neriv heart of tarkhir by Buddadragon

Format: Commander

Commander: Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Neriv, Heart of the Storm leads a Mardu token-swarm attack deck built around one rule: creatures that enter the battlefield this turn deal double damage. The list pairs the commander with a dense package of "tapped and attacking" token producers - Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, Hero of Bladehold, Ainok Strike Leader, and Zurgo Stormrender - plus haste outlets like Ogre Battledriver, Enduring Courage, and Rising of the Day so every token swings the turn it is created. The hidden engine is Isshin, Two Heavens as One, backed by Firebender Ascension and Windcrag Siege, to multiply attack triggers. Duke Ulder Ravengard, Blade of Selves, and Legion Loyalty add myriad, sending damage at every opponent simultaneously. Moonshaker Cavalry, Champions from Beyond, and Grand Crescendo turn the wide board into a one-combat kill. There are no infinite combos and no real tutor package; the deck wins through redundant combat synergies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Behind the Scenes
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bennie Bracks, Zoologist
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Devilish Valet
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duke Ulder Ravengard
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Firebender Ascension
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Get Lost
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Inevitable Defeat
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Legion Loyalty
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Okoye, Dora Milaje Leader
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smellerbee, Rebel Fighter
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Suki, Courageous Rescuer
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender