Zurgo post hobbit by DFafnir

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Stormrender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Mardu deck utilizes Zurgo Stormrender to lead an aggressive token swarm and aristocrats strategy. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost attackers and engines that generate tapped-and-attacking creature tokens every combat. Zurgo Stormrender provides two-fold utility: sacrificing attacking tokens during combat draws cards to fuel the hand, while tokens dying outside combat drain each opponent's life total. Redundant damage multipliers such as Impact Tremors, Warleader's Call, and Mirkwood Bats turn every token entry and exit into substantial table-wide burn. The deck accelerates quickly with efficient mana rocks and rituals, builds a dominant combat presence by Turn 4 to 5, and closes out the game around Turn 6 through overwhelming swarm damage or an overrun effect like Moonshaker Cavalry. Efficient removal spells and board protection keep opposing strategies in check while preserving your army.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bartolomé del Presidio
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desperate Measures
  • 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
  • 1 Elspeth, Storm Slayer
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starry-Eyed Skyrider
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Urabrask's Forge
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender