zurgo by Maresvow

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Stormrender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a aggressive Mardu token and aristocrats strategy commanded by Zurgo Stormrender. The game plan revolves around generating disposable creature tokens during combat via Mobilize and attack triggers, then extracting double value from them. When attacking tokens die in combat, Zurgo replaces them with fresh cards; when they survive combat and are sacrificed at the end step or fed into sacrifice outlets, Zurgo and redundant drain pieces like Blood Artist, Mirkwood Bats, and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim drain each opponent's life total. Support cards such as Isshin, Two Heavens as One and Warleader's Call amplify the damage output, while Skullclamp and Idol of Oblivion keep resources flowing. The deck puts the entire table under a tight clock by Turn 5 and consistently eliminates all opponents by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldnight Commander
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hardened Tactician
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Ironwill Forger
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Venerated Stormsinger
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Within Range
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender
  • 1 Zurgo, Thunder's Decree