 life per draw while gaining you life. Orcish Bowmasters and Consecrated Sphinx turn opponents' extra draws into value for you. Deploy Teferi's Puzzle Box to force massive hand-reshuffling draws each draw step, multiplying your punishers. Protect the engine with Deadly Rollick, Terminate, Baleful Mastery, and Dauthi Voidwalker.
Late: Once multiple punishers are online, unload mass-draw spells. Windfall, Prosperity, Skyscribing, Peer into the Abyss, and Wheel and Deal force opponents to draw huge numbers of cards, each triggering every draw punisher for enormous damage. Bloodletter of Aclazotz doubles opponents' life loss on your turn, making wheels and Sheoldred triggers devastating. Notion Thief and Faerie Mastermind can redirect opponents' extra draws into your own hand. Iron Maiden punishes full hands, while Cyclonic Rift's overload clears blockers for a finishing swing.
Win conditions: Primary win: drain opponents with draw-triggered damage from Nekusar, Underworld Dreams, Fate Unraveler, Spiteful Visions, and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, then detonate a mass-draw spell like Peer into the Abyss, Windfall, Prosperity, or Wheel and Deal for lethal. Psychosis Crawler drains each opponent 1 life every time you draw. Bloodletter of Aclazotz doubles that damage on your turn. Secondary: Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Nin, the Pain Artist convert draws into direct damage, and Psychosis Crawler can also serve as a large attacker.
- Underworld Dreams - Draw punisher that deals 1 damage to opponents on every draw
- Spiteful Visions - Adds extra draws and deals damage to any player who draws, amplifying the engine
- Peer into the Abyss - Forces an opponent to draw half their library, triggering massive punisher damage
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse - Drains opponents 2 life per draw while gaining you life
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz - Doubles opponents' life loss during your turn for lethal wheels
- Consecrated Sphinx - Turns opponents' forced extra draws into card advantage for you
- Windfall - Mass-draw payoff that fires every draw punisher at once
- Psychosis Crawler - Drains each opponent when you draw and attacks as a large creature
- Notion Thief - Steals opponents' extra draws, denying them cards while fueling you
~$3565.25
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.
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Creatures (18)
Orcish Bowmasters
Creature — Orc Archer
$45.24
Flash
When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
$5.09
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target.
Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.
Nin, the Pain Artist
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Wizard
$0.47
{X}{U}{R}, {T}: Nin deals X damage to target creature. That creature's controller draws X cards.
Consecrated Sphinx
Creature — Sphinx
$26.24
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.
Notion Thief
Creature — Human Rogue
$1.49
Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.
Faerie Mastermind
Creature — Faerie Rogue
$11.68
Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
{3}{U}: Each player draws a card.
Stormfist Crusader
Creature — Human Knight
$0.38
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.
Scrawling Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
$3.48
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.
Fate Unraveler
Enchantment Creature — Hag
$2.83
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.
Kederekt Parasite
Creature — Horror
$8.29
Whenever an opponent draws a card, if you control a red permanent, you may have this creature deal 1 damage to that player.
Razorkin Needlehead
Creature — Human Assassin
$5.34
This creature has first strike during your turn.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this creature deals 1 damage to them.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
$80.88
Deathtouch
Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.
Psychosis Crawler
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
$0.66
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
Creature — Vampire Demon
$34.32
Flying
If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Nightscape Familiar
Creature — Zombie
$0.42
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.
Dauthi Voidwalker
Creature — Dauthi Rogue
$3.79
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Master of the Feast
Enchantment Creature — Demon
$4.83
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card.
Hullbreaker Horror
Creature — Kraken Horror
$5.97
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Instants (21)
Mana Drain
Instant
$50.93
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
Arcane Denial
Instant
$1.89
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.28
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Baleful Mastery
Instant
$2
You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card.
Exile target creature or planeswalker.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.12
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Fierce Guardianship
Instant
$57.13
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Swan Song
Instant
$10.26
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Deadly Rollick
Instant
$26.81
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Force of Will
Instant
$26.56
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Wheel and Deal
Instant
$16.11
Any number of target opponents each discard their hands, then draw seven cards.
Draw a card.
Vampiric Tutor
Instant
$50.15
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Mystical Tutor
Instant
$14.99
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Brainstorm
Instant
$0.62
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Frantic Search
Instant
$0.76
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Force of Negation
Instant
$45.37
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Flusterstorm
Instant
$5.27
Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.25
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorceries (4)
Windfall
Sorcery
$4.91
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Skyscribing
Sorcery
$0.55
Each player draws X cards.
Forecast — {2}{U}, Reveal this card from your hand: Each player draws a card. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)
Peer into the Abyss
Sorcery
$3.64
Target player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.
Artifacts (15)
Mana Vault
Artifact
$91.66
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
Lotus Petal
Artifact
$34.85
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
Chrome Mox
Artifact
$51.19
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.
{T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.
Mox Diamond
Artifact
$1108.66
If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Mox Opal
Legendary Artifact
$237.16
Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Arcane Signet
Artifact
$0.39
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Talisman of Dominance
Artifact
$0.48
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Talisman of Creativity
Artifact
$0.54
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Talisman of Indulgence
Artifact
$0.56
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Teferi's Puzzle Box
Artifact
$15.96
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player puts the cards in their hand on the bottom of their library in any order, then draws that many cards.
Iron Maiden
Artifact
$12.58
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.
Enchantments (3)
Underworld Dreams
Enchantment
$2.31
Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.
Spiteful Visions
Enchantment
$0.72
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Whenever a player draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.
Curiosity
Enchantment — Aura
$0.68
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Lands (38)
Command Tower
Land
$0.26
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
City of Brass
Land
$9.17
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Steam Vents
Land — Island Mountain
$9.95
({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Watery Grave
Land — Island Swamp
$9.44
({T}: Add {U} or {B}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Blood Crypt
Land — Swamp Mountain
$9.43
({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Polluted Delta
Land
$20.54
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Bloodstained Mire
Land
$14.54
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Scalding Tarn
Land
$37.84
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Flooded Strand
Land
$12.78
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Arid Mesa
Land
$30.43
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Marsh Flats
Land
$32.18
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Misty Rainforest
Land
$35.97
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Verdant Catacombs
Land
$29.24
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Dragonskull Summit
Land
$0.45
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
Drowned Catacomb
Land
$0.39
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Sulfur Falls
Land
$0.26
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.
Darkslick Shores
Land
$1.69
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {U} or {B}.
Blackcleave Cliffs
Land
$2.08
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
Spirebluff Canal
Land
$4.62
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {U} or {R}.
Gemstone Mine
Land
$1.94
This land enters with three mining counters on it.
{T}, Remove a mining counter from this land: Add one mana of any color. If there are no mining counters on this land, sacrifice it.
Fiery Islet
Land
$4.28
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U} or {R}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Cascade Bluffs
Land
$0.33
{T}: Add {C}.
{U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.
Tarnished Citadel
Land
$3.49
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. This land deals 3 damage to you.
Exotic Orchard
Land
$0.19
{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Basic lands: 3 Swamp 2 Island 3 Mountain
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