Watch the Party Die [Primer]

Commander / EDH* Bracket 3 Casual Combo Midrange Primer RBW (Mardu) Reanimator Sacrifice Warrior

Crow_Umbra

Creature (35)

• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Agate Instigator
• 1x Drannith MagistrateGC
• 1x Generous Plunderer
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
• 1x Assault Intercessor
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Drumbellower
• 1x Enduring Innocence
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
• 1x Loran of the Third Path
• 1x Opposition AgentGC
• 1x Professional Face-Breaker
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Warren Soultrader
• 1x Burakos, Party Leader
• 1x Enduring Courage
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Preston, the Vanisher
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Rev, Tithe Extractor
• 1x Seasoned Dungeoneer
• 1x Vexilus Praetor
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blazemire Verge
• 1x Bleachbone Verge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Plains
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Shattered Sanctum
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Sunbillow Verge
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Underworld BreachGC
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Rising of the Day
• 1x Warleader's Call

Commander (1)

Instant (10)

• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Plumb the Forbidden
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Soul Partition
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Artifact (8)

• 1x Lavaspur Boots
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Phyrexian Altar

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Living Death

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Maybeboard

Creature (34)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cartel Aristocrat
• 1x Charming Scoundrel
• 1x Corpse Knight
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
• 1x Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
• 1x Jirina, Dauntless General
• 1x Mindblade Render
• 1x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Archetype of Courage
• 1x Azra Oddsmaker
• 1x Barrowgoyf
• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Boggart Trawler  ^Flip
• 1x Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1x Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Fell Stinger
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Guardian of Faith
• 1x Liliana's Standard Bearer
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Welcoming Vampire
• 1x Anger
• 1x Filth
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Valor
• 1x Baldin, Century Herdmaster

Artifact (5)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Monument to Endurance

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Gamble

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Ripples of Undeath

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This deck will have Terra, Herald of Hope as the commander. She should be on site soonish, so Isshin, Two Heavens as One will be used as a placeholder for mana curve & color distribution purposes.

I don't think anyone who's consistently checked out my decks will be surprised that I'm taking a shot at brewing Terra.

Mardu is my favorite three color combo to brew with; most of the decks I currently play IRL are some slice of the Mardu wedge. My approach to this deck is like a convergence of various themes and ingredients from my other Mardu offerings. It feels familiar, but with a slightly different twist in pacing compared to the others.

Primer WIP as I continue to make edits from play-test reps. Alternate deck name considered is "This Party is Terrable". I'll likely end up Proxying this deck up before the official reveal in June.

Get your combos going and Watch the Party Die

A convergence of deck concepts

I can admit that the comfort of familiarity draws me to Aggro focused commanders. Although the majority of the commanders that I tend to play live and die by what they can pull off in combat, their pacing and payoffs all differ enough that I don't feel like I'm playing the same deck. One of my biggest tendencies as I move through decks irl, is to repurpose as much as I can between deck transitions. Unlike some of my past experience with repurposing and trying out different flavors of Enchantress/Aura strats, this feels like I'm mixing favorite components of various decks; taking concepts and play styles from decks of my present and past:

Burakos, Party Leader/Folk Hero

• Deck for reference.
• I will be leaning primarily into Party creature typings, and feature Burakos as a secret commander. I figured this could work since Terra already has half of the Party typings.
• Another bonus will be the incorporation of Leonin Relic-Warder + Dance of the Dead/Necromancy combos as a wincon option. I'll detail this and the other combo line in the Combo section.
• Party creatures in Black/White tend to lean more towards various forms of control, primarily via tax/stax, draw/tutor denial, & life drain.
• Most Party creatures in the deck have Power 3 or less, and tend to be lower on the mana curve.

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

• Deck for reference.
• My first ever taste of Mardu Reanimator. Her primer details more about the various iterations I tried for the deck.
• Given OG Alesha's pacing for bringing up a creature that enters tapped and attacking, her pacing lead more to recurring creatures with ETB effects or (devastating) combat damage triggers.
• I initially included OG Alesha as a 3rd secret commander, but her pacing pulled in too different of a direction from what Terra does. So, she's out for now.
• I'll be reincorporating Karmic Guide + Reveillark combo loops that I wasn't able to use in my deck for -

Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate

• Deck for reference.

• Alesha 2.0 will be tertiary commander and kinda like a second Terra. Although Alesha 2.0 offers some redundancy to Terra, she can also grab a few of the creatures outside of Terra's ability range. There's some similarities.

• Since Terra's pacing is a bit more similar to Alesha 2.0's, this deck will have a greater emphasis on recurring creatures with Enter the Battlefield effects.

Key Combos

Combo 1

This combo features Karmic Guide + Reveillark to create an infinite loop of death triggers, enters the battlefield triggers, & leaving the graveyard triggers. Warren Soultrader can also be used as a sac outlet, but in a much more finite capacity.

• Viscera Seer or Goblin Bombardment are the ideal "free" sac outlets to sac K Guide & Reveillark to create the loop. Goblin Bombardment can shoot damage around the table for a combo kill, and Viscera Seer's Scry can help set up a top deck to draw a damage outlet like: Agate Instigator, Warleader's Call, or Syr Konrad, the Grim.

Combo 2

This combo features Leonin Relic-Warder and either Dance of the Dead or Necromancy to create a reanimation loop of infinite death triggers, enters the battlefield triggers, & leaving the graveyard triggers.

Similar to the first combo, Agate Instigator, Warleader's Call, or Syr Konrad, the Grim are all potential damage outlets that can ping down the table with each loop. More Aristocrat focused versions can also make use of creatures like Blood Artist, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, or Zulaport Cutthroat (to name a few) in these slots to similar effect.

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Date added	3 days
Last updated	8 hours
Key combos	Karmic Guide + Reveillark Dance of the Dead + Leonin Relic-Warder
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 56 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Agate Instigator 1/1 R, Copy Clone, Dungeon: Undercity, Elemental 1/1 R, Elephant 3/3 G, Skeleton 4/1 B, The Initiative, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Commander/EDH