Zaxara, X Marks The Spot

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Combo Counters Hydra Tokens

Lost-Recon

Creature (28)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Benevolent Hydra
• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Clamavus
• 1x Corpsejack Menace
• 1x Feral Hydra
• 1x Gadwick, the Wizened
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hormagaunt Horde
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Jadelight Spelunker
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Maga, Traitor to Mortals
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Nexos
• 1x Ochre Jelly
• 1x Ravener
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x The Cyber-Controller
• 1x The Goose Mother
• 1x Tyrant Guard
• 1x Winding Constrictor
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Colossal Majesty
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Pemmin's Aura

Land (35)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 7x Forest
• 6x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Lair of the Hydra
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Instant (10)

• 1x Condescend
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Erebos's Intervention
• 1x Growth Spiral
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Power Sink
• 1x Repulsive Mutation
• 1x Silkguard
• 1x Spell Burst
• 1x Thassa's Intervention

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Blue Sun's Twilight
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Explore
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Nylea's Intervention
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Villainous Wealth

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Elementalist's Palette
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Ozolith

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Maybeboard

Creature (25)

• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Broodlord
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Goldvein Hydra
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Neverwinter Hydra
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Rampaging Yao Guai
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Termagant Swarm
• 1x Tervigon
• 1x Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Court of Garenbrig
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Lignify
• 1x Primeval Bounty
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Unbound Flourishing

Instant (9)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Ertai's Meddling
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (10)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entrancing Melody
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Eternity
• 1x Green Sun's Twilight
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Stolen by the Fae

Artifact (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Strionic Resonator

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The deck revolves around its Commander, Zaxara, the Exemplary. Its game-play consist of ramping and mana fixing so you can cast Zaxara as quickly as possible and then playing big X spells to create equally as big Hydra Tokens. The deck has an Infinite Mana Combo with Zaxara and either Freed from the Real or Pemmin's Aura. It has multiple Win Conditions such as:

• Killing your opponents with one of the "deal X damage to player" spell

• Mill/Exile your opponents deck with one of the "Mill/Exile X cards from your opponents deck" spell (Drown in Dreams can also draw out a player from the game to win)

• Run them over with Huge Tampling/Unblockable creatures

• Torment of Hailfire

In order for the deck to work Zaxara has to be protected and kept out of harms way. This deck has a fragile start but once you begin making Hydra Tokens and have a lot of mana or the combo it should snowball if not grant you the win. The deck could be upgraded using Tutors to fetch the combo. However the deck as is has a lot of card draw which should find you the pieces or just more threats to maintain the pressure. In the Maybeboard are many suggestions that can easily fit into the deck and its up to you to make any changes you'd see fit.

Overall this a very fun deck with many options to customize and make your deck your own.

Date added	3 weeks
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.31
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Cyberman, Food, Hydra 0/0 G
Folders	My decks