The Armiger by user8026345

Format: Commander

Commander: Noctis, Prince of Lucis

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Esper deck combines Equipment voltron strategies with Human synergies and artifact recursion. The primary plan deploys efficient creatures such as Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, Adelbert Steiner, and Winter Soldier, Icy Assassin, tutored alongside high-stat weapons like Colossus Hammer and Buster Sword. Free-equip enablers, notably Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist and Forge Anew, bypass equip costs to enable massive combat swings as early as Turn 4. The deck transitions into a lethal threat on Turn 5 through Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain, who clones attached Equipment on attack to eliminate opponents sequentially across two response cycles. Noctis, Prince of Lucis acts from the command zone as a recursive safety net, allowing destroyed artifacts to be cast directly from the graveyard. Robust interaction and protection cards—including Fierce Guardianship, Swords to Plowshares, and Grand Abolisher—shield the board, while mass recursion like Mantle of the Ancients ensures rapid recovery from sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adelbert Steiner
  • 1 Arcade Gannon
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Improvisation
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boromir, Gondor's Hope
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brotherhood Outcast
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coppercoat Vanguard
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 General Kudro of Drannith
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
  • 1 Jirina, Dauntless General
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Luxior, Giada's Gift
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Nahiri, the Lithomancer
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Noctis, Heir Apparent
  • 1 Noctis, Prince of Lucis
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paladin Danse, Steel Maverick
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen Uniform
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 Thalia's Lieutenant
  • 1 The Aetherspark
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unfinished Business
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winter Soldier, Icy Assassin