Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Long time Grixis Player here, with my Thraximundar deck being my first/main deck. A desire for another playstyle of Grixis grew. Something that even the dragon of pure evil, Nicol Bolas, would be proud of. The concept of drawing cards is always a good thing in Commander, everyone depends on digging into their decks and getting cards they want....well I want them to dread it, and Nekusar is the man to make them dread drawing all the cards.
The concept of Ockham's Razor plays greatly into how I play my Nekusar, the Mindrazer Wheel Deck, the question always comes up Wheel & Deal or Not, should I save my current hand for a chance of using them or wheel? Generally the better choice is to wheel, with a hand full of cards there are many assumptions that come into playing the cards correctly. Where as with wheeling you know everyone should be discarding their hands and getting a fresh hand...killing their current strategies and if the correct cards are out doing alot of damage in the process. But wheeling isnt always the best choice, you could give your opponents hands that can win them the game...thus walking the fine line of the Razor.
Long time Grixis Player here, with my Thraximundar deck being my first/main deck. A desire for another playstyle of Grixis grew. Something that even the dragon of pure evil, Nicol Bolas, would be proud of. The concept of drawing cards is always a good thing in Commander, everyone depends on digging into their decks and getting cards they want....well I want them to dread it, and Nekusar is the man to make them dread drawing all the cards.
The concept of Ockham's Razor plays greatly into how I play my Nekusar, the Mindrazer Wheel Deck, the question always comes up Wheel & Deal or Not, should I save my current hand for a chance of using them or wheel? Generally the better choice is to wheel, with a hand full of cards there are many assumptions that come into playing the cards correctly. Where as with wheeling you know everyone should be discarding their hands and getting a fresh hand...killing their current strategies and if the correct cards are out doing alot of damage in the process. But wheeling isnt always the best choice, you could give your opponents hands that can win them the game...thus walking the fine line of the Razor.
5 Nekusar, The Mindrazer
Planeswalkers 1
3 Jace Beleren
Creatures 12
7 Dragon Mage
6 Melek, Izzet Paragon
5 Izzet Chronarch
5 Psychosis Crawler
5 Mnemonic Wall
4 Fate Unraveler
4 Archaeomancer
4 Sangromancer
3 Jace's Archivist
3 Magus of the Wheel
3 Master of the Feast
2 Goblin Electromancer
1 Kederekt Parasite
Artifacts 18
5 Mirari
5 Venser's Journal
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Otherworld Atlas
4 Teferi's Puzzle Box
3 Darksteel Plate
3 Temple Bell
3 Chromatic Lantern
3 Darksteel Ingot
3 Commander's Sphere
2 Rakdos Signet
2 Izzet Signet
2 Dimir Signet
2 Thought Vessel
2 Howling Mine
2 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Sol Ring
1 Elixir of Immortality
6 Elder Mastery
6 Well of Ideas
5 Arcane Melee
4 Jace's Sanctum
4 Helm of the Ghastlord
3 Dictate of Kruphix
3 Megrim
3 Underworld Dreams
2 Liliana's Caress
2 Waste Not
Instant 10
2x Starstorm
4 Dismiss
4 Ætherize
4 Wheel and Deal
3 Crosis's Charm
3 Spell Crumple
3 Hinder
2 Arcane Denial
2 Rakdos Charm
1 Brainstorm
Sorcery 11
5 Reforge the Soul
5 Time Reversal
5 Incendiary Command
4 Chain Reaction
4 Mystic Retrieval
4 Whispering Madness
3 Windfall
3 Molten Psyche
3 Dark Deal
3 Wheel of Fortune
1 Winds of Change
6 Island
4 Mountain
4 Swamp
1 Command Tower
1 Crosis's Catacombs
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Rupture Spire
1 Transguild Promenade
1 Shivan Reef
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Dimir Guildgate
1 Dismal Backwater
1 Smoldering Marsh
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Rakdos Guildgate
1 Akoum Refuge
1 Bloodfell Caves
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Temple of the False God
In Consideration
5 Magus of the Jar
5 Memory Jar
3 Whirlpool Warrior
BURPerfectly Suited to Mindless Carnage, ThraximundarRUB
URBOckham's Mindrazer = Nekusar the MindrazerBRU
UBRMarchsea makes all the Men do Stupid ThingsRBU
GWBThe Best Offense is Defense, Doran 2.0BWG
XRDaretti, Artifact ShenanigansRX
RKrenko the Don of the Goblin MobR
GFreyalise and Elves have pet HydrasG
WArmy of the Heavens, Lead by the Angel of HopeW
BDrana, The Removal BloodchiefB
UAzami, Knowledge is PowerU
WBDaxos is Enchanting Enchantments to Enchant more EnchantsBW
GRI got 99 Permanents but Primal Surge ain't One, Ruric TharRG
GBNel Thot's Sacrificial SwarmBG
WRWifey's Wrath - Gisela Blade of GoldnightRW
WUPillowfort Tron - BrunaUW
XXThe TriadXX
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