New party who this? by user3340399

Format: Commander

Commander: The Destined Warrior

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a midrange party-tribal deck built around the commander The Destined Warrior, which reduces the cost of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells and pumps the team in combat. The primary game plan is to assemble a full party (one of each of those four classes) as quickly as possible, then leverage party payoffs like Squad Commander's token swarm and indestructible, Nimble Trapfinder's combat-draw, The Destined Black Mage's ping, and Nalia de'Arnise's topdeck casting. Maskwood Nexus and changelings (Changeling Outcast, Irregular Cohort) function as universal enablers to guarantee full party. The deck also incorporates a dungeon/initiative subtheme via Sefris of the Hidden Ways, Seasoned Dungeoneer, and Rilsa Rael, Kingpin, providing incremental value and recursion. Winning is typically achieved through combat damage multiplied by Akroma's Will or a well-timed Notorious Throng extra turn, backed by a suite of protection and recursion that keeps the board stable.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archpriest of Iona
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bar the Gate
  • 1 Barrowin of Clan Undurr
  • 1 Burakos, Party Leader
  • 1 Champions from Beyond
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concerted Defense
  • 1 Coveted Prize
  • 1 Crib Swap
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Harper Recruiter
  • 1 Imoen, Mystic Trickster
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irregular Cohort
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
  • 1 Locke Cole
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Multiclass Baldric
  • 1 Nalia de'Arnise
  • 1 Necrologia
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nimble Trapfinder
  • 1 Notorious Throng
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 15 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
  • 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
  • 1 Sefris of the Hidden Ways
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Doomguide
  • 1 Squad Commander
  • 1 Stonework Packbeast
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Destined Black Mage
  • 1 The Destined Thief
  • 1 The Destined Warrior
  • 1 The Destined White Mage
  • 1 Thwart the Grave
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer