Art by Andrey Kuzinskiy
Saved commander deck
Captain N'ghathrod
Mill your opponents using evasive Horrors and dedicated mill effects, then steal their best milled creatures and artifacts directly from their graveyards with Captain N'ghathrod and reanimation spells.
Prompt: Captain N'ghathrod
Commander
1 cards
Captain N'ghathrod
{3}{U}{B}Legendary Creature — Horror Pirate
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Thought Vessel
{2}Artifact
Provides mana acceleration and eliminates hand size limit
Herald's Horn
{3}Artifact
Reduces cost for Horror spells and filters top of library
Card Draw
9 cards
Kindred Discovery
{3}{U}{U}Enchantment
Generates massive card draw whenever Horrors enter or attack
Distant Melody
{3}{U}Sorcery
Refills hand based on the number of Horrors on board
Syphon Mind
{3}{B}Sorcery
Draws three cards while forcing each opponent to discard
Fact or Fiction
{3}{U}Instant
Instant-speed card advantage that puts cards into graveyard
Pull from Tomorrow
{X}{U}{U}Instant
Scalable instant-speed card draw dump for extra mana
Memory Deluge
{2}{U}{U}Instant
Digs deep for answers at instant speed with flashback
Removal
10 cards
Cyclonic Rift
{1}{U}Instant
Premier blue board wipe to clear opposing battlefields
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Crucial black removal capable of destroying enchantments
Drown in the Loch
{U}{B}Instant
Flexible counterspell or removal scaled by opponent mill
Damnation
{2}{B}{B}Sorcery
Standard black board wipe to reset non-Horror battlefields
Negate
{1}{U}Instant
Reliable counter for board wipes and powerful noncreature spells
Threats/Wincons
25 cards
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Horror
Forces mill when players cast spells and makes 1/1 Horror tokens
Consuming Aberration
{3}{U}{B}Creature — Horror
Massive creature that mills opponents every time you cast a spell
Nemesis of Reason
{3}{U}{B}Creature — Leviathan Horror
Mills ten cards from defending player whenever it attacks
Mind Flayer
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Horror
Horror that steals an opponent's creature when it enters
Sludge Monster
{3}{U}{U}Creature — Horror
Horror that neutralizes opposing creatures with slime counters
Toxrill, the Corrosive
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Slug Horror
Devastating Horror that shrinks and destroys opposing creatures
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Flash Horror that bounces opposing spells and permanents
Brainstealer Dragon
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Dragon Horror
Horror that exiles cards from opponents and damages them when played
Arvinox, the Mind Flail
{4}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Enchantment Creature — Horror
Horror that exiles opponent permanents and steals them
Uchuulon
{3}{B}Creature — Crab Ooze Horror
Horror that duplicates itself using creatures in graveyards
Guiltfeeder
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Horror
Evasive Horror that deals damage equal to cards in target defender's graveyard
Umbris, Fear Manifest
{3}{U}{B}Legendary Creature — Nightmare Horror
Grows rapidly whenever Horrors or Nightmares enter the battlefield
Sewer Nemesis
{3}{B}Creature — Horror
Horror whose power grows with chosen opponent's graveyard size
Overcharged Amalgam
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Zombie Horror
Flash Horror that exploits a creature to counter any spell or ability
Phyrexian Ingester
{6}{U}Creature — Phyrexian Beast
Horror that exiles a target creature and gains its power and toughness
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows with card draw and leaves behind a army of 1/1 Squid Horrors
Forgotten Creation
{3}{U}Creature — Zombie Horror
Horror that provides optional hand filtering on upkeep
Spellskite
{2}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Horror that redirects removal away from Captain N'ghathrod
Wharf Infiltrator
{1}{U}Creature — Human Horror
Cheap evasive Horror that creates Horror tokens when discarding
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
{1}{U}Creature — Horror // Creature — Kraken Horror
Defensive Horror that transforms into a board-bouncing threat
Hunted Horror
{B}{B}Creature — Horror
Huge 7/7 creature for two mana to apply fast combat pressure
Phyrexian Revoker
{2}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Cheap Horror that shuts down activated abilities of nonland permanents
Ravenous Rotbelly
{4}{B}Creature — Zombie Horror
Zombie Horror that forces opponents to sacrifice multiple creatures
Grell Philosopher
{2}{U}Creature — Horror Wizard
Horror that copies nonland activated abilities of opponent artifacts
Flesh Duplicate
{U}{U}Creature — Shapeshifter Rebel
Copies the best creature on the battlefield as a Shapeshifter Horror
Utility
8 cards
Mindcrank
{2}Artifact
Triggers mill whenever opponents lose life, comboing with combat damage
Maddening Cacophony
{1}{U}Sorcery
Mills eight cards or kickers to mill half of each opponent's library
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Cheap reanimation spell to grab high-value milled targets
Reanimate
{B}Sorcery
One-mana staple to put any creature from any graveyard into play
Rise of the Dark Realms
{7}{B}{B}Sorcery
Massive win condition pulling all creatures from all graveyards
Court of Cunning
{1}{U}{U}Enchantment
Enchantment that introduces Monarch and repeatedly mills opponents
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Protects Captain N'ghathrod with shroud and grants haste
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Gives hexproof and haste to commander or key Horrors
