Vihaan

Format: Commander

Commander: Vihaan, Goldwaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Mardu Treasure-aggro and aristocrats deck led by Vihaan, Goldwaker. The primary game plan generates a large hoard of Treasure tokens during the early turns using low-cost value engines such as Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff, and Black Market Connections. Once Vihaan, Goldwaker enters the battlefield, its combat ability animates every Treasure into a 3/3 Construct Assassin with vigilance and haste. This allows the deck to attack with overwhelming combat power while keeping the Treasures available to tap for mana or sacrifice. Aristocrat engines like Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, and Nadier's Nightblade convert token generation and combat trades into direct life drain across all opponents. A robust suite of protection spells like Boros Charm, Deflecting Swat, and Flawless Maneuver defends the board against wipes and spot removal. The deck closes games reliably by Turn 7 through repeated combat swings or burst finishes with Akroma's Will.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blazemire Verge
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Blood Money
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Body Count
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Brass's Bounty
• 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commissar Severina Raine
• 1 Crackling Doom
• 1 Cruel Celebrant
• 1 Cyberman Patrol
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Descent into Avernus
• 1 Dispatch
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Fountainport
• 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Generous Plunderer
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Great Train Heist
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Ingenious Artillerist
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter
• 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
• 1 Lapse of Certainty
• 1 Locke, Treasure Hunter
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1 Marionette Apprentice
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Morbid Opportunist
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 1 Plains
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Scrubland
• 1 Sentinel Sarah Lyons
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Species Specialist
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Spiteful Banditry
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sunbillow Verge
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Three Tree City
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Treasure Vault
• 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Vihaan, Goldwaker
• 1 Volatile Fault
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Xorn
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat