Instant (30)
- 1x Assassin's Ink
- 1x Black Sun's Twilight
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1x
Blood Pact
- 1x Cremate
- 1x Dark Bargain
- 1x Dark Dabbling
- 1x Dark Ritual
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1x
Defile
- 1x Eat to Extinction
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1x
Entomb
- 1x Extinguish the Light
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1x
Force of Despair
- 1x Grim Return
- 1x Hatred
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1x
Hero's Downfall
- 1x Imp's Mischief
- 1x Infernal Grasp
- 1x Lethal Scheme
- 1x Moonlight Bargain
- 1x Poison the Cup
- 1x Price of Fame
- 1x Sheoldred's Edict
- 1x Slaughter Pact
- 1x Sudden Spoiling
- 1x Tragic Slip
- 1x Vampiric Tutor
- 1x Vona's Hunger
- 1x Withering Boon
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1x
Withering Torment
- 1x Wretched Confluence
Land (36)
- 1x Arcane Lighthouse
- 1x Bojuka Bog
- 1x Cabal Coffers
- 1x Cabal Stronghold
- 1x Castle Locthwain
- 1x Fell Mire Flip
- 1x Forbidden Orchard
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1x
Ghost Quarter
- 1x Reliquary Tower
- 1x Rogue's Passage
- 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
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1x
Spymaster's Vault
- 23x Swamp
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1x
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Artifact (12)
- 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
- 1x Arcane Signet
- 1x Bolas's Citadel
- 1x Charcoal Diamond
- 1x Demon's Horn
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1x
Expedition Map
- 1x Jet Medallion
- 1x Lightning Greaves
- 1x Primal Amulet Flip
- 1x Ring of Xathrid
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1x
Sensei's Divining Top
- 1x Sol Ring
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Commander (1)
Creature (13)
- 1x Activated Sleeper
- 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
- 1x Crypt Ghast
- 1x Doom Whisperer
- 1x Dread Presence
- 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
- 1x Harvester of Souls
- 1x Kamber, the Plunderer
- 1x Oriq Loremage
- 1x Overseer of the Damned
- 1x Sangromancer
- 1x Sedgemoor Witch
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1x
Tormod, the Desecrator
Enchantment (6)
Maybeboard
Instant (22)
- 1x Baleful Mastery
- 1x Curtains' Call
- 1x Darkness
- 1x Deadly Rollick
- 1x Demon's Due
- 1x Dismember
- 1x Drag to the Underworld
- 1x Erebos's Intervention
- 1x Hellish Rebuke
- 1x Insidious Dreams
- 1x March of Wretched Sorrow
- 1x Nurgle's Conscription
- 1x Plumb the Forbidden
- 1x Rise of the Dread Marn
- 1x Scour from Existence
- 1x Sickening Shoal
- 1x Snuff Out
- 1x Succumb to Temptation
- 1x Tainted Strike
- 1x Tendrils of Corruption
- 1x Thrilling Encore
- 1x V.A.T.S.
Land (8)
- 1x Barren Moor
- 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
- 1x Deserted Temple
- 1x Emergence Zone
- 1x Hagra Broodpit Flip
- 1x Plaza of Heroes
- 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
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1x
War Room
Enchantment (6)
- 1x Black Market
- 1x Grave Betrayal
- 1x Revel in Riches
- 1x Sadistic Glee
- 1x Scion of Halaster
- 1x Teval's Judgment
Sorcery (5)
"Generally speaking, the way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death." - Miyamoto Musashi
One day I was searching for a legendary samurai that could be good to build a commander deck around. Toshiro Umezawa really caught my attention. While I tried to think about what to do exactly, I decided to read some lore on him and he quickly became one of my favourite MtG characters. As a result I decided to go ahead with the deck.
I tried several things since I first built it, however this is the version I think works better with him. Plus, I'm really glad that the last few sets actually brought some new goodies that work pretty well with Toshiro, and the new rule in which commanders now go to the grave on death before going to the command zone really helped Toshiro gain some more strenght.
The deck is mainly spellslinger with plenty of removal and some utility plus some other permanents that also trigger on creature's deaths. However the main win-con of the deck is Hatred.
The main combo of the deck is Forbidden Orchard + Illness in the Ranks , which is meant to trigger Toshiro's ability by simply tapping the land for mana while at the same time gifting an opponent a token that will instantly die, allowing me to play an instant from the grave right away.
Win-cons available:
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Commander damage, mainly with a sneaky Hatred, but also with Eternal Thirst, Necrosynthesis and/or Ring of Xathrid;
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Regular combat damage by simply having more creatures than the opponents due to the removal, token generation and reanimation;
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Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Doom Whisperer , Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Necropotence , or Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel + Sensei's Divining Top combo allows me to essentially play as much of my deck as needed and then just shoot the whole table;
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Infinite combo with Chain of Smog + Professor Onyx for infinite drain and lifegain;
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Another infinite combo with Chain of Smog + Sedgemoor Witch , that will either give me infinite tokens or infinite life gain if I have Illness in the Ranks in play;
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A combo that requieres 4 pieces, so it is less likely to happen, is Chain of Smog + Sedgemoor Witch + Illness in the Ranks + Aetherflux Reservoir, for infinite life and then just kill everybody with Reservoir.
Fun fact: In the deck there are cards like Doom Whisperer, Necropotence, Castle Locthwain, Slaughter Pact and Hatred which I can use to just kill myself if there's no way out, essentially I can commit seppuku.
Other decks with a mono-color samurai commander:
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Mono-Green - Musashi used 2 swords? Hold my sake!
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Mono-Red - Chaos of War
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Mono-White - The Art of Self-defense
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Revision 79 See all
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| +1 | Palantir of Orthanc | maybe |
| +1 | Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER Flip | maybe |
| +1 | The Masamune | maybe |
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| Date added | 7 years |
| Last updated | 1 month |
| Exclude colors | WURG |
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| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 6 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.03 |
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