Captain N'ghathrod
$13.39
$13.39Legendary Creature — Horror Pirate
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Captain N'ghathrod players are trying out in Control decks.
The Dawning Archaic+5% Synergy
$1.22
Exhibition Tidecaller+4% Synergy
$0.67
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
$0.36
Zellix, Sanity Flayer+74% Synergy
$25.64
Nemesis of Reason+67% Synergy
$3.27
Mindcrank+67% Synergy
$11.87
Maddening Cacophony+60% Synergy
$6.03
Fractured Sanity+60% Synergy
$3.37
Sludge Monster+59% Synergy
$0.64
Hullbreaker Horror+56% Synergy
$6.29
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar+56% Synergy
$1.98
Drown in the Loch+54% Synergy
$3.66
Top Cards
The staple cards most Captain N'ghathrod Control decks run as their core.
Aboleth Spawn+54% Synergy
$7.79
Spellskite+51% Synergy
$7.99
Uchuulon+50% Synergy
$5.12
Brainstealer Dragon+48% Synergy
$11.06
Guiltfeeder+47% Synergy
$1.42
Ruin Crab+46% Synergy
$1.83
Silent Hallcreeper+43% Synergy
$1.79
Bruvac the Grandiloquent+43% Synergy
$45.47
Lightning Greaves+25% Synergy
$4.52
Counterspell+1% Synergy
$3.32
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Captain N'ghathrod Control game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift+14% Synergy
$38.67
Rhystic Study+13% Synergy
$69.93
Demonic Tutor+10% Synergy
$61.95
Fierce Guardianship+6% Synergy
$57.26
Vampiric Tutor+6% Synergy
$54.82
Ancient Tomb+6% Synergy
$134.99
The One Ring+3% Synergy
$115.22
Imperial Seal+1% Synergy
$165.76
Mystical Tutor0% Synergy
$16.42
Force of Will0% Synergy
$59.38
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Captain N'ghathrod decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Mind Flayer+44% Synergy
$0.37
Sewer Nemesis+44% Synergy
$1.33
Wharf Infiltrator+40% Synergy
$0.36
Toxrill, the Corrosive+37% Synergy
$16.23
Ravenous Chupacabra+36% Synergy
$0.86
Phyrexian Obliterator+35% Synergy
$10.02
Nighthowler+34% Synergy
$0.30
Chasm Skulker+32% Synergy
$0.65
The Mindskinner+31% Synergy
$2.45
Grell Philosopher+31% Synergy
$0.64
Thing in the Ice+31% Synergy
$0.74
Phenax, God of Deception+31% Synergy
$16.55
Ancient Cellarspawn+27% Synergy
$6.45
Overcharged Amalgam+25% Synergy
$0.56
Hunted Horror+24% Synergy
$4.80
Arvinox, the Mind Flail+24% Synergy
$0.40
Roaming Throne+21% Synergy
$48.86
Duskmantle Guildmage+21% Synergy
$0.62
Phyrexian Revoker+19% Synergy
$0.30
Vashta Nerada+19% Synergy
$2.81
Cruel Somnophage+18% Synergy
$1.08
Umbris, Fear Manifest+18% Synergy
$12.62
Syr Konrad, the Grim+17% Synergy
$1.14
Forgotten Creation+17% Synergy
$0.31
Elder Brain+17% Synergy
$1.03
Terisian Mindbreaker+17% Synergy
$1.67
Defiler of Flesh+17% Synergy
$0.44
Hedron Crab+16% Synergy
$2.87
Phyrexian Rager+15% Synergy
$0.19
Overlord of the Floodpits+13% Synergy
$2.43
Dauthi Horror+13% Synergy
$0.39
Nihilith+13% Synergy
$0.27
Woe Strider+10% Synergy
$0.32
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth+10% Synergy
$0.89
Intellect Devourer+9% Synergy
$0.36
Horrid Shadowspinner+9% Synergy
$0.16
Fleet Swallower+8% Synergy
$1.30
Imperious Mindbreaker+8% Synergy
$0.32
Clammy Prowler+7% Synergy
$0.23
Gollum, Scheming Guide+7% Synergy
$1.77
Shadow Kin+6% Synergy
$0.81
Overlord of the Balemurk+6% Synergy
$21.28
Illithid Harvester+6% Synergy
$0.36
The Flood of Mars+6% Synergy
$0.34
Lazav, Dimir Mastermind+5% Synergy
$0.88
Wrexial, the Risen Deep+3% Synergy
$2.32
Thief of Sanity+3% Synergy
$0.51
Spark Double-1% Synergy
$13.14
Changeling Outcast-3% Synergy
$2.30
Baleful Strix-17% Synergy
$3.21
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Captain N'ghathrod's Control deck ahead.
Didn't Say Please+23% Synergy
$0.34
Memory Plunder+22% Synergy
$1.40
Drown in Dreams+20% Synergy
$1.83
Visions of Beyond+19% Synergy
$5.08
Psychic Strike+13% Synergy
$0.27
Thought Scour+11% Synergy
$1.01
Thought Collapse+11% Synergy
$0.33
Mana Drain+10% Synergy
$57.71
Archive Trap+10% Synergy
$1.84
Unseal the Necropolis+9% Synergy
$0.18
Pull from Tomorrow+8% Synergy
$0.22
Deadly Rollick+7% Synergy
$27.91
Kitsune's Technique+7% Synergy
$1.19
Into the Story+6% Synergy
$0.27
Fact or Fiction+5% Synergy
$0.25
Curtains' Call+4% Synergy
$0.52
Grisly Spectacle+4% Synergy
$0.12
Unbury+4% Synergy
$0.24
Malakir Rebirth+2% Synergy
$13.47
Dark Ritual+1% Synergy
$5.94
Force of Negation0% Synergy
$49.89
Rapid Hybridization-1% Synergy
$1.20
Pongify-2% Synergy
$1.91
Swan Song-3% Synergy
$11.36
Infernal Grasp-3% Synergy
$0.35
Waterlogged Teachings-3% Synergy
$0.36
Lim-Dûl's Vault-3% Synergy
$6.08
Negate-4% Synergy
$0.31
Arcane Denial-4% Synergy
$1.67
Go for the Throat-4% Synergy
$0.57
Reality Shift-4% Synergy
$0.32
Sink into Stupor-5% Synergy
$6.91
Withering Torment-6% Synergy
$0.86
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$3.86
Brainstorm-9% Synergy
$1.41
An Offer You Can't Refuse-11% Synergy
$3.83
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Captain N'ghathrod.
Extract from Darkness+27% Synergy
$0.28
Cut Your Losses+27% Synergy
$2.26
Breach the Multiverse+25% Synergy
$10.56
Mind Grind+24% Synergy
$2.76
Singularity Rupture+23% Synergy
$0.82
Glimpse the Unthinkable+22% Synergy
$3.56
Psionic Ritual+21% Synergy
$0.32
Traumatize+17% Synergy
$4.14
Feed the Swarm+15% Synergy
$0.16
Mind Funeral+14% Synergy
$1.29
Syphon Mind+12% Synergy
$0.29
Reanimate+10% Synergy
$9.76
Damnation+10% Synergy
$20.48
Rise of the Dark Realms+10% Synergy
$6.58
Pilfered Plans+10% Synergy
$0.31
Crippling Fear+9% Synergy
$2.42
Tasha's Hideous Laughter+8% Synergy
$3.75
From the Catacombs+8% Synergy
$0.87
In Garruk's Wake+7% Synergy
$3.23
Windfall+6% Synergy
$5.05
Toxic Deluge+5% Synergy
$4.37
Increasing Confusion+5% Synergy
$0.80
Peer into the Abyss+4% Synergy
$3.15
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$27.24
Dread Summons+2% Synergy
$0.21
Scheming Symmetry+2% Synergy
$9.00
Grim Tutor+2% Synergy
$24.73
Sea Gate Restoration+1% Synergy
$35.68
Irenicus's Vile Duplication+1% Synergy
$11.93
Blasphemous Edict0% Synergy
$4.67
Diabolic Tutor-1% Synergy
$2.35
Kindred Dominance-3% Synergy
$4.09
Ponder-4% Synergy
$2.28
Victimize-7% Synergy
$1.58
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Captain N'ghathrod Control decks.
Altar of the Brood+39% Synergy
$9.13
The Water Crystal+33% Synergy
$3.63
Herald's Horn+22% Synergy
$5.10
Mesmeric Orb+21% Synergy
$18.32
Riverchurn Monument+17% Synergy
$2.26
Urza's Incubator+11% Synergy
$19.19
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree+9% Synergy
$0.66
Sword of Body and Mind+8% Synergy
$19.45
Trepanation Blade+6% Synergy
$0.30
Maskwood Nexus+5% Synergy
$2.37
Winged Boots+5% Synergy
$8.71
Barbed Bloodletter+5% Synergy
$0.10
Rimefire Torque+4% Synergy
$0.29
Strionic Resonator+3% Synergy
$8.37
Jet Medallion+2% Synergy
$12.26
Sapphire Medallion+2% Synergy
$6.98
Whispersilk Cloak+2% Synergy
$1.71
Bident of Thassa-2% Synergy
$0.40
Swiftfoot Boots-6% Synergy
$2.28
Wayfarer's Bauble-7% Synergy
$4.67
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Captain N'ghathrod decks.
Court of Cunning+43% Synergy
$4.49
Psychic Corrosion+37% Synergy
$5.93
Bloodchief Ascension+33% Synergy
$20.47
Endless Evil+28% Synergy
$3.89
Memory Erosion+25% Synergy
$9.41
Fraying Sanity+22% Synergy
$0.92
Reflections of Littjara+16% Synergy
$3.20
Haunted One+16% Synergy
$5.25
Animate Dead+14% Synergy
$7.87
Black Market Connections+11% Synergy
$10.16
Sphinx's Tutelage+10% Synergy
$1.24
Kindred Discovery+8% Synergy
$5.80
Virtue of Persistence+7% Synergy
$6.09
Phyrexian Arena+5% Synergy
$4.43
Mystic Remora+4% Synergy
$13.04
Cover of Darkness+3% Synergy
$22.75
Black Market+3% Synergy
$6.17
Leyline of Transformation+3% Synergy
$0.58
Propaganda-1% Synergy
$2.54
Aqueous Form-2% Synergy
$0.31
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Captain N'ghathrod's Control game plan.
Jace, the Perfected Mind+12% Synergy
$1.92
Jace, Memory Adept+8% Synergy
$3.47
Ashiok, Sculptor of Fears+8% Synergy
$2.12
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+6% Synergy
$9.36
Ashiok, Dream Render+3% Synergy
$1.51
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Captain N'ghathrod Control decks.
Nephalia Drownyard+47% Synergy
$0.29
Rogue's Passage+23% Synergy
$0.36
Creeping Tar Pit+18% Synergy
$0.37
Restless Reef+17% Synergy
$2.05
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital+12% Synergy
$1.34
Shizo, Death's Storehouse+10% Synergy
$33.75
Drownyard Temple+9% Synergy
$0.28
Temple of the False God+8% Synergy
$0.26
Hostile Hostel+8% Synergy
$0.57
Secret Tunnel+7% Synergy
$2.40
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+6% Synergy
$10.89
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+5% Synergy
$54.58
Otawara, Soaring City+4% Synergy
$28.30
The Black Gate+3% Synergy
$9.47
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx+3% Synergy
$53.41
Three Tree City+1% Synergy
$28.42
Command Beacon+1% Synergy
$9.73
Urza's Saga0% Synergy
$38.89
Cabal Coffers-1% Synergy
$29.97
Reliquary Tower-8% Synergy
$3.52
Mystic Sanctuary-8% Synergy
$1.09
Bojuka Bog-9% Synergy
$1.93
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Captain N'ghathrod's Control strategy.
Dimir Keyrune+30% Synergy
$0.34
Thought Vessel+7% Synergy
$2.59
Dimir Signet+5% Synergy
$1.20
Talisman of Dominance+4% Synergy
$1.04
Arcane Signet+3% Synergy
$0.89
The Soul Stone+2% Synergy
$101.88
Mind Stone+1% Synergy
$0.31
Sol Ring0% Synergy
$1.55
Thran Dynamo0% Synergy
$4.34
Sky Diamond-1% Synergy
$0.26
Midnight Clock-1% Synergy
$0.62
Patchwork Banner-2% Synergy
$2.50
Charcoal Diamond-2% Synergy
$0.38
Fellwar Stone-3% Synergy
$0.89
Commander's Sphere-6% Synergy
$0.34
Lands
The mana base behind Captain N'ghathrod's Control decks.
River of Tears+27% Synergy
$0.28
Path of Ancestry+21% Synergy
$0.23
Port of Karfell+21% Synergy
$0.22
Darkwater Catacombs+19% Synergy
$0.38
Cavern of Souls+16% Synergy
$51.14
Tainted Isle+15% Synergy
$2.91
Myriad Landscape+14% Synergy
$0.37
Exotic Orchard+13% Synergy
$0.24
Sunken Ruins+11% Synergy
$7.72
Clearwater Pathway+10% Synergy
$4.39
Polluted Delta+9% Synergy
$20.44
Reflecting Pool+9% Synergy
$14.88
Dimir Aqueduct+8% Synergy
$0.33
Morphic Pool+8% Synergy
$27.14
Shipwreck Marsh+7% Synergy
$7.45
Underground Sea+7% Synergy
Fabled Passage+7% Synergy
$1.11
Gloomlake Verge+6% Synergy
$10.54
Ash Barrens+6% Synergy
$0.28
Sunken Hollow+5% Synergy
$0.33
Choked Estuary+5% Synergy
$0.31
Watery Grave+3% Synergy
$9.66
Temple of Deceit+3% Synergy
$0.22
Scalding Tarn+3% Synergy
$37.29
Verdant Catacombs+3% Synergy
$28.70
City of Brass+3% Synergy
$12.30
Mana Confluence+3% Synergy
$36.24
Swamp+2% Synergy
$0.08
Malakir Rebirth+2% Synergy
$13.47
Flooded Strand+2% Synergy
$15.97
Marsh Flats+2% Synergy
$31.87
Agadeem's Awakening+2% Synergy
$27.24
Island+1% Synergy
$0.08
Misty Rainforest+1% Synergy
$35.90
Bloodstained Mire+1% Synergy
$18.20
Sea Gate Restoration+1% Synergy
$35.68
Unclaimed Territory+1% Synergy
$0.36
Secluded Courtyard+1% Synergy
$0.33
Command Tower0% Synergy
$0.31
Darkslick Shores-1% Synergy
$2.67
Terramorphic Expanse-1% Synergy
$0.26
Dismal Backwater-2% Synergy
$0.26
Undercity Sewers-3% Synergy
$15.18
Fetid Pools-3% Synergy
$0.26
Evolving Wilds-3% Synergy
$0.25
Waterlogged Teachings-3% Synergy
$0.36
Drowned Catacomb-4% Synergy
$1.19
Sink into Stupor-5% Synergy
$6.91
Underground River-6% Synergy
$2.22
Fell the Profane-6% Synergy
$3.86
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