the instigator by user6430670

Format: Commander

Commander: Iroh, Tea Master

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Boros donation/ally deck built around Iroh, Tea Master. Iroh creates a Food token and, at combat, donates a permanent to an opponent, trading that permanent for a scaled Ally token. The deck accelerates this with Bazaar Trader, Humble Defector, Yes Man, Harmless Offering, and Stiltzkin, then multiplies the tokens with Anointed Procession, Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and Caretaker's Talent. Red theft spells steal opponent creatures to swing or create Treasures with Zidane. Smothering Tithe and Gleaming Splendor convert group draw into mana. The deck wins through an overwhelming combat step of oversized Ally tokens, with a backup theft-and-Treasure plan. There is no hidden commander; Akroan Horse is the primary donation battery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Act of Aggression
  • 1 Act of Authority
  • 1 Act of Treason
  • 1 Aggressive Mining
  • 1 Akroan Horse
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Avaricious Dragon
  • 1 Awaken the Sleeper
  • 1 Bazaar Trader
  • 1 Besmirch
  • 1 Black Widow, Agile Avenger
  • 1 Black Widow, Intel Expert
  • 1 Blind with Anger
  • 1 Bloody Betrayal
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Break the Spell
  • 1 Browbeat
  • 1 Captivating Crew
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Coveted Jewel
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Custody Battle
  • 1 Cut a Deal
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dawn Charm
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Eriette's Tempting Apple
  • 1 Evil's Thrall
  • 1 Flumph
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Goblin Cadets
  • 1 Harmless Offering
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Illumination
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Iroh, Tea Master
  • 1 Jet's Brainwashing
  • 1 Jinxed Idol
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Limits of Solidarity
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nine Lives
  • 1 Pendant of Prosperity
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Pyromancer's Swath
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rainbow Vale
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spectral Searchlight
  • 1 Steel Golem
  • 1 Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
  • 1 Sunbillow Verge
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Tuktuk Scrapper
  • 1 Yes Man, Personal Securitron
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts
  • 1 Zidane, Tantalus Thief