Mardu Meat Grinder

Standard*

InSpiredWON

Land (23)

• 4x Battlefield Forge
• 3x Bloodstained Mire
• 3x Caves of Koilos
• 2x Mountain
• 2x Nomad Outpost
• 3x Plains
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Creature (22)

• 4x Arashin Foremost
• 4x Blood-Chin Rager
• 4x Butcher of the Horde
• 4x Chief of the Edge
• 4x Goblin Glory Chaser
• 2x Zurgo Helmsmasher

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Read the Bones

Instant (11)

• 3x Crackling Doom
• 3x Secure the Wastes
• 2x Utter End
• 3x Valorous Stance

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 3x Coat with Venom
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 4x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Crater's Claws
• 3x Roast

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Silkwrap

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Exquisite Firecraft

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- The Edicts of Ilagra

The Mardu: Fierce warriors of Tarkir. Followers of Alesha that fight alongside the dragons of Kolaghan.

This is a Standard Mardu Midrange deck that focuses on early blocker removal and the Warrior tribal anthem, Zurgo and the Butcher. The deck gets warriors through and sets up the combos of Arashin Foremost and Blood-Chin Rager alongside Sorin, Solemn Visitor. Butcher of the Horde adds a flying presence with game-finishing ability.

Zurgo Helmsmasher: Combo for Arashin and Rager.

Goblin Rabblemaster: Token generator for butcher.

Mardu Woe-Reaper: Board option against graveyard decks..Raptors, Ugin, Rhinos ect ect...

Arashin Foremost: Primary attacker that pairs with other warriors.

Mardu Woe-Reaper: Great one drop with exile ability. Great against Abzan decks.

Butcher of the Horde: Multi-role flying finisher that can take on most dragons and other large-bodied threats.

Seeker of the Way: Excellent warrior with Prowess and Lifelink.

Chief of the Edge: Power anthem for warriors.

Instants, Sorceries, Planeswalkers and Enchantments

Crackling Doom: Superb removal for those pesky Hexproof creatures and dragons.

Read the Bones: Card advantage.

Valorous Stance: Removal and protection for Rabblemaster, Butcher and Zurgo.

Sorin, Solemn Visitor: Versatile Planeswalker with great anthem ability, flyer producer and devastating ultimate.

Utter End: Hard removal

Kolaghan's Command: Multi-purpose card usually boarded in against control or removal-heavy decks.

Crux of Fate: White and Red Aggro defense. Board option against dragon-heavy decks.

Secure the Wastes: Great end-of-turn instant against most control and agro decks.

Ultimate Price and Wild Slash: Removal

Date added	9 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 3 Rares 17 - 9 Uncommons 2 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W