ZAXARA by MaddAlfie

Format: Commander

Commander: Zaxara, the Exemplary

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai big-mana combo-midrange build commanded by Zaxara, the Exemplary. It leverages Zaxara's dual role as a 2-mana tap engine and a token producer for every {X} spell cast. The primary game plan accelerates mana on Turns 1 and 2 to deploy Zaxara on Turn 3, unlocking 6+ mana on Turn 4. The primary win condition assembles an infinite mana loop by enchanting Zaxara (or alternate mana dorks like Bloom Tender and Incubation Druid) with Freed from the Real or Pemmin's Aura. Once infinite colored mana is generated, the deck channels it into lethal sinks like Exsanguinate and Torment of Hailfire, or draws the library with Finale of Revelation to close the game on the same turn. As a backup route, the deck overwhelms opponents with massive Hydra tokens amplified by Doubling Season, Unbound Flourishing, and unblockable combat attacks via Herald of Secret Streams.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atomize
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Battle at the Bridge
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Insight
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Erebos's Intervention
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Gargos, Vicious Watcher
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kurbis, Harvest Celebrant
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Multiple Choice
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nyxborn Hydra
  • 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Primo, the Unbounded
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Retribution of the Ancients
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Runadi, Behemoth Caller
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stargaze
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thunderous Snapper
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whiptongue Hydra
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zaxara, the Exemplary