DON THEFT Upgrade by Sizzle

Format: Commander

Commander: Don Andres, the Renegade

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Theft Midrange strategy commanded by Don Andres, the Renegade. The primary game plan revolves around exiling and casting cards from opponents' libraries and graveyards, converting their resources into offensive threats. Don Andres augments every stolen creature with +2/+2, menace, and deathtouch, turning even small stolen utility creatures into lethal attackers that are exceptionally difficult to block. Noncreature spells cast from opponents generate tapped Treasure tokens, fueling continued spellcasting and mana acceleration. Supported by dense 2-CMC mana rocks and combat-based card draw engines like Coastal Piracy and Bident of Thassa, the deck continuously refills its hand while deploying threats. While it lacks hard stax locks or infinite combos, asymmetric bombs like Thieving Amalgam, Laughing Jasper Flint, and Insurrection allow the deck to overwhelm the table through continuous card advantage, creature attrition, and unblockable combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Heist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back in Town
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
  • 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cunning Rhetoric
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 1 Invert Polarity
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 King Narfi's Betrayal
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Locke, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, the Muscle
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Siphon Insight
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 1 Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thieving Amalgam
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vaan, Street Thief
  • 1 Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
  • 1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter