Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist & Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh Commander Deck

The deck uses Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist to freely redistribute a growing pile of Equipment and Auras at the start of combat, typically heaping everything onto Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh, who enters for free and swings with first strike, menace, and trample as early as turn one. The strategy accelerates through cheap Equipment tutors and draw-on-equip effects, rapidly building a lethal voltron threat that can end games through sheer commander damage. The deck also packs two combo finishers: Blasphemous Act paired with Repercussion to convert board damage into lethal burn for all opponents, and Caduceus, Staff of Hermes combined with a large power-granting aura to create a damage-prevention lock that makes the pilot effectively invulnerable.

Decklist

• Akiri, Fearless Voyager
• Akroma's Memorial
• All That Glitters
• All Will Be One
• Ancient Den
• Arcane Signet
• Armored Skyhunter
• Axgard Armory
• Barbarian Class
• Basilisk Collar
• Blackblade Reforged
• Blasphemous Act
• Boros Charm
• Boros Garrison
• Boros Signet
• Bruenor Battlehammer
• Buried Ruin
• Buster Sword
• Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
• Clifftop Retreat
• Colossus Hammer
• Command Tower
• Commander's Plate
• Deflecting Palm
• Deflecting Swat
• Donnie's Bō
• Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
• Enduring Courage
• Enlightened Tutor
• Erode
• Excalibur, Sword of Eden
• Fervor
• Fiery Emancipation
• Fighter Class
• Furycalm Snarl
• Genji Glove
• Goblin War Drums
• Great Furnace
• Halvar, God of Battle
• Hammer of Nazahn
• Hammer of Purphoros
• Hyena Umbra
• Idolized
• Inventors' Fair
• Ishgard, the Holy See
• Jeska's Will
• Lightning Greaves
• Lizard Blades
• Mantle of the Ancients
• Mass Hysteria
• Masterwork of Ingenuity
• Mistveil Plains
• Mithril Coat
• Mondo Gecko, Esquire
• Monumental Henge
• Mother of Runes
• 7× Mountain
• Mox Amber
• Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
• Open the Armory
• Out of Time
• Path to Exile
• Pearl Medallion
• 7× Plains
• Puresteel Paladin
• Radiant Summit
• Reliquary Tower
• Repercussion
• Reyav, Master Smith
• Rising of the Day
• Rogue's Passage
• Ruby Medallion
• Rustvale Bridge
• Sacred Foundry
• Scourge of the Throne
• Secret Tunnel
• Sigarda's Aid
• Slayers' Stronghold
• Sol Ring
• Spectator Seating
• Spirit Mantle
• Sram, Senior Edificer
• Steelshaper's Gift
• Stoneforge Mystic
• Sundown Pass
• Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• Super State
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Sword of Feast and Famine
• Sword of Fire and Ice
• Sword of Wealth and Power
• Sword of the Animist
• Swords to Plowshares
• Teferi's Protection
• Temple of Triumph
• The Aetherspark
• The Grass-Cutting Sword
• The Reaver Cleaver
• Themberchaud
• Thought Vessel
• Thran Dynamo
• Thran Power Suit
• Timely Ward
• Two-Handed Axe
• Urabrask
• Urabrask the Hidden
• Urabrask's Forge
• Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
• Wind-Scarred Crag
• With Great Power . . .