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Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard · {2}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.

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What Nekusar, the Mindrazer actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · otherAt the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
• Triggered ability · drawWhenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.

What a Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck needs

Plays as punisher. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• punisher pieces that make opponents' own actions cost them
• punishers that make opponents' draws hurt (it makes the whole table draw)

The Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 14× Punishes the opponents' own actions — casting, drawing, searching, attacking cost them
• 13× Make opponents draw — for a commander that punishes their draw, the punishment is the deck's damage source
• 12× A tax, lock or hoser aimed at the opponents — the deck's parity break
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Nekusar, the Mindrazer

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.

Combos with Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Peer Into The Abyss17,907 decks
• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Windfall + Phyresis5,121 decks
• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Echo Of Eons + Phyresis2,174 decks
• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Windfall + Tainted Strike2,086 decks
• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Windfall + Grafted Exoskeleton1,627 decks
• Nekusar, the Mindrazer + Windfall + Glistening Oil1,134 decks

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