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Marneus Calgar - Tokens for the Emperor(!)
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $705.50
Salt Sum: 29.85
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Commander

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Marneus Calgar

Double strike Master Tactician — Whenever one or more tokens enter the battlefield under your control, draw a card. Chapter Master — {6}: Create two 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.

Creature
Marneus Calgar (40k) 175
1

Artifact

Quantity: 14Price: $41.16
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (40k) 229
1
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (brr) 4
1
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (40k) 232
1
Inquisitorial Rosette

Inquisition Agents — Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance that's attacking. Then attacking creatures gain menace until end of turn. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Inquisitorial Rosette (40k) 159
1
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (40k) 244
1
Oketra's Monument

White creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token with vigilance.

Artifact
Oketra's Monument (dmc) 188
1
Shorikai, Genesis Engine

{1}, {T}: Draw two cards, then discard a card. Create a 1/1 colorless Pilot creature token with "This creature crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater." Crew 8 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 8 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.) Shorikai, Genesis Engine can be your commander.

Artifact
Shorikai, Genesis Engine (nec) 4
1
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (40k) 248
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (40k) 251
1
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (40k) 254
1
Talisman of Hierarchy

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Talisman of Hierarchy deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (40k) 256
1
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. Talisman of Progress deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (40k) 258
1
The Golden Throne

Arcane Life-support — If you would lose the game, instead exile The Golden Throne and your life total becomes 1. A Thousand Souls Die Every Day — {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add three mana in any combination of colors.

Artifact
The Golden Throne (40k) 157
1
Thunderhawk Gunship

Flying When Thunderhawk Gunship enters the battlefield, create two 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance. Whenever Thunderhawk Gunship attacks, attacking creatures you control gain flying until end of turn. Crew 2

Artifact
Thunderhawk Gunship (40k) 167
1

Creature

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Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal

Creature
Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead (lci) 88Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead (lci) 88
1
Assault Intercessor

First strike, menace Chainsword — Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Assault Intercessor (40k) 104
1
Bastion Protector

Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.

Creature
Bastion Protector (40k) 182
1
Celestine, the Living Saint

Flying, lifelink Healing Tears — At the beginning of your end step, return target creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Celestine, the Living Saint (40k) 10
1
Charismatic Conqueror

Vigilance Whenever an artifact or creature enters the battlefield untapped and under an opponent's control, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Creature
Charismatic Conqueror (lcc) 38
1
Commissar Severina Raine

Leading from the Front — Whenever Commissar Severina Raine attacks, each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of other attacking creatures. Summary Execution — {2}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain 2 life and draw a card.

Creature
Commissar Severina Raine (40k) 112
1
Company Commander

Command Section — When Company Commander enters the battlefield, create a number of 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens equal to the number of opponents you have. Bring it Down! — Whenever Company Commander attacks, creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Company Commander (40k) 113
1
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

Deathtouch Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life. Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (dmu) 198
1
Epistolary Librarian

Veil of Time — Whenever Epistolary Librarian attacks, you may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

Creature
Epistolary Librarian (40k) 118
1
Grim Hireling

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create two Treasure tokens. {B}, Sacrifice X Treasures: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Grim Hireling (clb) 755
1
Inquisitor Eisenhorn

You may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, create Cherubael, a legendary 4/4 black Demon creature token with flying. Whenever Inquisitor Eisenhorn deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Inquisitor Eisenhorn (40k) 127
1
Inquisitor Greyfax

Vigilance Unquestionable Wisdom — Other creatures you control get +1/+0 and have vigilance. Hunt for Heresy — {1}, {T}: Tap target creature an opponent controls. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Inquisitor Greyfax (40k) 3
1
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff (ltr) 370
1
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
1
Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Creature
Nadir Kraken (moc) 228
1
Orcish Bowmasters

Flash When Orcish Bowmasters enters the battlefield and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, Orcish Bowmasters deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.

Creature
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 433
1
Primaris Chaplain

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) Rosarius — Whenever Primaris Chaplain attacks, it gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Primaris Chaplain (40k) 137
1
Prince Imrahil the Fair

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Creature
Prince Imrahil the Fair (ltr) 431
1
Sanguinary Priest

Lifelink Blood Chalice — Whenever another creature you control dies, Sanguinary Priest deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Sanguinary Priest (40k) 53
1
Sicarian Infiltrator

Flash Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters the battlefield, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Benediction of the Omnissiah — When Sicarian Infiltrator enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Sicarian Infiltrator (40k) 25
1
Space Marine Devastator

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters the battlefield, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Grav-cannon — When Space Marine Devastator enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Space Marine Devastator (40k) 14
1
Space Marine Scout

First strike, vigilance Concealed Position — When Space Marine Scout enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Space Marine Scout (40k) 15
1
Spark Double

You may have Spark Double enter the battlefield as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.

Creature
Spark Double (war) 68
1
Thalisse, Reverent Medium

At the beginning of each end step, create X 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying, where X is the number of tokens you created this turn.

Creature
Thalisse, Reverent Medium (cmr) 291
1
Ultramarines Honour Guard

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters the battlefield, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Other creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Ultramarines Honour Guard (40k) 18
1
Vanguard Suppressor

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters the battlefield, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Flying Suppressing Fire — Whenever Vanguard Suppressor deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Vanguard Suppressor (40k) 27
1
Vexilus Praetor

Flash Vigilance Aegis of the Emperor — Commanders you control have protection from everything.

Creature
Vexilus Praetor (40k) 19
1
Zephyrim

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters the battlefield, create that many tokens that are copies of it.) Flying, vigilance Miracle {1}{W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Creature
Zephyrim (40k) 20
1

Enchantment

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Anointed Procession

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Anointed Procession (plst) AKH-2
1
Bastion of Remembrance

When Bastion of Remembrance enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Bastion of Remembrance (cmm) 138
1
Birth of the Imperium

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance for each opponent you have. II — Each opponent sacrifices a creature. III — Draw two cards for each opponent who controls fewer creatures than you.

Enchantment
Birth of the Imperium (40k) 107
1
Bitterblossom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

Enchantment Tribal
Bitterblossom (wot) 72
1
Intangible Virtue

Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Enchantment
Intangible Virtue (wot) 6
1
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (40k) 193
1
Skrelv's Hive

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This creature can't block." Corrupted — As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters, creatures you control with toxic have lifelink.

Enchantment
Skrelv's Hive (one) 376
1
Training Grounds

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Enchantment
Training Grounds (mat) 9
1

Instant

Quantity: 9Price: $30.73
And They Shall Know No Fear

Choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
And They Shall Know No Fear (40k) 9
1
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (clb) 124
1
Deny the Witch

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. Its controller loses life equal to the number of creatures you control.

Instant
Deny the Witch (40k) 116
1
Entrapment Maneuver

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

Instant
Entrapment Maneuver (40k) 185
1
Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Flawless Maneuver (cmm) 459
1
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (ltc) 175
1
Protect the Negotiators

Kicker {W} (You may pay an additional {W} as you cast this spell.) If this spell was kicked, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each creature you control.

Instant
Protect the Negotiators (dmu) 62
1
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (40k) 190
1

Land

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Arcane Sanctum

Arcane Sanctum enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.

Land
Arcane Sanctum (40k) 264
1
Azorius Chancery

Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped. When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (2x2) 400
1
Barad-dûr

Barad-dûr enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {B}. {X}{X}{B}, {T}: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.

Land
Barad-dûr (ltr) 340
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (40k) 272
1
Deserted Beach

Deserted Beach enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (who) 488
1
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (who) 492
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (40k) 277
1
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (40k) 278
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (zne) 1
1
Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (who) 501
1
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (unf) 282
1
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (unf) 277
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (unf) 241
1
Isolated Chapel

Isolated Chapel enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (dom) 241
1
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 437
1
Minas Tirith

Minas Tirith enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.

Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 420
1
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
1
Obscura Storefront

When Obscura Storefront enters the battlefield, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Obscura Storefront (snc) 252
1
Orzhov Basilica

Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield tapped. When Orzhov Basilica enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (2x2) 409
1
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (40k) 287
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (unf) 240
2
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Port Town

As Port Town enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Port Town enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (40k) 289
1
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (40k) 290
1
Raffine's Tower

({T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.) Raffine's Tower enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raffine's Tower (snc) 292
1
Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 605
1
Shattered Sanctum

Shattered Sanctum enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Shattered Sanctum (vow) 283
1
Shipwreck Marsh

Shipwreck Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (who) 515
1
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (40k) 295
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (unf) 242
1
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (40k) 301
1
Vault of Champions

Vault of Champions enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 667
1
Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Vault of the Archangel (clb) 927
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (unf) 278
1

Sorcery

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Collective Effort

Escalate—Tap an untapped creature you control. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. • Destroy target enchantment. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.

Sorcery
Collective Effort (40k) 183
1
Exterminatus

Nonland permanents your opponents control lose indestructible until end of turn. Destroy all nonland permanents.

Sorcery
Exterminatus (40k) 120
1
Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Fabricate (40k) 181
1
For the Emperor!

Creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance and lifelink until end of turn.

Sorcery
For the Emperor! (40k) 12
1
Launch the Fleet

Strive — This spell costs {1} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Until end of turn, any number of target creatures each gain "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token that's tapped and attacking."

Sorcery
Launch the Fleet (40k) 188
1

"Upgrades"

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Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Vigilance Adeline, Resplendent Cathar's power is equal to the number of creatures you control. Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.

Creature
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar (moc) 167
1
Cathars' Crusade

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (jmp) 95
1
Felidar Retreat

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one — • Create a 2/2 white Cat Beast creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Felidar Retreat (znr) 292
1
Grand Crescendo

Create X 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Grand Crescendo (ncc) 16
1
Mondrak, Glory Dominus

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead. {1}{W/P}{W/P}, Sacrifice two other artifacts and/or creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Mondrak, Glory Dominus. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.)

Creature
Mondrak, Glory Dominus (one) 23
1
Myrel, Shield of Argive

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments. Whenever Myrel, Shield of Argive attacks, create X 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.

Creature
Myrel, Shield of Argive (bro) 18
1
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation

Creature
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization (lci) 26Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization (lci) 26
1
Pitiless Plunderer

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Pitiless Plunderer (lcc) 208
1
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"An Esper list with Marneus Calgar at the helm, taking advantage of his ability that lets you draw any time a token is made, and going as wide as possible. A good chunk of the list is still themed towards \"Warhammer 40k Flavor\". Most of these cards come out of the pre-con, but I wanted to create a list that gives both a bit more consistency and variety between games. Most of the \"Upgrades\" for this list would probably be a bit stronger for the average playgroup, and I don't recommend unless you're specifically wanting to increase the power of the deck. \n\nThe main win-con of the deck is to flood the board with a mass army, having cards that consistently create tokens at different times to keep your hand full and create a board that is wider than the Grand Canyon. The deck can \"function\" without Marneus on board, but he is quintessential to the deck and we want to try and keep him on board as long as possible. As he is a pricy Commander in terms of CMC for Esper, there are a lot of mana rocks to provide for the areas we'll need ramp in, since we aren't in God's Favourite Colour.tm(Green). \n\nTechnically with our Commander on board, as well as \"Ashnod's Altar\", \"Training Grounds\" and access to 4 mana, there is an infinite draw combo. However I didn't want that to be a win-con so there is no \"Thassa's Oracle\", \"Laboratory Maniac\", etc. that allows us to win that way. If you want that to be a win-con absolutely feel free to add one or both of those in. \n\nFor upgrades, \"Virtue of Loyalty\" and \"Cathar's Crusade\" would be some of the best possible inclusions, or anything that creates additional tokens for you. Adding in 2 - 3 counterspells like \"Dovin's Veto\" or \"Counterspell\", + 1 - 3 instant speed protection spells like \"Unbreakable Formation\", \"Flawless Maneuver\", etc. would do wonders for the survivability of your deck, and if you're able to get a \"Mithril Coat\" it makes Marneus particularly sticky while on board. \"Lightning Greaves\" and \"Swiftfoot Boots\" are always good inclusions for protection spells as well that can stick around.\n"}]}
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