Captain N'ghathrod
$12.94
$12.94Legendary Creature — Horror Pirate
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Captain N'ghathrod players are trying out in Control decks.
The Dawning Archaic+5% Synergy
$0.86
Exhibition Tidecaller+4% Synergy
$0.54
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Captain N'ghathrod's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Consuming Aberration+76% Synergy
$0.35
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+74% Synergy
$25.38
Nemesis of Reason+67% Synergy
$3.04
Mindcrank+67% Synergy
$13.37
Maddening Cacophony+60% Synergy
$6.63
Fractured Sanity+60% Synergy
$3.05
Sludge Monster+59% Synergy
$0.63
Hullbreaker Horror+56% Synergy
$5.98
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar+56% Synergy
$1.77
Drown in the Loch+54% Synergy
$1.67
Top Cards
The staple cards most Captain N'ghathrod Control decks run as their core.
Aboleth Spawn+54% Synergy
$7.06
Spellskite+51% Synergy
$7.94
Uchuulon+50% Synergy
$3.33
Brainstealer Dragon+48% Synergy
$11.34
Guiltfeeder+47% Synergy
$1.40
Ruin Crab+46% Synergy
$1.34
Silent Hallcreeper+43% Synergy
$1.21
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+43% Synergy
$46.09
Lightning Greaves+25% Synergy
$4.10
Counterspell+1% Synergy
$4.28
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Captain N'ghathrod Control game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift+14% Synergy
$39.16
Rhystic Study+13% Synergy
$69.59
Demonic Tutor+10% Synergy
$69.17
Fierce Guardianship+6% Synergy
$63.43
Vampiric Tutor+6% Synergy
$54.03
Ancient Tomb+6% Synergy
$119.25
The One Ring+3% Synergy
$115.41
Imperial Seal+1% Synergy
$166.33
Mystical Tutor0% Synergy
$18.67
Force of Will0% Synergy
$59.96
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Captain N'ghathrod decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Mind Flayer+44% Synergy
$0.41
Sewer Nemesis+44% Synergy
$1.40
Wharf Infiltrator+40% Synergy
$0.40
Toxrill, the Corrosive+37% Synergy
$18.35
Ravenous Chupacabra+36% Synergy
$1.01
Phyrexian Obliterator+35% Synergy
$9.46
Nighthowler+34% Synergy
$0.33
Chasm Skulker+32% Synergy
$0.83
The Mindskinner+31% Synergy
$3.27
Grell Philosopher+31% Synergy
$0.63
Thing in the Ice+31% Synergy
$0.82
Phenax, God of Deception+31% Synergy
$11.43
Ancient Cellarspawn+27% Synergy
$6.27
Overcharged Amalgam+25% Synergy
$0.38
Hunted Horror+24% Synergy
$4.73
Arvinox, the Mind Flail+24% Synergy
$0.37
Roaming Throne+21% Synergy
$52.83
Duskmantle Guildmage+21% Synergy
$0.73
Phyrexian Revoker+19% Synergy
$0.41
Vashta Nerada+19% Synergy
$3.31
Cruel Somnophage+18% Synergy
$0.90
Umbris, Fear Manifest+18% Synergy
$12.17
Syr Konrad, the Grim+17% Synergy
$1.67
Forgotten Creation+17% Synergy
$0.31
Elder Brain+17% Synergy
$0.89
Terisian Mindbreaker+17% Synergy
$1.10
Defiler of Flesh+17% Synergy
$0.41
Hedron Crab+16% Synergy
$3.44
Phyrexian Rager+15% Synergy
$0.18
Overlord of the Floodpits+13% Synergy
$3.02
Dauthi Horror+13% Synergy
$0.42
Nihilith+13% Synergy
$0.28
Woe Strider+10% Synergy
$0.31
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+10% Synergy
$1.05
Intellect Devourer+9% Synergy
$0.37
Horrid Shadowspinner+9% Synergy
$0.27
Fleet Swallower+8% Synergy
$1.22
Imperious Mindbreaker+8% Synergy
$0.36
Clammy Prowler+7% Synergy
$0.21
Gollum, Scheming Guide+7% Synergy
$2.42
Shadow Kin+6% Synergy
$0.78
Overlord of the Balemurk+6% Synergy
$18.90
Illithid Harvester+6% Synergy
$0.38
The Flood of Mars+6% Synergy
$0.37
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+5% Synergy
$0.66
Wrexial, the Risen Deep+3% Synergy
$2.15
Thief of Sanity+3% Synergy
$0.80
Spark Double-1% Synergy
$10.96
Changeling Outcast-3% Synergy
$2.38
Baleful Strix-17% Synergy
$6.67
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Captain N'ghathrod's Control deck ahead.
Didn't Say Please+23% Synergy
$0.33
Memory Plunder+22% Synergy
$1.40
Drown in Dreams+20% Synergy
$1.30
Visions of Beyond+19% Synergy
$4.42
Psychic Strike+13% Synergy
$0.30
Thought Scour+11% Synergy
$0.57
Thought Collapse+11% Synergy
$0.35
Mana Drain+10% Synergy
$56.44
Archive Trap+10% Synergy
$1.82
Unseal the Necropolis+9% Synergy
$0.19
Pull from Tomorrow+8% Synergy
$0.31
Deadly Rollick+7% Synergy
$28.68
Kitsune's Technique+7% Synergy
$0.61
Into the Story+6% Synergy
$0.32
Fact or Fiction+5% Synergy
$0.30
Curtains' Call+4% Synergy
$0.58
Grisly Spectacle+4% Synergy
$0.13
Unbury+4% Synergy
$0.19
Malakir Rebirth+2% Synergy
$13.30
Dark Ritual+1% Synergy
$7.28
Force of Negation0% Synergy
$49.60
Rapid Hybridization-1% Synergy
$0.79
Pongify-2% Synergy
$3.05
Swan Song-3% Synergy
$10.69
Infernal Grasp-3% Synergy
$0.32
Waterlogged Teachings-3% Synergy
$0.45
Lim-Dûl's Vault-3% Synergy
$5.19
Negate-4% Synergy
$0.24
Arcane Denial-4% Synergy
$1.72
Go for the Throat-4% Synergy
$0.62
Reality Shift-4% Synergy
$0.35
Sink into Stupor-5% Synergy
$9.48
Withering Torment-6% Synergy
$1.60
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$5.74
Brainstorm-9% Synergy
$0.56
An Offer You Can't Refuse-11% Synergy
$3.07
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Captain N'ghathrod.
Extract from Darkness+27% Synergy
$0.32
Cut Your Losses+27% Synergy
$1.63
Breach the Multiverse+25% Synergy
$10.03
Mind Grind+24% Synergy
$2.85
Singularity Rupture+23% Synergy
$1.79
Glimpse the Unthinkable+22% Synergy
$3.54
Psionic Ritual+21% Synergy
$0.41
Traumatize+17% Synergy
$4.05
Feed the Swarm+15% Synergy
$0.24
Mind Funeral+14% Synergy
$1.33
Syphon Mind+12% Synergy
$0.31
Reanimate+10% Synergy
$10.10
Damnation+10% Synergy
$21.01
Rise of the Dark Realms+10% Synergy
$6.73
Pilfered Plans+10% Synergy
$0.23
Crippling Fear+9% Synergy
$3.40
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+8% Synergy
$3.93
From the Catacombs+8% Synergy
$0.90
In Garruk's Wake+7% Synergy
$3.17
Windfall+6% Synergy
$6.10
Toxic Deluge+5% Synergy
$5.02
Increasing Confusion+5% Synergy
$0.93
Peer into the Abyss+4% Synergy
$3.59
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$29.93
Dread Summons+2% Synergy
$0.25
Scheming Symmetry+2% Synergy
$8.75
Grim Tutor+2% Synergy
$23.87
Sea Gate Restoration+1% Synergy
$35.15
Irenicus's Vile Duplication+1% Synergy
$9.57
Blasphemous Edict0% Synergy
$4.24
Diabolic Tutor-1% Synergy
$2.21
Kindred Dominance-3% Synergy
$4.92
Ponder-4% Synergy
$3.54
Victimize-7% Synergy
$1.25
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Captain N'ghathrod Control decks.
Altar of the Brood+39% Synergy
$9.71
The Water Crystal+33% Synergy
$4.67
Herald's Horn+22% Synergy
$5.75
Mesmeric Orb+21% Synergy
$17.97
Riverchurn Monument+17% Synergy
$1.55
Urza's Incubator+11% Synergy
$19.77
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+9% Synergy
$0.87
Sword of Body and Mind+8% Synergy
$20.33
Trepanation Blade+6% Synergy
$0.31
Maskwood Nexus+5% Synergy
$3.08
Winged Boots+5% Synergy
$7.77
Barbed Bloodletter+5% Synergy
$0.16
Rimefire Torque+4% Synergy
$0.33
Strionic Resonator+3% Synergy
$7.28
Jet Medallion+2% Synergy
$14.67
Sapphire Medallion+2% Synergy
$8.14
Whispersilk Cloak+2% Synergy
$2.18
Bident of Thassa-2% Synergy
$0.45
Swiftfoot Boots-6% Synergy
$1.98
Wayfarer's Bauble-7% Synergy
$5.61
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Captain N'ghathrod decks.
Court of Cunning+43% Synergy
$4.10
Psychic Corrosion+37% Synergy
$4.54
Bloodchief Ascension+33% Synergy
$21.34
Endless Evil+28% Synergy
$4.32
Memory Erosion+25% Synergy
$9.46
Fraying Sanity+22% Synergy
$0.75
Reflections of Littjara+16% Synergy
$2.93
Haunted One+16% Synergy
$5.47
Animate Dead+14% Synergy
$7.45
Black Market Connections+11% Synergy
$10.53
Sphinx's Tutelage+10% Synergy
$1.76
Kindred Discovery+8% Synergy
$4.65
Virtue of Persistence+7% Synergy
$7.00
Phyrexian Arena+5% Synergy
$4.16
Mystic Remora+4% Synergy
$13.77
Cover of Darkness+3% Synergy
$21.67
Black Market+3% Synergy
$6.30
Leyline of Transformation+3% Synergy
$0.64
Propaganda-1% Synergy
$2.17
Aqueous Form-2% Synergy
$0.29
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Captain N'ghathrod's Control game plan.
Jace, the Perfected Mind+12% Synergy
$2.90
Jace, Memory Adept+8% Synergy
$5.58
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears+8% Synergy
$2.04
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+6% Synergy
$10.72
Ashiok, Dream Render+3% Synergy
$1.36
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Captain N'ghathrod Control decks.
Nephalia Drownyard+47% Synergy
$0.32
Rogue's Passage+23% Synergy
$0.77
Creeping Tar Pit+18% Synergy
$0.34
Restless Reef+17% Synergy
$1.78
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+12% Synergy
$1.24
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+10% Synergy
$34.19
Drownyard Temple+9% Synergy
$0.29
Temple of the False God+8% Synergy
$0.32
Hostile Hostel+8% Synergy
$0.65
Secret Tunnel+7% Synergy
$2.64
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+6% Synergy
$10.64
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+5% Synergy
$55.48
Otawara, Soaring City+4% Synergy
$26.55
The Black Gate+3% Synergy
$9.39
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+3% Synergy
$45.74
Three Tree City+1% Synergy
$29.95
Command Beacon+1% Synergy
$9.86
Urza's Saga0% Synergy
$38.48
Cabal Coffers-1% Synergy
$28.81
Reliquary Tower-8% Synergy
$4.23
Mystic Sanctuary-8% Synergy
$1.34
Bojuka Bog-9% Synergy
$1.40
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Captain N'ghathrod's Control strategy.
Dimir Keyrune+30% Synergy
$0.35
Thought Vessel+7% Synergy
$2.35
Dimir Signet+5% Synergy
$0.29
Talisman of Dominance+4% Synergy
$0.45
Arcane Signet+3% Synergy
$0.49
The Soul Stone+2% Synergy
$60.43
Mind Stone+1% Synergy
$0.34
Sol Ring0% Synergy
$1.34
Thran Dynamo0% Synergy
$4.36
Sky Diamond-1% Synergy
$0.25
Midnight Clock-1% Synergy
$0.57
Patchwork Banner-2% Synergy
$2.89
Charcoal Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.35
Fellwar Stone-3% Synergy
$1.04
Commander's Sphere-6% Synergy
$0.31
Lands
The mana base behind Captain N'ghathrod's Control decks.
River of Tears+27% Synergy
$0.33
Path of Ancestry+21% Synergy
$0.27
Port of Karfell+21% Synergy
$0.22
Darkwater Catacombs+19% Synergy
$0.34
Cavern of Souls+16% Synergy
$51.06
Tainted Isle+15% Synergy
$2.08
Myriad Landscape+14% Synergy
$0.34
Exotic Orchard+13% Synergy
$0.30
Sunken Ruins+11% Synergy
$0.49
Clearwater Pathway+10% Synergy
$4.98
Polluted Delta+9% Synergy
$19.87
Reflecting Pool+9% Synergy
$5.71
Dimir Aqueduct+8% Synergy
$0.37
Morphic Pool+8% Synergy
$28.05
Shipwreck Marsh+7% Synergy
$1.25
Underground Sea+7% Synergy
Fabled Passage+7% Synergy
$0.64
Gloomlake Verge+6% Synergy
$10.72
Ash Barrens+6% Synergy
$0.31
Sunken Hollow+5% Synergy
$0.37
Choked Estuary+5% Synergy
$0.37
Watery Grave+3% Synergy
$10.08
Temple of Deceit+3% Synergy
$0.19
Scalding Tarn+3% Synergy
$37.51
Verdant Catacombs+3% Synergy
$29.04
City of Brass+3% Synergy
$11.44
Mana Confluence+3% Synergy
$35.43
Swamp+2% Synergy
$0.10
Malakir Rebirth+2% Synergy
$13.30
Flooded Strand+2% Synergy
$15.74
Marsh Flats+2% Synergy
$32.33
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$29.93
Island+1% Synergy
$0.07
Misty Rainforest+1% Synergy
$35.75
Bloodstained Mire+1% Synergy
$18.38
Sea Gate Restoration+1% Synergy
$35.15
Unclaimed Territory+1% Synergy
$0.30
Secluded Courtyard+1% Synergy
$0.33
Command Tower0% Synergy
$0.25
Darkslick Shores-1% Synergy
$2.48
Terramorphic Expanse-1% Synergy
$0.26
Dismal Backwater-2% Synergy
$0.17
Undercity Sewers-3% Synergy
$14.33
Fetid Pools-3% Synergy
$0.29
Evolving Wilds-3% Synergy
$0.29
Waterlogged Teachings-3% Synergy
$0.45
Drowned Catacomb-4% Synergy
$0.45
Sink into Stupor-5% Synergy
$9.48
Underground River-6% Synergy
$0.59
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$5.74
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The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Captain N'ghathrod: Control.
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Haunted One
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Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Criminal Past
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Cultist of the Absolute
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Scion of Halaster
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Gyruda, Doom of Depths
Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
The Ancient One
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Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
Cloudhoof Kirin
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Esior, Wardwing Familiar // Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor
Zareth San, the Trickster
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy // Criminal Past
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Candlekeep Sage
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Dungeon Delver
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Feywild Visitor
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Shameless Charlatan
Zellix, Sanity Flayer // Sword Coast Sailor
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Neerdiv, Devious Diver
The Haunt of Hightower
Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
Volo, Itinerant Scholar // Scion of Halaster
Saruman of Many Colors
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken // Ghost of Ramirez DePietro
Soundwave, Sonic Spy