Art by Mark Winters
Commander deckBRU
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
This Grixis Group Hug/Group Slug deck forces all players to draw massive amounts of cards while punishing them with passive damage per draw via Nekusar, Fate Unraveler, and Underworld Dreams. The main wincon is resolving draw-damage engines and chaining wheel spells like Windfall, Reforge the Soul, and Peer into the Abyss to drain the entire table's life totals in a single turn.
Asked for“Grixis deck, the madcap jester as commander. Grouphug/groupslug with a dash of chaos. Maintain a wincon and tell me what it is exactly”
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 · 61 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
1Nekusar, the Mindrazer
2UBRLegendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Card Draw
10
Windfall
2USorcery
key wheel spell that triggers draw-damage abilities repeatedly
Peer into the Abyss
4BBBSorcery
instantly kills a target player when a draw punisher is on board
Removal
10
Arcane Denial
1UInstant
counterspell that forces opponent card draw to fuel punishers
Threats/Wincons
24
Fate Unraveler
3BEnchantment Creature — Hag
secondary Nekusar effect dealing damage on opponent draws
Underworld Dreams
BBBEnchantment
constant damage source for every card opponents draw
Spiteful Visions
2BRBREnchantment
forces extra card draw while dealing damage to all players
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
massive life drain on opponent draws and heals you on your draws
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
grows huge with huge hands and drains opponents when you draw
Liliana's Caress
1BEnchantment
drains life when opponents discard to wheel effects
Fevered Visions
1UREnchantment
end-step draw engine that deals damage for full hands
Orcish Bowmasters
1BCreature — Orc Archer
pings targets and builds an army when opponents draw extra cards
Kess, Dissident Mage
1UBRLegendary Creature — Human Wizard
allows recasting wheels and removal from the graveyard
Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
3BBLegendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact
steals all permanently discarded cards during wheels
Waste Not
1BEnchantment
generates mana, zombies, and cards whenever opponents discard
Sangromancer
2BBCreature — Vampire Shaman
gains massive life totals when opponents discard or lose creatures
Geth's Grimoire
4Artifact — Book
draws you massive cards whenever opponents discard during wheels
Incendiary Command
3RRSorcery
flexible modality that includes a full wheel effect
Price of Knowledge
6BEnchantment
removes hand size limit and deals damage based on hand size
Runeflare Trap
4RRInstant — Trap
cheap instant damage based on opponent hand size after draws
Viseling
4Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
creature version of hand-size damage punisher
Ebony Owl Netsuke
2Artifact
deals four damage to opponents holding seven or more cards
Teferi's Puzzle Box
4Artifact
forces complete hand cycling every turn to trigger draw punishers
Utility
7
Forced Fruition
4UUEnchantment
forces opponents to draw 7 cards per spell played, quickly killing them
Dictate of Kruphix
1UUEnchantment
flash enchantment that speeds up global card draw
Kami of the Crescent Moon
UULegendary Creature — Spirit
cheap body providing extra symmetrical card draw
Master of the Feast
1BBEnchantment Creature — Demon
undercosted flier that forces opponents to draw cards
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
free equip shroud to keep Nekusar safe on the field
