Xenagos, God of Combat

Commander / EDH* Aggro Multiplayer Ramp RG (Gruul)

Tartaras

Creature (28)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Combat Celebrant
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Putrefax
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Sylvan Library

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Berserk
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Creeping Corrosion
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Fury of the Horde
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Relentless Assault
• 1x Seize the Day
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Three Visits

Artifact (8)

• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Impulse

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The game plan of the deck is to stick an early Xenagos with the help of mana rocks in the form of Mana Vault , Gruul Signet or Sol Ring , and then quickly play a fat creature and swing for the fences. This deck is very good at posting constant threats that need to be answered, which from what I've discovered can be difficult for some decks to compete with. As long as Xenagos is on the battlefield, you have very live top decks to work with.

Another interesting loophole that the deck likes to utilize is the fact that Xenagos' trigger can stack on itself. That is to say, if you take an extra combat step (which there are plenty of ways to do just that, namely):

Extra Combat Steps Show

• Aggravated Assault

• Combat Celebrant

• Godo, Bandit Warlord : It might just be Godo that untaps, but you can still potentially get in for 12 with him if you double stack Xenagos triggers.

• Hellkite Charger

• Relentless Assault

• Savage Beating

• Seize the Day

you can therefore multiply the effect exponentially for each combat step you take. In addition, if you don't happen to have a way to take extra combat steps, you can use Strionic Resonator to copy the ability for a once per turn doubling effect.

I've been slowly trimming down the fat to try and streamline the deck as much as possible. It can get a little difficult, simply due to how many large creatures we have to play.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	26 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 6/6 G