Zagorka's City of Brass by GulliasTurtle

Format: Commander

Commander: Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Temur deck harnesses Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum to establish an explosive midrange ramp and stompy game plan. In the early turns, the deck deploys efficient two-mana mana acceleration into Zagorka, utilizing her end-step Sanctum land tokens to accelerate mana production while deterring aggressive attacks from opponents who accept the bargain. By Turn 4, the deck translates its mana surplus into robust card-drawing engines such as Garruk's Uprising, Loot, the Pathfinder, and Bonny Pall, Clearcutter. Between Turns 5 and 6, the deck transitions into its critical onset phase, landing devastating landfall and power-matters threats including Avenger of Zendikar, Omnath, Locus of Rage, Dragonback Assault, and Ureni, the Song Unending. With an abundant land base and teamwide trample enablers, the deck generates wide armies of Elemental and Dragon tokens that close out the game over two aggressive combat rotations. A resilient suite of cheap protection spells and versatile countermagic shields the board against opposing removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstract Paintmage
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Body of Research
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Bring to Light
  • 1 Caller of Gales
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Charmbreaker Devils
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Cloudthresher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Deus of Calamity
  • 1 Dominus of Fealty
  • 1 Dragonback Assault
  • 1 Dragonlair Spider
  • 1 Elemental Expressionist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fantastic Elasticity
  • 1 Farseek
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Frilled Mystic
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Genesis Ultimatum
  • 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hugs, Grisly Guardian
  • 1 Invoke Calamity
  • 1 Invoke the Ancients
  • 1 Invoke the Winds
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kaleidoscorch
  • 1 Loot, the Key to Everything
  • 1 Loot, the Pathfinder
  • 1 Magmablood Archaic
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 1 Mizzium Skin
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mountain Valley
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Snake
  • 1 Mythos of Illuna
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Old-Growth Troll
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Snarl Song
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songcrafter Mage
  • 1 Splatter Technique
  • 1 Sunder Shaman
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 Temur Charm
  • 1 Together as One
  • 1 Uncle's Musings
  • 1 Undergrowth Champion
  • 1 Ureni, the Song Unending
  • 1 Voidslime
  • 1 Wildgrowth Archaic
  • 1 Wooded Ridgeline
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum