Nin's torture chamber (with Nin's journal)

Commander / EDH* Burn Combo Control Theme/Gimmick UR (Izzet)

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Artifact (23)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Gorgon Flail
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Icy Manipulator
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Neko-Te
• 1x Portcullis
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Ring of Gix
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Winter Orb

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 16x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sulfur Falls

Creature (21)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Coalhauler Swine
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dominus of Fealty
• 1x Fatespinner
• 1x Izzet Chronarch
• 1x Izzet Staticaster
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kumano, Master Yamabushi
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Mogg Maniac
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Willbreaker

Instant (10)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Void Shatter

Commander (1)

Enchantment (17)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Charisma
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Leyline of Punishment
• 1x Mana Maze
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Power Artifact
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Repercussion
• 1x Rising Waters
• 1x Soul Barrier
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x War Tax

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Fabricate

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (17)

• 1x AEther Sting
• 1x Backfire
• 1x Barbed Field
• 1x Brand of Ill Omen
• 1x Bulwark
• 1x Circle of Flame
• 1x Curse of the Pierced Heart
• 1x Domestication
• 1x False Demise
• 1x Frozen Solid
• 1x Planeswalker's Fury
• 1x Quicksilver Dagger
• 1x Seismic Assault
• 1x Standstill
• 1x Take Possession
• 1x Threads of Disloyalty
• 1x Volition Reins

Instant (4)

• 1x Chemister's Trick
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Ray of Command
• 1x Silhouette

Creature (3)

• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
• 1x Roil Elemental

Artifact (4)

• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x General's Kabuto
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Weakstone

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Alpha Brawl
• 1x Spiraling Embers

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Nin will torture you for a long time till you die. Don't bother her, or you will suffer more.

This should be a control based deck.

This is a list of the cards in the deck and what they were intended for (some cards can be in more then 1 category):

The mana boosters for the big spells and a lot of card draw or damage with Nin:

Basalt Monolith, Grim Monolith

Coalition Relic, Darksteel Ingot, Everflowing Chalice, Gilded Lotus, Sol Ring, Thran Dynamo

Total: 8

The deathtouch equipments for Nin to kill creatures:

Basilisk Collar, Gorgon Flail, Quietus Spike

Total: 3

Other equipments useful with Nin:

Neko-Te : Taps away for a long time.

Darksteel Plate: Self-trageting for card draw (can be combined other creatures for good effects - listed later)

Total: 2

Equipments to protect Nin:

Champion's Helm: Gives hexproof but can only protect legendary creatures.

Darksteel Plate: protection from destroyers

Mask of Avacyn : Makes equiped creature stronger but the hexproof costs mana.

Swiftfoot Boots: hexproof + haste

Lightning Greaves: shroud + haste

Neurok Stealthsuit: shroud + instant equip

Total: 6

Protection from other players:

Portcullis: stops creatures from entering the battlefield and I can take control of those left on the board with my control spells. This way I have less on the board to deal with.

Crawlspace: Less things to deal with.

Silent Arbiter: Better crawlspace.

Cyclonic Rift: Buy time.

Devastation Tide: Back to normal.

Maze of Ith: Keeps things away from me.

Mystifying Maze: Keeps things away from me.

War Tax : Safety for mana

Dissipation Field: Punishes players that attack me.

Propaganda: Keeps things off me.

Collective Restraint : Second Propaganda.

Arcane Laboratory: Less spells --> less to deal with

Fatespinner : Slows opponents down and focuses their kill spells on her and not on the other creatures under my control.

Total: 15

Damage dealer:

Viseling : living Black Vise

Iron Maiden: Another Black Vise

Skullcage : Similar to Black Vise but functions for low-card hands too.

Soul Barrier : unnerving pinger

Kumano, Master Yamabushi : direct damage to creatures, or players + killed creatures are removed

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind: constant direct damage

Psychosis Crawler: Constant damage.

Total: 14

Card drawers:

Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius : Big card draw + direct damage

Nivix Guildmage: Card skipper + spell copy

Total: 2

Combos:

Nin, the Pain Artist + Mogg Maniac / Coalhauler Swine (+ Darksteel Plate)

Nin, the Pain Artist + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind (+ Darksteel Plate)

Nin, the Pain Artist + Psychosis Crawler (+Darksteel Plate)

Nin, the Pain Artist + Stuffy Doll

Nin, the Pain Artist + Runeflare Trap / Gaze of Adamaro / Sudden Impact

Nin, the Pain Artist + Repercussion

Nin, the Pain Artist + Charisma

Braid of Fire + Nin, the Pain Artist / any creature with activated abilities that cost mana

Power Artifact + Grim Monolith / Basalt Monolith + Nin, the Pain Artist

Willbreaker + Nin, the Pain Artist

Total: 10

Date added	11 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	108
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Ogre 3/3 R
Folders	Ideas, new Commander ideas