Daxos of Thievery

Commander / EDH Aggro Voltron WU (Azorius)

Rilakai

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Angelic Destiny
• 1x Arcanum Wings
• 1x Battle Mastery
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 1x Celestial Mantle
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Light of Promise
• 1x Mammoth Umbra
• 1x Octopus Umbra
• 1x On Serra's Wings
• 1x Psychic Surgery
• 1x Righteous Authority
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Spirit Mantle
• 1x Staggering Insight
• 1x Steel of the Godhead
• 1x Sunbond
• 1x Timely Ward

Instant (10)

• 1x Aether Gust
• 1x Azorius Charm
• 1x Expel from Orazca
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mirrorweave
• 1x Second Sight
• 1x Submerge
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent

Land (35)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Cathedral of War
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 10x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Moonring Island
• 1x Nimbus Maze
• 10x Plains
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Skycloud Expanse

Creature (15)

• 1x Bastion Protector
• 1x Bruna, Light of Alabaster
• 1x Drogskol Reaver
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Geist of Saint Traft
• 1x Guard Gomazoa
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 1x Medomai the Ageless
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Silverblade Paladin
• 1x Sovereigns of Lost Alara
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Wizened Snitches

Commander (1)

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Champion's Helm
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Holy Avenger
• 1x Lantern of Insight
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Power Matrix
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Progress
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Not Forgotten
• 1x Portent
• 1x Supreme Verdict

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Artifact (24)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Helm of the Gods
• 1x Kusari-Gama
• 1x O-Naginata
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Rogue's Gloves
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of Sinew and Steel
• 1x Sword of Truth and Justice
• 1x Sword of Vengeance
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Wand of Denial
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams

Creature (22)

• 1x Aerial Guide
• 1x Augury Adept
• 1x Azorius Guildmage
• 1x Coral Fighters
• 1x Dream Trawler
• 1x Ethereal Valkyrie
• 1x Fountain Watch
• 1x Gomazoa
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Indomitable Archangel
• 1x Intrepid Hero
• 1x Ith, High Arcanist
• 1x Jhessian Balmgiver
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x New Prahv Guildmage
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Soltari Visionary
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Trap Runner
• 1x Wall of Denial

Instant (7)

• 1x Aura Extraction
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Griptide
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Spin into Myth
• 1x Sweep Away
• 1x Whisk Away

Enchantment (13)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x As Foretold
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Eel Umbra
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Invocation of Saint Traft
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Precognition
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Sigarda's Aid
• 1x Thopter Spy Network

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Anchor to the Aether
• 1x Bamboozle
• 1x Divine Reckoning
• 1x Oust
• 1x Roil Spout
• 1x Time Ebb
• 1x Tunnel Vision
• 1x Winds of Rath

Land (5)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Myriad Landscape

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This deck is built around taking the most advantage of Daxos' steal ability. Start by looking at the top of libraries with Wizened Snitches, Lantern of Insight, Moonring Island, and Precognition. Place exactly what you want there with Submerge, Azorius Charm, Memory Lapse, Lapse of Certainty, Hinder, Unexpectedly Absent, Expel from Orazca, and Not Forgotten. Do both actions at once with Second Sight and Portent. Psychic Surgery will let you disrupt any tutor spell that places it's target on top of a library. All of these set you up to steal the best targets from your opponents.

The deck runs a low mana curve in order to cast the spells off of Daxos triggers. In addition, the triggered spells don't care about color costs, so colorless ramp like Thran Dynamo and Worn Powerstone are more effective than usual. As Foretold is particularly helpful here since it will let us cast increasingly free spells. Sword of Feast and Famine also jives extremely well with Daxos + double strike by untapping all your lands for each triggered spell. Mind's Dilation will generate additional value from your opponents for as long as you can keep it on the board.

Daxos will often be a target so we'll try to offer some protection with Swiftfoot Boots, Bastion Protector, Champion's Helm, Gift of Immortality, and Mask of Avacyn. Reconnaissance lets you abort any attacks that don't go in your favor. Stop attacks coming your way with Fog Bank, Wall of Denial, and Masako the Humorless. Funnel all attacks down to one creature with Silent Arbiter, as this hardly hinders the voltron strategy. Conqueror's Flail will protect casting spells on your turn.

Suit up Daxos with Righteous Authority, Light of Promise, Sunbond or Eldrazi Conscription to quickly make him a lethal threat. Combine any of those with double strike via Silverblade Paladin, Fireshrieker, or Duelist's Heritage to turn him into a force to be reckoned with. If blockers are still in the way just make Daxos completely unblockable with Rogue's Passage, Steel of the Godhead, Spirit Mantle, or Thassa, God of the Sea. If casting Daxos becomes unsustainable then Geist of Saint Traft and Bruna, Light of Alabaster serve as a fun backup voltron bodies.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.23
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, City's Blessing, Spirit 1/1 W, Treasure
Folders	Commander, Others decks, Other People's Decks, Decks I like, Decks, Control, Daxos BB
Based on	Gwafa Hazid, Godfather Radiophage EDH