Making Trouble is easy, but Resisting it is Hard by TurkeyChief

Format: Commander

Commander: Jaxis, the Troublemaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This mono-red deck is commanded by Jaxis, the Troublemaker and focuses on creating temporary token copies of creatures with powerful enter-the-battlefield, death, and combat abilities. The deck leverages efficient early ramp to deploy Jaxis or alternative duplicators like Feldon of the Third Path and Rionya, Fire Dancer on turns 3 to 4. Once established, it cycles through cards using rummage effects while copying creatures like Priest of Urabrask, Atsushi, the Blazing Sky, and Port Razer to generate mana and board presence. The deck closes games around turn 6 through explosive combat steps or compact infinite token combos such as Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker with Zealous Conscripts or Twinflame with Dualcaster Mage. While highly explosive and resilient to single-target removal thanks to redundant engines, the deck lacks stack protection and stax pieces, leaving it open to well-timed opposing interaction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Akki Battle Squad
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Calamity, Galloping Inferno
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Caves of Chaos Adventurer
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Charming Scoundrel
  • 1 Claim the Firstborn
  • 1 Coercive Recruiter
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Conspiracy Theorist
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Echoing Assault
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Fanatic of Mogis
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Feldon of the Third Path
  • 1 Firbolg Flutist
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Hazoret's Monument
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Runner
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March of Reckless Joy
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mindclaw Shaman
  • 1 Mirage Phalanx
  • 1 Moria Marauder
  • 31 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Plundering Barbarian
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Priest of Urabrask
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Sandstorm Crasher
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Stone Idol Generator
  • 1 Thermopod
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts