Burakos, Heroic Aristocrat by user8350932

Format: Commander

Commander: Burakos, Party Leader and Folk Hero

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Party Aristocrats strategy centered around Burakos, Party Leader and Folk Hero. Burakos naturally counts as every party role (Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, Wizard), making it effortless to maximize party count with low-cost utility creatures like Mother of Runes, Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff, and Harper Recruiter. Upon attacking, Burakos produces massive Treasure bursts while simultaneously draining defending opponents. Folk Hero converts every subsequent party creature cast into continuous card draw, ensuring the deck maintains card advantage. The primary win condition leverages Treasure generation alongside drain aristocrats like Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, Nadier's Nightblade, and Agent of the Iron Throne, which turn each generated and cracked Treasure into asymmetric table-wide life loss. The deck is shielded by a premier suite of phasing protection spells including Teferi's Protection, Clever Concealment, and Galadriel's Dismissal, enabling it to shrug off opposing board wipes while maintaining an oppressive life-drain clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstruse Appropriation
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Burakos, Party Leader
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elegy Acolyte
  • 1 Exalted Sunborn
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faller's Faithful
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Folk Hero
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Hardened Tactician
  • 1 Harper Recruiter
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Irregular Cohort
  • 1 Joined Researchers // Secret Rendezvous
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mage's Attendant
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mangara of Corondor
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Mastermind Plum
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Oblation
  • 1 Ominous Cemetery
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Popular Egotist
  • 1 Primaris Eliminator
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Roadside Reliquary
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Seasoned Dungeoneer
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Selfless Glyphweaver // Deadly Vanity
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulstone Sanctuary
  • 1 Space Marine Devastator
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thieves' Tools
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zhentarim Bandit