Maarika spell slinger by deagleman44

Format: Commander

Commander: Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck leverages Maarika, Brutal Gladiator as an aggressive Voltron commander and asymmetric board-control engine. By capitalizing on Maarika's native indestructible during your turn and her mandatory blocking rule, the deck turns opposing blocker declarations into one-sided blowouts. A dense suite of bite spells such as Domri's Ambush and Nature's Way allows Maarika to deal lethal damage to opposing creatures before combat, triggering her ability to force opponents to sacrifice noncreature, nonland permanents. Accelerated by a consistent package of 2-CMC ramp, Maarika reliably hits the board on Turn 4. The deck converts card advantage through forced-block synergies like Infiltration Lens and Neyith of the Dire Hunt, while closing games via commander damage amplified by Temur Battle Rage, Bulk Up, and Xenagos, God of Revels.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barbed Servitor
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Burrog Barrage
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chorale of the Void
  • 1 Cliffhaven Kitesail
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cruel Truths
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Diplomatic Relations
  • 1 Domri's Ambush
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Fowl Strike
  • 1 Friendly Rivalry
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Giant Growth
  • 1 Glimpse the Core
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 High Stride
  • 1 Hunter's Bow
  • 1 Infiltration Lens
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Lightning Spear
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
  • 1 Masterful Flourish
  • 1 Might of the Meek
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Way
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Obsessive Pursuit
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Pact Weapon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Quarrel
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raucous Audience
  • 1 Requiem Monolith
  • 1 Rig for War
  • 1 Riveteers Charm
  • 1 Rocky Rebuke
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Scarblade's Malice
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tangleweave Armor
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Thickest in the Thicket
  • 1 Three Tree Rootweaver
  • 1 Tragic Slip
  • 1 Vicious Rivalry
  • 1 Viewpoint Synchronization
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels