How many lands, ramp and draw do Captain N'ghathrod decks run?
Captain N'ghathrod decks run a median of 34.5 lands and 9 ramp cards, across 18 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 6 of these 18 Captain N'ghathrod decks as bracket 4. We need at least 8 decks to give a bracket its own column, so they count only in the numbers for all of these decks.
Counted on , from decks collected in July and November 2026.
We counted these 18 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck. That is a small count, so a median here can sit a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
Compared with all decks, Captain N'ghathrod decks run less ramp (9 against 11) and less card advantage (7 against 9).
The first number in each row is the median for these decks, and the range after it covers the middle half of them. The last column is the median across all 18,414 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 34.5 (33-37) | 34 |
| Ramp | 9 (7-10) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 7 (6-8) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 8 (7-11) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 1.5 (1-2) | 2 |
| Protection | 1 (1-2) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 18 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 2 (9 decks), bracket 3 (2), bracket 4 (6) and bracket 5 (1).
Captain N'ghathrod bracket 1 and 2 decks
These are the same rows for the 9 bracket 1 and 2 decks, by the bracket Moxfield lists for each one. No other bracket holds at least 8 of these decks, so the others count only in the numbers for all of these decks. The Brackets 1-2 column holds 9 decks. That small count can put its medians a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
| Brackets 1-2 | |
|---|---|
| Lands | 37 (35-38) |
| Ramp | 9 (9-10) |
| Card advantage | 6 (6-8) |
| Targeted disruption | 8 (7-9) |
| Mass disruption | 2 (1-2) |
| Protection | 1 (1-1) |
| Decks counted | 9 |
What Captain N'ghathrod bracket 1 and 2 decks run
These are the nonland cards these 9 bracket 1 and 2 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 9 Captain N'ghathrod decks. With 9 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Brackets 1-2 | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Brainstealer Dragon | 9 of 9 | 4 of 9 |
| Consuming Aberration | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Dimir Signet | 9 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Fractured Sanity | 9 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar | 9 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Mindcrank | 9 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Psionic Ritual | 9 of 9 | 1 of 9 |
| Sewer Nemesis | 9 of 9 | 4 of 9 |
| Sludge Monster | 9 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
What bracket is a Captain N'ghathrod deck?
Of the 18 Captain N'ghathrod decks we counted, 12 (67%) need at least bracket 3, and 7 (39%) need at least bracket 4.
Each deck's lowest bracket here comes from Wizards' bracket rules, as EDHTuner's engine reads them from the deck's cards. The engine checks Game Changers, two-card infinite combos from Commander Spellbook, mass land denial and extra-turn cards.
| Lowest bracket | Decks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bracket 1 | 6 | 33% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 5 | 28% |
| Bracket 4 | 7 | 39% |
One deck can meet several of these rules, and its lowest bracket is the highest one any of them asks for.
| What the deck runs | Needs at least | Decks |
|---|---|---|
| More than three Game Changers | Bracket 4 | 7 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 0 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 2 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 11 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 0 |
The rules also weigh how early a combo can win and whether extra turns get chained. The cards alone do not show that, so a deck can belong in a higher bracket than the one shown here. On Moxfield, 3 of these decks have a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Captain N'ghathrod decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 18 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column is the share of the other decks we counted that run the same card, out of those whose colors allow it.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 18 of 18 | 67% |
| Mindcrank | 18 of 18 | 1% |
| Zellix, Sanity Flayer | 18 of 18 | under 1% |
| Consuming Aberration | 17 of 18 | 2% |
| Sol Ring | 17 of 18 | 86% |
| Dimir Signet | 16 of 18 | 25% |
| Fractured Sanity | 15 of 18 | under 1% |
| Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar | 15 of 18 | 2% |
| Maddening Cacophony | 15 of 18 | 1% |
| Talisman of Dominance | 15 of 18 | 42% |
| Hunted Horror | 14 of 18 | under 1% |
| Sludge Monster | 14 of 18 | under 1% |
| Uchuulon | 14 of 18 | under 1% |
| Brainstealer Dragon | 13 of 18 | 1% |
| Hullbreaker Horror | 13 of 18 | 8% |
| Lightning Greaves | 13 of 18 | 22% |
| Nemesis of Reason | 13 of 18 | under 1% |
| Sewer Nemesis | 13 of 18 | under 1% |
| Drown in the Loch | 12 of 18 | 6% |
| Guiltfeeder | 12 of 18 | under 1% |
Cards that set these decks apart
These cards are not in the table above. Each one is in at least three in ten of these decks, and the other decks whose colors allow it run it far less often.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Mind Flayer | 12 of 18 | under 1% |
| Ravenous Chupacabra | 12 of 18 | 2% |
| Aboleth Spawn | 11 of 18 | under 1% |
| Spellskite | 11 of 18 | 5% |
| Altar of the Brood | 10 of 18 | 1% |
| Grell Philosopher | 10 of 18 | under 1% |
| Herald's Horn | 10 of 18 | 3% |
| Memory Plunder | 10 of 18 | 1% |
| Psionic Ritual | 10 of 18 | under 1% |
| Wharf Infiltrator | 10 of 18 | under 1% |
Themes EDHTuner finds in these decks
EDHTuner reads each deck's themes from the rules text on its cards, the same way it reads yours. This is how many of the 18 decks it finds each theme in, for the themes it finds in at least a quarter of them. One deck can have several.
| Theme | Decks |
|---|---|
| Mill | 18 of 18 |
| Combat damage | 16 of 18 |
| Horror tribal | 15 of 18 |
| Reanimator | 9 of 18 |
| Graveyard value | 7 of 18 |
| Clone | 5 of 18 |
Similar commanders
Decks for these commanders have the same colors as these decks, or EDHTuner finds some of the same themes in them. The words after each name say what they share.
- Lazav, Wearer of Faces same colors, Mill, Clone, Reanimator
- Xanathar, Guild Kingpin same colors, Mill, Clone, Reanimator
- Umbris, Fear Manifest same colors, Mill, Clone, Reanimator
- Azula, Cunning Usurper same colors, Mill, Clone, Combat damage
- Araumi of the Dead Tide same colors, Mill, Reanimator, Graveyard value
- Satoru Umezawa same colors, Clone, Combat damage, Graveyard value
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The brackets 1-2 page shows what all the decks we counted at those brackets run.
The lands page shows how many lands Commander decks run at each bracket, and the bracket checker names the lowest bracket your own deck fits.
Paste your deck into EDHTuner to see its own counts and the numbers it aims for, along with cards to add and cut. The guide to cutting cards shows how it picks them.