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Jaxis, the Troublemaker · R · 100 cards · 39 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 50Instants 2Sorceries 5Artifacts 1Enchantments 2Lands 39
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Strategy
Jaxis, the Troublemaker leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, pointing repeated damage at players. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 3.88.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Solemn Simulacrum and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Jaxis, the Troublemaker on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Chaos Warp is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Combustible Gearhulk keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Blasphemous Act for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 3.88 average mana value the top end is genuinely expensive - land drops matter.
Win conditions: Wins by pointing damage at players until they run out of life.
- Solemn Simulacrum - Ramp
- Feldon of the Third Path - Core to the plan
- Containment Construct - Core to the plan
- Fanatic of Mogis - Core to the plan
- Determined Iteration - Core to the plan
- Patron of the Arts - Ramp
- Atsushi, the Blazing Sky - Ramp
- Zealous Conscripts - Core to the plan
~$295.94
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste and "When this token dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.
Blitz {1}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
Creatures (50)
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Feldon of the Third Path
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
$0.93
{2}{R}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Containment Construct
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.26
Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard. If you do, you may play that card this turn.
Fanatic of Mogis
Creature — Minotaur Shaman
$0.27
When this creature enters, it deals damage to each opponent equal to your devotion to red. (Each {R} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.)
Patron of the Arts
Creature — Dragon Noble
$0.25
When this creature enters or dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
$0.44
Flying, trample
When Atsushi dies, choose one —
• Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
• Create three Treasure tokens.
Zealous Conscripts
Creature — Human Warrior
$0.26
Haste
When this creature enters, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.
Combustible Gearhulk
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.25
First strike
When this creature enters, target opponent may have you draw three cards. If the player doesn't, you mill three cards, then this creature deals damage to that player equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Circuit Mender
Artifact Creature — Insect
$0.17
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
Anger
Creature — Incarnation
$0.47
Haste
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.
Professional Face-Breaker
Creature — Human Warrior
$5.23
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Legendary Creature — Goblin
$0.3
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Coercive Recruiter
Creature — Orc Pirate
$0.33
Whenever this creature or another Pirate you control enters, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.
Plundering Barbarian
Creature — Dwarf Barbarian
$0.18
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Smash the Chest — Destroy target artifact.
• Pry It Open — Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Priest of Urabrask
Creature — Phyrexian Human Cleric
$0.93
When this creature enters, add {R}{R}{R}.
Humble Defector
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.11
{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of this creature. Activate only during your turn.
Meteor Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.16
When this creature enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
Charming Scoundrel
Creature — Human Rogue
$0.6
Haste
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Discard a card, then draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Create a Wicked Role token attached to target creature you control.
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman
$13.43
Haste
{T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Trumpeting Carnosaur
Creature — Dinosaur
$1.91
Trample
When this creature enters, discover 5.
{2}{R}, Discard this card: It deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Conspiracy Theorist
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.31
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {1} and discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever you discard one or more nonland cards, you may exile one of them from your graveyard. If you do, you may cast it this turn.
Firbolg Flutist
Creature — Giant Bard
$0.31
Enthralling Performance — When this creature enters, gain control of target creature you don't control until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste and myriad until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Dire Fleet Daredevil
Creature — Human Pirate
$0.21
First strike
When this creature enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Filigree Familiar
Artifact Creature — Fox
$0.1
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
When this creature dies, draw a card.
Inferno Titan
Creature — Giant
$0.23
{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, it deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.
Myr Battlesphere
Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
$0.24
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
Sunspine Lynx
Creature — Elemental Cat
$1.72
Players can't gain life.
Damage can't be prevented.
When this creature enters, it deals damage to each player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.
Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
$5.09
{1}{R}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.
{6}{R}{R}{R}, {T}: Create five tokens that are copies of another target creature you control. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.
Wurmcoil Engine
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
$9.52
Deathtouch, lifelink
When this creature dies, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink.
Terror of the Peaks
Creature — Dragon
$23.62
Flying
Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost an additional 3 life to cast.
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.
Combat Celebrant
Creature — Human Warrior
$1.15
If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
Impulsive Pilferer
Creature — Goblin Pirate
$0.23
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Encore {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Magus of the Wheel
Creature — Human Wizard
$1.1
{1}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Imperial Recruiter
Creature — Human Advisor
$13.51
When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Balor
Creature — Demon
$4.09
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks or dies, choose one or more. Each mode must target a different player.
• Target opponent draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.
• Target opponent sacrifices a nontoken artifact of their choice.
• This creature deals damage to target opponent equal to the number of cards in their hand.
Anticausal Vestige
Creature — Eldrazi
$1.05
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card, then you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Warp {4} (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Redoubled Stormsinger
Creature — Orc Wizard
$0.26
First strike
Whenever this creature attacks, for each creature token you control that entered this turn, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that token. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice those tokens.
Reckless Barbarian
Creature — Dragon Barbarian
$0.29
Sacrifice this creature: Add {R}{R}.
Spawn of Thraxes
Creature — Dragon
$0.34
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals damage to any target equal to the number of Mountains you control.
Mindclaw Shaman
Creature — Lizard Shaman
$0.29
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.
Hoarding Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.13
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, exile it, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may put the exiled card into its owner's hand.
Ruin Grinder
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.21
Menace
When this creature dies, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
Mountaincycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Molten Primordial
Creature — Avatar
$1.31
Haste
When this creature enters, for each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.
Surly Badgersaur
Creature — Badger Dinosaur
$18.34
Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, this creature fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Etali, Primal Storm
Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
$0.45
Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.
Duplicant
Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
$0.26
Imprint — When this creature enters, you may exile target nontoken creature.
As long as a card exiled with this creature is a creature card, this creature has the power, toughness, and creature types of the last creature card exiled with it. It's still a Shapeshifter.
Tectonic Giant
Creature — Elemental Giant
$0.25
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, choose one —
• This creature deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• Exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Goldspan Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$10.17
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token.
Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
$1.66
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn.
Whenever you discard one or more cards, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until your next end step.
Instants (2)
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.3
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Abrade
Instant
$0.18
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Sorceries (5)
Blasphemous Act
Sorcery
$0.86
This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Faithless Looting
Sorcery
$0.34
Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Jeska's Will
Sorcery
$40.12
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Gamble
Sorcery
$15.59
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.
Vandalblast
Sorcery
$1.45
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Artifacts (1)
Enchantments (2)
Determined Iteration
Enchantment
$0.4
At the beginning of combat on your turn, populate. The token created this way gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)
Underworld Breach
Enchantment
$7.36
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Lands (39)
War Room
Land
$5.32
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Forgotten Cave
Land
$0.13
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Arena of Glory
Land
$7.51
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}, Exert this land: Add {R}{R}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)
Buried Ruin
Land
$0.44
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Castle Embereth
Land
$0.32
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land
$53.08
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Land
$11.73
This land enters tapped.
Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target.
{T}: Add {R}.
Spinerock Knoll
Land
$1.03
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if an opponent was dealt 7 or more damage this turn.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.39
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Scavenger Grounds
Land — Desert
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.
Command Beacon
Land
$7.91
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Basic lands: 27 Mountain
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