!!!? by woody

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Esper midrange and combo powerhouse led by Marneus Calgar. It leverages high-density fast mana and premier card engines like Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, and Esper Sentinel to maintain continuous resource superiority over the table. The primary win condition is the ultra-compact, format-defining combo of Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, capable of closing the game on Turn 3 with 0 opponent response cycles. A redundant package of silence effects, including Grand Abolisher, Ranger-Captain of Eos, and Silence, ensures safe combo execution while an elite suite of free counterspells defends against opposing fast wins. When the primary line is contested, Marneus Calgar turns incidental token production from Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff, Orcish Bowmasters, and Warren Soultrader into massive card velocity, allowing effortless transitions into alternate life-drain loops or grindy value dominance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 April O'Neil, Human Element
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mnemonic Betrayal
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steal Enchantment
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Time Sieve
  • 1 Timetwister
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath