Aristocrat - Caesar by subdude

Format: Commander

Commander: Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Mardu tokens and aristocrats build commanded by Caesar, Legion's Emperor. The game plan revolves around generating wide boards of creature tokens using efficient producers like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Hanweir Garrison, and Ocelot Pride, then leveraging Caesar's versatile attack trigger to generate continuous card advantage, token replenishment, and direct burn. The deck converts its wide boards into rapid lethal finishes using noncombat burn engines such as Purphoros, God of the Forge and Mirkwood Bats, or decisive combat finishers like Shared Animosity and Akroma's Will. Robust single-target removal, board wipes, and protection pieces like Dawn's Truce and Deflecting Swat safeguard the board against opposing disruption, while cards like Myrel, Shield of Argive secure combat phases.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Call the Coppercoats
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hanweir Garrison
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender