Tokens by AdriPC2724

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper token-aristocrats midrange strategy helmed by Marneus Calgar. The game plan focuses on establishing low-cost token generators early, deploying Marneus on turn 4, and drawing a continuous stream of cards whenever tokens enter the battlefield. By turning every creature, treasure, and clue into fresh cards, the deck maintains high hand size and steady mana development. It closes games around turn 8 using aristocrats drain engines like Mirkwood Bats, Corpse Knight, and Blood Artist, or by converting small tokens into an overwhelming aerial army with Divine Visitation, Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and Alandra, Sky Dreamer. A solid suite of countermagic, one-sided sweepers like Hour of Reckoning, and proactive protection pieces like Myrel, Shield of Argive ensure the deck can disrupt opponents while shielding its own board from removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
  • 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Break Ties
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clarion Spirit
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity Crafter
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Denethor, Ruling Steward
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Minn, Wily Illusionist
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Viscera Seer