Nekusar, the Mindrazer (Commander) - Upgraded Burn

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Benjamin Levin
Sep 9, 2025
How Fun Are All of the Grixis Commanders?
There are dozens of Grixis commanders available now. But which ones are fun to play? Let's break them all down.
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Entropic Battlecruiser
14% of 28 decks +10% synergy
Quantum Riddler
4% of 28 decks +3% synergy
Ruinous Rampage
4% of 28 decks +3% synergy
Divert Disaster
4% of 28 decks +3% synergy
High Synergy Cards
Underworld Dreams
75% of 61 decks +68% synergy
Fate Unraveler
74% of 61 decks +67% synergy
Howling Mine
72% of 61 decks +66% synergy
Spiteful Visions
69% of 61 decks +63% synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
68% of 60 decks +62% synergy
Scrawling Crawler
70% of 60 decks +61% synergy
Windfall
84% of 61 decks +60% synergy
Jace's Archivist
66% of 61 decks +59% synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
64% of 61 decks +58% synergy
Fevered Visions
62% of 61 decks +58% synergy
Top Cards
Magus of the Wheel
64% of 61 decks +57% synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
62% of 61 decks +53% synergy
Arcane Denial
61% of 61 decks +31% synergy
Counterspell
57% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Kederekt Parasite
57% of 61 decks +53% synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
56% of 61 decks +51% synergy
Forced Fruition
56% of 61 decks +51% synergy
Molten Psyche
56% of 61 decks +51% synergy
Whispering Madness
56% of 61 decks +49% synergy
Stormfist Crusader
52% of 61 decks +47% synergy
Game Changers
Orcish Bowmasters
51% of 61 decks +33% synergy
Cyclonic Rift
18% of 61 decks -7% synergy
Fierce Guardianship
15% of 61 decks -4% synergy
Demonic Tutor
13% of 61 decks -9% synergy
Rhystic Study
13% of 61 decks -12% synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
11% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
11% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Deflecting Swat
11% of 61 decks -5% synergy
Mystical Tutor
7% of 61 decks -7% synergy
Vampiric Tutor
7% of 61 decks -10% synergy
Creatures
Nightscape Familiar
51% of 61 decks +25% synergy
Psychosis Crawler
49% of 61 decks +42% synergy
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
33% of 61 decks +30% synergy
Kess, Dissident Mage
33% of 61 decks +24% synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
31% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Whirlpool Warrior
31% of 61 decks +29% synergy
Seizan, Perverter of Truth
28% of 61 decks +25% synergy
The Locust God
28% of 61 decks +23% synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
26% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Gixian Puppeteer
26% of 61 decks +24% synergy
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
25% of 60 decks +23% synergy
Master of the Feast
25% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
25% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Dragon Mage
25% of 61 decks +23% synergy
Faerie Mastermind
23% of 61 decks +18% synergy
Zenith Chronicler
20% of 61 decks +19% synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
18% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Sangromancer
16% of 61 decks +14% synergy
Fell Specter
16% of 61 decks +14% synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
15% of 60 decks +13% synergy
Red Death, Shipwrecker
15% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Chasm Skulker
15% of 61 decks +12% synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
13% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
13% of 61 decks +12% synergy
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
13% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Baleful Strix
11% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Magus of the Jar
11% of 61 decks +11% synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
10% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
10% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Deadpool, Trading Card
8% of 48 decks +6% synergy
Bloodthirsty Conqueror
8% of 60 decks +7% synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
8% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Howling Golem
8% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Goblin Electromancer
8% of 61 decks +0% synergy
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
8% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Laboratory Maniac
8% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Rankle, Master of Pranks
8% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Lore Broker
8% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
7% of 41 decks -0% synergy
Gleeful Arsonist
7% of 60 decks +6% synergy
Pinnacle Monk
7% of 60 decks +3% synergy
Viseling
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Snapcaster Mage
7% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Phyrexian Metamorph
7% of 61 decks +1% synergy
Talion, the Kindly Lord
7% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Runehorn Hellkite
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Triskaidekaphile
7% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Dauthi Voidwalker
7% of 61 decks -1% synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
5% of 39 decks -2% synergy
Instants
Baleful Mastery
41% of 61 decks +37% synergy
Chaos Warp
36% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Rakdos Charm
31% of 61 decks +16% synergy
Wheel and Deal
31% of 61 decks +27% synergy
Dark Ritual
30% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Terminate
28% of 61 decks +1% synergy
Negate
25% of 61 decks +1% synergy
Mana Drain
21% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Dream Fracture
21% of 61 decks +19% synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
20% of 61 decks -6% synergy
Deadly Rollick
18% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Vision Skeins
18% of 61 decks +16% synergy
Bedevil
18% of 61 decks -1% synergy
Drown in the Loch
16% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Long River's Pull
15% of 60 decks +13% synergy
Withering Torment
15% of 60 decks +2% synergy
Aetherize
13% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Sink into Stupor
12% of 60 decks +3% synergy
Perplex
11% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Tainted Strike
11% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Hero's Downfall
8% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Brainstorm
8% of 61 decks -8% synergy
Infernal Grasp
8% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Fell the Profane
7% of 60 decks -1% synergy
Refute
7% of 60 decks +5% synergy
Seething Song
7% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Reality Shift
7% of 61 decks +1% synergy
Opt
7% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Counterflux
7% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Swan Song
7% of 61 decks -11% synergy
Crosis's Charm
7% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Abrade
7% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Prismari Command
7% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Evacuation
7% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Untimely Malfunction
5% of 60 decks +0% synergy
Invert Polarity
5% of 60 decks +2% synergy
Sorceries
Dark Deal
52% of 61 decks +46% synergy
Reforge the Soul
49% of 61 decks +44% synergy
Winds of Change
48% of 61 decks +43% synergy
Blasphemous Act
44% of 61 decks -3% synergy
Peer into the Abyss
43% of 61 decks +37% synergy
Wheel of Fortune
31% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Wheel of Fate
28% of 61 decks +24% synergy
Vandalblast
28% of 61 decks +11% synergy
Incendiary Command
26% of 61 decks +24% synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
25% of 61 decks +20% synergy
Prosperity
25% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Echo of Eons
23% of 61 decks +20% synergy
Feed the Swarm
20% of 61 decks -14% synergy
Time Reversal
18% of 61 decks +16% synergy
Burning Inquiry
18% of 61 decks +15% synergy
Toxic Deluge
18% of 61 decks -3% synergy
Reanimate
16% of 61 decks -7% synergy
Collective Defiance
15% of 61 decks +14% synergy
Commit // Memory
15% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Minds Aglow
13% of 61 decks +12% synergy
Dreadbore
13% of 61 decks +11% synergy
Ponder
11% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Fascination
11% of 61 decks +11% synergy
Damnation
11% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Diabolic Tutor
10% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Damnable Pact
10% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Day's Undoing
10% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Decree of Pain
10% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Skyscribing
10% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Khorvath's Fury
10% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Blasphemous Edict
8% of 60 decks +1% synergy
Game Plan
8% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Time Spiral
8% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Grim Tutor
8% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Preordain
7% of 61 decks -0% synergy
Insatiable Avarice
7% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Sign in Blood
7% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Utility Artifacts
Lightning Greaves
48% of 61 decks +18% synergy
Font of Mythos
44% of 61 decks +41% synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
31% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Temple Bell
30% of 61 decks +27% synergy
Crawlspace
16% of 61 decks +14% synergy
Folio of Fancies
16% of 61 decks +15% synergy
Horn of Greed
13% of 61 decks +12% synergy
Venser's Journal
13% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Mindcrank
11% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Monument to Endurance
10% of 60 decks +5% synergy
Library of Leng
10% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Anvil of Bogardan
10% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Iron Maiden
10% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Memory Jar
8% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Geth's Grimoire
8% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Basilisk Collar
8% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Spellbook
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Otherworld Atlas
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Darksteel Plate
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Black Vise
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Grafted Exoskeleton
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Enchantments
Dictate of Kruphix
52% of 61 decks +49% synergy
Waste Not
48% of 61 decks +37% synergy
Propaganda
46% of 61 decks +32% synergy
Phyrexian Tyranny
41% of 61 decks +37% synergy
Liliana's Caress
39% of 61 decks +33% synergy
Megrim
34% of 61 decks +28% synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
26% of 61 decks +22% synergy
Curiosity
23% of 61 decks +19% synergy
Phyresis
18% of 61 decks +16% synergy
Sigil of Sleep
16% of 61 decks +15% synergy
Price of Knowledge
15% of 61 decks +14% synergy
Wizard Class
13% of 61 decks +11% synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
10% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Exquisite Blood
10% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Helm of the Ghastlord
8% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Well of Ideas
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
City on Fire
7% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Fiery Emancipation
7% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Glistening Oil
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Animate Dead
7% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Raiders' Wake
7% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Oppression
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Leyline of the Void
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Artist's Talent
5% of 60 decks +4% synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
34% of 61 decks +31% synergy
Jace Beleren
28% of 61 decks +26% synergy
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
7% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Ob Nixilis Reignited
7% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
72% of 61 decks +37% synergy
Bojuka Bog
39% of 61 decks +15% synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
38% of 61 decks +30% synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
34% of 61 decks +32% synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Temple of the False God
18% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Command Beacon
13% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
10% of 61 decks -5% synergy
Mistrise Village
8% of 51 decks -0% synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
7% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
7% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Muraganda Raceway
5% of 60 decks +4% synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
92% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Sol Ring
90% of 61 decks -0% synergy
Thought Vessel
54% of 61 decks +33% synergy
Talisman of Dominance
51% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
49% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Izzet Signet
49% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Dimir Signet
49% of 61 decks +9% synergy
Rakdos Signet
43% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Talisman of Creativity
36% of 61 decks -8% synergy
Decanter of Endless Water
30% of 61 decks +24% synergy
Fellwar Stone
28% of 61 decks -7% synergy
Chromatic Lantern
26% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Relic of Sauron
20% of 61 decks -1% synergy
Commander's Sphere
13% of 61 decks -11% synergy
Thran Dynamo
7% of 61 decks +1% synergy
Mind Stone
7% of 61 decks -9% synergy
Lands
Swamp
98% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Mountain
98% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Island
98% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Command Tower
95% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
64% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Watery Grave
57% of 61 decks +13% synergy
Exotic Orchard
56% of 61 decks -1% synergy
Dragonskull Summit
56% of 61 decks +12% synergy
Xander's Lounge
56% of 61 decks +15% synergy
Sulfur Falls
52% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Blood Crypt
51% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Drowned Catacomb
49% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Steam Vents
46% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
41% of 61 decks +15% synergy
Morphic Pool
41% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Bloodstained Mire
41% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Scalding Tarn
39% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Training Center
39% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Polluted Delta
39% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Luxury Suite
36% of 61 decks +3% synergy
Stormcarved Coast
34% of 61 decks +10% synergy
Sunken Hollow
33% of 61 decks -9% synergy
Haunted Ridge
30% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Gloomlake Verge
28% of 60 decks +20% synergy
Smoldering Marsh
28% of 61 decks -11% synergy
Shivan Reef
26% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Evolving Wilds
26% of 61 decks +0% synergy
Sulfurous Springs
26% of 61 decks +0% synergy
Seething Landscape
25% of 60 decks +6% synergy
Underground River
25% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Blazemire Verge
22% of 60 decks +13% synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
21% of 61 decks +8% synergy
Temple of Epiphany
21% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
20% of 61 decks -3% synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
18% of 61 decks +6% synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
18% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Foreboding Ruins
18% of 61 decks -2% synergy
Myriad Landscape
16% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Temple of Deceit
16% of 61 decks +2% synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
16% of 61 decks +4% synergy
Reflecting Pool
16% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Clearwater Pathway
15% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Cascade Bluffs
15% of 61 decks +5% synergy
Badlands
13% of 61 decks -1% synergy
Underground Sea
13% of 61 decks -1% synergy
Temple of Malice
13% of 61 decks -0% synergy
Malakir Rebirth
13% of 61 decks +7% synergy
Sink into Stupor
12% of 60 decks +3% synergy
Undercity Sewers
11% of 61 decks -0% synergy
Dismal Backwater
11% of 61 decks +5% synergy