Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cultist of the Absolute (Commander) - Budget

Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cultist of the Absolute
Rank #3,117
9decks
Jeremy Rowe
Oct 24, 2025
Building Horror Typal with Captain N'ghathrod
It's spooky season, so that means it's time for some Horror in your Commander decks. Let's see what Captain N'ghathrod can do.
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Archidekt
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Moxfield
Scryfall
MTGStocks
Psionic Ritual
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
86%synergy
Consuming Aberration
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
85%synergy
Ruin Crab
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
81%synergy
Drown in the Loch
89%inclusion8 decks9 decks
71%synergy
Perplex
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
64%synergy
Thought Collapse
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
64%synergy
Fraying Sanity
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
63%synergy
Duskmantle Guildmage
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
62%synergy
Guiltfeeder
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
62%synergy
Sewer Nemesis
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
62%synergy
Top Cards
Fractured Sanity
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
57%synergy
Maddening Cacophony
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
56%synergy
Syr Konrad, the Grim
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Ghoulcaller's Bell
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
54%synergy
Cut Your Losses
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
52%synergy
Court of Cunning
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Winds of Rebuke
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Cruel Somnophage
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
50%synergy
Jace's Erasure
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Drowned Secrets
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
55%synergy
Creatures
Shadow Kin
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
53%synergy
Nemesis of Reason
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
37%synergy
Manic Scribe
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Grell Philosopher
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
41%synergy
Hedron Crab
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Vantress Gargoyle
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
44%synergy
The Mindskinner
43%inclusion3 decks7 decks
36%synergy
Nighthowler
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Priest of Forgotten Gods
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Dreamborn Muse
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Siren of the Silent Song
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Deepmuck Desperado
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Chasm Skulker
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Mindwrack Harpy
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Deranged Assistant
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Captain N'ghathrod
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Silent Hallcreeper
29%inclusion2 decks7 decks
21%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mirelurk Queen
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Uchuulon
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Brainstealer Dragon
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Cathartic Adept
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Screaming Swarm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dreadhound
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Imperious Mindbreaker
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Wight of Precinct Six
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Terisian Mindbreaker
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Dimir Infiltrator
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Elder Brain
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Millikin
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Phenax, God of Deception
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Wonder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Undercity Scrounger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Blood Artist
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Morbid Opportunist
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Whispering Wizard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Scourge of Nel Toth
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Baleful Strix
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-13%synergy
Undead Alchemist
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Ayara, First of Locthwain
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Koma's Faithful
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Woe Strider
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ethereal Usher
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Drownyard Amalgam
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Gyruda, Doom of Depths
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Bruvac the Grandiloquent
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Nimana Skydancer
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Malevolent Hermit
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Instants
Thought Scour
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
49%synergy
Psychic Strike
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Didn't Say Please
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
40%synergy
Memory Lapse
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
Grisly Spectacle
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Counterspell
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-23%synergy
Drown in Dreams
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Muddle the Mixture
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Negate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Memory Plunder
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Psychic Spiral
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dimir Charm
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Tragic Slip
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Infernal Grasp
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Archive Trap
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
High Tide
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Alesha's Legacy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Withering Torment
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
-2%synergy
Pongify
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-4%synergy
Stroke of Genius
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Recoil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Demonic Gifts
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Village Rites
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Soul Manipulation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Dark Ritual
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-25%synergy
Go for the Throat
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Countersquall
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Opt
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
0%synergy
Heartless Act
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Meeting of Minds
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Inspiration
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Aetherspouts
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Arcane Denial
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-15%synergy
Siphon Insight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Battle-Rage Blessing
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Lethal Scheme
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Spell Pierce
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Undermine
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Dispel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Induce Paranoia
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Metamorphose
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Murder
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Jwari Disruption
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Plumb the Forbidden
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Offer Immortality
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Glacial Grasp
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Long River's Pull
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Sorceries
Extract from Darkness
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
48%synergy
Diabolic Tutor
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Eldritch Pact
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Glimpse the Unthinkable
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Feed the Swarm
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Tasha's Hideous Laughter
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Traumatize
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Mind Grind
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
28%synergy
Black Sun's Zenith
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Paranoid Delusions
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Fabricate
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Tome Scour
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dread Summons
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
19%synergy
Lich-Knights' Conquest
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Pilfered Plans
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Rise of the Dark Realms
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
12%synergy
Atrocious Experiment
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mind Funeral
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
20%synergy
Languish
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Deadly Cover-Up
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Increasing Ambition
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Asinine Antics
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Demogorgon's Clutches
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Clear the Mind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Bond of Insight
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Thought Erasure
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mind Sculpt
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Yahenni's Expertise
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Interpret the Signs
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Personal Tutor
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Call of the Nightwing
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Stolen Goods
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Reanimate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-14%synergy
Talent of the Telepath
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Pelakka Predation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Bitter Ordeal
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Treasure Cruise
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Thassa's Bounty
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sweet Oblivion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Crippling Fear
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
4%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
2%synergy
Dreadwaters
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Call of the Death-Dweller
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sign in Blood
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Shared Trauma
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Water Crystal
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
58%synergy
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Altar of the Brood
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
39%synergy
Codex Shredder
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Riverchurn Monument
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Mindcrank
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Mesmeric Orb
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Keening Stone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Skullclamp
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
13%synergy
Idol of Oblivion
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Transmogrant Altar
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Weathered Runestone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mindlock Orb
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-2%synergy
Millstone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Barrow-Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Navigation Orb
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Lightning Greaves
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Trepanation Blade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Worry Beads
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dermotaxi
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Enchantments
Sphinx's Tutelage
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
42%synergy
King Narfi's Betrayal
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
32%synergy
Teferi's Tutelage
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Memory Erosion
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
29%synergy
Chronic Flooding
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Mind Slash
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Copy Enchantment
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
Vampiric Rites
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
21%synergy
The Tale of Tamiyo
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Endless Evil
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Psychic Corrosion
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
The Cruelty of Gix
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Omniscience
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
The Long Reach of Night
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Struggle for Project Purity
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Medomai's Prophecy
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Cunning Rhetoric
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Estrid's Invocation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Tribute to Horobi
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Faces of the Past
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Leyline of the Void
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jace, the Perfected Mind
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Jace, Memory Adept
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Jace Beleren
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Utility Lands
Nephalia Drownyard
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
58%synergy
Duskmantle, House of Shadow
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
43%synergy
Ipnu Rivulet
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
33%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
28%synergy
Bojuka Bog
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Ifnir Deadlands
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Restless Reef
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
16%synergy
Rogue's Passage
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-5%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-6%synergy
Desert of the Glorified
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dreadship Reef
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mortuary Mire
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Creeping Tar Pit
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Desert of the Mindful
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Castle Vantress
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy
Witch's Cottage
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Skyline Cascade
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Moonring Island
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Leechridden Swamp
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Arcane Signet
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Dimir Signet
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
44%inclusion4 decks9 decks
-13%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Sky Diamond
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
14%synergy
Fellwar Stone
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
-8%synergy
Hedron Archive
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Dimir Locket
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Dimir Keyrune
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Bandit's Haul
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Thought Vessel
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-20%synergy
Mind Stone
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-17%synergy
Lands
Swamp
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Island
100%inclusion9 decks9 decks
3%synergy
Command Tower
78%inclusion7 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Temple of Deceit
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
31%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
27%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion6 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
18%synergy
Choked Estuary
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
56%inclusion5 decks9 decks
1%synergy
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
-11%synergy
River of Tears
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
23%synergy
Soured Springs
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
30%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
22%synergy
Dismal Backwater
33%inclusion3 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Fetid Pools
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
22%inclusion2 decks9 decks
17%synergy
Lazotep Quarry
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Waterfront District
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
8%synergy
Mistvault Bridge
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-10%synergy
Waterveil Cavern
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
5%synergy
Pelakka Predation
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Path of Ancestry
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
-16%synergy
Jwari Disruption
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
9%synergy
Maestros Theater
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Obscura Storefront
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Mirage Mesa
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
11%synergy
Submerged Boneyard
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
7%synergy