Calgar Bracket 3

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Marneus Calgar runs an Esper token/draw/aristocrats engine. Its plan is to generate tokens from Squad creatures, sagas, and token makers, convert each token into a card with Calgar's Master Tactician trigger, then either turn a wide board sideways behind Akroma's Will or For the Emperor!, or drain the table with Kambal, Elas il-Kor, and Sanguinary Priest. Ashnod's Altar and Pitiless Plunderer turn tokens into mana, while Chivalric Alliance both draws and creates Knights, enabling a repeatable loop. There is no hidden commander; Elas il-Kor, Kambal, and Thalisse are secondary token payoffs. The deck wins through swarm combat or an aristocrat loop.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 And They Shall Know No Fear
• 1 Andúril, Flame of the West
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1 Birth of the Imperium
• 1 Blade of Selves
• 1 Callidus Assassin
• 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
• 1 Chivalric Alliance
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Collective Effort
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commissar Severina Raine
• 1 Company Commander
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
• 1 Emrakul's Messenger
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fell the Mighty
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 For the Emperor!
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Hour of Reckoning
• 1 Inkshield
• 1 Inquisitor Eisenhorn
• 1 Inquisitor Greyfax
• 5 Island
• 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1 Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1 Keeper of the Accord
• 1 Launch the Fleet
• 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
• 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marneus Calgar
• 1 Martial Coup
• 1 Memorial to Glory
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Mortify
• 1 Nadir Kraken
• 1 Orzhov Signet
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 8 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Primaris Chaplain
• 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
• 1 Sanguinary Priest
• 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
• 1 Sicarian Infiltrator
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skycloud Expanse
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Space Marine Devastator
• 1 Staff of the Storyteller
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
• 1 The Golden Throne
• 1 Thunderhawk Gunship
• 1 Ultramarines Honour Guard
• 1 Utter End
• 1 Vanguard Suppressor
• 1 Vexilus Praetor
• 1 Welcoming Vampire
• 1 Zephyrim