The Commander
Myojin of Roaring Blades enters with an indestructible counter on it if you cast it from your hand.
Remove an indestructible counter from Myojin of Roaring Blades: It deals 7 damage to each of up to three targets.
Guide
Gameplan
Ramp into hard-casting Myojin from hand so it enters with an indestructible counter, then crack that counter to fire off 7 damage to each of up to three targets—killing a player, two creatures, or splitting it for a blowout. Most lists treat it as a mono-red ramp/burn deck that uses the Myojin as a recurring removal-and-finisher engine while the rest of the deck does the heavy lifting with artifacts, dragons, and direct damage.
Strengths
- A single, repeatable 7-damage blast that can outright kill a player or two-for-one creatures the moment it untaps.
- Mono-red gives access to elite ramp (Treasures, rituals) and burn to support and back up the Myojin's clock.
- Indestructible counter makes it resilient to most board wipes and spot removal once it lands.
Weaknesses
- The indestructible counter only appears when cast from hand—casting it from the command zone gives nothing, gutting its core ability as a commander.
- Without proliferate or bounce-to-hand effects you typically get one activation, then it's a fragile 6/2.
- Mono-red is starved for card advantage and has almost no proliferate, so adding more counters is hard.
- Eight mana is steep for an effect that needs setup to recur.
Key Cards
Upgrade Path
Add ways to return Myojin to hand so you can re-cast it for fresh indestructible counters, since command-zone casts give nothing. Lean into the few proliferate enablers like Karn's Bastion and counter-doublers, plus all-in ramp (Mana Geyser, Jeska's Will, fast rocks) to deploy it ahead of curve. Round out with strong stand-alone red threats and burn so the deck still functions when the Myojin is answered."
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Cracking the indestructible counter to deal 7 to a player (plus burn) and finishing with reach.
- ▸Using the ability as removal to clear blockers, then swinging with red beaters and dragons.
- ▸Recurring the Myojin via bounce-to-hand effects to repeat 21 damage across multiple turns.
Archetypes
- Big Mana / Ramp — Red ramp rushes out the eight-drop and refuels for the rest of the deck once Myojin fires.
- Burn / Spellslinger — Myojin's 7-to-three-targets blast pairs with a deck full of direct damage to close games from across the table.
- Artifacts / Treasure — Treasure and mana rocks both ramp into the Myojin and provide bodies/value when it can't recur.
Combos
- Myojin of Roaring Blades + Myojin of Grim Betrayal + Park Heights Maverick
→ Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB
- Sway of the Stars + Myojin of Roaring Blades + High Fae Trickster
→ Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players, Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
- Sway of the Stars + Myojin of Roaring Blades + Valley Floodcaller
→ Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players, Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
- Sway of the Stars + Myojin of Roaring Blades + Wizards of Thay
→ Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players, Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
- Sway of the Stars + Myojin of Roaring Blades + Najal, the Storm Runner
→ Each opponent loses the game, Near-infinite lifeloss for all players, Shuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
