The First of Many by davidr5807

Format: Commander

Commander: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Mardu deck utilizes Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad as a combat-driven reanimator engine that transforms the graveyard into an aggressive exile-based token strike force. By using graveyard tutors like Buried Alive and looting spells to bin deadly Assassins such as Virtus the Veiled and Unstoppable Slasher, Altaïr repeatedly creates attacking token copies that cut opposing life totals in half. The deck layers attack multipliers like Isshin, Two Heavens as One, token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, and damage doublers like Bloodletter of Aclazotz to convert single combat steps into table-ending bursts. Outstanding defensive interaction—including free protection spells like Flawless Maneuver and Deflecting Swat—keeps Altaïr safe during critical attack phases. Backed by an alternate infinite combat combo in Aggravated Assault and Sword of Feast and Famine, the deck delivers relentless, high-pressure combat sequences that overwhelm opponents across Turns 5 and 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
  • 1 Arbaaz Mir
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Aya of Alexandria
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayek of Siwa
  • 1 Big Game Hunter
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspiracy
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kelsien, the Plague
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Merciless Harlequin
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Pursue the Past
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roshan, Hidden Magister
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Ruthless Lawbringer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Animus
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Wound Reflection