xavier 2 by user7900477

Format: Commander

Commander: Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain helms a Sultai counter-manipulation engine that leverages proliferate and populate to grind out overwhelming value. The deck's primary plan is to accelerate through Sagas to their final chapters (Song of Freyalise, Boseiju Reaches Skyward, Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis, Sheoldred // The True Scriptures), create an army of improved tokens, and close games with massive threats like Dark Depths' Marit Lage, The Coming of Galactus, or a wide board of modified creatures enabled by Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres' card draw. Secondary lines involve draining life via Vraska, Betrayal's Sting's poison proliferate or overwhelming combat from Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution's counter distribution. The commander's populate and proliferate abilities accelerate every path, but the deck has enough independent proliferate pieces (Evolution Sage, Thrummingbird, Dreamtide Whale) to function without Xavier Sal, Infested Captain active.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Atomize
• 1 Azusa's Many Journeys // Likeness of the Seeker
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Binding the Old Gods
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Boseiju Reaches Skyward // Branch of Boseiju
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Clash of the Eikons
• 1 Clockspinning
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dark Depths
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Devoted Druid
• 1 Dreamroot Cascade
• 1 Dreamtide Whale
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1 Enchantress's Presence
• 1 Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Ezuri, Stalker of Spheres
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flooded Grove
• 6 Forest
• 1 Glissa Sunslayer
• 1 Goldberry, River-Daughter
• 1 Herald of the Pantheon
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hex Parasite
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Illusionist's Bracers
• 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
• 4 Island
• 1 Jin-Gitaxias // The Great Synthesis
• 1 Jugan Defends the Temple // Remnant of the Rising Star
• 1 Karn's Bastion
• 1 Kiora Bests the Sea God
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Magewright's Stone
• 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
• 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 Mutational Advantage
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nesting Grounds
• 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Power Conduit
• 1 Regrowth
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
• 1 Rhystic Study
• 1 Ripples of Potential
• 1 Sanctum Weaver
• 1 Setessan Champion
• 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Song of Eärendil
• 1 Song of Freyalise
• 1 Soul Diviner
• 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
• 1 The Coming of Galactus
• 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1 Thrull Parasite
• 1 Thrummingbird
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Verduran Enchantress
• 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
• 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Weaver of Harmony
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Zagoth Triome