Nin Superfriends Control

Commander / EDH

Thurokiir

Instant (26)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fire / Ice
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Remand
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stoic Rebuttal
• 1x Whir of Invention

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Amnesia
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Vandalblast

Land (32)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 13x Island
• 2x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wasteland

Creature (7)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Shackles
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Winter Orb

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Declaration of Naught
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Treachery

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A competitive Nin, The Pain Artist deck.

This is a deck that can do what other control decks cannot: compete at maximum power. After a lot of testing between JvP, Baral, Nezahal, Azami (Which is the best of the rest), Niv-Mizzet I have found that the best commander for control is our Queen of Pain: Nin the Pain Artist.

Mulligans:

AGGRESSIVELY MULLIGAN FOR MANA. We want to get our mana to a point where we can cast one spell on our turn and hold up counterspell mana for other turns. Sub five card starting hand is where I normally draw the line but the deck is so damn explosive that even a two card hand has the potential of giving you some disgusting plays.

General lines of play:

We're a big artifact deck, Strip Mine / Crucible lock is a fantastic way to cripple your opponent who runs a + three color mana base or a way to consolidate an early win if we draw a very fast hand.

Tezzeret fetching Winter Orb. Ends the match right then and there if you hit the right timing.

The second method of using Winter Orb is using it in conjunction with Rewind and Treachery creating an asymmetrical board state where you are always coming out ahead on resources.

Declaration of Naught naming their wincon, commander, critical tutor spell (Doomsday, Ad Nauseum et. al.). Jeleva, Kess, Brago, Oloro, Narset, Flash Hulk and Food Chain decks all crumple to a well named / timed Declaration. Declaration of Naught is a "cute" card but it's mana rate, it's difficulty of interaction and most importantly - how incredibly predictable most cEDH decks are make this a card that is just too hard to deal with.

Using Vedalken Shackles in a similar way as Declaration of Naught. Make it so that your opponents decline to cast their commanders otherwise you steal them, shoot them for a zillion and look at the illustration of what tempo and card advantage can do to a game.

Finally the namesake of the deck get planeswalkers out, protect them, let them ultimate, acquire the win.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.49
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Dack Fayden