Xira Arien, Master Assassin

Commander / EDH* BRG (Jund) Casual Control Counters Infect Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (7)

• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Manaforge Cinder
• 1x Putrid Leech
• 1x Sootstoke Kindler
• 1x Vhati il-Dal
• 1x Xathrid Gorgon

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska the Unseen

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Forest
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Unknown Shores

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Aspect of Gorgon
• 1x Cadaverous Bloom
• 1x Crippling Blight
• 1x Curse of Wizardry
• 1x Dawn's Reflection
• 1x Deviant Glee
• 1x Market Festival
• 1x Underworld Connections
• 1x Verdant Haven

Artifact (8)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Obelisk of Jund
• 1x Rakdos Cluestone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Star Compass

Instant (10)

• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Consume Strength
• 1x Cower in Fear
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Fog
• 1x Giant Growth
• 1x Pharika's Cure
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Vitality Charm

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Collective Voyage
• 1x Destroy the Evidence
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Hideous Visage
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Rites of Reaping
• 1x Seek the Horizon
• 1x Treasured Find

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Carnifex Demon
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dusk Urchins
• 1x Grim Poppet
• 1x Hateflayer
• 1x Skinrender

Land (1)

• 1x Darigaaz's Caldera

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Everlasting Torment
• 1x Painful Quandary

Artifact (3)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Viridian Claw

Instant (5)

• 1x Annihilate
• 1x Dash Hopes
• 1x Mystic Melting
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tribute to Hunger

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Assault Strobe
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Infest
• 1x Pain's Reward

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Maybeboard

Creature (31)

• 1x Blightwidow
• 1x Core Prowler
• 1x Corpse Cur
• 1x Fallen Ferromancer
• 1x Flesh-Eater Imp
• 1x Glistener Elf
• 1x Hand of the Praetors
• 1x Ichor Rats
• 1x Ichorclaw Myr
• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Kulrath Knight
• 1x Necroskitter
• 1x Phyrexian Crusader
• 1x Phyrexian Hydra
• 1x Phyrexian Juggernaut
• 1x Phyrexian Swarmlord
• 1x Phyrexian Vatmother
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Plague Stinger
• 1x Putrefax
• 1x Reaper of Sheoldred
• 1x Sabertooth Cobra
• 1x Septic Rats
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Spinebiter
• 1x Tangle Angler
• 1x Tel-Jilad Fallen
• 1x Toxic Nim
• 1x Vector Asp
• 1x Viridian Corrupter
• 1x Viridian Emissary

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Arcane Teachings
• 1x Blowfly Infestation
• 1x Crumbling Ashes
• 1x Flourishing Defenses
• 1x Snake Cult Initiation

Artifact (7)

• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Throne of Geth
• 1x Trigon of Infestation
• 1x Viridian Longbow
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (9)

• 1x Carrion Call
• 1x Grim Affliction
• 1x Instill Infection
• 1x Might of Oaks
• 1x Mutagenic Growth
• 1x Scar
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Virulent Wound
• 1x Volt Charge

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Caress of Phyrexia
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Enlarge
• 1x Incremental Blight
• 1x Kiku's Shadow
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Misfortune
• 1x Pillar of Flame
• 1x Retribution
• 1x Spread the Sickness
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

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Xira Arien: insect wizard and height of fashion, but also a master assassin. This is a deck that focuses on Arien's status in the MTG fiction as an assassin, featuring cards that slowly eat away at my opponents, leaving them weaker and weaker until they succumb to Poison.

Despite having mass manipulation/destruction/swarm effects at my disposal from Arien's B/R/G colour identity, this deck instead focuses on decreasing the stats of my opponents' creatures through -1/-1 counters and picking off the stronger ones with focused spells.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 12 - 10 Rares 13 - 8 Uncommons 36 - 3 Commons
Cards	79
Avg. CMC	2.57
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Insect 1/1 G
Folders	Shocky's Commanders