OrzhovLegendary Creature — Human NobleNeva, Stalked by Nightmares
Mana value4Rank#9,380
The Commander
Menace
When Neva enters, return target creature or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever an enchantment you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Neva, then scry 1.
Guide
Gameplan
Neva is an Orzhov enchantments-matter midrange/aristocrats deck that grinds value by recurring threats and sacrificing or cycling enchantments to grow Neva and dig with scry. You deploy cheap enchantments and creatures, leverage Neva's ETB recursion every time she returns, and turn dying enchantments into card selection and an evasive Voltron threat.
Strengths
- Built-in card advantage: every recast of Neva returns a creature or enchantment from the graveyard.
- Grindy and resilient against board wipes thanks to recursion and graveyard value.
- Menace plus snowballing +1/+1 counters makes her a real commander-damage threat.
- Scry 1 triggers smooth your draws and stabilize land/spell ratios.
Weaknesses
- Slow to close games without a payoff; pure value can stall.
- Counter growth requires enchantments actually dying, which needs sacrifice/destruction enablers.
- Vulnerable to graveyard hate that shuts off her recursion engine.
- Two-color, so no access to fast green ramp or blue interaction.
Key Cards
- Luminous Broodmoth — Recurs your dying creatures while you sacrifice enchantments for value, deepening the aristocrats loop.
- Skullclamp — Turns sacrificed tokens and small creatures into a relentless card-draw engine alongside Neva's recursion.
- Enchantress's Presence — Pairs with cheap enchantments to draw cards as you build the board, fueling Neva-style grind.
- Phyrexian Tower — Lets you sacrifice creatures for mana and value, and re-trigger Neva's ETB by recasting her.
- Claws of Gix — A free outlet to sacrifice enchantments, repeatedly growing Neva and scrying each time.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient sacrifice outlets and recursion (Phyrexian Tower, Goblin Bombardment-style enchantment sac engines) plus aristocrats payoffs like Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat to convert dying permanents into damage. Tighten the mana base with Orzhov duals and fast rocks, and include strong tutors (Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Enlightened Tutor) to assemble loops. Cut narrow value enchantments for game-ending payoffs and protection like Teferi's Protection or Flawless Maneuver.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from an evasive, counter-laden Neva with menace.
- ▸Grinding opponents out with overwhelming card advantage and incremental value.
- ▸Aristocrats drain via sacrifice payoffs like Blood Artist effects.
- ▸Wide token swarms backed by anthem or sacrifice synergies.
Archetypes
- Enchantress/Enchantments-matter — Her counter-and-scry trigger rewards a deck stuffed with enchantments that enter and leave play.
- Aristocrats — Sacrificing creatures and enchantments for value synergizes with her recursion and growth.
- Reanimator/Recursion — Her ETB returns creature or enchantment cards, enabling repeatable value loops with sacrifice and reanimation.
- Voltron — Menace plus accumulating +1/+1 counters lets her win through commander damage.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BW), by popularity.
