MaCCready v1 by Griffithtajg

Format: Commander

Commander: MacCready, Lamplight Mayor

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Orzhov deck blends an aggressive aristocrats strategy with disruptive taxing elements. Led by MacCready, Lamplight Mayor, the deck grants skulk to creatures with power 2 or less, allowing utility creatures and tokens to bypass larger blockers to trigger combat abilities from cards like Tymna the Weaver. Meanwhile, MacCready punishes opponents who attack back with large creatures. The core engine builds a dense board of low-power creatures and token generators such as Bitterblossom and Charismatic Conqueror, converting them into card draw through Skullclamp or mana via Ashnod's Altar and Phyrexian Altar. As creatures enter and die, payoffs like Cruel Celebrant, Marionette Apprentice, and Zulaport Cutthroat systematically drain opponent life totals. High-impact pieces like Delney, Streetwise Lookout double death triggers, while protection spells like Voice of Victory and Flare of Fortitude ensure safe execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Elenda, the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gríma Wormtongue
  • 1 Hidden Grotto
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Postmortem Professor
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splitskin Doll
  • 1 Susurian Voidborn
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Thorn of Amethyst
  • 1 Thraben Charm
  • 1 Thraben Inspector
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat