Xantcha Budget

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos)

TheUglyBarnacle16

Land (35)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 11x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg Volcano

Double-Edged Sword (8)

• 1x Binding Agony
• 1x Contaminated Bond
• 1x Lust for War
• 1x Nettling Curse
• 1x Seizures
• 1x Sinister Possession
• 1x Spiteful Shadows
• 1x Visions of Brutality

Punish Op (6)

• 1x Curse of Bloodletting
• 1x Fate Unraveler
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Trespasser's Curse
• 1x Vindictive Lich

Punish All (2)

• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon

Bread & Butter (1)

• 1x Grave Betrayal

4 The Bois (12)

• 1x Arcbond
• 1x Breath of Darigaaz
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Crater Hellion
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Languish
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Volcanic Vision
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Xantcha Revival (10)

• 1x Abnormal Endurance
• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Medicine Bag
• 1x Soul Channeling
• 1x Strands of Undeath
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Thrull Retainer
• 1x Undying Evil
• 1x Unnatural Endurance
• 1x Voyager Staff

Removal (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Terminate

Prevent Attacks (2)

• 1x AEther Membrane
• 1x Stuffy Doll

Tutor (2)

• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Razaketh's Rite

Commander (1)

Ramp (12)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Unstable Obelisk
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Unblock (3)

• 1x Bedlam
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Vow of Malice

Incentivise (2)

• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Heartstone

Wipe (2)

• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures

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Sideboard

Prevent Attacks (3)

• 1x Blood Reckoning
• 1x Hissing Miasma
• 1x Marchesa's Decree

Other (1)

• 1x Carnage Gladiator

Removal (2)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Murder

Creature Engine (1)

• 1x Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

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Maybeboard

Other (19)

• 1x Angrath, the Flame-Chained
• 1x Ankh of Mishra
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Firebrand Archer
• 1x Immolation Shaman
• 1x Kederekt Parasite
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Painful Quandary
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Sower of Discord
• 1x Spellshock
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wound Reflection
• 1x Zo-Zu the Punisher

Punish Op (6)

• 1x Captive Audience
• 1x Pain Magnification
• 1x Poisonbelly Ogre
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Worst Fears

Barb Wire (1)

• 1x Insolence

Land (1)

• 1x Molten Slagheap

Wipe (1)

• 1x Reiver Demon

Ramp (2)

• 1x Rakdos Locket
• 1x Thran Turbine

Unblock (2)

• 1x Balduvian Warlord
• 1x Endbringer

Xantcha Revival (2)

• 1x Blessing of Leeches
• 1x Unhallowed Pact

Tutor (1)

• 1x Gamble

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This is my take of a budget Xantcha deck. The deck revolves incentivising players to use her pay 3 ability while many wipes in this deck can clear the board without taking out Xantcha. They do this by trying to do 4 damage to each creature or by avoiding her by her color/type. By wiping the board, we allow for Xantcha to deal player damage easier, while also maintaining a favorable board state since this deck runs very little creatures. For times when Xantcha may be susceptible to dying, there are cards that will revive her (some of them even triggering her ETB ability).

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 1 Rares 26 - 5 Uncommons 26 - 1 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	Gold, Survivor 1/1 R, Monarch Emblem