How it grades
Fundamentals 92/100. Plays like Tokens and Aristocrats.
This reads as Tokens · Aristocrats, built around Zurgo Stormrender. Go wide: flood the board with cheap bodies, multiply them, then convert width into damage or value with anthems, drain triggers, and sacrifice payoffs. Board wipes are the great enemy, so rebuild speed and token-doublers that refill fast matter more than any single big creature. Its strongest fundamental is land count (37 lands. About 39 fits this curve for Tokens); the first thing to tighten is mana reliability: 86% of your spells arrive on time. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser is the riskiest: its R cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- B+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A-Ramp
- ACard draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Mana reliability86% of your spells arrive on time. Grenzo, Havoc Raiser is the riskiest: its R cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
Strong on land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
90 cards graded: A- 13, B+ 38, B 38, C+ 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Mardu Surge from A- to A.
Welcoming Vampire2W$3.45
In place of Eliminate the Competition: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (38 producers). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic PilgrimWB$3.71
In place of Grenzo, Havoc Raiser: its R cost is heavy for this mana base; expect it several turns late (60/100)
Pays off your token engine (29 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan. EDHREC Tokens staple.
Song of TotentanzXR$4.22
In place of Aron, Benalia's Ruin: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (10 in deck). Pays off your token engine (29 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Professional Face-Breaker2R$6.22
In place of Goldlust Triad: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (67/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Fits the commander's plan. Works with the commander directly.
Bone-Cairn Butcher1RWB$0.29
In place of Shadow Summoning: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Fits the token build players run with your commanders. Fuels your token payoffs (10 in deck). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck).
Company Commander2WB$2.44
In place of Neriv, Crackling Vanguard: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Pays off your token engine (29 producers). Fuels your token payoffs (10 in deck). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Decanter of Endless Water3$5.05
In place of Solemn Simulacrum: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (71/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (13 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 10+).
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon1RW$4.97
In place of Commander's Insignia: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (10 in deck). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Black Market Connections2B$10.53
In place of Talisman of Conviction: weakest slot in the deck (72/100)
Fills the ramp gap (you're at 9 of 10+). Fuels your token payoffs (10 in deck). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck).
Wildfire AwakenerX1RW$3.41
In place of Ironwill Forger: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (10 in deck). Fuels your go-wide payoffs (4 in deck). Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 31
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 7
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Sorceries 6
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Artifacts 11
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Enchantments 6
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Lands 37
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