Legend of Marath: Breath of the Wild

Commander / EDH

El_Scorcho_3.14

Creature (31)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gahiji, Honored One
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Jazal Goldmane
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nightshade Peddler
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Palace Jailer
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Raptor Hatchling
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Samut, Voice of Dissent
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Soul of Theros
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Forsake the Worldly
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Land (37)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 5x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Artifact (7)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Gorgon Flail
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Rout
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Vital Force

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Gaea's Herald
• 1x Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Vexing Shusher

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Blasphemous Act

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Keen Sense

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Background: The Philosophy of Why I (And, Perhaps You) Would Want to Build Marath

Marath is a very versatile commander due to the many abilities it boasts. It has +1/+1 counter synergies through cards like Hardened Scales, Rishkar, Peema Renegade, and Primal Vigor. Marath lends itself very well to a token strategy, being able to make a ton of them very quickly, and as such synergizes well with Parallel Lives, Anointed Procession, and Primal Vigor. Theres even a way of dealing with smaller threats with Maraths damage ability; an ability that becomes even more potent by giving Marath deathtouch via Nightshade Peddler, Gorgon's Head, Gorgon Flail, and even Bow of Nylea. AND not only does the damage ability deal with my opponent's creatures, but thanks to Ixalan, I get to include a slew of great Enrage creatures who I can use the ability on; creatures, like Ripjaw Raptor, Ranging Raptors, Bellowing Aegisaur, and even Raptor Hatchling.

The first deck I ever built for playing Commander was Ghave and I really enjoyed a lot of what that deck did, but it always felt so clunky. I feel like Marath is like Ghave but much more interesting to build because of the way it feels like a swiss army knife. Its fun to figure out when to make tokens, and which creatures I should kill (and since you can do all this at instant speed, figuring out when is interesting too!).

The Kind of Magic I Want to Play: The Philosophy on How I Personally Play Marath

My commander group is the Magic club at my college, therefore there's a few spikes (although all but one arent especially cutthroat), theres also a few much newer players using precons. This deck is built for my own fun. I like drawing cards. I put more card advantage in it than average because I cant stand having no cards in hand; it makes the whole experience very unfun. I also like to do something on every turn of the game; I dont personally think Commander games have to involve not casting anything until turn 3-4. Thats why I like that Marath is almost like a turn 3, turn 5, turn 7, etc. play all in one. Our games usually go quite long so I can afford to do big, fun, splashy effects. Thats why I have a lot of stuff like Zendikar Resurgent. I can afford to, and theres little to no Artifact and Enchantment destruction in the meta.

Keep some of this in mind when making suggestions. Other than that, youre free to suggest cards and ask about some of my card choices; Im sure you have questions, so feel free to ask in the comments!

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.78
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Clue, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Elemental 5/5 RG, Elemental X/X G, Emblem Nissa, Vital Force, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, The Monarch