Braids, Arisen Nightmare
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Legendary Creature — Nightmare

Mono-black attrition that sacrifices spare permanents each end step, forcing opponents to match the loss or bleed life and cards.
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At your end step, Braids lets you sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land or planeswalker. Each opponent then chooses: sacrifice a permanent that shares a card type with it, or lose 2 life and let you draw a card. The deck feeds it cheap fodder like Treasure, tokens, recursive creatures and extra lands, then picks the type the table can least afford to lose. Either answer helps you. They shrink their board, or you draw and drain.
In the recorded games, Braids played as slow attrition control. Gravecrawler came back from the graveyard to be sacrificed again, while Skullclamp, Nether Traitor and Syr Konrad, the Grim squeezed extra value from each death. Wins usually came from drain effects: Bastion of Remembrance, Bloodchief Ascension, Exquisite Blood with Sanguine Bond, or Aetherflux Reservoir after a long game of life gain. A Dark Ritual into early Braids set a fast pace. The weak spots were early aggression, since the deck gives up its own permanents to work, and cheap removal on Braids, which shut the card flow off. Boards full of tokens also let opponents shrug off the sacrifice.
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Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Braids, Arisen Nightmare decks.
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Braids, Arisen Nightmare's abilities and overall game plan.
Ichor Wellspring
Ophiomancer
Reassembling Skeleton
Bloodghast
Dreadhorde Invasion
Gixian Puppeteer
Hopeless Nightmare
Zulaport Cutthroat
Bastion of RemembranceTop Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Braids, Arisen Nightmare decks.
Ichor Wellspring
Ophiomancer
Reassembling Skeleton
Zulaport Cutthroat
Blood Artist
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Feed the Swarm
Dark Ritual
Jet MedallionGame Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Orcish Bowmasters
Bolas's Citadel
Necropotence
The One Ring
Chrome Mox
Mana Vault
Imperial Seal
Vampiric Tutor
Ancient Tomb
Demonic TutorCreatures
Essential creatures that complement Braids, Arisen Nightmare's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Bloodghast
Gixian Puppeteer
Marionette Apprentice
Pitiless Plunderer
Greedy Freebooter
Solemn Simulacrum
Morbid Opportunist
Shambling Ghast
Accursed Marauder
Plaguecrafter
Pawn of Ulamog
Nether Traitor
Cult Conscript
Viscera Seer
Nine-Lives Familiar
Butcher of Malakir
Massacre Wurm
Grim Haruspex
Bitterbloom Bearer
Dauthi Voidwalker
Woe Strider
Timeline Culler
Ravenous Chupacabra
Warren Soultrader
Orcish Bowmasters
Boggart Trawler
Midnight Reaper
Priest of Forgotten Gods
Gravecrawler
Crypt Ghast
Bloodletter of Aclazotz
Burglar Rat
Fleshbag Marauder
Carrion FeederInstants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Braids, Arisen Nightmare safe.
Not Dead After All
Tragic Slip
Flare of Malice
Malakir Rebirth
Deadly Dispute
Fell the Profane
Snuff Out
Infernal Grasp
Sheoldred's Edict
Supernatural Stamina
Dismember
Saw in Half
Soul Shatter
Withering Torment
Deadly Rollick
Culling the Weak
Songs of the Damned
Hagra Mauling
Defile
Force of Despair
Entomb
Baleful Mastery
Bitter Triumph
Undying Malice
Imp's Mischief
Cabal Ritual
Archenemy's Charm
Vampiric Tutor
Feign Death
Village Rites
Fake Your Own Death
Sudden Spoiling
Corrupted Conviction
Go for the Throat
Darkness
Consuming CorruptionSorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Braids, Arisen Nightmare's game plan and control the board.
Victimize
Unearth
Toxic Deluge
Reanimate
Diabolic Intent
Torment of Hailfire
Exsanguinate
Mutilate
Beseech the Mirror
Dread Return
Blasphemous Edict
Agadeem's Awakening
Persist
Chain of Smog
Will of the Abzan
Lively Dirge
Damnation
Rise of the Dark Realms
Breach the Multiverse
Smallpox
Living Death
Buried Alive
Imperial Seal
Demonic Tutor
Insatiable Avarice
Grim Tutor
Syphon Mind
Bubbling Muck
Peer into the Abyss
Diabolic Tutor
Read the Bones
Night's Whisper
Sign in BloodUtility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
Skullclamp
Tithing Blade
Vat of Rebirth
Blood Fountain
Ashnod's Altar
Bolas's Citadel
Spine of Ish Sah
Crucible of Worlds
Winter Moon
Expedition Map
Wayfarer's Bauble
Wishclaw Talisman
Phyrexian Altar
The One Ring
Mindcrank
Sensei's Divining Top
Aetherflux Reservoir
Bontu's Monument
The Darkness Crystal
Lightning Greaves
Swiftfoot BootsEnchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Braids, Arisen Nightmare's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
Dreadhorde Invasion
Hopeless Nightmare
Bastion of Remembrance
Bitterblossom
Grave Pact
Bloodchief Ascension
Animate Dead
Case of the Stashed Skeleton
Dictate of Erebos
The Meathook Massacre
Phyrexian Reclamation
Momentum Breaker
Agent of the Iron Throne
Chthonian Nightmare
Black Market Connections
Tinybones Joins Up
Ghoulish Procession
Obsessive Pursuit
Contamination
Sothera, the Supervoid
Meathook Massacre II
Funeral Room // Awakening Hall
Painful Quandary
Necromancy
Oppression
Kaya's Ghostform
Blight Mound
Nowhere to Run
Oubliette
Oversold Cemetery
Necropotence
Virtue of Persistence
Black Market
Bandit's Talent
No Mercy
Waste Not
Exquisite Blood
Sanguine Bond
Phyrexian ArenaPlaneswalkers
Planeswalkers that work alongside Braids, Arisen Nightmare to provide ongoing value and board presence.
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Lolth, Spider Queen
Professor Onyx
Liliana of the Veil
Liliana of the Dark RealmsUtility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Drownyard Temple
Reliquary Tower
Eumidian Hatchery
Witch's Cottage
Phyrexian Tower
Bojuka Bog
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Barad-dûr
Strip Mine
Spymaster's Vault
Urza's Saga
Volrath's Stronghold
Mortuary Mire
High Market
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Cabal Coffers
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Ancient Tomb
Castle Locthwain
Barren Moor
Crypt of Agadeem
Cabal Stronghold
Temple of the False God
Midgar, City of Mako
War RoomMana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Thought Vessel
Decanter of Endless Water
Lotus Petal
Mind Stone
Mox Amber
Chrome Mox
Sol Ring
Arcane Signet
Fellwar Stone
Everflowing Chalice
Mana Vault
Throne of Eldraine
The Soul Stone
Charcoal DiamondLands
The mana base foundation for Braids, Arisen Nightmare decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Malakir Rebirth
Boggart Trawler
Fell the Profane
Agadeem's Awakening
Urza's Cave
Hagra Mauling
Demolition Field
Gemstone Caverns
Swamp
Snow-Covered Swamp
Myriad LandscapeBraids, Arisen Nightmare Deck Stats
Based on 8,483 Braids, Arisen Nightmare decks.
| Mana value | Cards |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 23 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 |
- Creature 26
- Instant 9
- Sorcery 9
- Artifact 11
- Enchantment 9
- Planeswalker 1
- Land 34
| Card type | Cards |
|---|---|
| Creature | 26 |
| Instant | 9 |
| Sorcery | 9 |
| Artifact | 11 |
| Enchantment | 9 |
| Planeswalker | 1 |
| Land | 34 |
Lands: 27 basic, 7 nonbasic
| Month | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 234 |
| 2024-11 | 209 |
| 2024-12 | 227 |
| 2025-01 | 263 |
| 2025-02 | 236 |
| 2025-03 | 242 |
| 2025-04 | 235 |
| 2025-05 | 202 |
| 2025-06 | 278 |
| 2025-07 | 307 |
| 2025-08 | 323 |
| 2025-09 | 317 |
| 2025-10 | 360 |
| 2025-11 | 380 |
| 2025-12 | 340 |
| 2026-01 | 362 |
| 2026-02 | 320 |
| 2026-03 | 367 |
| 2026-04 | 348 |
| 2026-05 | 348 |
| 2026-06 | 389 |
| 2026-07 | 417 |
| 2026-08 | 412 |
| 2026-09 | 509 |
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