Shared Commander deck
Caesar, Legion's Emperor - Legion tokens sacrificed for drain and extra bodies
Caesar, Legion's Emperor · BRW · 100 cards · 36 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 42Instants 9Sorceries 3Artifacts 6Enchantments 3Lands 36
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Strategy
Caesar picks two of three modes every time you attack, and the cost is sacrificing a creature. That is only a cost if the creature was worth keeping, so the build is full of tokens and recursive bodies that would rather die. The board grows while attacking instead of shrinking, and the damage mode scales with how many creatures you have.
Early: Cheap token production and sacrifice fuel. Pitiless Plunderer and Deadly Dispute turn each death into mana or cards, Dark Ritual and Sol Ring get Caesar out early, and Secure the Wastes converts spare mana into a squad at instant speed.
Mid: Caesar comes down and every attack becomes a value engine. Ashnod's Altar makes the sacrifice free mana, Skullclamp turns each one-power token into two cards, and Teysa Karlov doubles every death trigger in the deck. Adeline, Resplendent Cathar and Myrel, Shield of Argive keep the token count climbing.
Late: Bastion of Remembrance, Zulaport Cutthroat, Elas il-Kor and Mirkwood Bats mean the sacrifices themselves drain the table, so the deck wins without ever needing an attack to connect. Isshin, Two Heavens as One doubles the attack triggers outright, and Black Market Connections keeps the hand full.
Win conditions: Attrition drain is the usual route: with Teysa out, a single attack can drain for six or more before damage. Purphoros, God of the Forge turns every token entering into damage, and Ruinous Ultimatum or Hour of Reckoning clears the way when the board is gummed up.
- Teysa Karlov - Doubles every death trigger in the deck
- Ashnod's Altar - Makes the attack sacrifice free mana
- Bastion of Remembrance - Turns each sacrifice into table-wide drain
- Purphoros, God of the Forge - Damage for every token that enters
~$193.15
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, choose two —
• Create two 1/1 red and white Soldier creature tokens with haste that are tapped and attacking.
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Caesar deals damage equal to the number of creature tokens you control to target opponent.
Creatures (42)
Pitiless Plunderer
Creature — Human Pirate
$3.21
Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
$3.65
If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Morbid Opportunist
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.22
Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
General's Enforcer
Creature — Human Soldier
$0.33
Legendary Humans you control have indestructible.
{2}{W}{B}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$2.53
Vigilance
Adeline'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.
Ruthless Radrat
Creature — Rat Mutant
$0.38
Squad—Exile four cards from your graveyard. (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay its squad cost any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Captain of the Watch
Creature — Human Soldier
$0.36
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Other Soldier creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
When this creature enters, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Thrill-Kill Disciple
Creature — Human Mercenary
$0.24
Squad—{1}, Discard a card. (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay its squad cost any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
When this creature dies, create a Junk token.
Powder Ganger
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.29
Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact.
Overseer of Vault 76
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$0.25
First Contact — Whenever Overseer of Vault 76 or another creature you control with power 3 or less enters, put a quest counter on Overseer of Vault 76.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may remove three quest counters from among permanents you control. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
Gary Clone
Creature — Human Citizen
$0.29
Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
Whenever this creature attacks, each creature you control named Gary Clone gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
White Glove Gourmand
Creature — Human Noble
$0.24
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.
At the beginning of your end step, if another Human died under your control this turn, create a Food token.
Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan
Legendary Creature — Human Citizen
$0.37
The Nuka-Cola Challenge — Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, put a quest counter on Sierra and create a Food token.
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, target creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of quest counters on Sierra.
Wasteland Raider
Creature — Human Mercenary
$0.39
Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$4.4
Whenever you attack with one or more non-Gnome creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on Anim Pakal, then create X 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens that are tapped and attacking, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Anim Pakal.
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$4.89
Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, it gains skulk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor Cleric
$0.66
Deathtouch
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Whenever another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Mirkwood Bats
Creature — Bat
$0.85
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
Keeper of the Accord
Creature — Human Soldier
$0.51
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more creatures than you, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if that player controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a basic Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Securitron Squadron
Artifact Creature — Robot
$1.67
Squad {3} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {3} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
Vigilance
Whenever a creature token you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Zurgo Stormrender
Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior
$4.58
Mobilize 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature token. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
Whenever a creature token you control leaves the battlefield, draw a card if it was attacking. Otherwise, each opponent loses 1 life.
Elder Arthur Maxson
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$0.36
Creature tokens you control have training. (Whenever a creature token you control attacks with another creature with greater power, put a +1/+1 counter on that token.)
Blind Betrayal — Sacrifice another creature: Elder Arthur Maxson gains indestructible until end of turn.
Zulaport Cutthroat
Creature — Human Rogue Ally
$1.27
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$5.12
Whenever one or more tokens your opponents control enter, for each of them, create a tapped token that's a copy of it. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Myrel, Shield of Argive
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$17.85
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Whenever Myrel attacks, create X 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.
Loyal Apprentice
Creature — Human Artificer
$0.26
Haste
Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. That token gains haste until end of turn.
Colonel Autumn
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$0.29
Lifelink
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
Other legendary creatures you control have exploit.
Whenever a creature you control exploits a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Craig Boone, Novac Guard
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$0.44
Reach, lifelink
One for My Baby — Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, put two quest counters on Craig Boone. When you do, Craig Boone deals damage equal to the number of quest counters on it to up to one target creature unless that creature's controller has Craig Boone deal that much damage to them.
Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$0.37
Battalion — Whenever Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy and at least two other creatures attack, draw a card, then you may put a creature card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking, where X is Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy's power.
Teysa Karlov
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
$1.89
If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Creature tokens you control have vigilance and lifelink.
Commissar Severina Raine
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$15.51
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.
Voice of Victory
Creature — Human Bard
$18.25
Mobilize 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, create two tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.)
Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary
$4.45
First strike, haste
Whenever Kellogg attacks, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Kellogg. Activate only as a sorcery.
Impassioned Orator
Creature — Human Cleric
$0.31
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Bone-Cairn Butcher
Creature — Demon
$0.27
Mobilize 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, create two tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.)
Attacking tokens you control have deathtouch.
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
$27.77
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent.
{2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$0.32
Decimate — When Legate Lanius enters, each opponent sacrifices a tenth of the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.
Whenever an opponent sacrifices a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Legate Lanius.
Rose, Cutthroat Raider
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
$0.88
First strike
Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Junk token for each opponent you attacked. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Junk, add {R}.
Mahadi, Emporium Master
Legendary Creature — Devil
$0.42
At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Yes Man, Personal Securitron
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
$2.29
{T}: Target opponent gains control of Yes Man. When they do, you draw two cards and put a quest counter on Yes Man. Activate only during your turn.
Wild Card — When Yes Man leaves the battlefield, its owner creates a tapped 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each quest counter on it.
ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
$0.34
Flying
ED-E My Love — Whenever you attack, if the number of attacking creatures is greater than the number of quest counters on ED-E, put a quest counter on it.
{2}, Sacrifice ED-E: Draw a card, then draw an additional card for each quest counter on ED-E.
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Legendary Creature — Human Rebel
$2.72
Attacking tokens you control have double strike.
Whenever one or more tokens you control attack a player, exile the top card of your library. During any turn you attacked with a token, you may play that card.
Instants (9)
Swords to Plowshares
Instant
$0.89
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Deadly Dispute
Instant
$0.26
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 token: Add one mana of any color.")
Wear // Tear
Instant // Instant
$1.16
Destroy target artifact.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
//
Destroy target enchantment.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
Path to Exile
Instant
$0.64
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
V.A.T.S.
Instant
$1.29
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Choose any number of target creatures with equal toughness. Destroy the chosen creatures.
Entrapment Maneuver
Instant
$0.33
Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.
Sorceries (3)
Ruinous Ultimatum
Sorcery
$0.43
Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.
Martial Coup
Sorcery
$0.26
Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures.
Hour of Reckoning
Sorcery
$0.23
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy all nontoken creatures.
Artifacts (6)
Skullclamp
Artifact — Equipment
$4.94
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip {1}
Survivor's Med Kit
Artifact
$0.35
{1}, {T}: Choose one that hasn't been chosen —
• Stimpak — Draw a card.
• Fancy Lads Snack Cakes — Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
• RadAway — Target player loses all rad counters. Sacrifice this artifact.
Arcane Signet
Artifact
$0.38
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Talisman of Hierarchy
Artifact
$0.4
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Enchantments (3)
Bastion of Remembrance
Enchantment
$0.27
When this enchantment enters, 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.
Black Market
Enchantment
$5.04
Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on this enchantment.
Black Market Connections
Enchantment
$10.47
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Lands (36)
Windbrisk Heights
Land
$0.23
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
{W}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn.
Diamond City
Land
$3.22
This land enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Move a shield counter from this land onto target creature. Activate only if two or more creatures entered the battlefield under your control this turn.
Memorial to Glory
Land
$0.28
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {W}.
{3}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Bojuka Bog
Land
$0.99
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
{T}: Add {B}.
Vault of the Archangel
Land
$1.02
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.
Dalkovan Encampment
Land
$0.44
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {W}.
{2}{W}, {T}: Whenever you attack this turn, create two 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.
Minas Tirith
Legendary Land
$7.14
Minas Tirith enters 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.
Castle Ardenvale
Land
$0.26
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains.
{T}: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Kher Keep
Legendary Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
Legendary Land
$2.71
{T}: Add {R}.
Channel — {3}{R}, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Command Tower
Land
$0.24
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Isolated Chapel
Land
$0.27
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
Clifftop Retreat
Land
$0.23
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains.
{T}: Add {R} or {W}.
Dragonskull Summit
Land
$0.44
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
{T}: Add {B} or {R}.
Path of Ancestry
Land
$0.18
This land enters 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.)
Basic lands: 6 Swamp 8 Plains 4 Mountain
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