Waagh by user1007810

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Helmsmasher

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This Mardu deck utilizes Zurgo Helmsmasher as an aggressive Voltron finisher combined with a dense package of damage-based board wipes. Because Zurgo has indestructible during your turn, spells like Blasphemous Act, Chain Reaction, and Anger of the Gods clear opposing blockers while leaving Zurgo unharmed to attack immediately with haste. The deck accelerates Zurgo's 7-power base with equipment such as Blackblade Reforged and Commander's Plate, as well as damage amplifiers like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Chandra's Ignition. A secondary amass subtheme with cards like March from the Black Gate, Dreadhorde Invasion, and Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain provides sacrificial fodder and backup attackers. The strategy struggles against instant-speed interaction on opponents' turns, where Zurgo's 2 toughness makes him fragile, and lacks tutors to consistently find key equipment or protection pieces.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Anger of the Gods
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clash of Titans
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Deafening Clarion
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Kusari-Gama
  • 1 Lapse of Certainty
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Marauder
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nemesis Mask
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Shagrat, Loot Bearer
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stingcaster Mage
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Volcanic Fallout
  • 1 Warbeast of Gorgoroth
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zurgo Helmsmasher