Legendary Creature — Human Warrior

Maja, Bretagard Protector

Mana value5EDHREC#3,197

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The Commander

Other creatures you control get +1/+1.

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 white Human Warrior creature token.

Guide

Gameplan

Maja turns every land drop into a body and pumps your whole team, so you flood the board with tokens and swing wide for lethal. Early turns ramp and develop mana, mid-game you chain land drops and anthem effects, and you close with a go-wide alpha strike or overrun.

Strengths

Generates free token bodies just by playing lands, even at instant speed with extra land drops
Built-in anthem makes a wide board hit hard immediately
GW has the best ramp, lands matter, and token support in the format
Resilient go-wide plan that grinds through removal

Weaknesses

Heavily reliant on the commander for the anthem and token engine—removal sets you back
Vulnerable to board wipes, especially with so much value invested on the battlefield
No native card draw or evasion in the colors; can stall against flyers/blockers
Slow to close without a payoff like overrun or extra combats

Key Cards

Scute Swarm — With Maja out, each land triggers both the Swarm and a Human token, snowballing absurdly.
Tireless Tracker — Turns extra land drops into clues and counters, fueling card advantage alongside tokens.
Craterhoof Behemoth — The premier finisher to convert your wide token board into game-ending damage.
Burgeoning — Extra land drops mean extra Human tokens, accelerating the engine for free.
Cultivate — Ramp that also triggers landfall, advancing your board while fixing mana.
Avenger of Zendikar — Pairs with Maja's anthem and landfall to flood and pump the board explosively.
Felidar Retreat — Stacks another landfall payoff, doubling token output or pumping the team.

Upgrade Path

Add more extra-land-drop enablers (Exploration, Azusa, Ramunap Excavator with fetchlands) to maximize tokens, and lean on doublers like Doubling Season and Anointed Procession. Diversify your finishers beyond Craterhoof with Triumph of the Hordes or Pathbreaker Ibex, and protect Maja with Heroic Intervention and Teferi's Protection to survive wipes.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Alpha strike with an overrun effect like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede
▸Wide token swarm buffed by Maja's anthem plus additional anthems
▸Recurring extra combats with Aurelia-style effects or trample finishers
▸Commander damage as a backup with pumped Maja

Archetypes

Tokens / Go-Wide — Maja both produces tokens and anthems them, making aggressive wide boards her core identity.
Lands / Landfall — Every land trigger makes a creature, so extra land drops and fetches multiply value.
+1/+1 Counters Aggro — The static anthem and warrior tribal lean into counter and pump synergies for fast clocks.