Marath's Will

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Counters RGW (Naya) Tokens

Skyfolk

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Fresh Meat
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Plea for Guidance
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Collective Blessing
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Glory of Warfare
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mayael's Aria
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Tooth and Claw

Artifact (13)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Creature (16)

• 1x Armada Wurm
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Gahiji, Honored One
• 1x Giant Adephage
• 1x Godsire
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Grove of the Guardian
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 4x Plains
• 1x Rith's Grove
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Windbrisk Heights
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Commander (1)

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Sorcery (2)

• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Titanic Ultimatum

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Elemental Mastery

Artifact (1)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sarkhan Vol

Creature (2)

• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt

Land (1)

• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

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This is a deck that's been in the works since the day Marath was spoiled. I was getting a bit bored with my old token deck and decided red was what it needed to get me interested again. Here's a quick breakdown of the deck.

Tokens

Much like my old Trostani deck, there's a pretty decent variety of tokens in this one as well, though perhaps less of a variety than I'd like. Cards like Avenger of Zendikar, Godsire and Giant Adephage make a pretty big impact while cards like Tooth and Claw, Luminarch Ascension and Assemble the Legion give me a steady stream of creatures to block and attack. Of course Parallel Lives and Doubling Season just amplify the effects and can make for some crazy Marath plays.

Counters

Because of Marath, there is a slight +1/+1 counter theme in the deck. Cathars' Crusade, Mayael's Aria and Gavony Township can put counters on all of my creatures, including Marath. Opal Palace is something that works really well with Mirari's Wake and Garruk Wildspeaker to make Marath bigger as well. Another card I'd consider for this is Vigor

Pumps and Buffs

There are many cards in the deck which exist to improve my army of creatures. Anthem effects like Glory of Warfare , Gahiji, Honored One and Collective Blessing only exist to make creatures bigger, while Gruul War Chant , Hammer of Purphoros and Akroma's Memorial add a little more punch to my army in other ways. This is one area of the deck where I think I over-developed a little, and perhaps some of my global effects need to be cut.

Removal

Removal is very important in any deck, and especially in my meta, all kinds of removal needs to be considered. Spot removal like Path to Exile, Beast Within and Hull Breach can deal with most things thrown my way. Sweepers are also important, and between Wrath of God, Martial Coup, Austere Command and Phyrexian Rebirth I think I'm covered in that regard. This is another area I'm willing to take more advice on.

Mana

This is an area that I'm always fiddling around with. I never know just how much ramp I need next to mana rocks. I feel like I need more than just Kodama's Reach and Krosan Verge in terms of land ramp, but for now it seems to work okay. Especially because Mirari's Wake, Gilded Lotus and Chromatic Lantern do a great job of fixing and ramp.

Sustainablility

This is an aspect of the deck that's pretty important to me. I like to have the ability to bounce back from sweepers and other rough situations, and nothing is better for that than token decks. Fresh Meat, Martial Coup and Boros Charm are great for keeping a board state while others suffer, and Privileged Position, Kor Haven and Yavimaya Hollow are great preventative measures against some nasty stuff.

Utility Bombs

Of course every deck needs straight-up utility to help their deck along. Seedborn Muse, Garruk, Primal Hunter and Sun Titan all do fairly unique things that aren't present elsewhere in the deck. They're nice things to drop when in a tough spot and can actually turn a game around if they go unanswered.

Combos

In my meta, not using at least a few combos would be silly. There's so many things that can combo with Marath, and I've only used a few of them. Some of my favourite combos in this deck are:

Marath + Mana Echoes + Cathars' Crusade: Use Marath to make a single 1/1, add 2 to your mana pool, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Repeat this using mana produced from Mana Echoes as many times as you wish for infinite, gigantic tokens.

Marath + Doubling Season + Mana Echoes: A little more complicated. Use Marath to put counters on itself, for each one counter you remove, add two. Make sure you have at least 1 open to start the combo, then remove a counter from Marath to create two 1/1s for 1. Add 2 to your mana pool. Do this, gaining more and more mana, until Marath has two counters left. Repeat as desired for infinite 1/1s.

Doubling Season/Parallel Lives + Tooth and Claw + Purphoros, God of the Forge + Any Two Creatures: Sacrifice any two creatures to Tooth and Claw, making two 3/1s, and triggering Purphoros twice. Repeat until all opponents lose.

So that's it, my Marath token deck. If you have any questions or advice, feel free to comment.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.83
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Beast 3/1 R, Beast 3/3 G, Beast 8/8 RGW, Copy Clone, Elemental 8/8 GW, Elemental X/X G, Enchantment Cleric 2/1 W, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Ogre 3/3 R, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Plant 0/1 G, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 5/5 G w/ Trample, Wurm 6/6 G
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