Aristocrats by AndrewWa178

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a aggressive Mardu token and aristocrats strategy led by Caesar, Legion's Emperor. It focuses on flooding the board with low-cost creature tokens through engines like Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, and Skrelv's Hive. Once a wide board is established, the deck leverages enter-the-battlefield burn, attack triggers, and death triggers from cards such as Impact Tremors, Warleader's Call, Commissar Severina Raine, and Mirkwood Bats to rapidly drain life totals across the entire table simultaneously. Caesar, Legion's Emperor acts as both a value engine and a burn outlet in the command zone, drawing cards, replacing sacrificed tokens, or dealing direct damage to opponents. Supporting pieces like Skullclamp and Goblin Bombardment provide card velocity and instant-speed conversion of tokens into damage, allowing the deck to close games swiftly while punishing opponents who attempt to wipe the board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Citizen's Crowbar
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Diamond City
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Memorial to Glory
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moogles' Valor
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Powder Ganger
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat