Mardu Surge by rufusglez

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Stormrender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Mardu deck is a high-velocity token aggro and aristocrats engine commanded by Zurgo Stormrender. The primary game plan revolves around casting aggressive creature token generators that trigger on attack, such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, and Leonin Warleader. As these tokens enter the battlefield and subsequently leave during combat or the end step, Zurgo turns temporary attackers into steady card draw while draining opponents whenever non-attacking tokens perish. The deck rapidly converts board presence into lethal table-wide damage using entry-burn enchantments like Impact Tremors and Warleader's Call, combat doublers like Isshin, Two Heavens as One, and direct drain payoffs like Commissar Severina Raine and Mirkwood Bats. Highly redundant threats and potent card draw allow the deck to maintain relentless momentum through interaction, culminating in an overwhelming wide assault or an infinite damage loop via Murderous Redcap and Cathars' Crusade.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
  • 1 Cadric, Soul Kindler
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elspeth Tirel
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Infantry Shield
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Leonin Warleader
  • 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 White Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender