Zax Attack

Commander / EDH Budget BUG (Sultai) Casual Combo Tokens Tribal

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Creature (25)

• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Paradise Druid
• 1x Phenax, God of Deception
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra

Instant (8)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Spell Swindle
• 1x Stroke of Genius

Land (37)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Palace
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 4x Island
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Soaring Seacliff
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thornwood Falls

Artifact (7)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Citanul Flute
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x The Ozolith

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entrancing Melody
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Primal Empathy
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Unbound Flourishing

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World

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Maybeboard

Creatures (13)

• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Ironscale Hydra
• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Nimbus Swimmer
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Mana
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Polukranos, Unchained
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Umori, the Collector

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Mana Reflection
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Instant (4)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Growth Spiral

Artifacts (3)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x The Great Henge
• 1x Vivien's Arkbow

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements

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My first crack at making a Zaxara deck. I started playing magic almost a year ago and have been trying to build decks and improve my level of play. I don't have a lot of the awesome expensive cards like Doubling Season, Rhystic Study, or Cyclonic Rift for example. Since I have started playing I instantly realized I like to play big creatures and swing for a lot! So building a Hydra deck is a no brainer! When I saw Zaxara, the Exemplary I knew I had to build a deck around him.

I have started do in lots research and looked at a lot of awesome decks and got some great ideas. I have managed to get my hands on awesome cards to do the infinite mana combos: Pemmin's Aura + Zaxara, the Exemplary Freed from the Real + Zaxara, the Exemplary

I also struggle with combos. I still haven't learned what a lot of them are and how/when to use them. One card I really enjoy is Open Into Wonder. If you wait till a player is tapped out of mana and can't counter it then you play it and swing and there is nothing they can do about it! Easy win! I also recently stumbled on Retribution of the Ancients. This would allow for an easy way to get rid of creatures with indestructible for example.

Anyways I would love any advice, suggestions, and/or comments on how to make this budget deck more competitive!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Freed from the Real + Zaxara, the Exemplary Pemmin's Aura + Zaxara, the Exemplary
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Hydra 0/0 G, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G, Treasure
Folders	My Personal Decks