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This deck will have Terra, Herald of Hope as the commander.

Terra

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

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 Leaderfoil/Folk Herofoil

  • 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.

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.

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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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
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