Xantcha, Suicide Agent

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Enchantment Group Slug Pillow Fort

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Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Instant (12)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Word of Seizing

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Aether Snap
• 1x Besmirch
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bubbling Muck
• 1x By Force
• 1x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Void

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Errantry
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Fists of the Demigod
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Pestilence
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Stranglehold
• 1x Treacherous Link
• 1x Unspeakable Symbol

Commander (1)

Creature (13)

• 1x Archfiend of Despair
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dread
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Nirkana Revenant
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Twilight Prophet

Artifact (5)

• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Necropotence

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest

Artifact (2)

• 1x Doubling Cube
• 1x Expedition Map

Land (1)

• 1x Rogue's Passage

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Enchantment (10)

• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Season of the Witch
• 1x Sleeper's Guile
• 1x Vampiric Link
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice
• 1x War's Toll

Creature (6)

• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Fumiko the Lowblood
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Pestilence Demon
• 1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
• 1x Slumbering Dragon

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Ill-Gotten Gains
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Fury Charm
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Howl from Beyond
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Artifact (5)

• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Power Matrix
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

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Thanks for checking out my list!

Xantcha deck with a small dose of pillowfort, reanimator, and group slug effects. Plays a bit politick-y, often starting with which lucky player first gains control of our commander. Some neat synergies with Xantcha and cards like Errantry or Silent Arbiter serve to lock out the rest of a player's creatures from attacking. Treacherous Link is a cute way of burning a player for 13 with Blasphemous Act , and doubles the damage dealt by Pestilence effects. It's best played on Xantcha itself so as to protect her from any poor combats and to amplify the hurt on our chosen player. Pestilence and Pyrohemia are also great at keeping the board clear of tokens and more frail utility creatures while Xantcha survives.

Some less-than-usual sweepers are included, too. AEther Snap to deal with planeswalkers and tokens, and Void as a tune-able wrath to spare Xantcha while dealing with other troublesome creatures (and/or artifacts!). Thoughtseize and Pyroblast serve to disrupt typical blue play, and never lack for a good target.

Dread , No Mercy , Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs , Koskun Falls , Silent Arbiter , and Crawlspace all serve to discourage or outright prevent attacks to me.

I've added more support for big mana finishers like Comet Storm , Exsanguinate , and Xantcha's ability itself. There's the typical suite of Cabal Coffers + Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth , as well as Bubbling Muck , Crypt Ghast , Nirkana Revenant , Neheb, the Eternal , Treasonous Ogre , and Mana Geyser . With 11 mana to start the loop, Reiterate + Mana Geyser gives me infinite red mana.

Other wincons come through oneshot-kills via Hatred or Tainted Strike , and also Insurrection .

Polluted Bonds , Stranglehold , Ob Nixilis, Unshackled and Bloodchief Ascension are effective cards on their own, but also serve as powerful silver bullets against popular archetypes -- not the least by dis-incentivizing green land-search ramp.

Thanks for any comments and suggestions!

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Enchantment 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Group Slug 5 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 2 Mythic Rares 48 - 3 Rares 17 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.60
Tokens	City's Blessing, Ogre 3/3 R
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