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Nekusar, the Mindrazer - Decklist

Creatures 22$14.23

  1. Consuming Aberration1Consuming Aberration$0.22
  2. Dragon Mage1Dragon Mage$0.18
  3. Emrakul's Messenger1Emrakul's Messenger$0.27
  4. Fell Specter1Fell Specter$0.35
  5. Fog Bank1Fog Bank$0.18
  6. Gixian Puppeteer1Gixian Puppeteer$1.31
  7. Guard Gomazoa1Guard Gomazoa$0.26
  8. Homunculus Horde1Homunculus Horde$0.99
  9. Irencrag Pyromancer1Irencrag Pyromancer$0.35
  10. Krang, the All-Powerful1Krang, the All-Powerful$0.36
  11. Magus of the Wheel1Magus of the Wheel$1.12

Creatures continued

  1. Nightscape Familiar1Nightscape Familiar$0.40
  2. Nin, the Pain Artist1Nin, the Pain Artist$0.47
  3. Psychosis Crawler1Psychosis Crawler$0.67
  4. Red Death, Shipwrecker1Red Death, Shipwrecker$0.33
  5. Sangromancer1Sangromancer$0.75
  6. Seizan, Perverter of Truth1Seizan, Perverter of Truth$1.87
  7. Stormfist Crusader1Stormfist Crusader$0.38
  8. Syr Konrad, the Grim1Syr Konrad, the Grim$1.00
  9. Tor Wauki the Younger1Tor Wauki the Younger$1.08
  10. Viseling1Viseling$0.36
  11. Whirlpool Warrior1Whirlpool Warrior$1.33

Planeswalkers 3$2.37

  1. Ashiok, Dream Render1Ashiok, Dream Render$1.26
  2. Jace Beleren1Jace Beleren$0.63
  3. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted1Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted$0.48

Instants 9$4.33

  1. Aetherize1Aetherize$0.28
  2. Arcane Denial1Arcane Denial$1.85
  3. Commit // Memory1Commit // Memory$0.32
  4. Dark Ritual1Dark Ritual$0.44
  5. Dream Fracture1Dream Fracture$0.17
  6. Evacuation1Evacuation$0.26
  7. Long River's Pull1Long River's Pull$0.30
  8. Negate1Negate$0.17
  9. Vision Skeins1Vision Skeins$0.54

Sorceries 6$6.42

  1. Collective Defiance1Collective Defiance$0.20
  2. Deadly Tempest1Deadly Tempest$0.48
  3. Diabolic Tutor1Diabolic Tutor$1.15
  4. Incendiary Command1Incendiary Command$1.23
  5. Prosperity1Prosperity$1.64
  6. Vandalblast1Vandalblast$1.72

Artifacts 9$5.02

  1. Black Vise1Black Vise$0.44
  2. Chromatic Lantern1Chromatic Lantern$0.43
  3. Dimir Signet1Dimir Signet$0.28
  4. Elixir of Immortality1Elixir of Immortality$0.43
  5. Izzet Signet1Izzet Signet$0.24
  6. Obelisk of Grixis1Obelisk of Grixis$0.16
  7. Rakdos Signet1Rakdos Signet$0.41
  8. Sol Ring1Sol Ring$1.09
  9. Swiftfoot Boots1Swiftfoot Boots$1.54

Enchantments 12$11.99

  1. Dictate of Kruphix1Dictate of Kruphix$0.37
  2. Fevered Visions1Fevered Visions$1.15
  3. Leyline of the Void1Leyline of the Void$0.36
  4. Mechanized Warfare1Mechanized Warfare$0.56
  5. Megrim1Megrim$1.01
  6. Painful Quandary1Painful Quandary$1.52
  7. Phyrexian Tyranny1Phyrexian Tyranny$1.50
  8. Propaganda1Propaganda$1.90
  9. Raiders' Wake1Raiders' Wake$0.49
  10. Spiteful Visions1Spiteful Visions$0.63
  11. The Rollercrusher Ride1The Rollercrusher Ride$0.63
  12. Underworld Dreams1Underworld Dreams$1.87

Lands 38 / 38$16.07

  1. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  2. Cascade Bluffs1Cascade Bluffs$0.34
  3. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  4. Crumbling Necropolis1Crumbling Necropolis$0.33
  5. Dimir Aqueduct1Dimir Aqueduct$0.25
  6. Dragonskull Summit1Dragonskull Summit$0.45
  7. Drowned Catacomb1Drowned Catacomb$0.42
  8. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  9. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  10. Geier Reach Sanitarium1Geier Reach Sanitarium$0.79
  11. Graven Cairns1Graven Cairns$1.55
  12. Haunted Ridge1Haunted Ridge$1.25

Lands continued

  1. Island×22Island$0.14
  2. Izzet Boilerworks1Izzet Boilerworks$0.26
  3. Mountain×22Mountain$0.16
  4. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  5. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  6. Rakdos Carnarium1Rakdos Carnarium$0.30
  7. Seething Landscape1Seething Landscape$0.23
  8. Shipwreck Marsh1Shipwreck Marsh$1.42
  9. Shivan Reef1Shivan Reef$0.22
  10. Smoldering Marsh1Smoldering Marsh$0.25
  11. Snow-Covered Island×22Snow-Covered Island$2.12
  12. Snow-Covered Mountain1Snow-Covered Mountain$0.50

Lands continued

  1. Snow-Covered Swamp1Snow-Covered Swamp$0.59
  2. Sulfur Falls1Sulfur Falls$0.18
  3. Sulfurous Springs1Sulfurous Springs$0.46
  4. Sunken Hollow1Sunken Hollow$0.28
  5. Swamp1Swamp$0.10
  6. Temple of Deceit1Temple of Deceit$0.19
  7. Temple of Epiphany1Temple of Epiphany$0.16
  8. Temple of Malice1Temple of Malice$0.20
  9. Temple of the False God1Temple of the False God$0.19
  10. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  11. Underground River1Underground River$0.53

About this Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Nekusar, the Mindrazer, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $63.67 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Sol Ring, Underworld Dreams and Magus of the Wheel. The picks most particular to this commander are Spiteful Visions, Psychosis Crawler and Fevered Visions, which turn up here far more often than in other Grixis decks.

Its average mana value is 3.32. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Propaganda ($1.90), Seizan, Perverter of Truth ($1.87) and Underworld Dreams ($1.87); 33 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $39.66, and with no limit $623.33; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.32
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match51%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 6 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 14 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 18 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 10 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 11 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 1 card
  8. Mana value 7+: 2 cards

The curve and the average cover Nekusar, the Mindrazer and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1220+8
Targeted disruption1214+2
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3838+0
Plan3022-8

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 10 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Nekusar, the Mindrazer at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks usually play.

Format

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