The Commander
Trample
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one at random —
• Other creatures you control get +3/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.
• Discard your hand, then draw four cards.
• Umaro deals 5 damage to any target.
Guide
Gameplan
Umaro is a chaos-flavored mono-red beater whose combat trigger randomly swings games: pumping your board, refilling your hand, or burning a threat. Develop a wide aggressive board early, drop Umaro, and let the random triggers either alpha-strike for trample damage, dig you toward more gas, or pick off blockers and players.
Strengths
- Built-in card advantage and reach in mono-red, which normally lacks both
- Flexible trigger covers offense, refuel, and removal so you rarely have a dead turn
- Anthem mode plus trample turns even small token boards into lethal swings
- Cheap to recast and resilient as a repeatable engine
Weaknesses
- Randomness means you can't reliably plan a lethal turn or a needed burn
- Mono-red struggles against heavy lifegain, fogs, and pillowfort decks
- Discard-draw mode can blow out a strong hand if you don't want it
- No evasion or protection on Umaro itself; easily chump-blocked or removed
- Vulnerable to board wipes since the deck wants to commit a wide board
Key Cards
- Krenko, Mob Boss — Floods the board with Goblins that the +3/+0 anthem mode turns into a lethal trample swing.
- Purphoros, God of the Forge — Converts the wide token boards Umaro decks build into direct damage independent of combat.
- Krark's Thumb — Doesn't fix Umaro's three-way randomness, but pairs with other coin/random effects—skip in favor of true fixers.
- Mind's Desire — Pairs the discard-draw mode with refueling that keeps mono-red gas flowing.
- Fervor — Haste lets Umaro and fresh threats attack the turn they hit, triggering the combat ability immediately.
Upgrade Path
Lean into redundancy: add fast mana (Sol Ring, Jeska's Will, Treasure makers) and haste enablers so Umaro attacks immediately and recurs after wipes. Build a dense token base around Krenko, Impact Tremors, and Purphoros so even off-mode triggers don't stall your damage output, and add extra-combat effects like Aggravated Assault to multiply random triggers.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Alpha strike with the +3/+0 trample anthem across a wide board
- ▸Repeated 5-damage burn triggers plus Purphoros pinging the table
- ▸Goblin token swarm overwhelming opponents through trample
Archetypes
- Tokens/Go-Wide Aggro — The +3/+0 and trample mode rewards flooding the board with creatures for a single overwhelming swing.
- Spellslinger/Chaos — Umaro's random trigger and burn mode fit a chaotic mono-red value-burn shell.
- Burn/Direct Damage — The 5-damage mode plus Purphoros-style effects can grind opponents down outside combat.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
