CAESAR by Lansuu

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Mardu deck is a high-synergy aggressive aristocrats engine commanded by Caesar, Legion's Emperor. The primary game plan revolves around generating large swarms of low-cost creature tokens through engines like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, and Horn of Gondor, and converting them into immediate value. Caesar triggers on attack to sacrifice expendable tokens, simultaneously replenishing cards and expanding the attacking board state. Passive damage enhancers such as Impact Tremors, Agate Instigator, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim drain the entire table as tokens enter and die, bypassing conventional blockers. The deck accelerates into a Turn 4 commander deployment, presents a lethal must-answer clock by Turn 5, and reliably eliminates the table by Turn 7 using overrun effects like Akroma's Will or extra combat sequences with Breath of Fury. High token redundancy and resilient defensive tools provide steady recovery against standard removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Barrensteppe Siege
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Breath of Fury
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Darien, King of Kjeldor
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Denethor, Ruling Steward
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dictate of the Twin Gods
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fireflux Squad
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Intrepid Hero
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jet, Rebel Leader
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Loyal Unicorn
  • 1 Loyal Warhound
  • 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mythos of Snapdax
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyknight Vanguard
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender
  • 1 Zurgo, Thunder's Decree