Art by Patrik Hell
Commander deckBGU
Nashi, Moon's Legacy
Fill the graveyard rapidly through aggressive self-mill and sacrifice outlets, enabling Nashi to attack and cast powerful legendary spells and high-synergy Rats directly from the yard ahead of curve.
Asked for“Build a fast, consistent Commander deck with Nashi, Moon's Legacy, aiming for a strong Bracket 2 power level approaching Bracket 3. Focus on a cohesive strategy combining Rats, legendary cards, self-mill, sacrifice, and graveyard recursion. Nashi can reuse legendary cards that aren't Rats, so don't force Rat tribal. My biggest problem is slow development, so prioritize explosive early turns, a low mana curve, efficient ramp, cheap creatures, sacrifice engines, card draw, and reliable graveyard setup. The deck should establish threats quickly, generate consistent value through Nashi, recover from board wipes, and have strong, synergistic win conditions. Optimize the mana base according to actual color requirements. Avoid slow, expensive, or unnecessary cards. Every card must serve the strategy. Provide a Commander-legal 100-card decklist and a clear game plan for turns 1–5.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Nashi, Moon's Legacy
BGULegendary Creature — Rat Shaman
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Birds of Paradise
GCreature — Bird
Turn-one mana dork providing perfect color fixing.
Delighted Halfling
GCreature — Halfling Citizen
Accelerates Nashi and uncounterable legendary permanents.
Deathrite Shaman
BGCreature — Elf Shaman
One-mana dork that leverages milled lands and disrupts opposing graveyards.
Llanowar Elves
GCreature — Elf Druid
Efficient turn-one ramp to deploy Nashi on turn two.
Elves of Deep Shadow
GCreature — Elf Druid
Produces black mana early for Nashi's casting cost.
Card Draw
11
Stitcher's Supplier
BCreature — Zombie
Mills six cards across cast and sacrifice to seed Nashi targets.
Satyr Wayfinder
1GCreature — Satyr
Secures land drops while filling the yard with legendary targets.
Grisly Salvage
BGInstant
Instant-speed dig that bins four cards and grabs a creature or land.
Mulldrifter
4UCreature — Elemental
Cheap evoke target that draws two and lands in the yard for recursion.
Ledger Shredder
1UCreature — Bird Advisor
Discards legendaries into the graveyard while sculpting hands and growing.
Fact or Fiction
3UInstant
Instant-speed draw that stocks the graveyard whichever split is made.
Windfall
2USorcery
Refills depleted hands and dumps high-impact legendary cards to recur.
Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
1ULegendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Wizard
Legendary looter that untaps whenever legendary spells are cast.
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
1ULegendary Creature — Human Wizard // Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
Legendary looter that flips into a planeswalker to recast spells.
Sylvan Library
1GEnchantment
Premier early-game card selection and explosive raw draw.
Removal
10
Assassin's Trophy
BGInstant
Unconditional cheap permanent removal at instant speed.
Abrupt Decay
BGInstant
Uncounterable removal for critical early opposing engines.
Cyclonic Rift
1UInstant
Flexible bounce early or game-winning one-sided wipe late.
Tear Asunder
1GInstant
Exile removal for artifacts, enchantments, or any nonland permanent.
Counterspell
UUInstant
Clean two-mana protection against opposing board wipes and combo turns.
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
Free counterspell while Nashi is on the battlefield.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
UInstant
One-mana countermagic protecting key attacks and recursion lines.
Toxic Deluge
2BSorcery
Efficient wipe that circumvents indestructible creatures for minimal mana.
Threats/Wincons
20
Karumonix, the Rat King
1BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Rat
Legendary Rat that refills the hand with Rats and grants toxic.
Pack Rat
1BCreature — Rat
Turns dead cards into multiplying threats and discard enablers.
Piper of the Swarm
1BCreature — Human Warlock
Generates evasive Rat tokens and steals opposing creatures.
Lord Skitter, Sewer King
2BLegendary Creature — Rat Noble
Legendary Rat that provides repeated tokens and passive graveyard hate.
Marrow-Gnawer
3BBLegendary Creature — Rat Rogue
Legendary Rat lord that creates exponential token armies with fear.
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
UBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Merfolk Wizard
Legendary looter, life drainer, and graveyard spell recursion.
Glissa Sunslayer
1BGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Elf
Legendary attacker that draws, removes counters, and destroys enchantments.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Legendary threat that punishes opponent draw and stabilizes life totals.
The Gitrog Monster
3BGLegendary Creature — Frog Horror
Legendary engine turning milled and sacrificed lands into massive card draw.
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
5BLegendary Creature — Human Shaman
Legendary delve threat that recurs relevant cards from the graveyard.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
3BBLegendary Creature — Human Knight
Legendary creature that burns opponents whenever creatures mill, die, or exile.
Toxrill, the Corrosive
5BBLegendary Creature — Slug Horror
Legendary wipe and card draw engine recurrable through Nashi.
Kokusho, the Evening Star
4BBLegendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
Legendary dragon dealing a lethal 15-point life swing on death.
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
1BBLegendary Creature — Nightmare
Legendary end-step sacrifice outlet for card advantage and burn.
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
2BBLegendary Creature — Human Cleric
Legendary sacrifice engine that distributes -1/-1 counters and draws cards.
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
3BGULegendary Creature — Elemental Avatar
Legendary powerhouse providing comprehensive graveyard recursion.
Ertai Resurrected
2UBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Wizard
Legendary creature that counters spells or kills permanents upon entry.
Ashiok, Dream Render
1UBUBLegendary Planeswalker — Ashiok
Legendary planeswalker that self-mills while exiling opposing graveyards.
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
3GGUULegendary Creature — Serpent
Legendary finisher generating uncounterable coil tokens and tapdown control.
Grist, the Hunger Tide
1BGLegendary Planeswalker — Grist
Counts as a legendary creature in the graveyard for Nashi to cast.
Utility
11
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and shroud so Nashi can trigger immediately.
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Haste enabler that protects Nashi from targeted removal.
Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
1BGLegendary Planeswalker — Tyvar
Gives dorks haste and resurrects cheap self-mill creatures every turn.
Altar of Dementia
2Artifact
Free sacrifice outlet that rapidly self-mills high-value legendaries.
Viscera Seer
BCreature — Vampire Wizard
One-mana sacrifice outlet that smooths draws with scry.
Eternal Witness
1GGCreature — Human Shaman
Recovers key cards from the graveyard to hand.
Skullclamp
1Artifact — Equipment
Turns Rat tokens and small dorks into explosive card draw.
Living Death
3BBSorcery
Massive win condition and board clear that swaps graveyard and battlefield.
Victimize
2BSorcery
Efficient two-for-one reanimation spell leveraging expendable tokens.
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
Cheap recursion aura to bring back milled high-end legendary creatures.
Reanimate
BSorcery
One-mana reanimation spell for tempo-positive threats early in the game.
