Monarch by ViewtifulJew

Format: Commander

Commander: Garland, Royal Kidnapper

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

Garland, Royal Kidnapper leads a Dimir control deck centered on creature theft, monarch manipulation, and goad politics. The game plan revolves around casting Garland on Turn 4, gifting the monarch to an opponent to immediately steal their strongest creature, and granting stolen creatures a static +2/+2 buff along with sacrifice immunity. The deck accelerates in the early turns using dense 2-CMC mana rocks, then deploys goad auras and equipment such as Coercive Impetus and Bloodthirsty Blade to incite combat among opponents while reclaiming the monarch for steady card draw. High-impact theft and reanimation spells like Sepulchral Primordial, Bribery, and The Cyber-Controller expand your army using opposing resources. Defensive death-trigger auras like Fake Your Own Death and Fungal Fortitude protect Garland and your stolen threats from removal. The deck steadily grinds down life totals, finishing remaining opponents through overwhelming combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant Return
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Bringer of the Last Gift
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Charnel Serenade
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coercive Impetus
  • 1 Come Back Wrong
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Didn't Say Please
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Endless Obedience
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Extract from Darkness
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Fishing Gear
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Garland, Royal Kidnapper
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Gyruda, Doom of Depths
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
  • 1 H.E.R.B.I.E., Lovable Robot
  • 1 Hithlain Rope
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Kang Dynasty
  • 1 Keiga, the Tide Star
  • 1 Kitsune, Dragon's Daughter
  • 1 Millikin
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Minion's Return
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necrogen Communion
  • 1 Nephalia Smuggler
  • 1 Oft-Nabbed Goat
  • 1 Pain 101
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Renegade Silent
  • 1 S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shield Broker
  • 1 Siphon Insight
  • 1 Sly Instigator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spinal Embrace
  • 1 Subjugate the Hobbits
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Cyber-Controller
  • 1 The Master, Mesmerist
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Treacherous Urge
  • 1 Vislor Turlough
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble