UNSC by Ojibrando

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper token control strategy led by Marneus Calgar. The deck pairs early mana acceleration and taxing pieces such as Esper Sentinel, Rhystic Study, and Smothering Tithe with efficient token generators to convert token creation into continuous card advantage. By deploying threats like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Myrel, Shield of Argive, and Rabble Rousing, the deck quickly builds a formidable board presence while keeping a full hand. It controls the table using efficient spot removal, free counterspells like Fierce Guardianship, and one-sided sweepers such as Hour of Reckoning and Cyclonic Rift. To close out games, the deck leverages mass pump and evasion spells like Akroma's Will, Cathars' Crusade, and Commissar Severina Raine, delivering lethal combat and life-drain damage across all opponents in a single coordinated strike.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Belisarius Cawl
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deploy to the Front
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Entrapment Maneuver
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gather the Townsfolk
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Mystic Reflection
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primaris Eliminator
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Reaver Titan
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resolute Reinforcements
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sicarian Infiltrator
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Steward of Solidarity
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vanguard Suppressor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zephyrim