Mazirek

Commander / EDH*

Airdraken

Creature (32)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Blisterpod
• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Pioneer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Nest Invader
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rendclaw Trow
• 1x Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Weaponcraft Enthusiast
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (34)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 12x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Swarmyard
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (9)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Smallpox
• 1x Wave of Vitriol

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x From Beyond
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Ordeal of Nylea
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Song of Freyalise

Instant (8)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Carrion
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Tribute to the Wild

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So why Mazirek?

Mazirek is currently 8th on the list of golgari Commanders and it's so appealing for players to look at Meren of Clan Nel Toth which is the second most used commander currently. Even though that deck runs Mazirek alot, players may swap them into what they think are interchangable decks. But they really aren't, hence Mazirek gets put back into the 99 never to come out again!

You also have the option of The Gitrog Monster as well as Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons. Both seem super fun to play.

All 3 of these generals are strong, they don't become a target necessarily straight away and the deck works somewhat without them.

Mazirek on the otherhand is a combo piece. its a combo piece that you always have, having it as a commander. but he's super weak having only 2 toughness, alot of the engine revolves around him, aside a backup of Craterhoof Behemoth and getting him out after he's been killed multiple times costs alot of mana.

Our aim is to run out a bunch of creatures, have some free sac outlets and attack the turn we run Mazirek out. We don't have a crazy amount of recursion so we're not looking to have some big beefy creatures unless they either interact with Mazirek we win the game instantly or they buff our guys if something goes wrong. Avenger of Zendikar is the one exception to the rule currently.

So we want a small, ideally wide board to pump and take out some players out of nowhere

So how do we want to build this deck differently?

Building the Deck: What cards don't we want

I wanted to start how not to build the deck because the cards that you think may be auto includes in a golgari deck, i've come to realise are not what we want.

Traditional Ramp Cultivate it's in 40% of all decks! I thought surely we want this in our deck? I thought so too, generally ramping in this way keeps our ramp safe, and it still does, but it prevents us from being aggressive. likewise if we're tapping our creatures for mana on the turn we want to cast Mazirek, we can't attack! We could run something like Vitalize to tap our Elvish Mystics and the like then use this and attack. We can go down the eldrazi route, which i like somewhat, Nest Invader gets us two creatures.

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Updated deck, still feeling clunky at times.

the sideboard cards are close to being in or out the deck. I'm currently looking at taking out alot of ramp sorceries, Though they are more powerful, having weaker ramp on a creature is far better. I'm then unsure if i want death cloud pox type cards to hinder them

the maybe is cards i've taken out, they were too slow or win more cards. i play alot vs board wipes (child of alara), so being able to protect and be able to rebuild is super valuable.

Whilst mazirek isn't a goto commander for golgari, it can be a pretty powerful combopiece that can be pretty powerful to pump a team on the turn it enters

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	0/1 B Token Creature Insect, Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Clue, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C