Our Decks by Chouchou1

Format: Commander

Commander: The Madcap Jester

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Grixis midrange deck is built around The Madcap Jester, transforming opponents' libraries into an expansive, asymmetric card-advantage engine. By accelerating on Turn 2 into a Turn 3 commander deployment, the deck begins exiling cards across all opponents on Turn 4 attacks. It converts stolen cards into sustained board presence and mana acceleration using payoffs such as Prosper, Tome-Bound, Don Andres, the Renegade, and Gonti, Night Minister. Rather than relying on rigid infinite combos, the strategy snowballs incremental advantages: it casts opposing threats using mana of any type, buffs stolen creatures with menace and deathtouch, and weaponizes exile-casting through direct damage triggers from Passionate Archaeologist and Nico Minoru, Runaway. Backed by a lean, low-cost reactive suite featuring 1-mana countermagic and flexible modal double-faced lands, the deck protects its developing board state while grinding opponents down through attrition, culminating in an overwhelming combat and burn finish around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
  • 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Bismuth Mindrender
  • 1 Black Widow, Super Spy
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Don Andres, the Renegade
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fathom Feeder
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
  • 1 Klaw, Master of Sound
  • 1 Krang & Shredder
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malboro
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Mist Intruder
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Oblivion Sower
  • 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
  • 1 Party Thrasher
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Psychic Surgery
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ramirez DePietro, Pillager
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Riverpyre Verge
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tasha's Hideous Laughter
  • 1 The Madcap Jester
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thieving Varmint
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vaan, Street Thief
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 You Find Some Prisoners