Hail, Caesar by MajorPvtDonut

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Mardu go-wide aggro and aristocrats engine commanded by Caesar, Legion's Emperor. The primary strategy establishes early token generators or sacrifice fodder on turns 1–3, deploys Caesar on turn 4, and initiates an aggressive combat-sacrifice loop that generates attacking tokens, draws cards, and burns opponents directly. By turn 5, the deck scales into a critical threat by layering attack multipliers like Isshin, Two Heavens as One or token engines like Myrel, Shield of Argive alongside drain effects from Bastion of Remembrance and Zulaport Cutthroat. The deck applies relentless pressure across multiple combat phases, using Caesar's direct damage and death triggers to bypass blockers and close out games by turn 7. Its interactive suite provides versatile instant-speed exile and asymmetric board wipes like Ruinous Ultimatum, while backup token engines ensure resilience even when the commander is contested.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Assemble the Legion
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Big Mother Mouser
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Captain of the Watch
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craig Boone, Novac Guard
  • 1 Cruel Celebrant
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Denethor, Ruling Steward
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elder Arthur Maxson
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Entrapment Maneuver
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fervent Charge
  • 1 Finale of Glory
  • 1 General's Enforcer
  • 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Reaper's Sprint
  • 1 Heroic Reinforcements
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impassioned Orator
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Ministrant of Obligation
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Pre-War Formalwear
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Raise the Alarm
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Secure the Wastes
  • 1 Securitron Squadron
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 V.A.T.S.
  • 1 Wasteland Raider
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat