Marneus Calgar

Legendary Creature — Astartes Warrior

Double strike
Master Tactician — Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card.
Chapter Master — 6 generic : Create two 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.

3/5

Illustrated by: Slawomir Maniak

Legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Combos

70 combos, the most popular first:

Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Marneus Calgar + Nadir Kraken
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Marneus Calgar + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Marneus Calgar + Mondrak, Glory Dominus
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Anointed Procession + Ashnod's Altar + Marneus Calgar
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Marneus Calgar + Training Grounds
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Elspeth, Storm Slayer + Marneus Calgar
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Marneus Calgar + Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Exalted Sunborn + Marneus Calgar
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Marneus Calgar + Nadir Kraken + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Kaya, Geist Hunter + Marneus Calgar

See all 70 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 58 of 6550 decks (0.9%), most in Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver

Share of decks

0.9%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

59 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

25%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver	3.6%	0%
Tivit, Seller of Secrets	0.9%	2%
Marneus Calgar	0.8%	100%
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom	0.2%	7%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff	100%	3.6
Scrubland	100%	3.3
Esper Sentinel	100%	2.2
Mystic Remora	100%	1.5
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Gleaming Splendor	98%	3.1
Tundra	98%	2.8
Smothering Tithe	98%	2.6
Dark Ritual	98%	2.4
Demonic Tutor	98%	2.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Marneus Calgar Boomer [NCEDH] in Commander Invitational Qualifier - East Coast Gaming	3-2 60%
Marneus Calgar Lucas D. in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Marneus Calgar Ricardo Contreras in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	2-3 40%
Marneus Calgar Felipe Guerrero in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede Antofagasta	2-4 33%
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom Sebastian GUERRERO in CEDH SABANA - Cedh x Dual 2da edición VOLCANIC ISLAND	0-6 0%
Marneus Calgar Tommaso Gobbi in Rule Them All - cEDH Tournament 2026	0-5 0%
Marneus Calgar Brogan Long in CEDH Dual Tournament 9 - October 3rd	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Marneus Calgar Nolan Van R, 1 Nov	1 main	#6 (top 8) of 25 1-2
Marneus Calgar Henrik Ebendorff, 31 Oct	1 main	#11 of 31 1-2
Marneus Calgar BabyButter, 25 Oct	1 main	#7 (top 8) of 28 1-2
Marneus Calgar Cayden Farrow, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 of 28 1-2
Marneus Calgar Dylan, 25 Oct	1 main	#19 of 28 0-2
Marneus Calgar Patrick Scherenschlicht, 25 Oct	1 main	#27 of 39 0-2
Marneus Calgar Eric Drews, 25 Oct	1 main	#37 of 39 0-3
Marneus Calgar Kyle Shaver, 24 Oct	1 main	#26 of 49 1-3