Zangiefs Fight Club by 666Thanatos666

Format: Commander

Commander: Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund combat-control strategy built around Maarika, Brutal Gladiator. The main objective is deploying cheap ramp on turn 2 to cast Maarika on turn 4. Because Maarika must be blocked and gains indestructible during your turn, she excels at dominating the combat phase. Pairing her 7-power body with cheap fight and bite spells triggers her excess damage ability, forcing opponents to sacrifice noncreature, nonland permanents like artifacts, enchantments, and planeswalkers. The deck backs up this board attrition with power doublers such as Xenagos, God of Revels and Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder, multi-opponent damage spread via Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar, and extra combat phases from Karlach, Fury of Avernus to close out the game around turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Animus
  • 1 Animist's Might
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Arena
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Barbed Servitor
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boxing Ring
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chevill, Bane of Monsters
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiendlash
  • 1 Fight Rigging
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 General Marhault Elsdragon
  • 1 Gimli's Reckless Might
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hunter's Bow
  • 1 Hunter's Talent
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Infiltration Lens
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Pit Fight
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Prey Upon
  • 1 Primal Might
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tail Swipe
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground