Mathas, the Instigator

Commander / EDH* Casual Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (27)

• 1x Alms Collector
• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Ankle Shanker
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Boros Battleshaper
• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder
• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 1x Charging Cinderhorn
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
• 1x Guardian of the Gateless
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Selfless Squire
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tajic, Blade of the Legion
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Treasury Thrull
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar

Artifact (8)

• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Land (37)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Needle Spires
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Death by Dragons
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Painful Truths

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x True Conviction
• 1x Underworld Connections

Instant (9)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Master Warcraft
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Wear / Tear

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation

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Maybeboard

Creature (15)

• 1x Adriana, Captain of the Guard
• 1x Archetype of Finality
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Darien, King of Kjeldor
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Hoard-Smelter Dragon
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mogg Maniac
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Spitemare
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Necromantic Selection

Artifact (2)

• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Greed
• 1x Sphere of Safety

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This is a fun casual Mathas deck. It's made to instigate strife between other players, and manipulate the combat step to maximize its own ends. It's sort of a group hug deck, except it group hugs via getting creatures to beat each other up and rewarding everyone for it, so it's more of a group bear hug deck.

I've also made a more budget-friendly version of this deck: Mathas, the Instigator (Budget tuned version)

There's a writeup of this deck here on the mtgcommander.net forums.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 1 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.95
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 5/5 R, Gold, Elemental 5/1 R, Ogre 3/3 R, Spirit 1/1 WB, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Finished decks, Built decks