"Better Necropotence"

Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis)

HerbieHero

Lands - Fixing (23)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Wandering Fumarole
• 1x Watery Grave

Board Wipes (6)

• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Extinguish All Hope
• 1x Life's Finale

Spot Removal (6)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Scour from Existence

Self-Defense (15)

• 1x Angrath's Rampage
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Out of Bounds
• 1x Overwhelming Denial
• 1x Silumgar's Command
• 1x Suffocating Blast
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x Turn Aside

Draw Punishers (9)

• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Iron Maiden
• 1x Phyrexian Tyranny
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Spiteful Visions
• 1x Stormfist Crusader
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Viseling

Lands - Utility (6)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of the False God

Odds and Ends (4)

• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Psychosis Crawler

Commander (1)

Forced Draw (10)

• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Fascination
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Prosperity
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Time Reversal

Mana Rocks (7)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Lands - Basic (9)

• 3x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 3x Swamp

Tutors (4)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier

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When I decided I wanted to build a Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck, I wanted to build around Nekusar himself, which in this case basically meant adding redundancy to his abilities. With that in mind, I set out to find more ways to force everyone to draw more cards and more ways to punish everybody else for it.

The card draw part is fairly straightforward, as Howling Mine and similar effects are plentiful. One that I particularly like here is Teferi's Puzzle Box; not only does it make for a chaotic game state, but it also causes a ton of extra draws while also minimizing the card advantage I give up. What's even more fun is when I'm not the only person running it.

The actual draw-hate cards are a mix of direct and indirect. On the "direct" end there's Underworld Dreams, Spiteful Visions, and Fate Unraveler. There are also cards that cause hate whenever I draw a card, like Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and Psychosis Crawler. Some cards go by number of cards in hand instead, like Viseling and Price of Knowledge. And Kaervek the Merciless doesn't hurt players for drawing cards, but instead for having the audacity to try to use them.

The rest is basically just different ways to protect myself. Propaganda effects (including the oft-forgotten Koskun Falls) prevent my opponents from attacking me. Cheap deathtouchers like Baleful Strix and Tidehollow Strix protect me in case one or two creatures manage to get through; I also have Fog Bank and Guard Gomazoa to basically blank an attacker that gets through. There are a few board wipes, since I'm not overly reliant on creatures, meaning I don't have much to lose there. (Note to self: Perhaps No Mercy should go here?)

I'm running three colors and my color requirements are rather tight, so I don't have room for a ton of utility lands. Reliquary Tower is a definite must here because of all the drawing that goes on. Dust Bowl is an emergency answer to any problematic lands that may show up. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth is very nearly strictly better than a basic Swamp for guaranteeing I get black mana. I also have a couple creature lands (Creeping Tar Pit and Lavaclaw Reaches) just to apply a little extra pressure after a board wipe, or to block in a pinch.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 61 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.72