Mayor? Dont you mean Butler? by Dxndylion

Format: Commander

Commander: Marcus, Mutant Mayor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Simic +1/+1 counters combat engine helmed by Marcus, Mutant Mayor. It accelerates in the opening turns with dense 1-to-2 CMC mana dorks, converts early mana into rapid counter growth through amplifiers like Hardened Scales, Kami of Whispered Hopes, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, and establishes commander card flow by Turn 4. From Turn 5 onward, explosive counter doublers such as Kalonian Hydra, Railway Brawler, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider scale the board into lethal trample threats while Marcus refills the hand on combat damage. The list mitigates creature removal with phase-out protection like Ripples of Potential and counter retention via The Ozolith. It excels at overwhelming mid-power pods through compounding board presence and asymmetric wipes like Wave Goodbye.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Drannith Ruins
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Druid of Purification
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fangs of Kalonia
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Joraga Treespeaker
  • 1 Jugan Defends the Temple // Remnant of the Rising Star
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Littjara Mirrorlake
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Marcus, Mutant Mayor
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Ornery Tumblewagg
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Questing Beast
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smell Fear
  • 1 Snapback
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Staff of Compleation
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tangled Florahedron // Tangled Vale
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Tyranid Prime
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast