Alesha's Mardu Horde

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Tribal Weenie

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Creature (35)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Arashin Foremost
• 1x Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1x Blood-Chin Fanatic
• 1x Blood-Chin Rager
• 1x Bloodsoaked Champion
• 1x Boltwing Marauder
• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Chief of the Edge
• 1x Chief of the Scale
• 1x Crypt Champion
• 1x Dragonscale General
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Falkenrath Marauders
• 1x Flamerush Rider
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Graveblade Marauder
• 1x Iroas, God of Victory *list*
• 1x Lovisa Coldeyes
• 1x Mardu Hordechief
• 1x Mardu Shadowspear
• 1x Mardu Strike Leader
• 1x Mardu Woe-Reaper
• 1x Markov Blademaster
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Ponyback Brigade
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sandsteppe Outcast
• 1x Thunder-Thrash Elder
• 1x Zurgo Bellstriker
• 1x Zurgo Helmsmasher

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Ghitu Encampment
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 6x Plains
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Breath of Fury
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Mardu Ascendancy
• 1x Path of Bravery
• 1x Raiders' Spoils
• 1x True Conviction

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Commander (1)

Instant (8)

• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Foul-Tongue Shriek
• 1x Mardu Charm
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Utter End
• 1x War Flare

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cataclysm
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Howl of the Horde
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Tormenting Voice

Artifact (5)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Obsidian Battle-Axe
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Sword of Vengeance

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Creature (1)

• 1x Metallic Mimic

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TL:DR

A Mardu tribal deck featuring Alesha, Who Smiles at Death. This deck can become a threat fast, and leads a relentless onslaught until the game is won.

Philosophy

While many like to take advantage of Alesha's reanimation ability, myself included, I decided to limit myself by flavoring the deck as the Mardu Horde would look. Essentially I went with a tribal approach that allows a multitude of smaller creatures to become medium threats very quickly, while taking advantage of ETB effects and attacking with Alesha.

Playing this deck should feel something similar to this, just watch out if your opponent is playing Snow-Covered Mountain

Weaknesses

This deck's biggest weakness is its early game vulnerability to flying, but choice removal and constant pressure from your side should make that less of an issue. It's also vulnerable to anything that hates smaller creatures, like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite . Card draw isn't normally an issue, and the deck doesn't mind being in top-deck mode unless you have like, no land.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Goblin 1/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W, Warrior 2/1 B
Folders	Arsenal, edh