Tetsuo, Umezawa's Shogun

Commander / EDH Bracket 3 Haste Samurai UBR (Grixis) Unblockable Voltron

Andramalech

Land (33)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 3x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Arcane Bombardment
• 1x Combat Research
• 1x Founding the Third Path
• 1x Hammerhand
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x The Phasing of Zhalfir
• 1x Tricks of the Trade

Artifact (21)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Commander's Plate
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Drach'Nyen
• 1x General's Kabuto
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1x Resurrection Orb
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x The Reaver Cleaver
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Winged Boots

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Anchor to Reality
• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 1x Smash to Dust
• 1x World at War

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Brass Squire
• 1x Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Enthusiastic Mechanaut
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Heiko Yamazaki, the General
• 1x Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Komainu Battle Armor
• 1x Lizard Blades
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Rabbit Battery
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x The Reality Chip
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage

Instant (8)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Invoke Calamity
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Veil of Secrecy

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Maybeboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Prying Blade
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Forge and Frontier
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Sword of Once and Future

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Wheel of Fate

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A Grixis colored ({R}{U}{B}) deck built around what I consider to be my favorite legendary figure in all of magic.

This deck is meant to be a voltron-style build, with Tetsuo, Imperial Champion at the helm.

The Theme

Tetsuo himself

Happened to really like the original reference from Legends, where we saw Tetsuo Umezawa. The Lore surrounding him is kinda slim but we know about the descendant line of Toshiro Umezawa, and we know that Tetsuo was considered the strongest human of his time.

"The Vorthos Voltron"

Y'all may or may not know that I happen to love Samurai creatures and have built decks around them before (Bunny-Bushi,isshin-warriors-1/) and this guy is and has always been a clear "king" of this creature type to me, and I aim to build a deck exemplifying that.

Why build this?

I happen to really like a few things:

1. Samurai
2. Swords
3. One-Hit-KOs

So my attempt here is to do it in a super cool Samurai swipey kinda way.

The Swords

Actual Swords

Not Swords

The Spells

There are a couple different types of spells I'm insisting on using to help secure some good swings out of Tetsuo.

Unblockable

My intention is to have Tetsuo get through unopposed with his entourage of tools by making him unblockable.

• Aqueous Form
• Slip Through Space
• Veil of Secrecy

"Haste keeps pace"

Another valuable element of some of these creatures is getting them to act the turn down, and that is especially important for Tetsuo himself.

• Rabbit Battery
• Hammerhand
• Messenger's Speed

Pre-determined Fate

The hodge-podge of creatures surrounding Tetsuo are mostly spell-reducing chumps or guys who like to protect your resources:

• Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• Enthusiastic Mechanaut
• Etherium Sculptor

..but there are also a number of bodies here meant to help to fetch the tool you need for Tetsuo. Such as:

• Trinket Mage
• Trophy Mage
• Tribute Mage

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #10 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis) 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 months
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.52
Tokens	Phyrexian 2/2 B, Plant 0/2 G, Treasure
Folders	Fun Decks, Best Deck Templates (Serious), Decks, EDH Decks