Mind Flayarrrs
Commander $175.91
100 cards
Bracket 2 by the list · Core
Green: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 88 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 26 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 91 and Health 72, that is 88 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
Power 26: why
- Average mana value 3.73: it acts late
- 2 pieces of fast mana: Everflowing Chalice, Sol Ring
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
Manabase 91: why
- 25 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}{U}{U}: aim for about 30
- 6 lands always enter tapped
- 38 lands, counting ramp ≈ 42.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.73
Health 72: why
- Only 4 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 1 board wipe (aim for 2)
- 9 spells cost 6 or more (15% of spells; aim under 10%)
◈ Commander
Captain N'ghathrod
$12.06 Main deck (99)
Creatures 31
1
Aboleth Spawn
2U $6.21
1
1
Brainstealer Dragon
5BB $10.72
1
1
Chasm Skulker
2U $0.73
1
1
Consuming Aberration
3UB $0.50
1
1
Dark Hatchling
4BB $0.31
1
1
Dauthi Horror
1B $0.41
1
1
Dross Harvester
1BB $0.34
1
1
Dusk Mangler
5BB $0.20
1
1
Forgotten Creation
3U $0.31
1
1
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
1UU $1.71
1
1
Grell Philosopher
2U $0.63
1
1
Guiltfeeder
3BB $1.31
1
1
Hullbreaker Horror
5UU $7.21
1
1
Hunted Horror
BB $4.91
1
1
Mind Flayer
3UU $0.42
1
1
Nemesis of Reason
3UB $3.00
1
1
Nighthowler
1BB $0.32
1
1
Nihilith
4BB $0.30
1
1
Overcharged Amalgam
2UU $0.38
1
1
Phyrexian Rager
2B $0.25
1
1
Phyrexian Revoker
2 $0.40
1
1
Plague Spitter
2B $0.70
1
1
Psychosis Crawler
5 $1.09
1
1
Ravenous Chupacabra
2BB $0.50
1
1
Sewer Nemesis
3B $1.36
1
1
Sludge Monster
3UU $0.44
1
1
Spellskite
2 $7.34
1
1
Uchuulon
3B $5.41
1
1
Wharf Infiltrator
1U $0.39
1
1
Woe Strider
2B $0.42
1
1
Zellix, Sanity Flayer
2U $24.40
1
Instants 5
1
Curtains' Call
5B $0.53
1
1
Drown in the Loch
UB $1.55
1
1
Fact or Fiction
3U $0.28
1
1
Memory Plunder
U/BU/BU/BU/B $1.44
1
1
Pull from Tomorrow
XUU $0.34
1
Sorceries 9
1
Crippling Fear
2BB $0.52
1
1
Extract from Darkness
3UB $0.41
1
1
Feed the Swarm
1B $0.38
1
1
Fractured Sanity
UUU $2.82
1
1
From the Catacombs
3BB $0.92
1
1
Hex
4BB $0.39
1
1
In Garruk's Wake
7BB $3.05
1
1
Psionic Ritual
4UU $0.41
1
1
Syphon Mind
3B $0.36
1
Artifacts 11
1
Arcane Signet
2 $0.82
1
1
Dimir Keyrune
3 $0.36
1
1
Dimir Signet
2 $1.38
1
1
Everflowing Chalice
0 $0.33
1
1
Herald's Horn
3 $5.58
1
1
Lightning Greaves
2 $4.77
1
1
Mind Stone
2 $0.34
1
1
Mindcrank
2 $13.11
1
1
Sol Ring
1 $1.84
1
1
Talisman of Dominance
2 $2.25
1
1
Thought Vessel
2 $3.24
1
Enchantments 5
1
Black Market
3BB $5.90
1
1
Endless Evil
2U $3.87
1
1
Haunted One
2B $4.92
1
1
Leyline of Anticipation
2UU $4.81
1
1
Reflections of Littjara
4U $1.99
1
Lands 38
1
Ash Barrens
$0.27
1
1
Choked Estuary
$0.31
1
1
Command Tower
$0.32
1
1
Creeping Tar Pit
$0.39
1
1
Darkwater Catacombs
$0.29
1
1
Dimir Aqueduct
$0.38
1
1
Drownyard Temple
$0.35
1
1
Exotic Orchard
$0.35
1
3
Island
$0.28
3
2
Island
$0.22
2
2
Island
$0.20
2
2
Island
$0.12
2
1
Myriad Landscape
$0.35
1
1
Nephalia Drownyard
$0.37
1
1
Path of Ancestry
$0.34
1
1
Port of Karfell
$0.29
1
1
River of Tears
$0.34
1
1
Rogue's Passage
$0.77
1
1
Sunken Hollow
$0.39
1
3
Swamp
$0.27
3
3
Swamp
$0.22
3
3
Swamp
$0.18
3
2
Swamp
$0.22
2
1
Tainted Isle
$1.80
1
1
Temple of Deceit
$0.38
1
1
Temple of the False God
$0.26
1
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2Bracket
2 · Core by the list. The bracket comes from Wizards' card rules alone; the colour says how well the deck does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 88 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 26 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 91 and Health 72, that is 88 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
26Power
How fast and how hard this deck can take over a game. Absolute: about 90 and up is cEDH, so a casual deck scores low on purpose.
Focused
- Average mana value 3.73: it acts late
- 2 pieces of fast mana: Everflowing Chalice, Sol Ring
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 11 cards that draw or dig
- 2 answers at mana value 2 or less
91Manabase
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Excellent
- 25 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}{U}{U}: aim for about 30
- 6 lands always enter tapped
- 38 lands, counting ramp ≈ 42.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.73
72Health
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Fair
- Only 4 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 1 board wipe (aim for 2)
- 9 spells cost 6 or more (15% of spells; aim under 10%)
- Only 8 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 11 cards that draw or dig ✓
Scores read the list alone, from each card's own rules text: they can't see how a deck is played. Bracket names and the Game Changers list are Wizards of the Coast's (Commander Brackets, list as Wizards last changed it, 9 February 2026).
Led by Captain N'ghathrod. A blue-black Commander deck built around counterspells, on a Horror kindred base. 32 creatures, 38 lands, average mana value 3.73.
Summarised from the decklist — not official product copy.