Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Decimate — When Legate Lanius enters the battlefield, each opponent sacrifices a tenth of the creatures they control, rounded up.

Whenever an opponent sacrifices a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Legate Lanius.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (2)

_AoxomoxoA_ on Veni, Vidi, Vici

1 year ago

08/11/2024 Revisions

Removals

-1 Heroic Reinforcements: Essentially paying 4 mana to generate 2 soldier tokens and buff my board. I already have plenty of better ways to do both things.

-1 Isolated Chapel: Swapped for Vault of Champions which in Commander is going to always enter untapped

-1 Marshal's Anthem: 4 mana to give my creatures +1/+1, and only sometimes is it worth it to return a creature for an extra 2 mana. Other cards already have the secondary ability, but better.

-1 Vault 11: Voter's Dilemma: Burned in the ass too many times by this card. My playgroup typically plays politics against my favor when this is played and I always end up losing a creature without stabilizing the board.

-1 Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace: 0 support for this card in the rest of the deck

Additions

+1 Eldrazi Monument: Ideally, I have tokens to sacrifice without worrying about my board state, and giving creatures +1/+1 and flying to get over big walls

+1 Mana Crypt: No brainer, no explanation needed

+1 Purphoros, God of the Forge: Generating tons of tokens = profit

+1 Roaming Throne: Great for tribal decks, my triggered Caesar + Roaming Throne + Isshin = Machine Gun of Sadness

+1 Vault of Champions: Strictly Better Isolated Chapel in Commander

DemonDragonJ on Diabolical Machinations

1 year ago

I have replaced Hypersonic Dragon and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir with Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace and Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip, which reduced this deck's average converted mana cost from 4.37 to 4.35, because the newer creatures better fit the theme of this deck.