Mardu Army by Abledor

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a aggressive Mardu token-combat deck led by Caesar, Legion's Emperor. The primary strategy focuses on deploying low-cost token generators during the early turns, casting Caesar on turn 4, and utilizing his attack trigger to cycle cards, expand the board, and direct burn damage at opposing life totals. The deck quickly escalates on turn 5 by layering global enter-the-battlefield burn effects like Purphoros, God of the Forge and Impact Tremors, or attack-trigger doublers like Isshin, Two Heavens as One. Rather than relying on infinite combos or heavy fast mana, the deck wins through relentless go-wide combat and unavoidable group life drain. It protects its aggressive board using high-impact defensive spells such as Flawless Maneuver and Clever Concealment, and it controls the combat tempo with cards like Kardur, Doomscourge and Taunt from the Rampart to secure lethal finishes by turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gideon's Sacrifice
  • 1 Grave Venerations
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Rabid Attack
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Retrofitter Foundry
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of Totentanz
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Taunt from the Rampart
  • 1 Toby, Beastie Befriender
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender