Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin Commander Deck
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin sits at the center of a "one life at a time" pain engine, growing enormous and generating free card plays whenever opponents lose exactly 1 life through a suite of passive damage dealers like enchantments and creatures that ping opponents on draw, upkeep, or spell cast. The deck pairs these persistent damage sources with wheel effects and forced-draw spells to repeatedly trigger both the commander and cards like Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, draining opponents while fueling your own resources. The primary kill condition is forcing an opponent to draw their entire library with Peer into the Abyss, which becomes lethal on its own alongside Sheoldred or Razorkin Needlehead, while Orcish Bowmasters scales into a one-shot threat from the flood of draw triggers.
Decklist
- Shadowblood Ridge
- Sol Ring
- Tainted Peak
- Temple of Malice
- The Reaver Cleaver
- Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots
- Mayhem Devil
- Witch's Clinic
- Tibalt's Trickery
- Reanimate
- Underworld Dreams
- Nightshade Harvester
- Reforge the Soul
- Fake Your Own Death
- Thought Vessel
- Ruthless Technomancer
- Dualcaster Mage
- Wheel of Misfortune
- Maximum Carnage
- Burning Inquiry
- Imp's Mischief
- Damnation
- Lightning Greaves
- Spiteful Visions
- Rampaging Ferocidon
- Kederekt Parasite
- Razorkin Needlehead
- Bedevil
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Deadly Rollick
- Untimely Malfunction
- Thermo-Alchemist
- Exotic Orchard
- Foreboding Ruins
- Smoldering Marsh
- Temple of the False God
- Soot Imp
- Black Market Connections
- Blackcleave Cliffs
- Blasphemous Act
- No Mercy
- Dark Deal
- Arcane Signet
- Chandra, Awakened Inferno
- Command Tower
- Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
- Bolt Bend
- Dragonskull Summit
- Evolving Wilds
- Fate Unraveler
- Graven Cairns
- Winds of Change
- Bloodchief Ascension
- Sign in Blood
- Vivid Crag
- Silent Arbiter
- 7× Mountain
- Jeska's Will
- Bloodstained Mire
- Supernatural Stamina
- Blood Crypt
- Ruby Medallion
- Jet Medallion
- Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Peer into the Abyss
- Vampiric Tutor
- Deflecting Swat
- Talisman of Indulgence
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- Sorin Markov
- Rug of Smothering
- Gleeful Arsonist
- Faithless Looting
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Seize the Day
- Prosper, Tome-Bound
- Florian, Voldaren Scion
- Manabarbs
- 12× Swamp
- Leechridden Swamp