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Format: Commander

Commander: The Madcap Jester

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

The Madcap Jester leads a Grixis impulse-theft midrange strategy centered on exiling opponents' libraries and casting their spells with full mana fixing. The deck accelerates in the opening turns with two-mana artifacts before deploying the commander or low-drop thieves like Thief of Sanity and Laughing Jasper Flint. Once The Madcap Jester attacks, it provides three fresh cards per turn cycle across all opponents. The game plan compounds this card advantage using payoffs such as Passionate Archaeologist, Nico Minoru, Runaway, and Don Andres, the Renegade to convert stolen spells into direct damage, buffed creatures, and Treasure tokens. High-impact spells like Tasha's Hideous Laughter and Etali, Primal Storm rapidly deplete opposing libraries while stocking a massive pool of playable threats. Efficient interaction and free spells protect the board, allowing the deck to close games around Turn 7 through combat damage and scaling non-combat burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Bismuth Mindrender
  • 1 Black Widow, Super Spy
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fathom Feeder
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
  • 1 Klaw, Master of Sound
  • 1 Krang & Shredder
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malboro
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mist Intruder
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Psychic Surgery
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Robber of the Rich
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 The Madcap Jester
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thieving Varmint
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vaan, Street Thief
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 You Find Some Prisoners