The Morgul Lord: Chief of the Nine

Commander / EDH Clone Control Deathtouch Jank Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir) Unblockable Wraith

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Creature (14)

• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Nazgul
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Wonder

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Deserted Temple
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 3x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rivendell
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 4x Swamp
• 1x The Black Gate
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (13)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Chimil, the Inner Sun
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x The One Ring
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Whip of Erebos
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (22)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Brainsurge
• 1x Consider
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Opt
• 1x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Snap
• 1x Unwind
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Birthday Escape
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Echoing Return
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Lorien Revealed
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Raise the Palisade
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unearth

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Displacer Kitten

Land (1)

• 1x Wasteland

Artifact (1)

• 1x Isochron Scepter

Instant (6)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Reset
• 1x Songs of the Damned
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Telling Time

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Talion, the Kindly Lord

Artifact (1)

• 1x Ghost Lantern

Instant (4)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Strix Serenade

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Enter the Enigma

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Background for the Deck

I've played MTG since Zendikar. I got my undergrad at a school that was literally called "Rivendell Sanctuary". Fast forward to 2023. This happens. Nuff said.

A Breakdown of the Deck

This deck is so much fun... Objective? Get wraiths, play wraiths, pump wraiths, give way too much evasion to wraiths, swampwalk, shadow, fear, flying, unblockable, trample, and if there's anything else in black and blue... then that too, hit people with wraiths, lose friends, rinse repeat.

If Nazgul start to die, there's recursion to bring them back in different ways. Entomb to either pitch Wonder or Filth into the graveyard and get flying or swampwalk online quick. Another route is Final Parting to grab card:Urborg, Tomb of Yogmoth and Filth pitching filth to the yard and urborg to the field, giving you unblockable as long as your grave and your lands stay where they are.

Lifegain has been something I'm strongly considering adding right now. Moving things around and dropping other pieces that seemed unnecessary, but still trying to keep the strong theme of Wraiths at the center and not turn into another Thoricle/Consultation dimir deck you see all the time. I refuse. High power is fine, but I'm not gonna go crazy. I like playing at a certain level and I love the theme. Lord of the Rings is very near to my heart, and the Nazgul, Unseen Realm, etc. All of it fascinates me. So I'll play it even if it's not "the best" it could be to keep the theme undiminished.

Let me know your thoughts. Love to hear anything LOTR themed, or adjacent you think would also make it better. Thank you.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	15 hours
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 1 Mythic Rares 37 - 2 Rares 22 - 5 Uncommons 18 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.48
Tokens	The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Wraith 3/3 B
Folders	Kick Ass Decks, Nazgul 02, not mine, Commander Decks, Decks to Play, Cool EDH, EDH Deck Ideas, Untested, Lord of the Things, Cool LOTR decks