Maximus, Knight Apparent

Maximus, Knight Apparent is a straightforward equipment-focused commander that rewards you for gearing up your creatures. When he enters, you tutor an Equipment with mana value 2, setting up early-game value while establishing a 4/4 trampler. The real power comes from his sacrifice ability: turning spare artifacts into energy gives you a secondary resource engine, especially synergistic with equipment-heavy decks where you're naturally running lots of artifact pieces.

Your game plan revolves around equipping Maximus and other creatures with efficient gear—both cheap ones you'll sacrifice for energy and impactful ones that stick around. Cards like Colossus Hammer, Embercleave, and Konda's Banner turn your commander into a one-shot threat. The energy generation creates an interesting tension: do you sacrifice equipment to fuel energy plays, or keep them equipped? Build around this by including Equipment that generate value when they enter or leave, plus creatures that benefit from being equipped. Win by swinging through with an over-equipped threat or by leveraging energy payoffs like Wrangle or Gonti's Aether Heart.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.