Art: Slawomir Maniak · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Nethroi, Apex of Death
WBGLegendary Creature — Cat Nightmare Beast · from $2.32
Mutate {4}{G/W}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
55 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 12 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 13 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 14 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 17 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 18 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 19 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 20 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 21 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 22 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 23 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 24 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 25 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 26 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 27 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 28 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 29 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 30 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 31 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 32 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 33 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 34 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 35 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 36 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 37 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 38 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 39 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 40 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 41 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 42 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 43 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 44 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 45 | Godless Shrine | Land | 0 | $8.47 |
| 46 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 47 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 48 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 49 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 50 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 51 | Overgrown Tomb | Land | 0 | $8.00 |
| 52 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 53 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 54 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 55 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 56 | Temple Garden | Land | 0 | $6.57 |
| 57 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 58 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 59 | Isolated Chapel | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 60 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 61 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 62 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 63 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 64 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 65 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 66 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 67 | Canopy Vista | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 68 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 69 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 70 | Woodland Cemetery | Land | 0 | $0.62 |
| 71 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 72 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 73 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 74 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 75 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 76 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 77 | Assassin's Trophy | Instant | 2 | $1.01 |
| 78 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 79 | Caves of Koilos | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 80 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 81 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 82 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 83 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 84 | Sunpetal Grove | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 85 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 86 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 87 | Talisman of Hierarchy | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 88 | Llanowar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.59 |
| 89 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 90 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 91 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 92 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 93 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 94 | Anguished Unmaking | Instant | 3 | $1.58 |
| 95 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 96 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 97 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 98 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 99 | Vault of Champions | Land | 0 | $16.60 |
| 100 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
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Combos with Nethroi, Apex of Death
9 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Ashnod's Altar + Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers
Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Altar of Dementia + Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mill · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Carrion Feeder + Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Bartolomé del Presidio + Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer + Woe Strider
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Eternal Witness + Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Pitiless Plunderer + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
Mitotic Slime + Nethroi, Apex of Death + Phyrexian Altar + Whitemane Lion
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite recursion of some creature cards in your graveyard · Infinite creature tokens
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 9th of 44 — TORNEO INAUGURAL B2 on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 1–1–1 · by santiago cirugeda cordone
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.