Archidekt Sal by DerpTheBugbear

Format: Commander

Commander: Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai midrange strategy centered on Xavier Sal, Infested Captain, utilizing a blend of +1/+1 counters, planeswalker loyalty, Sagas, and creature tokens. The game plan focuses on deploying early mana acceleration to cast Xavier Sal on Turn 3, followed by high-value permanents that produce counters and tokens on Turn 4. Xavier Sal acts as a modular engine, removing counters to populate large creature tokens or sacrificing expendable creatures to proliferate loyalty and +1/+1 counters across the battlefield. By Turn 6, the deck amasses a dominant board of massive, evasive threats such as 8/8 Krakens, 5/5 Demons, and mutated Dragons. Supported by efficient counterspells and asymmetric bounce spells like Perplexing Test and Season of Weaving, the deck protects its growing army and overwhelms opponents through combat damage, closing out the table by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Aether Channeler
  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Aphetto Alchemist
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Awaken the Honored Dead
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Basking Broodscale
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Bloodspore Thrinax
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cankerbloom
  • 1 City of Death
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathspore Thallid
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Dino DNA
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Ember Island Production
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fathom Mage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Foggy Swamp Visions
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Garruk Wildspeaker
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Hazel of the Rootbloom
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jugan Defends the Temple // Remnant of the Rising Star
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mycoloth
  • 1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
  • 1 Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Perplexing Test
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sorin the Mirthless
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
  • 1 Tender Wildguide
  • 1 The Hunger Tide Rises
  • 1 The Huntsman's Redemption
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Utopia Mycon
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Will of the Temur
  • 1 Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zagoth Triome