Jestery by speed0373

Format: Commander

Commander: The Madcap Jester

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Grixis deck is piloted by The Madcap Jester, focusing on weaponizing opponents' libraries through continuous exile, theft, and paradox burn mechanics. By accelerating on Turns 1-2 with low-CMC artifacts and rituals, the deck deploys its commander on Turn 3 or 4 to start exiling cards from every opponent whenever it attacks or triggers exile effects. Universal mana conversion ensures you can immediately cast stolen spells. The deck scales into a critical onset on Turn 5 by chaining massive library-exile spells like Tasha's Hideous Laughter into devastating paradox damage engines such as Passionate Archaeologist, Keeper of Secrets, and Flaming Tyrannosaurus. Backed by Treasure generation from Prosper, Tome-Bound and Don Andres, the Renegade, the deck sustains massive card flow and mana velocity, concluding the game around Turn 7 through combined combat damage, token swarms, and direct life loss.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Black Widow, Super Spy
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dragon's Smile
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Extract
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Flaming Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Fortune Teller's Talent
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jabs, Mistress of Mockery
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Sadistic Sacrament
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 The Lost and the Damned
  • 1 The Madcap Jester
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 You Find Some Prisoners