Art by Xu Xiaoming
Commander deckU
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Leverage Sun Quan's horsemanship ability to make a high-power board unblockable, utilizing fast mana and interaction to ensure a lethal combat phase.
Asked for“Cedh horsemanship”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 55 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
4UULegendary Creature — Human Soldier
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Card Draw
11
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
Massive draw engine that must be answered
Wavebreak Hippocamp
2UEnchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Draws cards on opponent turns
Removal
11
Threats/Wincons
12
Lu Xun, Scholar General
2UULegendary Creature — Human Soldier
Draws cards with unblockable horsemanship
Zhuge Jin, Wu Strategist
1UULegendary Creature — Human Advisor
Secondary unblockable enabler
Blightsteel Colossus
12Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
One-shot kill when given horsemanship
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
High value attacker with lifelink
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
Competitive finisher and control piece
Tidespout Tyrant
5UUUCreature — Djinn
Alternative to Hullbreaker for board control
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Difficult to remove threat and draw engine
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
8UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
Game-ending resource disparity
Thassa's Oracle
UUCreature — Merfolk Wizard
Standard competitive blue win condition
Laboratory Maniac
2UCreature — Human Wizard
Alternative win condition for deep draws
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Weaponizes large draw spells
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
Flying threat that destroys permanents
