Forces of the Imperium by user6498712

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper token-swarm deck helmed by Marneus Calgar, whose "Master Tactician" ability turns every token entering the battlefield into a card draw. The entire strategy is built around flooding the board with tokens - via squad creatures, Birth of the Imperium, Company Commander, and token doublers like Mondrak, Glory Dominus, Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation, and Bard, King of Dale - and converting that mass into overwhelming card advantage. The primary finish is a drain loop: Ashnod's Altar plus Pitiless Plunderer plus any token generator plus a Blood Artist-class outlet produces infinite mana, infinite draws off Marneus, and infinite life loss. The backup plan is combat, with anthems like Intangible Virtue, Cathars' Crusade, and Ultramarines Honour Guard turning the swarm lethal. The deck is a midrange value engine that grinds into a combo or overruns the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assault Intercessor
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bastion Protector
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Birth of the Imperium
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Collective Effort
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Defenders of Humanity
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exterminatus
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lord Skitter, Sewer King
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sanguinary Priest
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Golden Throne
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vanguard Suppressor
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat