Mardu Roughrider Tapdown Midrange

Pauper EDH* RBW (Mardu)

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Creature (38)

• 1x Atarka Efreet
• 1x Audacious Thief
• 1x Aurora Champion
• 1x Ballynock Trapper
• 1x Blade Instructor
• 1x Blade Juggler
• 1x Bloodmad Vampire
• 1x Burning-Tree Vandal
• 1x Fiend Binder
• 1x First-Sphere Gargantua
• 1x Haazda Snare Squad
• 1x Hammer Dropper
• 1x Heavenly Qilin
• 1x Herald of Dromoka
• 1x Inner-Flame Igniter
• 1x Kingpin's Pet
• 1x Makeshift Battalion
• 1x Mardu Warshrieker
• 1x Master of Diversion
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Rafter Demon
• 1x Rhox Veteran
• 1x Scaretiller
• 1x Sickle Dancer
• 1x Skinthinner
• 1x Skirk Commando
• 1x Spark Reaper
• 1x Springjack Knight
• 1x Star-Crowned Stag
• 1x Syndic of Tithes
• 1x Syndicate Enforcer
• 1x Territorial Hammerskull
• 1x Tithe Drinker
• 1x Trusted Pegasus
• 1x Unwavering Initiate
• 1x Wandering Champion
• 1x Wicked Guardian
• 1x Wojek Bodyguard

Land (36)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forsaken Sanctuary
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Stone Quarry
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wind-Scarred Crag

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Murderous Compulsion
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Oblivion Strike
• 1x Reckless Charge
• 1x Shenanigans
• 1x Syphon Mind

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Center Soul
• 1x Costly Plunder
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Emerge Unscathed
• 1x Fists of Flame
• 1x Psychotic Fury
• 1x Rally the Peasants
• 1x Run Amok
• 1x Rush of Vitality
• 1x Shelter
• 1x Temur Battle Rage
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Uncaged Fury

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pentarch Ward
• 1x Scourge of the Nobilis

Artifact (3)

• 1x Boros Locket
• 1x Orzhov Locket
• 1x Rakdos Locket

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Maybeboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Apostle's Blessing
• 1x Brute Strength
• 1x Double Cleave
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Thrill of Possibility

Creature (3)

• 1x Parhelion Patrol
• 1x Seeker of the Way
• 1x Wojek Halberdiers

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Squee's Embrace

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Skull Rend

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This deck aims to constantly attack, but will not kill opponents quite as fast as more traditional aggro decks that want a dead opponent by the end of turn 5 or 6. Instead, this deck wants to take an aggressive mid-range strategy, building advantage while quickly whittling down life totals.

The main pillars of the deck are all the creatures that give friendly creatures evasion or make enemy creatures unable to block. While the commander is one such effect, it is far from the only one, and therefore Roughrider getting countered or quickly removed should not stop the deck from functioning. By having multiple of these effects active every combat step, blocking favorably should be nearly impossible for opponents since they would have to hold bacl several blockers to successfully block a single attacker.

The next major focus of the deck is creatures that take advantage of not being blocked. Some generate card advantage by drawing cards, forcing opponents to discard, or returning lands from the graveyard, while others act as repeatable removal or put +1/+1 counters on other attackers. The main thing they all have in common is that they are often fragile and would not be able to attack without dying very often without the rest of the deck clearing a path for them.

The last focus of the deck is to stay alive despite constantly attacking. This takes several forms, including creatures with extort, lifelink, and vigilance. The smattering of removal in the deck is also aimed at taking out large attacking enemies, since effective blockers will be few and far between.

There is also one last tool that deserves to be mentioned, and that is protection spells. These instants are incredibly flexible, allowing our attackers to dodge removal and blockers, allowing our small defenders to survive blocking large enemy threats, and making prison enchantments like Arrest fall off of friendly offensive creatures.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Pauper EDH legal.
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Unwavering Initiate 3/2 W
Folders	Pauper EDH, Wishlist decks