Marionettes by user8572591

Format: Commander

Commander: Breena, the Demagogue

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck is commanded by Breena, the Demagogue and blends political multiplayer incentives, defensive pillowfort taxes, and aggressive +1/+1 counter scaling. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost utility creatures and mana rocks to assemble Breena by Turn 3. On Turn 4, the deck attacks opponents with higher life totals to draw extra cards while growing its attacking creatures into formidable aerial threats. Defensive cornerstones like Ghostly Prison, Windborn Muse, Nils, Discipline Enforcer, and Orzhov Advokist disincentivize opponents from attacking you, steering table aggression into other players while Breena continues to harvest draw triggers and power buffs. The deck closes the game around Turn 8 through massive flying combat damage amplified by Duelist's Heritage and Necropolis Regent, while holding back efficient removal spells and defensive answers like Inkshield and Clever Concealment to protect its board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ayara's Oathsworn
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Combat Calligrapher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathbringer Liege
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Dusk Legion Duelist
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Envoy of the Ancestors
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
  • 1 Firemane Commando
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hopeful Initiate
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Selfless Squire
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tomik, Wielder of Law
  • 1 Vanishing Verse
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Your Temple Is Under Attack