Art by Andrey Kuzinskiy

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Captain N'ghathrod

Mill opponents heavily using budget Horror creatures and spell-based mill engines, then steal high-value creatures and artifacts directly from their graveyards using Captain N'ghathrod and reanimation spells.

100 cards$190.19 totalSep 16, 202623 views

Prompt: Captain N'ghathrod

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1 Captain N'ghathrod
1 Sol Ring
1 Arcane Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Mind Stone
1 Thought Vessel
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Windfall
1 Distant Melody
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Frantic Search
1 Read the Bones
1 Pull from Tomorrow
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Dig Through Time
1 Night's Whisper
1 Brainstorm
1 Counterspell
1 Infernal Grasp
1 Drown in the Loch
1 Feed the Swarm
1 Go for the Throat
1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Reality Shift
1 Crux of Fate
1 Aetherize
1 Resculpt
1 Mindcrank
1 Consuming Aberration
1 Zellix, Sanity Flayer
1 Nemesis of Reason
1 Uchuulon
1 Sludge Monster
1 Brainstealer Dragon
1 Hullbreaker Horror
1 Mind Flayer
1 Guiltfeeder
1 Aboleth Spawn
1 Chasm Skulker
1 Umbris, Fear Manifest
1 Sewer Nemesis
1 Ruin Crab
1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
1 Maddening Cacophony
1 Fractured Sanity
1 Court of Cunning
1 Endless Evil
1 Psionic Ritual
1 Memory Erosion
1 Drown in Dreams
1 Traumatize
1 Reflections of Littjara
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Victimize
1 Animate Dead
1 Reanimate
1 Whip of Erebos
1 Psychic Corrosion
24 Island
13 Swamp

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Some cards were dropped or normalized during validation because of legality, duplication, or color identity checks.

Commander

1 cards

Captain N'ghathrod

{3}{U}{B}

Legendary Creature — Horror Pirate

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

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Ramp

10 cards

Sol Ring

{1}

Artifact

essential fast mana staple

$1.24Buy on Mana Pool

Arcane Signet

{2}

Artifact

efficient two-mana mana fixer

$0.43Buy on Mana Pool

Dimir Signet

{2}

Artifact

color fixing artifact for Dimir

$0.86Buy on Mana Pool

Talisman of Dominance

{2}

Artifact

untapped two-mana color fixer

$0.97Buy on Mana Pool

Mind Stone

{2}

Artifact

ramp that can cycle into card draw later

$0.28Buy on Mana Pool

Thought Vessel

{2}

Artifact

mana ramp with hand size utility

$2.27Buy on Mana Pool

Fellwar Stone

{2}

Artifact

cheap two-mana artifact ramp

$0.83Buy on Mana Pool

Wayfarer's Bauble

{1}

Artifact

land ramp artifact for non-green decks

$0.30Buy on Mana Pool

Everflowing Chalice

{0}

Artifact

flexible scaling artifact ramp

$0.25Buy on Mana Pool

Prismatic Lens

{2}

Artifact

budget two-mana ramp artifact

$0.27Buy on Mana Pool

Card Draw

10 cards

Windfall

{2}{U}

Sorcery

refills hand while filling opponent graveyards

$4.99Buy on Mana Pool

Distant Melody

{3}{U}

Sorcery

huge card draw naming Horrors

$0.35Buy on Mana Pool

Fact or Fiction

{3}{U}

Instant

instant speed impulse draw and graveyard setup

$0.19Buy on Mana Pool

Frantic Search

{2}{U}

Instant

looting spell that filters cards for free

$0.74Buy on Mana Pool

Read the Bones

{2}{B}

Sorcery

scry two and draw two

$0.20Buy on Mana Pool

Pull from Tomorrow

{X}{U}{U}

Instant

scalable instant-speed card draw

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Treasure Cruise

{7}{U}

Sorcery

cheap card draw using delve from graveyard setup

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Dig Through Time

{6}{U}{U}

Instant

instant-speed deep selection with delve

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Night's Whisper

{1}{B}

Sorcery

efficient two-mana card draw

$0.31Buy on Mana Pool

Brainstorm

{U}

Instant

cheap deck manipulation

$1.38Buy on Mana Pool

Removal

10 cards

Counterspell

{U}{U}

Instant

classic unconditional counter

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Infernal Grasp

{1}{B}

Instant

cheap unconditional creature removal

$0.29Buy on Mana Pool

Drown in the Loch

{U}{B}

Instant

versatile removal/counter powered by opponent graveyards

$1.10Buy on Mana Pool

Feed the Swarm

{1}{B}

Sorcery

necessary enchantment removal in black

$0.22Buy on Mana Pool

Go for the Throat

{1}{B}

Instant

cheap creature removal spell

$0.40Buy on Mana Pool

An Offer You Can't Refuse

{U}

Instant

cheap noncreature counterspell

$3.09Buy on Mana Pool

Reality Shift

{1}{U}

Instant

efficient blue exile removal

$0.24Buy on Mana Pool

Crux of Fate

{3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

budget board wipe that can spare key creatures

$0.37Buy on Mana Pool

Aetherize

{3}{U}

Instant

defensive blow-out against aggressive boards

$0.33Buy on Mana Pool

Resculpt

{1}{U}

Instant

instant exile for artifact or creature

$0.25Buy on Mana Pool

Threats/Wincons

25 cards

Mindcrank

{2}

Artifact

turns opponent life loss into massive mill

$10.20Buy on Mana Pool

Consuming Aberration

{3}{U}{B}

Creature — Horror

grows massive and mills on every spell cast

$0.22Buy on Mana Pool

Zellix, Sanity Flayer

{2}{U}

Legendary Creature — Horror

mills and creates Horror tokens when creatures hit graveyards

$28.49Buy on Mana Pool

Nemesis of Reason

{3}{U}{B}

Creature — Leviathan Horror

Horror that mills ten cards on attack

$3.29Buy on Mana Pool

Uchuulon

{3}{B}

Creature — Crab Ooze Horror

Horror that multiplies by exiling creatures from graveyards

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Sludge Monster

{3}{U}{U}

Creature — Horror

Horror that turns enemy threats into 2/2 vanilla creatures

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Brainstealer Dragon

{5}{B}{B}

Creature — Dragon Horror

exiles opponent cards and punishes playing them

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Hullbreaker Horror

{5}{U}{U}

Creature — Kraken Horror

massive control Horror threat

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Mind Flayer

{3}{U}{U}

Creature — Horror

Horror that steals an opponent creature on entrance

$0.36Buy on Mana Pool

Guiltfeeder

{3}{B}{B}

Creature — Horror

punishes opponents heavily based on graveyard size

$1.39Buy on Mana Pool

Aboleth Spawn

{2}{U}

Creature — Fish Horror

Horror that copies opponent enter-the-battlefield abilities

$7.04Buy on Mana Pool

Chasm Skulker

{2}{U}

Creature — Squid Horror

Horror that grows with card draw and spawns tokens

$0.30Buy on Mana Pool

Umbris, Fear Manifest

{3}{U}{B}

Legendary Creature — Nightmare Horror

Horror that scales with exiling opponent graveyards

$12.35Buy on Mana Pool

Sewer Nemesis

{3}{B}

Creature — Horror

Horror that mills chosen player and gains power

$0.93Buy on Mana Pool

Ruin Crab

{U}

Creature — Crab

consistent mill engine on every landfall

$1.11Buy on Mana Pool

Syr Konrad, the Grim

{3}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

pings opponents whenever creatures go to graveyards

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Maddening Cacophony

{1}{U}

Sorcery

burst mill spell that can halve all opponent libraries

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Fractured Sanity

{U}{U}{U}

Sorcery

heavy targeted mill for low mana cost

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Court of Cunning

{1}{U}{U}

Enchantment

monarch engine that repeatedly mills ten cards

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Endless Evil

{2}{U}

Enchantment — Aura

aura that creates copies of your best Horrors

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Psionic Ritual

{4}{U}{U}

Sorcery

enables massive mill utilizing your Horror board

$0.34Buy on Mana Pool

Memory Erosion

{1}{U}{U}

Enchantment

passive mill whenever opponents cast spells

$7.06Buy on Mana Pool

Drown in Dreams

{X}{2}{U}

Instant

instant speed draw and mill combination

$1.25Buy on Mana Pool

Traumatize

{3}{U}{U}

Sorcery

instantly cuts a target library in half

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Reflections of Littjara

{4}{U}

Enchantment

doubles every Horror spell cast

$1.97Buy on Mana Pool

Utility

7 cards

Swiftfoot Boots

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

gives commander haste and hexproof protection

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Lightning Greaves

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

zero-cost protection and haste for commander

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Victimize

{2}{B}

Sorcery

reanimates two key threats for one creature sacrificed

$0.55Buy on Mana Pool

Animate Dead

{1}{B}

Enchantment — Aura

cheap reanimation spell for any graveyard

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Reanimate

{B}

Sorcery

efficient single-mana reanimation spell

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Whip of Erebos

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Enchantment Artifact

grants lifelink and temporary creature recursion

$7.97Buy on Mana Pool

Psychic Corrosion

{2}{U}

Enchantment

turns all card draw into additional mill

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Lands

37 cards

Island 24x

Basic Land — Island

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

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Swamp 13x

Basic Land — Swamp

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

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