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Nebuchadnezzar
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
{X}, {T}: Choose a card name. Target opponent reveals X cards at random from their hand. Then that player discards all cards with that name revealed this way. Activate only during your turn.
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“Mind-controlling discard engine that strips opponents' hands card by card.”
Control
Intermediate
Mill, Commander damage
Discard, Control, Reanimator
Strategy
Nebuchadnezzar is a mind-game engine that strips specific cards from your opponents' hands while you choose the targets. You're essentially forcing discard based on informed guessing—if you know what they're holding, you can name their best threat and watch it vanish. The deck wants to fill your hand with information and mana, then use Nebuchadnezzar's ability repeatedly to dismantle opponents' resources turn after turn. You win by grinding out card advantage through forced discard while your opponents topple into empty hands and depleted libraries.
This plays like a control-meets-discard hybrid. You'll run plenty of hand-disruption spells (Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Peek effects) to see what your opponents are holding, making Nebuchadnezzar's ability more surgical. Once you've gathered intel, you can confidently name cards and watch them crumble. Combine this with a modest creature suite or repeatable effects to stay ahead on board while your opponents struggle with missing pieces of their game plan.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip the pricey tutors—lean on cheap discard cantrips like Thought Scour and Opts instead of Dark Confidant, and use Evolving Wilds over Scalding Tarn.
Most-Played Cards
Telepathy
Glasses of Urza
Seer's Vision
Megrim
Geth's Grimoire
Waste Not
Zur's Weirding
Peek
Syphon Mind
Spy Network
Recoil
Wandering Eye
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