Mardu Goad? by PoyoBoyo

Format: Commander

Commander: Mathas, Fiend Seeker

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Mardu political control and aikido strategy commanded by Mathas, Fiend Seeker. Rather than building a massive army of its own, the deck uses bounty counters, goad effects, and forced-combat mechanics to incentivize and compel opponents to attack each other. Cards like Shiny Impetus, Disrupt Decorum, and Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser turn opposing monsters into lethal threats directed away from the pilot. Meanwhile, pillowfort elements like Orzhov Advokist and reaction spells like Deflecting Palm, Comeuppance, and Take the Bait punish anyone attempting to bypass the goad shields. As opponents whittle their life totals down through mandatory combat, the deck transitions into the late game with damage multipliers like Duelist's Heritage, Aurelia, the Law Above, and Hot Pursuit to finish the surviving player.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agitator Ant
  • 1 Ancient Stone Idol
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Ashiok's Reaper
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Axgard Armory
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Charitable Levy
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment
  • 1 Fight to the Death
  • 1 Forum Filibuster
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Frenzied Saddlebrute
  • 1 Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Grim Guardian
  • 1 Hateful Eidolon
  • 1 Havoc Eater
  • 1 Hot Pursuit
  • 1 Immortal Obligation
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Kill Shot
  • 1 Kirol, Attentive First-Year
  • 1 Labyrinth of Skophos
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Life of the Party
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Mardu Monument
  • 1 Martial Impetus
  • 1 Mathas, Fiend Seeker
  • 1 Mogis's Warhound
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nahiri's Machinations
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orzhov Advokist
  • 1 Parasitic Impetus
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Push // Pull
  • 1 Radiant Grace // Radiant Restraints
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Redemption Arc
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Screams from Within
  • 1 Scriv, the Obligator
  • 1 Seal of Cleansing
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Sidequest: Hunt the Mark // Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smuggler's Share
  • 1 Songbirds' Blessing
  • 1 Spectacular Showdown
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Take the Bait
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tenuous Truce
  • 1 Termination Facilitator
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 Vivid Meadow
  • 1 Vow of Lightning