Hail Caesar by smahon90

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Mardu token aggro and aristocrats list led by Caesar, Legion's Emperor. The primary plan develops low-cost token generators during the opening turns, deploys Caesar on Turn 4, and leverages his combat trigger to generate additional tokens, draw cards, and burn opponents. On Turn 5, the deck reaches critical onset by pairing wide combat attacks with group-slug multipliers such as Purphoros, God of the Forge, Impact Tremors, Mirkwood Bats, and Commissar Severina Raine. This life-loss pressure rapidly reduces all three opponents simultaneously, setting up a decisive finish on Turn 6 through combat damage and aristocrat death triggers. While the deck lacks tutors and fast mana, it compensates with high functional redundancy across its creature suite and robust protection pieces like Grand Abolisher and Deflecting Swat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Ingris Stingerquill
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starry-Eyed Skyrider
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 War Effort
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender