Legendary Creature — Wraith Noble

Lord of the Nazgûl

Mana value5EDHREC#3,664

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The Commander

Flying

Wraiths you control have protection from Ring-bearers.

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. Then if you control nine or more Wraiths, Wraiths you control have base power and toughness 9/9 until end of turn.

Guide

Gameplan

You're a Dimir spellslinger that builds a Wraith army instead of slinging burn. Every instant or sorcery makes a 3/3 menace Wraith, so you chain cheap cantrips and removal to flood the board, then flip the 9/9 switch once you hit nine Wraiths to swing for lethal. Protect the team with countermagic and card draw while you assemble an overwhelming, evasive board.

Strengths

Turns ordinary cantrips and removal into a growing army of evasive bodies
Massive alpha-strike potential once you reach nine Wraiths and they become 9/9 menace attackers
Dimir gives access to the best card draw, counterspells, and removal in the format
Token generation is incidental, so your spells still do their normal jobs

Weaknesses

Heavily commander-dependent; the Wraith engine stalls if Lord of the Nazgûl is removed
Board wipes are devastating since your power is concentrated in tokens
Slow to start—needs several spell casts before the army is threatening
Vulnerable to graveyard hate and stax that taxes your spellcasting

Key Cards

Mizzix's Mastery — Flashing back a chunk of your spells can spit out a swarm of Wraiths in one turn.
Underworld Breach — Recasting cheap instants and sorceries from the graveyard repeatedly each generates a fresh Wraith.
Brainstorm — Cheap cantrips are your ideal fuel—every one makes a token while smoothing draws.
Cyclonic Rift — Overloaded, it clears blockers so your 9/9 menace Wraiths connect for lethal.
Coastal Piracy — Your evasive Wraith army draws cards on combat damage, refueling more spells.
Anointed Procession — Doubling your Wraith tokens rockets you to the nine-Wraith threshold far faster.

Upgrade Path

Prioritize cheap cantrips and efficient removal over splashy expensive spells so you trigger the token engine multiple times per turn, and add token doublers like Anointed Procession and Parallel Lives to hit nine Wraiths quickly. Include spell-recursion engines (Underworld Breach, Mizzix's Mastery, Past in Flames) for explosive token bursts, and protect your commander with counterspells and Lightning Greaves. Round out with overrun-style finishers like Cyclonic Rift or Craterhoof-adjacent effects to close once the army is assembled.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Alpha strike with nine-plus 9/9 menace Wraiths after going wide
▸Evasive Wraith beatdown reinforced by card-draw engines
▸Anthem and token-doubler effects pushing lethal commander damage and board damage
▸Aristocrats drains sacrificing the swarm to Blood Artist effects

Archetypes

Spellslinger — Casting instants and sorceries directly powers the token engine, rewarding a high spell count.
Tokens — Each spell generates a menace Wraith that scales into a 9/9 finisher en masse.
Control — Dimir countermagic and removal protect the board while you grind incremental advantage.
Aristocrats — A wide expendable Wraith board fuels sacrifice payoffs and drain effects.