Trick and Treat by wruther4

Format: Commander

Commander: Lord Xander, the Collector

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis reanimator and attrition strategy led by Lord Xander, the Collector. The game plan revolves around loading the graveyard with high-impact legendary threats using discard outlets and Buried Alive, then cheating them onto the battlefield ahead of curve with spells like Victimize, Zombify, and Doomed Necromancer. Resolving Lord Xander strips opposing hands, halves libraries upon attacking, and punishes removal by destroying half of an opponent's nonland permanents. Steady card flow from Black Market Connections and Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber sustains resource advantage into the mid-game. The deck closes games through repeated attacks, reanimation loops with Olivia, Crimson Bride, and game-ending sorceries such as Rise of the Dark Realms.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Boiling Rock Prison
  • 1 Bounty Board
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Coastal Peak
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Death to Our Enemies
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Evelyn, the Covetous
  • 1 Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feast of Blood
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Firemind Vessel
  • 1 Forum Necroscribe
  • 1 Glamorous Outlaw
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Kefka, Dancing Mad
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Live or Die
  • 1 Lord Xander, the Collector
  • 1 Maestros Ascendancy
  • 1 Maestros Charm
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Massacre Girl
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mudflat Village
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
  • 1 Olivia, Crimson Bride
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quest for the Necropolis
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rockface Village
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Sanctum Lurker
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Spaceshift
  • 1 Spectacle Summit
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Structural Assault
  • 1 Summary Dismissal
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 TCRI Building
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Timothar, Baron of Bats
  • 1 Too Evil to Stay Dead
  • 1 Tramway Station
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Valgavoth's Faithful
  • 1 Vector, Imperial Capital
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Yggdrasil, Rebirth Engine
  • 1 Zombify