#mardu

[vigilantsera]

A Token Sacrifice: A Magic Fanfic

Wrote a short (non-explicit) fanfic based on this newly revealed card.

"When a Mardu outpost is attacked by a dragon mage from another plane, victory will require smart tactics and heavy sacrifices."

You can read it here on Ao3.

[homeostasister]

What’s your favorite three-color combo in MTG?

I’ve seen a few polls for favorite guild, and I thought it would be neat to make one for favorite shard/clan. I would really appreciate if you decide to reblog; I’m a pretty small blog, and I’d be curious to see what the wider MTG Tumblr community thinks.

[vampireopossum]

why does zurgo get to still be alive but alesha doesnt this sucks

[kraul-likes-detritus]

time for my personal fav, the Mardu!

Art of the Mardu | Where Lightning Tells Our Story

it was a great story too btw, very cute, great characterization of the Mardu and how they changed from Kolaghan

[banderwoods]

Hey! I've seen this one before!

[hyde-the-toad-bard]

Sometimes something beautiful happens when you find a fun deck tech.

So I pulled Starfall Invocation in a Bloomburrow pack today, and my first thought was "Hey! This would go great in my Zurgo Helmsmasher deck!"

Now, we all have had some weird intersections of mechanics and flavor(Gingerbrute with Colossal hammer equipped via Sigarda's Aid, as if the angel is blessing her champion, a cookie man, with the world's heaviest hammer). My Zurgo deck fits this profile often, holding 8 swords at once while running directly into wrath of gods like it's nothing.

However, when I thought to put Starfall Invocation into this deck, I thought of Radahn, who has a very similar aesthetic, and the fucking image of Zurgo yeeting a whole ass star, or better yet, himself, onto the field killing everyone, and then maybe brushing off a teammate to get them back into the fight, is just perfect for him.

[farsight-the-char]

I need a playset of this guy for my 60card Mardu Angel deck.

[monorayjak]

Trying to figure out how I would flesh out wedge identities, so decided to take a page from MaRo's book and have them talk to one another. First up.

White, black, and red - Order through structure, action, and opportunity. White: Order through structure means having strict rule- Red: Ha! Rules schmules White: Why must you be like this Black: Because they are. Simple as that. White: Ugh… here we go again Red: So tell me, who exactly defined what order is? Order doesn’t mean peaceful. Hell, I’d call most order not peaceful White: Order is the way the world should be organized, so that the most people gain the best access to what they have and need, its a system where everyone is allowed to live Black: No, it isn’t. White: What? What do you mean? Black: Order is how things are organized in a logical manner, yes, but they are not inherently ordered around “goodness” Red: See! Black gets it! White: Ok ok, so what do you two propose order as? Black: Easy. Order is how the world is organized. Order should be based on power. White: Power? Black: Yes. Power. The people at the top have the power, they make the rules and everyone else plays by them Red: Eh, I can see where you’re coming from black, but I don't fully agree with that. Order is how the world is organized. Order should be based around freedom White: Freedom? How? Red: Order should be based on saying “here is everything we don’t allow. If it's not written here, it's a free game.” It should show the hand everyone starts with, metaphorically speaking, and clarify what is not an option. It shouldn’t just rule out personal thoughts and motives. It's the difference between telling someone they can’t do something while they’re in the middle of it versus telling someone up front they can’t do that and allowing them to think of other options for themselves. You want the world to be even? Give everyone the same playing field. White: I can’t believe I’m actually saying this…. But that actually makes some kind of sense. Red: See! I’m not against structure, I'm against pointless structure. Whatever rules are made should be as simple and all encompassing as possible. No complicated legalese telling specifics, it should be all about giving people the information they need. Black: Ok, I want to chime in here. I can see you two agreeing on this but I want to remind you I’m also here. I think order should be used to put the powerful, me, at the top. How does that fit into your little utopia plan? White: Uh….what… what if… oh Serra I’m actually saying this and kind of meaning it. What if we base the order around power, so that the person in charge declares the base rules and others can interpret them. What if… what if we all stay together at the top and set out guidelines that others can live with. Black: How does that give us power though? Red: Oh! I get it! It gives us power because we have the ability to change the rules once we’re on top. We can stop others from taking our place by blocking the path we used to get there with new rules! Black: Hmm… interesting. I can’t believe it's actually happening… but I think we may have an agreement here. White: Holy shit that’s a first. Red: Wait we can cuss!? YOU CAN CUSS!? White: Yeah, no shit. Black: You’re both fucking idiots. Red: I hate you both, but I think that’s an agreement. Truce? White and Black: - Truce.

[dahairoman]

I need to improve a Mardu deck's ramp for cheap (only cards around $2 and below) and holy fuck it's hard, Mardu ramp sucks ass unless it's the real expensive stuff and everyone only talks about the most expensive stuff (just add a Smothering Tithe snarf snarf) really tempted to just slap all 3 of the tapped diamonds and call it a day...

[almostlookedhuman]

[byfeldonscane]

Mardu is really treating me well in Tarkir: Dragonstorm.

[douglysium]

Reading the Planeswalker’s Guide to Tarkir: Dragonstorm (Part 4: Mardu)

Unscripted video where I read and react to the Planeswalker’s Guide to Tarkir: Dragonstorm one faction at a time.

[howtocastspells]

I did the thing. By thing I mean Decided to pull the teeth (wink wink) and buy an Edgar Markov deck from a standard/modern player LGS regular that built and sold it for $100. It had at least $134 in value so I think it was a great buy. I just upgraded by cannibilizing the whole mana base of another Mardu deck I had and some vampires I had lying around…also more upgrades are in route 💀💀💀💀💀

(iykyk)

[booster-howlpack]

[zoydraft]

SJ's Rakdos Autoexsanguination, December 29, 2024.

I keep drafting Bx decks that pay way too much life to function. Yes, I will draw a ton of cards and kill a bunch of stuff, but I will also die with that full hand of cards.

With the above in mind, Deep-Cavern Bat and Butcher of the Horde's lifelink were crucial. As much as I don't like lifegain, there's still plenty to go around, and it's more than enough.

This deck really wanted a Blood Artist and a Mayhem Devil. It wasn't to be.

I once got to do Captivating Crew + sac outlet and it was obviously great. I think that's a good benchmark for "combo" in this list. It can turn the game around, but it probably takes a full turn cycle to do anything, and most removal will disrupt it. It's a removal check that feels more special than just a threat.

Shriekmaw was usually ~Terror, which I like as evidence that games feel tight and tense. You have to respond, you can't wait for full value.

Scrawling Crawler was great, it accelerated games really nicely with both the card flow and life loss. Exactly what I hoped for.

[lexiconarchitect]

Today will be looking at Mardu! Our commander is Queen Marchesa when it ETBs we become the Monarch. So, at our end step we will draw a card and whoever deals combat damage next will then become the Monarch. At the beginning of our upkeep if we are not the Monarch we will generate a haste/deathtouch snake. This allows us to create blockers and draw cards by sacrificing the token. Wilds of Eldraine gave us a lot of nutty enchantments that we will utilize in this deck! Keep a lookout for the deck tech later today!