Soldier by user1020921

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Mardu Soldier-tribal token deck helmed by Caesar, Legion's Emperor, built to go absurdly wide and convert that board into direct damage. Caesar's attack trigger turns a sacrificed token into two hasty Soldiers, a card, or a chunk of damage equal to your token count - so every attack both grows the board and advances the clock. The deck layers a dense Soldier package (token makers like Brimaz, King of Oreskos, Myrel, Shield of Argive, and Assemble the Legion) under token doublers (Anointed Procession, Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation, Elspeth, Storm Slayer) and Soldier lords (Captain of the Watch, Field Marshal, Commander Mustard). Primary wins are overwhelming combat plus Caesar's damage mode sniping each opponent; a sacrifice subtheme (Pitiless Plunderer, Grave Pact, Bastion of Remembrance) adds drain and ramp. It's a fair, resilient aggro deck with strong protection but no infinite combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assemble the Legion
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
  • 1 Ballyrush Banneret
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
  • 1 Brutal Cathar // Moonrage Brute
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Captain of the Watch
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander Eesha
  • 1 Commander Mustard
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
  • 1 Craig Boone, Novac Guard
  • 1 Darien, King of Kjeldor
  • 1 Daru Warchief
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Field Marshal
  • 1 Firebender Ascension
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Frontline Strategist
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Horn of Gondor
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Keeper of the Accord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Long-Range Sensor
  • 1 Lossarnach Captain
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Martial Coup
  • 1 Militia's Pride
  • 1 Mobilization
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Odric, Master Tactician
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Prava of the Steel Legion
  • 1 Preeminent Captain
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 SOLDIER Military Program
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wear // Tear