Seven Samurai

Commander / EDH Casual Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Theme/Gimmick

Granular_Quality

Land (33)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 1x Elegant Parlor
• 1x Flood Plain
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 3x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Rustic Clachan
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shadowy Backstreet
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Flavor (5)

• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Virtue of Courage
• 1x Virtue of Loyalty
• 1x Virtue of Persistence
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Stunt double samurai (5)

• 1x Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x The Wandering Emperor

Weapons (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Excalibur, Sword of Eden
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1x Patchwork Banner
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Townsfolk (11)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Gather the Townsfolk
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Raise the Alarm
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Shu Farmer
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer

Samurai (7)

• 1x Bushi Tenderfoot  ^Flip
• 1x Fumiko the Lowblood
• 1x Isshin, Two Heavens as One
• 1x Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
• 1x Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
• 1x Selfless Samurai
• 1x Toshiro Umezawa

Commander (1)

War (13)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Eiganjo Uprising
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Lingering Souls
• 1x Overwhelming Forces
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Rally the Peasants
• 1x Valorous Stance
• 1x Vindicate

Bandits (10)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Dong Zhou, the Tyrant
• 1x Forth Eorlingas!
• 1x Ghitu Slinger
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Greed
• 1x Kazuul's Toll Collector
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Manic Vandal
• 1x Mardu Heart-Piercer

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Other (41)

• 1x Archery Training
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Break Through the Line
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Call to Glory
• 1x Cenn's Enlistment
• 1x Collective Defiance
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Equipoise
• 1x Faithful Squire  ^Flip
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Gleam of Battle
• 1x Guerrilla Tactics
• 1x Hail of Arrows
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Harvest Hand  ^Flip
• 1x Haunted Fengraf
• 1x Hold the Line
• 1x Konda's Hatamoto
• 1x Magnetic Theft
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Mardu Banner
• 1x Mardu Runemark
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Millstone
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Oath of Lieges
• 1x Open the Vaults
• 1x Pennon Blade
• 1x Pillage
• 1x Ravages of War
• 1x Remember the Fallen
• 1x Retribution of the Meek
• 1x Rush of Battle
• 1x Takeno's Cavalry
• 1x Varchild's War-Riders
• 1x Vassal's Duty
• 1x Vengeance
• 1x Village Bell-Ringer
• 1x War Flare
• 1x Weapons Trainer

Flavor (3)

• 1x Citadel Siege
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x That Which Was Taken

Stunt double samurai (1)

• 1x Leonin Shikari

War (1)

• 1x Second Sunrise

Weapons (1)

• 1x Sword of Vengeance

Townsfolk (1)

• 1x Zealous Conscripts

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Seven Samurai themed edh

This is an edh deck based on my favorite movie, Akira Kurasawa's Seven Samurai. Theorycrafting a movie into an edh deck is something that I really like doing. In this film we have three principal forces: the bandits who are set to raid the village grain stores; the villagers who must recruit the samurai to defend them; and of course our seven samurai.

Townsfolk are typically represented by various token generators. We function as a sort of voltron deck with a token generating long game.

With some games under my belt I have come to think that I need some more

Samurai Choices:

Each samurai has a samurai side, as well as a non samurai counterpart that represents them thematically.

Kambei: The leader of the troupe represented /monestary mentor

Katsushiro:Selfless Samurai The first samurai recruited

Shichiroji: Former lieutenant of kambei

Gorobei: A skilled archer. Represented by Brigid hero of kinsbaile

Heihachi: Introduced as the wood chopping samurai, represented in non samurai form by Stonehewer giant.

Kyuzo: Master swordsman, represented by Isshin, Two Heavens as One. His skill in combat is unmatched.

Kikuchiyo: Played by Toshiro Mifune, is represented by Bushi Tenderfoot, as well as Alesha eho smiles at death. In the movie Kikuchiyo is not a true samurai, though he has a great deal of heart.

Our third force is the bandits. We have a bit of a ragtag band here, bandits also get a lot of the card draw elements like Greed and Forth Eorlingas!

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.24
Tokens	Human 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Human Knight 2/2 R, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Monk 1/1 W, On an Adventure, Samurai 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W, The Monarch, Treasure
Folders	Deck Ideas for the Podcast, edh, Nice EDH ideas, +1 Non-Budget, Thematic, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, reference, alesha, R/B/W Mardu, Magic the Memening