Nekusar Wheel Nekusar Deal

Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis)

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Land (32)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Glacial Chasm
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Great Furnace
• 6x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Wandering Fumarole

Instant (11)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Wheel and Deal

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Personal Tutor
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Time Reversal
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Helm of the Ghastlord
• 1x Hive Mind
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Liliana's Caress
• 1x Megrim
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Overburden
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sigil of Sleep
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Underworld Dreams
• 1x Waste Not

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Geth's Grimoire
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Creature (9)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Kederekt Parasite
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Sire Of Insanity

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Increasing Vengeance

Artifact (1)

• 1x Otherworld Atlas

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A fairly typical Nekusar build. I started this deck off fairly budget minded, but I quickly grew to love it and have slowly acquired some more pricey staples for the deck. It's worth noting however that with the exception of the tutors you can easily run this deck fairly budget, much of the expensive cards are lands or a few "nice" cards but nothing that really makes the deck "win" is expensive.

The deck includes the common combos of:- Mind Over Matter + Temple Bell = Infinite Draw

• Mind Over Matter + Otherworld Atlas = Infinite Draw

• Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind = Infinite Draw + Burn

• Helm of the Ghastlord + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind = Infinite Draw + Burn

• Helm of the Ghastlord + Nekusar, the Mindrazer = Opponents draw and immediately discard + you draw

• Curiosity + Nekusar, the Mindrazer = Opponents draw you draw

Leyline of Anticipation and Vedalken Orrery allow chaining of wheels and casting spells in between resolving wheels - super convenient. Also you can cast wheels after opponents draw their card for turn, flash in Nekusar just before you turn starts, or do many other abusive things.

The deck runs a number of wipes to stay protected, because it has very few creatures. Tainted AEther and Overburden are also great for keeping aggro at bay. Glacial Chasam is an absolute all star at keeping you alive I have won many games just because of that card.

Recoup is a nice little sleeper card. It can act as an extra wheel, or save you late game by allowing you to flashback a board wipe or similar. Its also super useful to prevent self decking. If you end up discarding Time Reversal or Time Spiral then you can reshuffle using Recoup it also has built in flashback so you can discard it without worries. Its essentially a poor man's Past in Flames

Playing the deck is a little tricky at times, but the general gist is to play out mana rocks early, then get some damage dealers on board, and start casting wheels. Don't get too attached to your hand, and be ready to seize opportunities when they come!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WG
Key combos	Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Helm of the Ghastlord + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Mind Over Matter + Temple Bell Curiosity + Nekusar, the Mindrazer Helm of the Ghastlord + Nekusar, the Mindrazer Mind Over Matter + Otherworld Atlas
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Squid 1/1 U, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Budget Decks to Consider