Bartz Battalion Brigade by KotaMori

Format: Commander

Commander: Winota, Joiner of Forces

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This cEDH list operates as an explosive proactive stax deck helmed by Winota, Joiner of Forces. The primary strategy accelerates into play an assortment of zero- and one-mana non-Human enablers, such as Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh, Ornithopter, and Gingerbrute, alongside dense Rule of Law pieces and artifact mana. Once Winota enters the battlefield on Turn 2 or 3, declaring an attack with these cheap creatures triggers multiple six-card digs into the library. These triggers cheat massive, game-warping Humans directly onto the battlefield tapped, attacking, and indestructible without paying their mana costs. Winota completely breaks parity on symmetry-enforcing tax effects like Archon of Emeria and Drannith Magistrate, since her engine never casts the creatures it cheats into play. The deck scales lethal combat damage across all three opponents by Turn 4 through damage multipliers and buffs, while retaining an infinite combat loop between Combat Celebrant and Mirage Phalanx.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ainok Strike Leader
• 1 Alseid of Life's Bounty
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Angrath's Marauders
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archon of Emeria
• 1 Aven Mindcensor
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Blade Historian
• 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
• 1 Captain of the Watch
• 1 Cavalry Pegasus
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Clarion Conqueror
• 1 Combat Celebrant
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Deafening Silence
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1 Elegant Parlor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Ethersworn Canonist
• 1 Evangel of Heliod
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Flare of Fortitude
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Geist-Honored Monk
• 1 Gingerbrute
• 1 Giver of Runes
• 1 Goldnight Commander
• 1 Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
• 1 Hall Monitor
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 High Noon
• 1 Hope of Ghirapur
• 1 Imperial Recruiter
• 1 Inspiring Vantage
• 1 Kinscaer Sentry
• 1 Legion Warboss
• 1 Lena, Selfless Champion
• 1 Lightning, Army of One
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Loyal Apprentice
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mirage Phalanx
• 1 Mother of Runes
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Mox Amber
• 1 Mox Diamond
• 1 Mox Opal
• 1 Multiversal Passage
• 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1 Ocelot Pride
• 1 Odric, Master Tactician
• 1 Orim's Chant
• 1 Ornithopter
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phoenix Chick
• 1 Phyrexian Walker
• 4 Plains
• 1 Plateau
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1 Recruiter of the Guard
• 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Selfless Savior
• 1 Selfless Spirit
• 1 Silence
• 1 Simian Spirit Guide
• 1 Skrelv, Defector Mite
• 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
• 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soulless Jailer
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Starting Town
• 1 Sunbaked Canyon
• 1 Sunbillow Verge
• 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tataru Taru
• 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Winota, Joiner of Forces
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful