BlackLegendary Creature — Human NobleKing Macar, the Gold-Cursed
Mana value4Rank#10,340
The Commander
Inspired — Whenever King Macar becomes untapped, you may exile target creature. If you do, create a Gold token. (It's an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Guide
Gameplan
Tap King Macar (attack, crew, tap-for-value effects), then untap him to exile a creature and bank a Gold token. Loop this untap trigger to function as a repeatable exile-removal engine that also ramps you with Gold, while sacrificing Golds fuels big black spells and treasure-style payoffs. Grind the board down with targeted exile until you out-resource the table.
Strengths
- Repeatable, unconditional exile removal that dodges indestructible and regeneration
- Generates ramp/fixing (Gold tokens) while removing threats — value on both ends
- Mono-black gives access to powerful tutors, recursion, and card draw
- Untap shenanigans turn one trigger into several exiles per turn
Weaknesses
- Relies on a fragile commander that opponents will prioritize removing
- Needs to attack or use untap enablers to function, so it's slow without setup
- Mono-black struggles with enchantments and resilient artifacts
- Inspired trigger requires Macar to be tapped first, creating a tempo tax
Key Cards
- Thousand-Year Elixir — Untaps Macar each turn and removes summoning sickness for an extra exile.
- Aphetto Alchemist — Untaps Macar repeatedly for multiple exiles and Gold tokens per turn.
- Sword of the Paruns — Tap-and-untap engine that triggers Inspired on demand.
- Magewright's Stone — Cheap repeatable untapper to fire the Inspired trigger reliably.
- Reconnaissance — Lets Macar attack safely then untap to exile a creature without combat risk.
- Revel in Riches — Turns the deaths and treasures around your engine into an alternate win and ramp.
Upgrade Path
Add more untap enablers (Kiora's Follower-style effects in black are limited, so lean on Thousand-Year Elixir, Magewright's Stone, and Sword of the Paruns) plus haste enablers like Lightning Greaves to fire Inspired immediately. Pack mono-black tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor) to find your engine pieces, and add powerful black payoffs (Torment of Hailfire, Bolas's Citadel) that convert Gold into wins. Protect Macar with Swiftfoot Boots and recur him via reanimation to keep the exile engine online.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Grind the board to nothing with repeatable exile, then win with a big finisher creature
- ▸Cast a large Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate fueled by Gold tokens
- ▸Treasure/Gold payoffs like Revel in Riches or Mayhem Devil incremental damage
- ▸Commander damage from a buffed Macar once the board is clear
Archetypes
- Control — Repeatable exile lets Macar police the board and pick off the biggest threats each turn.
- Untap Combo — Untap effects let Macar exile multiple creatures and flood you with Gold for explosive turns.
- Ramp/Big Mana — Gold tokens accelerate into oversized black finishers and X-spells.
- Aristocrats — Gold sacrifice and removal synergize with treasure and death-trigger payoffs.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (B), by popularity.
