Marvo by Ciontus

Format: Commander

Commander: Marvo, Deep Operative

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Dimir deck focuses on Marvo, Deep Operative to cheat colossal 6-8 mana spells directly onto the battlefield. The strategy relies heavily on library manipulation, utilizing scry, surveil, and index effects to position high-mana-value spells on top of the library before declaring attacks. Once Marvo attacks, winning the clash draws a card and casts massive threats like Stormtide Leviathan, One with the Multiverse, and Sepulchral Primordial without paying mana. Counterspells and spot removal protect the engine and disrupt key opposing plays, while evasive sea monsters and Eldrazi tokens close out the game over successive combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Amazing Acrobatics
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Benthic Anomaly
  • 1 Body of Knowledge
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Captivating Glance
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Crabomination
  • 1 Crystal Grotto
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Diabolic Vision
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Charm
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Cache
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fated Return
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Haunted Crossroads
  • 1 Index
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Lantern of Insight
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Marvo, Deep Operative
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 1 Mindleech Mass
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Moonring Island
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Otherworldly Gaze
  • 1 Overseer of the Damned
  • 1 Paperfin Rascal
  • 1 Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Price of Fame
  • 1 Pulling Teeth
  • 1 Reed Richards, Smartest Man
  • 1 Research the Deep
  • 1 Revive the Fallen
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigiled Starfish
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tanufel Rimespeaker
  • 1 Telling Time
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Trickery Charm
  • 1 Tromokratis
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vesuvan Drifter
  • 1 Weed Strangle
  • 1 Wonder