Vazi, Keen Negotiator \ Treasure Group Hug by takomi

Format: Commander

Commander: Vazi, Keen Negotiator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Jund deck is commanded by Vazi, Keen Negotiator, blending Treasure generation, group slug, and aristocrats drain mechanics. The strategy revolves around generating an abundance of Treasure tokens for yourself while selectively gifting them to opponents using Vazi, Descent into Avernus, and Generous Plunderer. As opponents use these resources or as you sacrifice your own, lethal damage is inflicted through pingers such as Mirkwood Bats, Mayhem Devil, Reckless Fireweaver, and Marionette Master. Cards like Bloodroot Apothecary turn opposing token sacrifices into lethal poison counters, punishing greedy plays. The deck achieves rapid mana acceleration through cards like Xorn, Goldspan Dragon, and Old Gnawbone, fueling explosive turns with Brass's Bounty and Blood Money. While the lack of stack counterspells and dedicated tutors introduces some vulnerability to interaction and topdeck variance, its high redundancy in token production and drain outlets makes it a resilient, compounding multiplayer threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodroot Apothecary
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Bucknard's Everfull Purse
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fangren Marauder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gala Greeters
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Gold Rush
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hoard Hauler
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Jolene, the Plunder Queen
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marching Duodrone
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pain Distributor
  • 1 Party Dude
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Sardian Avenger
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stimulus Package
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tempting Contract
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vazi, Keen Negotiator
  • 1 Viridian Revel
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground