Xantcha - Rock 'n Roll High School by Wrathfire

Format: Commander

Commander: Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is piloted by Xantcha, Sleeper Agent, utilizing a group slug and political forced-combat strategy backed by a dense artifact mana core. The primary plan revolves around resolving Xantcha early to an opponent with limited blockers or sacrifice outlets, compelling them to attack other players each turn while generating card advantage and life loss via Xantcha's activated ability. The deck runs an extensive suite of 2-CMC mana rocks and Bobblehead artifacts to ramp smoothly into big-mana engines such as Cabal Coffers, Thran Dynamo, and Unwinding Clock. Robust instant-speed spot removal and asymmetric damage spells keep opposing combo attempts and dominant boards in check. As the game transitions into the mid-to-late stages, accumulated chip damage from forced combat converges with repeated activations of Xantcha and high-impact payoffs like Avatar Roku, Firebender and Terisiare's Devastation to close out the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agility Bobblehead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar Roku, Firebender
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cabal Stronghold
  • 1 Changing Loyalty
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Charisma Bobblehead
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Custody Battle
  • 1 Deadpool, Trading Card
  • 1 Decree of Pain
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Delirium
  • 1 Draconian Cylix
  • 1 Endurance Bobblehead
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Forcefield
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Intelligence Bobblehead
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loki's Scepter
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Luck Bobblehead
  • 1 M.O.D.O.K., Evil Intellect
  • 1 Mages' Contest
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 March of Wretched Sorrow
  • 1 Medicine Bag
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mystifying Maze
  • 1 Perception Bobblehead
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Ring of the Lucii
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Sceptre of Eternal Glory
  • 1 Skittering Cicada
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sonic Screwdriver
  • 1 Spoils of Evil
  • 1 Strength Bobblehead
  • 1 Sudden Spoiling
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terisiare's Devastation
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Thran Turbine
  • 1 Ultron, Artificial Malevolence
  • 1 Unstable Obelisk
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Visions of Phyrexia
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad