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Zaxara, the Exemplary

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai)

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A casual Zaxara, the Exemplary commander deck centred playing big X spells and ramping out.

STRATEGIES:

  1. RAMP: This deck relies on having a ton of mana available so cards like Farseek, Kodama's Reach, Skyshroud Claim and Animist's Awakening help us to ramp fast and Zaxara, the Exemplary themselves acts as both ramp and mana fixing. This deck also uses Zendikar Resurgent and Nyxbloom Ancient to double and triple our mana respectively.

  2. PROTECTION: A few counterspells such as Power Sink help keep Zaxara, the Exemplary safe (while giving us a hydra in the process) and in case of emergency Beast Within, Assassin's Trophy and Deadly Rollick can take care of any threats. But by far the best protection comes in the form of Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves which keep Zaxara, the Exemplary safe, and let them tap for mana a turn early.

  3. HYDRA HORDE: Zaxara, the Exemplary creates a hydra token with X +1/+1 counters whenever we cast a spell with X in its cost. We take full advantage of that by using 32 spells with X in their cost. That's half the non-land cards in the deck! Whenever possible you should be casting a spell for X and using as much mana as you can. Hydras such as Lifeblood Hydra are great as we get 2 for the price of one. Card draw like Mind Spring keeps our hand stocked and counterspells such as Syncopate help to deal with threats.

  4. WIN CONS: There are 3 main ways this deck can win a game. Firstly, using cards like Overwhelming Stampede, Herald of Secret Streams and Zegana, Utopian Speaker you can swing in with an army of hydras which can't be chumped. Secondly using Villainous Wealth and Mass Manipulation you can steal your opponents pieces and use them against them. Finally given you have enough mana Torment of Hailfire and Exsanguinate can be used to win the game on the spot. Primal Vigor and Unbound Flourishing assist with all three of these win conditions by doubling the power of our hydras and by copying our tokens and big X spells.

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90% Casual

Competitive

Revision 11 See all

(4 years ago)

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Date added 4 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

8 - 0 Mythic Rares

52 - 0 Rares

19 - 0 Uncommons

9 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.63
Tokens Beast 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Hydra 0/0 G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G
Folders EDH Decks, -Owned-, Copied Decks, TTS, References
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