FIGHT CLUB by FatGuysDice

Format: Commander

Commander: Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Jund midrange stompy deck built around Maarika, Brutal Gladiator, a 7/4 that must be blocked, is indestructible on your turn, and forces opponents to sacrifice noncreature, nonland permanents whenever she deals excess damage to a creature. The plan is to ramp into Maarika and a suite of fight/bite spells, punch through blockers for free permanent hate, then close with oversized threats and damage doublers. Primary wins come from combat-backed by Gratuitous Violence, Preposterous Proportions, and high-power bodies like Gigantosaurus, Darksteel Colossus, and Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers. There are no infinite combos; the deck grinds value through fights, ETB drain (Massacre Wurm, Bontu's Monument), and attrition until the board overwhelms the table. Maarika is a strong engine but not mandatory-the 99 still functions as a fair stompy list.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alien Invasion
  • 1 Ancient Animus
  • 1 Annoyed Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Cathedral Acolyte
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Cost of Brilliance
  • 1 Cower in Fear
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of Death's Hold
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Dinosaur Stampede
  • 1 Diplomatic Relations
  • 1 Dynacharge
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Giant Cindermaw
  • 1 Gigantosaurus
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Grow from the Ashes
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Honest Rutstein
  • 1 Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
  • 1 Macabre Waltz
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Meltdown
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nature's Way
  • 1 Neutralize the Guards
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 Pain 101
  • 1 Perforating Artist
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Polis Crusher
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Primal Might
  • 1 Raging Swordtooth
  • 1 Rakdos Roustabout
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retrieve
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Savage Smash
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Skyscythe Engulfer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stew the Coneys
  • 1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tenderize
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Wolverine, Fierce Fighter
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zombify