Marney is a Space Marine by nakanakabee

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper token-control strategy helmed by Marneus Calgar that converts token creation into massive card advantage. Early turns focus on establishing 2-CMC mana rocks and incremental token generators such as Bitterblossom, Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff, and Black Market Connections. Once Marneus enters the battlefield, every token creation event draws cards, quickly refilling the hand and digging toward protection and combo pieces. The primary win condition is an infinite mana and draw loop using Marneus, Training Grounds, and Ashnod's Altar, which draws the entire library and drains all opponents to zero with Blood Artist, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, or Zulaport Cutthroat. High-tier defensive cards like Grand Abolisher, Flawless Maneuver, and Dovin's Veto ensure the combo resolves uninterrupted. If the combo is contested, alternate win paths through Divine Visitation Angel swarms, Tivit, Seller of Secrets, and aristocrat drain engines provide resilient backup options.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
  • 1 Everybody Lives!
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat