Upgraded Mardu Surge by user1853562

Format: Commander

Commander: Zurgo Stormrender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Mardu token-aggro and aristocrats list led by Zurgo Stormrender. The strategy focuses on generating large swarms of attacking creature tokens through Mobilize, Myriad, and token-producing creatures such as Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Hero of Bladehold. When attacking tokens die in combat or leave play, Zurgo draws cards to sustain hand advantage. When tokens leave play outside of combat, such as through end-step sacrifice triggers or dedicated sacrifice outlets, Zurgo and cards like Bastion of Remembrance drain life from every opponent. The deck escalates its clock by utilizing board pump engines like Goldnight Commander and Berserkers' Onslaught, or converting 1/1 tokens into lethal 4/4 flyers via Divine Visitation. Efficient instant-speed removal and indestructible board protection keep the pressure consistent until the table is eliminated.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ainok Strike Leader
  • 1 Angel of Invention
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Backlash
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Insignia
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Divine Visitation
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldnight Commander
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Hero of Bladehold
  • 1 Heroic Sacrifice
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Ironwill Forger
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaya, Geist Hunter
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lingering Souls
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mindblade Render
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Rage Reflection
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Repel the Vile
  • 1 Rush of Vitality
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thalisse, Reverent Medium
  • 1 Tocasia's Welcome
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Velomachus Lorehold
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wild Slash
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Within Range
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat
  • 1 Zurgo Stormrender