hydra by user4440238

Format: Commander

Commander: Zaxara, the Exemplary

Bracket: 5

Deck overview

Zaxara, the Exemplary heads an explosive combo and ramp strategy that leverages X-cost spells to create massive battlefield presence while acting as an infinite mana generator. By pairing Zaxara or secondary mana creatures like Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Bloom Tender with untap Auras such as Pemmin's Aura and Freed from the Real, the deck generates limitless mana of every color. This mana fuels instant lethality through game-ending sinks including Torment of Hailfire, Exsanguinate, and Walking Ballista, or draws the entire library via Finale of Revelation to win through Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. A dense suite of free counterspells and efficient removal fiercely protects every combo attempt.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Condescend
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Eternity
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Open into Wonder
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repulsive Mutation
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Slice from the Shadows
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Unbound Flourishing
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zaxara, the Exemplary