Jhoira, Stax Captain

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Competitive Stax

Vukodlak

Artifact (27)

• 1x Aether Spellbomb
• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Winter Orb

Creature (6)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Walking Ballista

Instant (23)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Rebuild
• 1x Retract
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Whir of Invention

Sorcery (10)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Winds of Change

Commander (1)

Land (28)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 10x Snow-Covered Island
• 4x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Words of Wind

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret the Seeker

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Sideboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Prismatic Lens

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Faithless Looting

Instant (2)

• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Creature (1)

• 1x Trinket Mage

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Maybeboard

Artifact (23)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Conjurer's Bauble
• 1x Fractured Powerstone
• 1x Inspiring Statuary
• 1x Jeweled Amulet
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Mindlock Orb
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Pyrite Spellbomb
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Silent Gravestone
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Tangle Wire
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Tsabo's Web

Land (12)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Wasteland

Instant (6)

• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Ghirapur AEther Grid
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 1x Psychic Surgery
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Storm the Vault  ^Flip

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Scrap Mastery
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Whipflare

Creature (8)

• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Herald of Kozilek
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Whirlpool Warrior

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

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Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain deck that uses stax pieces to slow the game down long enough to assemble a variety of game-ending combos, or storm off.

Win Conditions:

Words of Wind + Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain + 2 mana rocks that create or more = bounce all opponents permanents and create infinite mana.

Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal + Mana rock of or more = infinite mana, infinite untaps, infinite storm. Add any of these:

• Sensei's Divining Top or Silent Gravestone = Draw whole deck.

• Codex Shredder = mill all opponents. I cut this because it doesn't feel like it does enough, but it's possible and Shredder's secondary ability is sometimes relevant, albeit expensive.

• Ghirapur AEther Grid = ping whole table. I cut this, but it gets stronger in decks running more Static Orb and Storage Matrix type tap-down stax effects.

Paradox Engine + Isochron Scepter + mana rock(s) that create or more +

• Reality Shift imprinted = Exile all opponents libraries

• Swan Song imprinted = Infinite bird tokens

• Any Counterspell imprinted = counter everything

• Any Brainstorm effect imprinted = draw deck

Once you have infinite mana and have drawn the deck, use Walking Ballista to kill everyone. Chain of Vapor/Blink of an Eye can bounce Cursed Totem or other problem permanents here if needed, or even something like Rebuild can clear the way. Note: Torpor Orb doesn't stop Ballista from entering the battlefield with counters on it already.

Finally, Aetherflux Reservoir + casting AT MOST 15 spells in one turn = kill three opponents.

Here's the math (storm count = life gained): 1=1, 2=3, 3=6, 4=10, 5=15, 6=21, 7=28, 8=36, 9=45, 10=55, 11=66, 12=78, 13=91, 14=105, 15=120. Note: casting instant spells in between stacking Aetherflux triggers can increase the life-gained because Aetherflux counts spells cast previously in the turn, so the math above is just a baseline.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 2 Rares 13 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 2 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.83
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C