MINDRAZER

Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters Discard UBR (Grixis) Wheels

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Land (35)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (19)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Bone Miser
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Fell Specter
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kederekt Parasite
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Master of the Feast
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 1x The Locust God

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Echo of Eons
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Peer into the Abyss
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Helm of the Ghastlord
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Spiteful Visions
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Waste Not

Commander (1)

Artifact (13)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (12)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Ionize
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Wheel and Deal

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Creature (20)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Cephalid Broker
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Gadwick, the Wizened
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 1x Magus of the Jar
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1x Stormfist Crusader
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior

Instant (13)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Deadly Rollick *f-etch*
• 1x Desperate Ravings
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vision Skeins

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Land (2)

• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Maestros Theater

Artifact (2)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Lightning Greaves

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Languish
• 1x Mind Rake
• 1x Mind Shatter
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Winds of Change

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Dictate of the Twin Gods
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Phyresis
• 1x Raiders' Wake

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Nekusar, the Mindrazer rebuild, with a focus on better wheels. Not optimal, as kept some fun pet cards like The Locust God, but added some new brutal packages like Tergrid, God of Fright   and Sire Of Insanity, or Helm of the Ghastlord. Also more of a focus on flashback cards and Lier, Disciple of the Drowned to take advantage of the wheeled cards. Still a fairly budget landbase, but adding some rituals for faster Nekusars. Adding Peer into the Abyss as a combo kill with any of our draw-pingers (Nekusar, Fate Unraveler, etc) and an Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal package to kill the table with Prosperity. Not adding tutors for the combo as don't want it to feel too much like a CEDH deck. Using Laboratory Maniac to survive prosperity (if we're decking and not pinging), but no Thassa's Oracle for the same reason.

One of the best/most brutal openers is something like:

• Turn 1: Island + Sol Ring + Arcane Signet + Kederekt Parasite

• Turn 2: Swamp + tap out for a turn 2 Nekusar, the Mindrazer - then you are dealing 4 to your opponents each turn cycle

• Turn 3: Mountain + tap Swamp for Dark Ritual, play Tergrid, God of Fright   using ritual mana and Sol Ring, then cast Windfall or Dark Deal to double ping your opponents and steal whatever is in their hands

This is probably the fastest and most CEDH-like the deck can look, but generally it plays out a much slower control-esque gameplan, disrupting your opponents' hands and holding up interaction until you can stick a Nekusar, the Mindrazer and set up your wheels with your discard and draw payoffs. Don't be scared to use your draw spells without the optimal payoffs on board, as sometimes you will need to dig for an answer. Just be wary that Nekusar will be the target of lots of removal, so while getting him out early is tempting to start the pings, you might need to hold up counterspells if your pod is heavy on interaction.

Favourite synergies:

• Doubling up your best wheels with Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

• Helm of the Ghastlord + Nekusar, the Mindrazer to accelerate your draws

• Dream Fracture and Arcane Denial are brutal counterspells in this deck; opponents may even choose not to draw off Arcane Denial if it's too punishing, making it a better Negate

Combos:

• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Peer into the Abyss (or Fate Unraveler + Peer into the Abyss , etc). Kills ONE OPPONENT

• Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter for infinite mana, to dump into Prosperity to kill the table with pings from Spiteful Visions etc, or deck your opponents/yourself with Laboratory Maniac on the board. This is an infinite combo, but we don't run tutors and it requires two other cards for a payoff

• Sire Of Insanity + Tergrid, God of Fright or any other wheel to fill your board with your opponent's permanents

Not a combo specifically, but Lier, Disciple of the Drowned is one of the best new synergies to recur cards you felt bad about dumping in your graveyard. Using Windfall to disrupt your opponents is great, but throwing away your own Fierce Guardianship or other protection and combo pieces feels awful.

Potential Updates - Feedback Wanted

In original build, lots of spells were flexible in their targets (e.g. Compulsive Research, Mind Rake, etc). Considering re-adding Compulsive Research for flexibility, and Blue Sun's Zenith, Damnable Pact etc as infinite mana payoffs, but for now they've been replaced.

Want to find space for another discard payoff (such as Fell Specter) but unsure what to cut. Potentially could do with another wheel also, but currently have 8 between the instants, sorceries, and creatures, and finding one isn't too hard. Usually two wheels is enough to burst down the table with Nekusar and a discard payoff on board, and we can now re-use them with Lier as well.

Swapping out some removal could work, e.g. Bedevil, but I want the deck to be highly interactive. Also unsure how good Kederekt Parasite is, as not sure if have enough red permanents to make it pay off consistently.

Removed the old Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp + The Locust God combo as it wasn't consistent enough (better with Locust God in command zone and more token producers). Still keeping Chasm Skulker, with a mind to maybe re-add Impact Tremors and add Purphoros, God of the Forge in future, alongside Nadir Kraken.

Considering adding Curiosity for Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, Parun combo to draw your deck or kill an opponent. Curiosity is a may trigger, so you can stop whenever; this combo is possible currently with Helm of the Ghastlord, but it can't be stopped so requires a Laboratory Maniac or winning with pings before you deck yourself.

Feedback welcome.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	10 months
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Helm of the Ghastlord + Nekusar, the Mindrazer Ashnod's Altar + Skullclamp + The Locust God Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, Parun Sire Of Insanity + Tergrid, God of Fright Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Peer into the Abyss Fate Unraveler + Peer into the Abyss
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.18
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Insect 1/1 UR, Zombie 2/2 B