Nin, the Pain Artist: Control
$0.50
$0.50Legendary Creature — Vedalken Wizard
New Cards
Recent-set cards that Nin, the Pain Artist players are trying out in Control decks.
Exhibition Tidecaller+14% Synergy
$0.91
Traumatic Critique+13% Synergy
$1.24
Mana Sculpt+12% Synergy
$1.16
Scorched Geyser+3% Synergy
$2.50
Turbulent Springs+2% Synergy
$6.18
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Nin, the Pain Artist's Control builds — cards that lean hardest into the Control theme.
Brash Taunter+79% Synergy
$1.90
Stuffy Doll+67% Synergy
$5.16
Training Grounds+47% Synergy
$7.06
Kefnet the Mindful+44% Synergy
$0.30
Minamo, School at Water's Edge+44% Synergy
$60.97
Psychosis Crawler+41% Synergy
$2.78
Mana Drain+39% Synergy
$52.75
Phyrexian Metamorph+38% Synergy
$2.04
Darksteel Myr+36% Synergy
$0.50
Omen Hawker+35% Synergy
$0.23
Top Cards
The staple cards most Nin, the Pain Artist Control decks run as their core.
Blasphemous Act+34% Synergy
$0.82
Mystic Remora+21% Synergy
$11.44
Abrade+20% Synergy
$0.28
Lightning Greaves+19% Synergy
$3.93
Windfall+18% Synergy
$4.34
Vandalblast+18% Synergy
$2.21
Swan Song+18% Synergy
$7.86
Counterspell+8% Synergy
$3.43
Chaos Warp+7% Synergy
$0.38
Brainstorm-7% Synergy
$1.43
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Nin, the Pain Artist Control game on their own.
Cyclonic Rift+44% Synergy
$41.26
Consecrated Sphinx+33% Synergy
$34.59
Rhystic Study+28% Synergy
$69.44
Fierce Guardianship+27% Synergy
$56.78
Ancient Tomb+21% Synergy
$125.34
Force of Will+16% Synergy
$70.22
Mana Vault+15% Synergy
$105.77
Chrome Mox+10% Synergy
$158.66
Mystical Tutor+6% Synergy
$17.28
Jeska's Will-1% Synergy
$41.60
Creatures
Creatures that carry the Control plan in Nin, the Pain Artist decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Body of Knowledge+34% Synergy
$0.27
Chasm Skulker+33% Synergy
$0.50
Scrawling Crawler+27% Synergy
$5.14
Screaming Nemesis+27% Synergy
$6.81
Razorkin Needlehead+25% Synergy
$5.86
Willbreaker+24% Synergy
$1.70
The Locust God+20% Synergy
$8.60
Mogg Maniac+20% Synergy
$0.90
Keranos, God of Storms+19% Synergy
$14.42
Toralf, God of Fury+19% Synergy
$5.24
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus+18% Synergy
$26.55
Snapcaster Mage+17% Synergy
$17.92
Hydroelectric Specimen+16% Synergy
$0.70
Pinnacle Monk+15% Synergy
$1.42
Solemn Simulacrum+15% Synergy
$0.26
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind+15% Synergy
$1.14
Clever Impersonator+15% Synergy
$4.30
Triskaidekaphile+14% Synergy
$0.78
Trinket Mage+14% Synergy
$0.40
Archaeomancer+13% Synergy
$0.31
Thassa's Oracle+12% Synergy
$22.93
Hazoret the Fervent+12% Synergy
$0.76
Ill-Tempered Loner+12% Synergy
$0.40
Spellseeker+11% Synergy
$16.65
Wrathful Red Dragon+11% Synergy
$5.83
Raphael, Ninja Destroyer+11% Synergy
$1.55
Laboratory Maniac+9% Synergy
$2.24
Rust Harvester+9% Synergy
$0.22
Goblin Engineer+8% Synergy
$9.84
Viseling+8% Synergy
$0.41
Weathered Sentinels+8% Synergy
$0.83
Donna Noble+8% Synergy
$0.35
Wrathful Raptors+8% Synergy
$3.72
Rootwater Matriarch+8% Synergy
$0.55
Deceiver Exarch+8% Synergy
$0.60
Opportunistic Dragon+8% Synergy
$0.25
Aegar, the Freezing Flame+8% Synergy
$0.12
Glen Elendra Archmage+8% Synergy
$13.24
Faerie Mastermind+7% Synergy
$10.47
Irencrag Pyromancer+7% Synergy
$0.38
Thassa, God of the Sea+7% Synergy
$3.13
Imperial Recruiter+6% Synergy
$13.30
Red Death, Shipwrecker+6% Synergy
$0.34
Kami of the Crescent Moon+6% Synergy
$7.86
Silver Myr+6% Synergy
$0.49
Iron Myr+6% Synergy
$1.17
Ornithopter of Paradise+4% Synergy
$0.77
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary0% Synergy
$6.89
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer-1% Synergy
$45.74
Niv-Mizzet, Parun-3% Synergy
$7.71
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Nin, the Pain Artist's Control deck ahead.
Scour for Scrap+25% Synergy
$0.38
Valakut Awakening+23% Synergy
$15.90
Resculpt+20% Synergy
$0.22
Whir of Invention+20% Synergy
$4.84
Cerebral Vortex+19% Synergy
$1.09
Flame of Anor+16% Synergy
$3.49
Counterflux+16% Synergy
$0.44
Arcbond+16% Synergy
$2.16
Reality Shift+14% Synergy
$0.28
Muddle the Mixture+13% Synergy
$1.88
Invert Polarity+12% Synergy
$0.42
Dominate+12% Synergy
$0.41
Sink into Stupor+11% Synergy
$7.11
Starstorm+11% Synergy
$0.30
Force of Negation+10% Synergy
$49.82
Dispel+10% Synergy
$0.37
Fateful Showdown+10% Synergy
$0.34
Delay+9% Synergy
$3.09
Runeflare Trap+8% Synergy
$0.22
Sudden Impact+8% Synergy
$0.18
Arcane Denial+7% Synergy
$1.46
Deflecting Swat+7% Synergy
$68.53
Three Steps Ahead+7% Synergy
$7.84
Consult the Star Charts+7% Synergy
$4.19
Firestorm+7% Synergy
$50.04
Spell Snare+7% Synergy
$0.32
Dramatic Reversal+6% Synergy
$3.95
Flare of Denial+6% Synergy
$3.29
Cryptic Command+6% Synergy
$5.74
Pyroblast+5% Synergy
$11.06
Aetherize+4% Synergy
$0.37
Flusterstorm+4% Synergy
$9.13
Mental Misstep+4% Synergy
$10.39
Redirect Lightning+4% Synergy
$9.87
Rapid Hybridization+3% Synergy
$0.60
Pact of Negation+3% Synergy
$18.57
Chain of Vapor+3% Synergy
$15.10
Spell Swindle+3% Synergy
$1.51
Magic Damper+2% Synergy
$0.28
Mindbreak Trap+2% Synergy
$15.83
Fact or Fiction+1% Synergy
$0.22
Izzet Charm-2% Synergy
$0.22
Brain Freeze-2% Synergy
$3.75
Prismari Command-6% Synergy
$0.31
Pongify-7% Synergy
$1.98
Negate-8% Synergy
$0.14
Seething Song-8% Synergy
$10.59
An Offer You Can't Refuse-17% Synergy
$2.26
Lightning Bolt-21% Synergy
$3.35
Frantic Search-22% Synergy
$0.51
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the Control game plan forward for Nin, the Pain Artist.
Fabricate+28% Synergy
$9.41
Sea Gate Restoration+27% Synergy
$35.07
Star of Extinction+27% Synergy
$1.17
Chain Reaction+22% Synergy
$0.31
Shatterskull Smashing+19% Synergy
$8.94
Spiraling Embers+12% Synergy
$0.26
Bribery+11% Synergy
$5.83
Inner Fire+10% Synergy
$0.51
Hell to Pay+10% Synergy
$0.39
Spirit Water Revival+10% Synergy
$0.49
Wheel of Fortune+9% Synergy
$2092.91
Echo of Eons+9% Synergy
$15.16
Rolling Thunder+8% Synergy
$0.24
Entrancing Melody+8% Synergy
$0.30
Mirage Mockery+7% Synergy
$0.32
Molten Psyche+7% Synergy
$4.11
Blatant Thievery+7% Synergy
$4.11
Role Reversal+7% Synergy
$0.35
Time Spiral+7% Synergy
$95.28
Clone Legion+6% Synergy
$3.42
Insurrection+6% Synergy
$10.04
Reforge the Soul+6% Synergy
$5.19
Nibelheim Aflame+6% Synergy
$4.14
Winds of Change+5% Synergy
$5.33
Relm's Sketching+5% Synergy
$0.26
Merchant Scroll+3% Synergy
$5.62
Sundering Eruption+3% Synergy
$0.73
Stock Up-1% Synergy
$2.61
Mana Geyser-3% Synergy
$1.23
Solve the Equation-5% Synergy
$3.76
Ponder-6% Synergy
$2.00
Expressive Iteration-16% Synergy
$0.23
Preordain-18% Synergy
$0.66
Faithless Looting-20% Synergy
$0.28
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Nin, the Pain Artist Control decks.
Basilisk Collar+28% Synergy
$3.99
Illusionist's Bracers+27% Synergy
$5.21
The Enigma Jewel+24% Synergy
$1.18
Blazing Sunsteel+20% Synergy
$2.73
Darksteel Plate+19% Synergy
$6.08
Venser's Journal+19% Synergy
$10.35
Fiendlash+16% Synergy
$0.36
Pariah's Shield+16% Synergy
$5.12
Mithril Coat+12% Synergy
$26.78
Iron Maiden+12% Synergy
$13.33
Vedalken Shackles+12% Synergy
$7.31
Expedition Map+11% Synergy
$0.74
Elixir of Immortality+10% Synergy
$0.80
Sensei's Divining Top+9% Synergy
$47.01
Isochron Scepter+9% Synergy
$12.89
Howling Mine+9% Synergy
$5.40
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought+9% Synergy
$5.03
Helm of Possession+8% Synergy
$4.98
Anvil of Bogardan+8% Synergy
$50.20
Battlemage's Bracers+8% Synergy
$3.57
Ivory Tower+8% Synergy
$0.30
Black Vise+8% Synergy
$4.72
The One Ring+7% Synergy
$101.75
Crawlspace+7% Synergy
$10.23
Krark-Clan Ironworks+7% Synergy
$19.70
Library of Leng+7% Synergy
$11.86
Alhammarret's Archive+7% Synergy
$11.35
Grafted Exoskeleton+7% Synergy
$5.25
Wayfarer's Bauble+6% Synergy
$0.32
Manifold Key+6% Synergy
$1.65
Sculpting Steel+5% Synergy
$2.66
Shadowspear+5% Synergy
$31.83
Swiftfoot Boots+4% Synergy
$2.99
Sapphire Medallion-1% Synergy
$6.10
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the Control strategy in Nin, the Pain Artist decks.
Mirrormade+19% Synergy
$1.83
Copy Artifact+19% Synergy
Fevered Visions+18% Synergy
$1.79
Pain for All+18% Synergy
$0.48
Ominous Seas+17% Synergy
$1.54
Wizard Class+16% Synergy
$2.82
Braid of Fire+15% Synergy
$24.94
Fiery Emancipation+14% Synergy
$16.57
Teferi's Ageless Insight+13% Synergy
$3.91
Proft's Eidetic Memory+13% Synergy
$1.75
Unstoppable Plan+12% Synergy
$2.88
Psychic Corrosion+11% Synergy
$5.83
Gratuitous Violence+11% Synergy
$0.35
Dictate of Kruphix+10% Synergy
$0.37
Weapons Manufacturing+8% Synergy
$2.31
Expedited Inheritance+8% Synergy
$0.27
Followed Footsteps+8% Synergy
$2.58
Charisma+8% Synergy
$11.62
Dictate of the Twin Gods+7% Synergy
$2.71
Forced Fruition+7% Synergy
$5.88
City on Fire+5% Synergy
$12.82
Underworld Breach+3% Synergy
$12.45
Propaganda-3% Synergy
$3.52
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Nin, the Pain Artist's Control game plan.
Tezzeret the Seeker+22% Synergy
$22.88
Dack Fayden+15% Synergy
$6.44
Narset, Parter of Veils+12% Synergy
$2.95
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim+11% Synergy
$4.26
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries+9% Synergy
$10.01
Tezzeret, Cruel Captain+8% Synergy
$19.12
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Nin, the Pain Artist Control decks.
Otawara, Soaring City+30% Synergy
$31.72
Academy Ruins+26% Synergy
$8.69
Mystic Sanctuary+22% Synergy
$0.85
Inventors' Fair+22% Synergy
$13.08
Urza's Saga+16% Synergy
$39.67
Reliquary Tower+15% Synergy
$2.76
Temple of the False God+15% Synergy
$0.32
Arcane Lighthouse+15% Synergy
$1.41
Maze of Ith+15% Synergy
$10.35
Tolaria West+15% Synergy
$1.74
Strip Mine+15% Synergy
$20.51
Cephalid Coliseum+10% Synergy
$0.32
Kavaron, Memorial World+9% Synergy
$1.34
Command Beacon+8% Synergy
$6.42
Desolate Lighthouse+7% Synergy
$0.21
Riptide Laboratory+7% Synergy
$0.63
Castle Vantress+7% Synergy
$0.29
Terrain Generator+7% Synergy
$2.18
Uthros, Titanic Godcore+6% Synergy
$10.55
Kher Keep+6% Synergy
$0.33
Buried Ruin+5% Synergy
$0.37
Rivendell+5% Synergy
$1.74
Scavenger Grounds+5% Synergy
$0.35
Emergence Zone+5% Synergy
$4.34
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance+5% Synergy
$2.56
Seat of the Synod+2% Synergy
$0.71
Great Furnace+2% Synergy
$2.14
Mistrise Village0% Synergy
$9.24
Lindblum, Industrial Regency-1% Synergy
$1.86
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Nin, the Pain Artist's Control strategy.
Thought Vessel+32% Synergy
$2.60
Talisman of Creativity+26% Synergy
$2.01
Liquimetal Torque+21% Synergy
$3.11
Gilded Lotus+18% Synergy
$0.54
Basalt Monolith+18% Synergy
$3.94
The Eternity Elevator+17% Synergy
$2.05
Bender's Waterskin+14% Synergy
$0.73
Thran Dynamo+11% Synergy
$4.03
Grim Monolith+9% Synergy
$459.66
Izzet Signet+7% Synergy
$0.39
Mox Amber+7% Synergy
$73.71
Decanter of Endless Water+7% Synergy
$4.11
Lotus Bloom+7% Synergy
$4.29
Sol Ring+6% Synergy
$1.40
Everflowing Chalice+6% Synergy
$0.36
Mind Stone+5% Synergy
$0.34
Fellwar Stone+4% Synergy
$0.60
Mox Opal+4% Synergy
$229.90
Pyromancer's Goggles+4% Synergy
$0.42
Lotus Petal+2% Synergy
$38.08
Mox Diamond+1% Synergy
$1076.87
Arcane Signet-2% Synergy
$0.46
Commander's Sphere-2% Synergy
$0.25
Midnight Clock-2% Synergy
$0.57
Lands
The mana base behind Nin, the Pain Artist's Control decks.
Scalding Tarn+37% Synergy
$38.66
Steam Vents+35% Synergy
$11.18
Sea Gate Restoration+27% Synergy
$35.07
Arid Mesa+27% Synergy
$33.45
Training Center+26% Synergy
$15.42
Volcanic Island+25% Synergy
Mana Confluence+25% Synergy
$33.09
City of Brass+24% Synergy
$9.98
Valakut Awakening+23% Synergy
$15.90
Misty Rainforest+22% Synergy
$36.10
Bloodstained Mire+22% Synergy
$17.82
Polluted Delta+21% Synergy
$18.92
Shatterskull Smashing+19% Synergy
$8.94
Prismatic Vista+18% Synergy
$39.06
Flooded Strand+17% Synergy
$15.52
Shivan Reef+16% Synergy
$0.33
Hydroelectric Specimen+16% Synergy
$0.70
Cascade Bluffs+15% Synergy
$0.39
Pinnacle Monk+15% Synergy
$1.42
Wooded Foothills+15% Synergy
$17.02
Fiery Islet+14% Synergy
$5.82
Thundering Falls+11% Synergy
$16.38
Sink into Stupor+11% Synergy
$7.11
TCRI Building+11% Synergy
$0.16
Snow-Covered Mountain+10% Synergy
$0.59
Myriad Landscape+9% Synergy
$0.24
Snow-Covered Island+9% Synergy
$1.41
Riverglide Pathway+8% Synergy
$4.80
Reflecting Pool+7% Synergy
$17.20
Stormcarved Coast+6% Synergy
$2.08
Forbidden Orchard+6% Synergy
$8.80
Sulfur Falls+5% Synergy
$0.31
Riverpyre Verge+5% Synergy
$23.48
Spirebluff Canal+5% Synergy
$5.83
Gemstone Caverns+5% Synergy
$48.66
Spire of Industry+4% Synergy
$0.30
Volatile Fjord+4% Synergy
$0.85
Ash Barrens+3% Synergy
$0.25
Sundering Eruption+3% Synergy
$0.73
Fabled Passage+2% Synergy
$1.02
Silundi Vision+2% Synergy
$0.42
Command Tower+1% Synergy
$0.25
Molten Tributary-1% Synergy
$0.29
Island-2% Synergy
$0.07
Mountain-5% Synergy
$0.08
Izzet Boilerworks-5% Synergy
$0.36
Exotic Orchard-6% Synergy
$0.36
Ferrous Lake-10% Synergy
$0.30
Temple of Epiphany-15% Synergy
$0.31
Frostboil Snarl-28% Synergy
$0.28
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Nin, the Pain Artist: Control.
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Amber Gristle O'Maul // Sword Coast Sailor
Amber Gristle O'Maul // Clan Crafter
Imoen, Mystic Trickster // Popular Entertainer
Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor // Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
Sanar, Innovative First-Year
Syr Elenora, the Discerning
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
Ashling, Rekindled
Baxter Stockman
Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders
Don & Raph, Hard Science
Lutri, the Spellchaser
Metalhead
Mm'menon, Uthros Exile
Muddle, the Ever-Changing
Prismari, the Inspiration
Professor Zei, Anthropologist
Rootha, Mastering the Moment
Sanar, Unfinished Genius
Sokka, Bold Boomeranger
Spider-Man 2099
Zaffai and the Tempests
Amber Gristle O'Maul // Candlekeep Sage
Amber Gristle O'Maul // Dungeon Delver
Amber Gristle O'Maul // Shameless Charlatan
April O'Neil, Live on the Scene // Raphael, the Muscle
Donatello, the Brains // Raphael, the Muscle
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Jeska, Thrice Reborn
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Krark, the Thumbless
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur // Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith
Fluros of Myra's Marvels // Ignacio of Myra's Marvels
Fluros of Myra's Marvels // Jeska, Thrice Reborn
Fluros of Myra's Marvels // Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist
Fluros of Myra's Marvels // Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Fluros of Myra's Marvels // Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith