The Madcap Jester by Jessestemple

Format: Commander

Commander: The Madcap Jester

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The Madcap Jester leads an exile-theft strategy that converts opponents cards into your primary card advantage and win conditions. By repeatedly attacking with the commander and utilizing heavy exile engines like Etali, Primal Storm, Plargg and Nassari, and Stolen Strategy, the deck strips opponent resources while casting their best spells. Secondary payoff engines such as Don Andres, the Renegade, Passionate Archaeologist, and Prosper, Tome-Bound translate exiled plays into explosive mana, large burn triggers, and dominant board presence. Games are closed out either by accumulating lethal direct damage with Passionate Archaeologist, swarming with stolen threats, or casting an overwhelming top-end finisher like Ulamog, the Defiler.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
  • 1 Black Widow, Super Spy
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Locthwain
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dragon's Smile
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
  • 1 Jester's Cap
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mind's Dilation
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Nightveil Specter
  • 1 Outrageous Robbery
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Siphon Insight
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stolen Strategy
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Strago and Relm
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 The Madcap Jester
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thieving Varmint
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Wand of Wonder
  • 1 Wild-Magic Sorcerer
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wizard's Staff