Xavier Sal by user2037101

Format: Commander

Commander: Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai midrange engine built around Xavier Sal, Infested Captain, utilizing the synergies between token generation and counter manipulation. In the early game, the deck accelerates into small token generators like Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, Dreadhorde Invasion, or Ophiomancer, paired with counter-generating permanents to fuel Xavier Sal's sorcery-speed populate and proliferate abilities. By the midgame, engines such as Doubling Season, Adrix and Nev, Twincasters, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider compound board presence exponentially while powerful planeswalkers like Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools and Vraska, Betrayal's Sting supply card draw and board control. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through wide combat steps amplified by Triumph of the Hordes, massive Finale of Devastation swings, or accumulated poison counters. While resilient and value-dense, its reliance on sorcery-speed commander taps and creature combat makes it vulnerable to well-timed board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Arachnogenesis
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 City of Death
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Dreadship Reef
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Emperor of Bones
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Kang Dynasty
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
  • 1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mirrex
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
  • 1 Octomancer
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 Old Fat Spider Can't See Me
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Venser, Corpse Puppet
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Vraska's Fall
  • 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome