Xira by ckarns25

Format: Commander

Commander: Xira, the Golden Sting

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund midrange combat deck commanded by Xira, the Golden Sting. The primary game plan revolves around casting Xira on curve to attack immediately with haste, placing egg counters on creatures to generate card draw and 1/1 flying Insect tokens when those creatures die. The list pairs this incremental value engine with a heavy suite of creature board sweepers like Damnation, Blasphemous Act, and Chain Reaction to clear opposing boards while cashing in on egg counters. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions into high-power combat threats such as Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers, Hans Eriksson, Ohran Frostfang, and Ghalta, Primal Hunger to close out games through lethal combat damage. The deck runs a high basic land count and minimal fast mana, giving it a steady, traditional Commander pace.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Acolyte of Aclazotz
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Ashling, the Extinguisher
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Beorn, Reluctant Host // Till and Tend
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blade-Tribe Berserkers
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Mist
  • 1 Blood-Chin Rager
  • 1 Bloodsky Berserker
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Canyon Minotaur
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Darkness Descends
  • 1 Dead Drop
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Fling
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghastly Conscription
  • 1 Grisly Transformation
  • 1 Guild Feud
  • 1 Hans Eriksson
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Inferno
  • 1 Kessig Prowler // Sinuous Predator
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manic Vandal
  • 1 Mardu Heart-Piercer
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nighthowl Pursuer
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Pheres-Band Tromper
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Raphael's Technique
  • 1 Raphael, Tough Turtle
  • 1 Satyr Rambler
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Smoldering Werewolf // Erupting Dreadwolf
  • 1 Somberwald Alpha
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Staunch-Hearted Warrior
  • 1 Sudden Edict
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tangleclaw Werewolf // Fibrous Entangler
  • 1 Tanglespan Lookout
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 The Infamous Cruelclaw
  • 1 Thundering Giant
  • 1 Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination
  • 1 Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wolfkin Bond
  • 1 Xira, the Golden Sting