First of all, Cryptic Command is a clunker
TRAVELING THROUGH VALLEY This crop of decks look really good, and from what Ive seen so far they look like a good starting point for the intermediate player
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Decklist: Zurgo Mobilize in Commander Zurgo Stormrender | Illustration by Lie Setiawan Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creature (30) Adeline, Resplendent Cathar Ainok Strike Leader Arnyn, Deathbloom Botanist Avenger of the Fallen Bone-Cairn Butcher Dalkovan Packbeasts Garna, Bloodfist of Keld Goldlust Triad Hardened Tactician Hero of Bladehold Ironwill Forger Isshin, Two Heavens as One Mardu Siegebreaker Neriv, Crackling Vanguard Neriv, Heart of the Storm Pitiless Plunderer Redoubled Stormsinger Reigning Victor Shock Brigade Shocking Sharpshooter Stadium Headliner Starry-Eyed Skyrider Tersa Lightshatter The Master, Multiplied Venerated Stormsinger Viscera Seer Voice of Victory Zulaport Cutthroat Zurgo's Vanguard Zurgo, Thunder's Decree Instant (7) Abrade Coordinated Maneuver Deadly Dispute Grand Crescendo Rabid Attack Swords to Plowshares Will of the Mardu Sorcery (5) Eliminate the Competition Hour of Reckoning Release the Dogs Tempt with Vengeance Worthy Cost Artifact (11) Arcane Signet Blade of Selves Fellwar Stone Idol of Oblivion Infantry Shield Lightning Greaves Skullclamp Sol Ring Talisman of Conviction Talisman of Hierarchy Wayfarer's Bauble Enchantment (10) All-Out Assault Barrensteppe Siege Bastion of Remembrance Divine Visitation Firebender Ascension Impact Tremors Kinbinding Legion Loyalty Windcrag Siege Within Range Land (35) Battlefield Forge Bojuka Bog Canyon Slough Castle Ardenvale Castle Embereth Caves of Koilos Clifftop Retreat Command Tower Dalkovan Encampment Dragonskull Summit Exotic Orchard Fetid Heath Isolated Chapel Mountain x4 Nomad Outpost Path of Ancestry Plains x4 Shattered Landscape Shattered Sanctum Smoldering Marsh Swamp x4 Temple of Silence Temple of Triumph Terramorphic Expanse Vault of the Archangel Windbrisk Heights For this deck, Ive taken the Mardu Surge precon and adjusted it to maximize the mobilize and Mardu content
Faithless Looting itself scales with discard effects, you can discard it for more value than a lot of other cards when you have another active looting effect and it doesn't even put you at much risk of having all your discard outlets dealt with
