Project Mayhem by DoomsDay

Format: Commander

Commander: Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund combat and fight-control strategy commanded by Maarika, Brutal Gladiator. The deck accelerates mana on turns 1 and 2 to cast Maarika on turn 4. Because Maarika must be blocked and gains indestructible during your turn, she safely attacks into opposing boards. Utilizing cheap fight spells such as Tail Swipe, Bushwhack, and The Last Agni Kai, Maarika triggers her excess damage ability to repeatedly force opponents to sacrifice noncreature, nonland permanents like artifacts, enchantments, and planeswalkers. The deck scales damage using Fiery Emancipation, Unnatural Growth, Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum to eliminate players swiftly with commander damage. In addition, the deck carries an infinite combo between Basking Broodscale and Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest that generates infinite mana and infinitely large creatures. Supported by a robust suite of cheap protection spells, the deck dominates creature combat while dismantling opponents' engines.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ancient Animus
• 1 Anger
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arena
• 1 Asceticism
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Basking Broodscale
• 1 Bear Umbra
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Brash Taunter
• 1 Bushwhack
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Defense of the Heart
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fiery Emancipation
• 1 Fight Rigging
• 1 Fight for the Throne
• 9 Forest
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Gift of the Deity
• 1 Gimli's Reckless Might
• 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1 Green Sun's Zenith
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Homeward Path
• 1 Hunter's Talent
• 1 Ignoble Hierarch
• 1 Infiltration Lens
• 1 Inscription of Abundance
• 1 Kaya's Ghostform
• 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
• 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
• 1 Mage Slayer
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nemesis Mask
• 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Pain for All
• 1 Pariah's Shield
• 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1 Prizefight
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Ram Through
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Repercussion
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Rishkar's Expertise
• 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Tail Swipe
• 1 Talisman of Impulse
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 The Last Agni Kai
• 1 The Reaver Cleaver
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Unnatural Growth
• 1 Vigor
• 1 Well Rested
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground