Xantcha Sabotage

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos) Discard Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

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Instant (9)

• 1x Backlash
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Delirium
• 1x Hurl Through Hell
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Volcanic Offering

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Languish
• 1x Nightmare Unmaking
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Storm's Wrath
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Court of Ambition
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Flame Blitz
• 1x Maddening Hex
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Revenge of Ravens
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Wound Reflection

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bloodthirsty Blade
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Victory Chimes

Creature (19)

• 1x AEther Membrane
• 1x Author of Shadows
• 1x Brash Taunter
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Frenzied Saddlebrute
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Valki, God of Lies  ^Flip
• 1x Wall of Souls

Land (38)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Haunted Ridge
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Strip Mine
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Demonic Tutor

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Stranglehold

Artifact (1)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds

Creature (2)

• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Plague Engineer

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Hatred
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Illicit Auction
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Mana Geyser

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Enchanter's Bane

Artifact (1)

• 1x Vedalken Orrery

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Fire Artisan
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Creature (7)

• 1x Emberwilde Captain
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Frontier Warmonger
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 1x Murderous Rider
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip

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Themes

• Sabotage and Politics
• Create conflict, stay above it
• Win with opportunism

Flavors

"Play Enemy Cards" is the current iteration. Adjustments made for self-preservation and increased life total pressure.

"Discard & Group Slug" brought too much hate to really allow Xantcha to be political.

"Goad-Centric" was too narrow, did nothing against non-creature spell heavy decks, and there are better Commanders to do it with (Ex: Thantis, the Warweaver).

Chopping Block

• Author of Shadows
• Backlash
• Delirium
• Frenzied Saddlebrute
• Mirage Mirror

On-Deck

• Etali, Primal Storm
• Feed the Swarm
• Vedalken Orrery
• Wild Ricochet

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 54 - 4 Rares 21 - 1 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.34
Tokens	Emblem Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor, Gold, Ogre 3/3 R, Snake 1/1 B, Monarch Emblem, Treasure
Based on	Xantcha Sabotage & Politics UltrosOctopus EDH