New Untitled Deck by user1013609

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper token-aristocrats build led by Marneus Calgar. The strategy uses low-cost mana rocks and early token engines like Bitterblossom, Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff, and Black Market Connections to accelerate into Marneus Calgar on Turn 4. Once Marneus enters, every token creation event converts directly into card advantage, drawing 2 or more cards per turn cycle. The deck scales its board using token doublers like Anointed Procession and Mondrak, Glory Dominus while draining opponents with Mirkwood Bats, Commissar Severina Raine, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim. Combat overruns from For the Emperor! and Thunderhawk Gunship provide alternative closing power. A robust interaction suite of 16 spells, including Fierce Guardianship, Cyclonic Rift, and Anguished Unmaking, protects the engine and disrupts opposing threats. While lacking universal tutors, the deck achieves high consistency through pure card draw volume and redundant token payoffs.

Decklist (115 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Inquisitor Greyfax
  • 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Moonlit Meditation
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vanguard Suppressor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat