Everyone hates Jodah by salemander

Format: Commander

Commander: Jodah, the Unifier

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a 5-color legendary aggro-midrange build commanded by Jodah, the Unifier. The primary strategy focuses on establishing early mana fixing and deploying cheap, synergistic legendary creatures during the opening turns. On Turn 5, casting Jodah unlocks both a cascading card-advantage engine and an aggressive stat buff that scales with every legendary permanent on the board. On Turn 6, casting an additional legendary creature triggers a free cascade cast and enables an overwhelming combat assault. With trample and evasion from cards like Tanazir Quandrix and Wilson, Refined Grizzly, the deck quickly eliminates one player and closes out the remaining opponents on Turn 7. While the deck boasts immense explosive combat power and high card density, its main vulnerabilities stem from its heavy reliance on maintaining its commander on the battlefield, limited instant-speed stack protection, and susceptibility to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aron, Benalia's Ruin
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baird, Argivian Recruiter
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Dina, Soul Steeper
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallaji Wayfarer
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flood Plain
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fynn, the Fangbearer
  • 1 Grasslands
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Haunted Mire
  • 1 Hunting Grounds
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Jenara, Asura of War
  • 1 Jodah's Codex
  • 1 Jodah, the Unifier
  • 1 King Darien XLVIII
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krydle of Baldur's Gate
  • 1 Lagrella, the Magpie
  • 1 Lightning Helix
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
  • 1 Neera, Wild Mage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of All
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Queen Allenal of Ruadach
  • 1 Queza, Augur of Agonies
  • 1 Radha, Coalition Warlord
  • 1 Raff, Weatherlight Stalwart
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Shanna, Purifying Blade
  • 1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sol'Kanar the Tainted
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Stenn, Paranoid Partisan
  • 1 Sunlit Marsh
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Tanazir Quandrix
  • 1 Ulasht, the Hate Seed
  • 1 Unite the Coalition
  • 1 Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Wilson, Refined Grizzly
  • 1 Ziatora's Envoy
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground