Copy of - Transcend Noods by Pearfect

Format: Commander

Commander: Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist and Vial Smasher the Fierce

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This Mardu deck combines Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist and Vial Smasher the Fierce to pilot a Curse-centric group slug strategy. Instead of equipping creatures for Voltron, Ardenn acts as a political and offensive puppet master, shifting detrimental Auras and Curses like Curse of Misfortunes, Curse of Bloodletting, and Grievous Wound between opponents at each combat. Meanwhile, Vial Smasher and global group-slug permanents such as Havoc Festival, Sulfuric Vortex, and Mogis, God of Slaughter continuously strip life totals from the entire table. Lifegain prevention is a core pillar, preventing opponents from stabilizing while the deck's symmetrical life-loss triggers accelerate the clock. Recovery pieces like Replenish and Starfield of Nyx provide late-game staying power against enchantment removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Auramancer
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Captive Audience
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Bloodletting
  • 1 Curse of Misfortunes
  • 1 Curse of Shaken Faith
  • 1 Curse of the Restless Dead
  • 1 Damnable Pact
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Demon of Fate's Design
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Forsaken Wastes
  • 1 Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Greater Auramancy
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Havoc Festival
  • 1 Heliod's Pilgrim
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Indestructibility
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karmic Justice
  • 1 Leyline of Punishment
  • 1 Lost Auramancers
  • 1 Maddening Hex
  • 1 Mesa Enchantress
  • 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter
  • 1 Monk Idealist
  • 1 Moon-Blessed Cleric
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Ob Nixilis Reignited
  • 1 Ondu Spiritdancer
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Open the Vaults
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Psemilla, Meletian Poet
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replenish
  • 1 Roiling Vortex
  • 1 Rowan, Scion of War
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Starfield Mystic
  • 1 Starfield of Nyx
  • 1 Stunning Reversal
  • 1 Sulfuric Vortex
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunspine Lynx
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 Transcendence
  • 1 Underworld Connections
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Vial Smasher the Fierce