Base Marneus Attack tokens by HyperionHawkwood

Format: Commander

Commander: Marneus Calgar

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This Marneus Calgar deck operates as a hybrid token-control and combo strategy. The primary game plan accelerates into Marneus Calgar by Turn 4, using low-cost token generators such as Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff and Ophiomancer to generate continuous card draw across every player's turn. The immense card advantage quickly digs into game-ending combos, primarily Basalt Monolith combined with Forensic Gadgeteer, or Isochron Scepter imprinting Dramatic Reversal. These loops generate infinite mana, allowing Marneus to draw the library and win instantly via Laboratory Maniac or life drain from Mirkwood Bats, Zulaport Cutthroat, and Bastion of Remembrance. Backed by free and low-cost counterspells like Force of Will and Dovin's Veto, alongside versatile removal like Swords to Plowshares and Anguished Unmaking, the deck maintains strong control over the board. If the combo route is impeded, the deck transitions into a potent token swarm with Cathars' Crusade, Divine Visitation, and Adeline, Resplendent Cathar.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dragonback Lancer
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Artisans
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Goldnight Commander
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marneus Calgar
  • 1 Marshal of the Lost
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Oketra's Monument
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prince Imrahil the Fair
  • 1 Retrofitter Foundry
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Within Range
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat