Tetsuo, Imperial Champion

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion Commander Deck

Tetsuo, Imperial Champion leads a Samurai tribal deck that arms him with high-mana-value Equipment to either blast threats and players with direct damage or cast powerful instants and sorceries for free whenever he attacks. The deck builds toward an equipment-laden board state supported by a tribal samurai synergies, cantrips, and interaction, while using Equipment tutors and recursive pieces to keep Tetsuo consistently geared up. The primary win conditions are infinite combat loops enabled by Godo, Bandit Warlord and Helm of the Host, or an alternate infinite combat and token engine using Akki Battle Squad alongside Helm of the Host.

Decklist

• Fabled Passage
• Whispersilk Cloak
• Magnetic Theft
• Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• Fumiko the Lowblood
• Soaring Seacliff
• Dismember
• Blood Crypt
• Hand of Cruelty
• Iizuka the Ruthless
• Toshiro Umezawa
• Bloodstained Mire
• Glasspool Mimic
• Opt
• Counterspell
• Brainstorm
• Chaos Warp
• Sign in Blood
• Ponder
• Scalding Tarn
• Mask of Griselbrand
• Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
• Secluded Courtyard
• Assassin's Ink
• Upriser Renegade
• Otawara, Soaring City
• Heiko Yamazaki, the General
• Reinforced Ronin
• Blade of the Oni
• Komainu Battle Armor
• Akki Battle Squad
• Sol Ring
• Sensei's Divining Top
• Talisman of Dominance
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Goro-Goro and Satoru
• Command Tower
• Kindred Dominance
• Reality Shift
• Diamond Pick-Axe
• Bitter Triumph
• Thundering Falls
• Undercity Sewers
• Polluted Delta
• Three Steps Ahead
• Insatiable Avarice
• Lost Jitte
• Baleful Mastery
• Winged Boots
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Blacksmith's Talent
• Helm of the Host
• Untimely Malfunction
• Rakdos Signet
• Lightning Greaves
• Infernal Grasp
• Dimir Signet
• Deflecting Swat
• Arcane Signet
• Frostcliff Siege
• Izzet Signet
• Cori Mountain Monastery
• Great Arashin City
• Cori-Steel Cutter
• Talisman of Creativity
• Mistrise Village
• Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
• Reaper's Scythe
• Trailblazer's Boots
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Buster Sword
• Godo, Bandit Warlord
• Genji Glove
• Watery Grave
• Umezawa's Jitte
• Rogue's Passage
• Soulstone Sanctuary
• 5× Island
• 7× Mountain
• 7× Swamp
• Vanquisher's Banner
• Leyline of Transformation