Warhammer by user6528842

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Marneus Calgar is an Esper token-advantage commander whose draw trigger turns every token-creation event into a card. The deck leans into this with a dense token package - Bitterblossom, Black Market Connections, Smothering Tithe, squad creatures, and planeswalker token makers - while Anointed Procession, Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and Elspeth, Storm Slayer multiply the army. It wins primarily through a wide, anthem-driven combat kill with For the Emperor!, Company Commander, and Thunderhawk Gunship, but it also carries a compact infinite line: Marneus Calgar + Nadir Kraken + Ashnod's Altar draws the deck, makes infinite mana and tokens, and finishes through Sanguinary Priest or Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim. A flexible control shell of six counterspells, removal, and protection keeps the engine alive through disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assault Intercessor
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Birth of the Imperium
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Defenders of Humanity
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deny the Witch
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exterminatus
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 For the Emperor!
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hope's Aero Magic
  • 1 Inquisitor Eisenhorn
  • 1 Inquisitor Greyfax
  • 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Launch the Fleet
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primaris Eliminator
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sanguinary Priest
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sicarian Infiltrator
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Space Marine Scout
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 T'Challa's Protection
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Golden Throne
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanguard Suppressor
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zephyrim