I did it for the money

Format: Commander

Commander: Jolene, the Plunder Queen

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Gruul Treasure-generation deck helmed by Jolene, the Plunder Queen, designed to drown opponents in an avalanche of Treasure tokens. The core strategy revolves around deploying multiple token doublers and multipliers-Academy Manufactor, Xorn, and Primal Vigor-to turn every single Treasure trigger into a massive burst of artifacts. These Treasures then fuel explosive mana, card draw via Big Score and Unexpected Windfall, and direct burn from Alchemist's Talent and Ingenious Artillerist. Primary win conditions include Hellkite Tyrant's "20 artifacts" alternate win, Alchemist's Talent's level-3 burn, and overwhelming combat damage with extra combat steps (Full Throttle, Hellkite Charger). The deck is a mid-range value engine that can pivot from mana acceleration to a sudden, game-ending turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Biotech Specialist
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crack Open
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Glittermonger
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gold Rush
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guttural Response
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Heroes for Hire
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 J. Jonah Jameson
  • 1 Jolene, the Plunder Queen
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Pain Distributor
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Roxanne, Starfall Savant
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Viridian Revel
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
  • 1 Xorn