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Lord of the Nazgûl

Lord of the Nazgûl

Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble · {3}{U}{B} · Black/Blue commander

Flying Wraiths you control have protection from Ring-bearers. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. Then if you control nine or more Wraiths, Wraiths you control have base power and toughness 9/9 until end of turn.
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What Lord of the Nazgûl actually does

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What a Lord of the Nazgûl deck wants

The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.

Best cards for Lord of the Nazgûl

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Canoptek Wraith3 mana
  2. Nazgûl3 mana
  3. Witch-king of Angmar5 mana
  4. Lord of the Nazgûl5 mana
  5. Street Wraith5 mana
  6. Bog Wraith4 mana
  7. Dirtwater Wraith4 mana
  8. Odylic Wraith4 mana

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  3. Brainstorm1 mana
  4. Dark Ritual1 mana
  5. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire1 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Opt1 mana
  8. Ponder1 mana

Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  3. Brainstorm1 mana
  4. Dark Ritual1 mana
  5. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire1 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Opt1 mana
  8. Ponder1 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  3. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  4. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  5. Eldritch Immunity1 mana
  6. Not Dead After All1 mana
  7. Shore Up1 mana
  8. Ayara, First of Locthwain3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Defile1 mana
  6. Tragic Slip1 mana
  7. Suspend1 mana
  8. Infernal Grasp2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror2 mana
  4. Displacement Wave2 mana
  5. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  6. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  7. Innocent Blood1 mana
  8. Coils of the Medusa2 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  6. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  7. Grim Tutor3 mana
  8. Liliana Vess // Liliana Vess0 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  4. Curiosity1 mana
  5. Wizard Class1 mana
  6. Black Market Connections3 mana
  7. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  8. Morbid Opportunist3 mana

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