Art: Yoshitaka Amano · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Godo, Bandit Warlord
RLegendary Creature — Human Barbarian · from $1.13
When Godo enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Whenever Godo attacks for the first time each turn, untap it and all Samurai you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
54 of 100 at $5 or less · 35 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 10 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 11 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 12 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 13 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 14 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 15 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 16 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 17 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 18 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 19 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 20 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 21 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 22 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 23 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 24 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 25 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 26 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 27 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 28 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 29 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 30 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 31 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 32 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 33 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 34 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 35 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 36 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 37 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 38 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 39 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 40 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 41 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 42 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 43 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 44 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 45 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 46 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 47 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 48 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 49 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 50 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 51 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 52 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 53 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 54 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 55 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 56 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 57 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 58 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 59 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 60 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 61 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 62 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 63 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 64 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 65 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 66 | Storm-Kiln Artist | Creature | 4 | $1.74 |
| 67 | Impact Tremors | Enchantment | 2 | $2.52 |
| 68 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 69 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 70 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 71 | Professional Face-Breaker | Creature | 3 | $4.99 |
| 72 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 73 | Thrill of Possibility | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 74 | Secluded Courtyard | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 75 | Ornithopter of Paradise | Creature | 2 | $0.35 |
| 76 | Sensei's Divining Top | Artifact | 1 | $36.48 |
| 77 | Sword of the Animist | Artifact | 2 | $2.79 |
| 78 | Mithril Coat | Artifact | 3 | $27.09 |
| 79 | Gamble | Sorcery | 1 | $16.21 |
| 80 | Mox Opal | Artifact | 0 | $229.58 |
| 81 | Unclaimed Territory | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 82 | Mox Diamond | Artifact | 0 | $1108.66 |
| 83 | Foundry Inspector | Creature | 3 | $0.28 |
| 84 | Everflowing Chalice | Artifact | 0 | $0.28 |
| 85 | Basilisk Collar | Artifact | 1 | $2.73 |
| 86 | Academy Manufactor | Creature | 3 | $8.00 |
| 87 | Inventors' Fair | Land | 0 | $15.74 |
| 88 | Panharmonicon | Artifact | 4 | $4.98 |
| 89 | Unexpected Windfall | Instant | 4 | $1.87 |
| 90 | Jet Medallion | Artifact | 2 | $13.02 |
| 91 | Etali, Primal Storm | Creature | 6 | $0.46 |
| 92 | Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | Creature | 1 | $39.93 |
| 93 | Darksteel Citadel | Artifact | 0 | $0.45 |
| 94 | Mana Geyser | Sorcery | 5 | $0.52 |
| 95 | Ruby Medallion | Artifact | 2 | $14.04 |
| 96 | Scavenger Grounds | Land | 0 | $0.23 |
| 97 | Seething Song | Instant | 3 | $6.78 |
| 98 | The Ozolith | Artifact | 1 | $60.88 |
| 99 | Shadowspear | Artifact | 1 | $21.06 |
| 100 | Phyrexian Altar | Artifact | 3 | $54.22 |
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Most played with Godo, Bandit Warlord
The 25 most-played cards in 41 settled top-16 lists running Godo, Bandit Warlord at 16+ player events since Mar 8, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.
| # | Card | Played in | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dualcaster Mage | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 2 | Hammer of Nazahn | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 3 | Helm of the Host | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 4 | Magnetic Theft | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 5 | Rite of Flame | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 6 | Sol Ring | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 7 | Treasonous Ogre | 100% · 41 of 41 | 14 |
| 8 | Basalt Monolith | 98% · 40 of 41 | 13 |
| 9 | Desperate Ritual | 98% · 40 of 41 | 14 |
| 10 | Gamble | 98% · 40 of 41 | 14 |
| 11 | Imperial Recruiter | 98% · 40 of 41 | 13 |
| 12 | Jeska's Will | 98% · 40 of 41 | 13 |
| 13 | Seething Song | 98% · 40 of 41 | 14 |
| 14 | Simian Spirit Guide | 98% · 40 of 41 | 14 |
| 15 | Thran Dynamo | 98% · 40 of 41 | 14 |
| 16 | Ancient Tomb | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
| 17 | Crystal Vein | 95% · 39 of 41 | 14 |
| 18 | Cursed Mirror | 95% · 39 of 41 | 14 |
| 19 | Dwarven Ruins | 95% · 39 of 41 | 14 |
| 20 | Gemstone Caverns | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
| 21 | Goblin Engineer | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
| 22 | Grim Monolith | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
| 23 | Lotus Petal | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
| 24 | Mana Vault | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
| 25 | Manifold Key | 95% · 39 of 41 | 13 |
Combos with Godo, Bandit Warlord
The 10 most popular of 18 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host
Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Rionya, Fire Dancer
Infinite combat phases · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Sword of Hearth and Home + The Fire Crystal
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite combat phases · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield · Infinite combat damage · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Infinite untap of Samurai you control
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Rising of the Day + Sword of Hearth and Home
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Infinite untap of Samurai you control
Anger + Godo, Bandit Warlord + Sword of Hearth and Home
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite untap of Samurai you control · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Sword of Hearth and Home + Urabrask the Hidden
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite untap of Samurai you control · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Fervor + Godo, Bandit Warlord + Sword of Hearth and Home
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite untap of Samurai you control · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Mass Hysteria + Sword of Hearth and Home
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite untap of Samurai you control · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Kratos, God of War + Sword of Hearth and Home
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite combat phases · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield · Infinite combat damage · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Infinite untap of Samurai you control
Godo, Bandit Warlord + Hammer of Purphoros + Sword of Hearth and Home
Infinite combat damage · Infinite combat phases · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite untap of Samurai you control · Put all basic lands from your library onto the battlefield · Put all Equipment cards from your library onto the battlefield
Top finishes
The 8 most recent of 46 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 15th of 24 — Massacre at Mimics VII: Smaug's Hoard on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by Kray
- 2nd of 23 — Commander Invitational Qualifier - Mithril Adventures on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 3–1–1 · by Braxton Knapp
- 2nd of 20 — AZMS CEDH Qualifier #7 on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 3–2–0 · by Jordan "The Tangelo" Larson [C4]
- 9th of 22 — Oahu Commander Invitational Qualifier Ser4S2W10 on Topdeck.ggSep 14, 2026 · 1–3–1 · by Alfred Snay
- 9th of 23 — Oahu Commander Invitational Qualifier Ser4S2W9 on Topdeck.ggSep 7, 2026 · 1–4–0 · by Alfred Snay
- 5th of 40 — September CEDH Tournament @ Arcanum! on Topdeck.ggSep 6, 2026 · 3–3–0 · by Jordan "The Tangelo" Larson [C4]
- 3rd of 20 — Oahu Commander Invitational Qualifier Ser4S2W7 on Topdeck.ggAug 24, 2026 · 2–2–1 · by Alfred Snay
- 12th of 30 — AZMS CEDH Qualifier #6 on Topdeck.ggAug 16, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Jordan "The Tangelo" Larson [C4]
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.