Cathar's Last Stand by Tofken

Format: Commander

Commander: Sigarda, Champion of Light

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This Selesnya deck is a tribal go-wide aggro strategy led by Sigarda, Champion of Light. The primary game plan relies on curving out with efficient Human creatures of varied powers on early turns to satisfy the Coven mechanic. Once Sigarda enters the battlefield on turn 4, she boosts Human creatures by +1/+1 and attacks on turn 5 to dig five cards deep for additional Human threats. The midgame converts this board presence into decisive combat pressure using token engines like Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Torens, Fist of the Angels alongside massive pump effects such as Cathars' Crusade and Odric, Lunarch Marshal. The deck incorporates light proactive disruption via Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Thalia, Heretic Cathar to slow opponent development. However, because it relies on incremental combat damage across multiple turn cycles and lacks mass protection against board sweepers, it requires careful resource pacing to secure a table-wide victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Ambitious Farmhand // Seasoned Cathar
  • 1 Angel of Glory's Rise
  • 1 Angel's Tomb
  • 1 Angelic Purge
  • 1 Apprentice Sharpshooter
  • 1 Avacynian Priest
  • 1 Bereaved Survivor // Dauntless Avenger
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Boarded Window
  • 1 Bygone Bishop
  • 1 Candlegrove Witch
  • 1 Candlelit Cavalry
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Cathar's Call
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Clarion Cathars
  • 1 Crossroads Candleguide
  • 1 Crusader of Odric
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Dauntless Cathar
  • 1 Dawnhart Mentor
  • 1 Dawnhart Rejuvenator
  • 1 Dawnhart Wardens
  • 1 Drogskol Infantry // Drogskol Armaments
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faith Unbroken
  • 1 Fateful Absence
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Flare of Faith
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gather the Townsfolk
  • 1 Hamlet Captain
  • 1 Harvest Hand // Scrounged Scythe
  • 1 Hedgewitch's Mask
  • 1 Honored Heirloom
  • 1 Hopeful Initiate
  • 1 Jack-o'-Lantern
  • 1 Join the Dance
  • 1 Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr // Katilda's Rising Dawn
  • 1 Lunarch Mantle
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Massive Might
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mystic Skull // Mystic Monstrosity
  • 1 Odric, Lunarch Marshal
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Piercing Light
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 24 Plains
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Ritual of Hope
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shanna, Sisay's Legacy
  • 1 Sigarda, Champion of Light
  • 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
  • 1 Sigardian Paladin
  • 1 Subjugator Angel
  • 1 Sungold Sentinel
  • 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Torens, Fist of the Angels
  • 1 Travel Preparations
  • 1 Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation
  • 1 Ulvenwald Mysteries
  • 1 Uncharted Haven
  • 1 Valorous Stance
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Young Wolf