Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain

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Mauhúr is strongest when the deck plays cheap Orcs and Goblins, casts him before counter placement, then uses amass, proliferate, and combat pressure to make every +1/+1 counter placement count.

Color identity: B / R
Deck role: plus-one-plus-one-counters
Game plan: Deploy cheap Orcs, Goblins, or Army material before spending counter effects.

Market Summary

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Market trends

Price and supply agreeMarket status20Cards monitored8Active signals13Supply pressure5Higher confidenceSep 29, 2026Last market update

Price and supply agree: The Ozolith is the first card to verify because The Ozolith: falling price over the 30d window (-88%).

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Core Synergy

March from the Black Gate

Amass and Army growth

Start here when testing the Army branch because the counters are exactly the kind Mauhúr amplifies.

Role: Army Counter Payoff
Set: LTR

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Market Watch

The Ozolith

Falling Price

Counter recovery watch

The Ozolith: falling price over the 30d window (-88%).

NeoPrice: $72.25
Inventory: 76 copies

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Recent Intelligence

Mauhúr Turns Orcs, Goblins, and Armies Into Counter Pressure

Commander

March from the Black Gate

Mauhúr is strongest when the deck plays cheap Orcs and Goblins, casts him before counter placement, then uses amass, proliferate, and combat pressure to make every +1/+1 counter...

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Commander Overview

How This Commander Plays

Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain is a verified Rakdos commander for Orc, Goblin, and Army decks that place +1/+1 counters. The deck wants cheap eligible bodies, a counter-placement engine, and enough protection to keep Mauhúr on board before amass, proliferate, or combat counters resolve.

Core Game Plan

Deploy cheap Orcs, Goblins, or Army material before spending counter effects.
Cast Mauhúr before amass, proliferate, or other +1/+1 counter placement resolves.
Use menace, lords, and enlarged boards to push combat damage.
Protect the board because Mauhúr does not make tokens or counters by himself.
Use sacrifice and death-value cards only when they support the combat plan.
Finish through enlarged combat or a separately verified independent combo.

Key Mechanics

plus-one-plus-one-countersraw: counter-amplificationraw: amassproliferatetokensaristocrats

Build Paths

Orc and Army Aggro

Use amass and Orc bodies to keep one or more eligible creatures growing.

Army is a creature type, not a Strategy, and the deck still needs real counter placement.

Goblin Counters

Use Goblin bodies with broad counter placement and combat payoffs.

This overlaps with Goblins Typal but should not be treated as generic Goblin combo.

Amass Midrange

Use repeatable Army creation, removal, and recursion to rebuild after wipes.

Single-Army dependency is a weakness when opponents remove the Army before counter placement.

Aristocrats Support

Use death-value cards as a secondary plan when the board is already producing bodies.

Sacrifice can conflict with Mauhúr's combat plan if it spends the enlarged board too early.

No exact Spellbook combo requiring Mauhúr is verified. Amass scaling and large counters are not infinite by themselves. Persist interactions should be reviewed independently because extra +1/+1 counters can break normal counter-cancellation loops.

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