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Commander: Rule 0 Aggro Artifact Casual Equip Mill Reanimator Rogues Theft UBR (Grixis)

Optimator

Creature (29)

• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Thief SL
• 1x Azure Beastbinder SL
• 1x Blackbloom Rogue SL  ^Flip
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker SL
• 1x Enigma Thief SL
• 1x Frogtosser Banneret
• 1x Glasspool Mimic SL  ^Flip
• 1x Grenzo, Havoc Raiser SL
• 1x Grim Hireling
• 1x Grima, Saruman's Footman
• 1x Hellspur Posse Boss
• 1x Kefka, Court Mage SL  ^Flip
• 1x Kefka, Dancing Mad
• 1x Laughing Jasper Flint
• 1x Morbid Opportunist SL
• 1x Notion Thief SLGC
• 1x Oona's Blackguard SL
• 1x Orochi Soul-Reaver SL
• 1x Rev, Tithe Extractor
• 1x Schema Thief SL
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni SL
• 1x Soaring Thought-Thief
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat SL
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor SL
• 1x Thief of Sanity SL
• 1x Thieving Skydiver SL
• 1x Treasure Nabber
• 1x Vaan, Street Thief
• 1x Zareth San, the Trickster SL

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension SL
• 1x Coastal Piracy SL
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Kindred Discovery SL
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Rogue Class SL
• 1x Virtue of Persistence

Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Contaminated Aquifer
• 1x Crosis's Catacombs
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Geothermal Bog
• 4x Island
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Molten Tributary
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Raucous Theater
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Thundering Falls
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Xander's Lounge

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Acquire SL
• 1x Afterlife from the Loam
• 1x Bloodsoaked Insight SL  ^Flip
• 1x Breach the Multiverse SL
• 1x Deadly Cover-Up SL
• 1x Feed the Swarm SL
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Singularity Rupture
• 1x Snort

Commanders (2)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Anduril, Narsil Reforged
• 1x Arcane Signet SL
• 1x Bident of Thassa SL
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Deluxe Dragster SL
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Excalibur, Sword of Eden
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Sol Ring SL
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble SL
• 1x Winged Boots SL

Instant (5)

• 1x Bedevil SL
• 1x Chaos Warp SL
• 1x Fell the Profane  ^Flip
• 1x Muddle the Mixture SL
• 1x Withering Torment

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Creature (97)

• 1x Agate Instigator
• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Aladdin
• 1x Bilbo, Retired Burglar
• 1x Blightwing Bandit
• 1x Bold Plagiarist SL
• 1x Brazen Borrower
• 2x Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
• 1x Cephalid Facetaker SL
• 1x Charming Scoundrel
• 1x Consuming Aberration SL
• 1x Cormela, Glamour Thief SL
• 1x Corpse Appraiser SL
• 1x Cruel Somnophage
• 1x Dazzling Sphinx
• 1x Don Andres, the Renegade
• 1x Emrakul's Messenger
• 1x Faerie Mastermind
• 2x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar SL
• 1x Forsaken Miner
• 2x Generous Plunderer
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer SL
• 1x Glint-Sleeve Siphoner *f-pre* SL
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury SL
• 1x Halo Forager
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoard Robber
• 1x Hostage Taker
• 1x Inkfathom Infiltrator
• 1x Invisible Stalker SL
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• 1x Krydle of Baldur's Gate
• 1x Latchkey Faerie
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Lazav, Familiar Stranger
• 1x Looter il-Kor SL
• 1x Magda, the Hoardmaster
• 1x Magus of the Unseen
• 1x Marchesa, Dealer of Death
• 1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
• 2x Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1x Marsh Flitter
• 1x Master Thief
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Merfolk Windrobber
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
• 1x Misfortune Teller
• 2x Nighthawk Scavenger
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Nightveil Sprite
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Olivia Voldaren
• 1x Opposition AgentGC
• 2x Prosperous Thief
• 1x Rakshasa Debaser
• 1x Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1x Raul, Trouble Shooter
• 1x Reno and Rude
• 2x Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 2x Robber of the Rich
• 1x Royal Assassin SL
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial SL
• 1x Shadow Kin SL
• 1x Shoreline Looter
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Smirking Spelljacker
• 1x Stinkdrinker Bandit
• 1x Sure-Footed Infiltrator
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x The Scarab God
• 1x Thieves' Guild Enforcer
• 1x Tinybones, the Pickpocket
• 1x Undercover Operative SL
• 1x Vadmir, New Blood
• 2x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire SL
• 1x Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier
• 1x Whirler Rogue SL
• 2x Wrexial, the Risen Deep
• 2x Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
• 1x Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
• 2x Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Sorcery (70)

• 1x Anzrag's Rampage SL
• 2x Arcane Heist SL
• 1x Back in Town
• 1x Beacon of Unrest SL
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 2x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Blood Money
• 1x Boneyard Parley SL
• 1x Bribery SL
• 1x By Force SL
• 1x Cruelclaw's Heist
• 1x Cut Your Losses
• 1x Dark Deal
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diresight SL
• 2x Dredge the Mire SL
• 1x Eagle Vision SL
• 2x Ensnared by the Mara
• 1x Extract from Darkness SL
• 1x Final Act SL
• 1x Flawless Forgery SL
• 1x Fractured Sanity
• 1x Ghastly Conscription SL
• 2x Haunting Voyage
• 2x Heartless Conscription SL
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Juxtapose
• 1x Kefnet's Last Word
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Maddening Cacophony
• 2x Make an Example
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Mire in Misery SL
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 2x Mnemonic Deluge
• 1x Necromantic Selection SL
• 1x Night's Whisper SL
• 1x Notion Rain SL
• 1x Pact of the Serpent SL
• 1x Painful Truths SL
• 1x Path of the Schemer SL
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding SL
• 1x Pirate's Pillage SL
• 1x Raise the Palisade
• 1x Read the Bones SL
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Shattering Spree SL
• 1x Shrewd Negotiation
• 1x Skull Storm SL
• 1x Spelltwine SL
• 1x Stolen Goods SL
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 2x Syphon Mind SL
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast SL
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver SL
• 1x Visions of Dread SL
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall SL
• 2x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering *f-pre*

Instant (38)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse SL
• 1x Arcane Denial SL
• 1x Baleful Mastery SL
• 1x Big Score
• 1x Chain Assassination SL
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Dead Before Sunrise
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Deflecting SwatGC
• 1x Desertion
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 2x Fact or Fiction SL
• 1x Feign Death SL
• 1x Fierce Guardianship HPGC
• 1x Fumble SL
• 1x Grip of Phyresis
• 1x Hellish Rebuke SL
• 1x Hostile Negotiations SL
• 2x Hurl Through Hell
• 1x Isildur's Fateful Strike SL
• 2x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Memory Plunder SL
• 1x Saw it Coming SL
• 1x Siphon Insight
• 2x Slip Out the Back SL
• 1x Soul Shatter SL
• 1x Stolen Uniform
• 1x Supernatural Stamina SL
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Undying Evil SL
• 1x Undying Malice SL
• 1x Untimely Malfunction SL
• 1x Vona's Hunger SL
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Enchantment (44)

• 1x Animate Dead SL
• 1x At Knifepoint
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Bottomless Pit SL
• 1x Carry Away
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Court of Ambition SL
• 1x Court of Locthwain
• 1x Cunning Rhetoric
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Dauthi Embrace SL
• 1x Descent into Avernus
• 1x Dire Undercurrents SL
• 1x Discreet Retreat
• 1x Domineer
• 1x Double Down
• 1x Enchanter's Bane SL
• 1x Enslave SL
• 1x Insight SL
• 1x Kaya's Ghostform SL
• 1x Larceny
• 1x Memory Erosion
• 1x Military Intelligence SL
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Night Dealings SL
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda SL
• 1x Reflections of Littjara SL
• 2x Revel in Riches
• 2x Share the Spoils
• 1x Steal Artifact
• 1x Stolen Strategy
• 1x Take Possession
• 2x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 2x The Eldest Reborn SL
• 1x The Horus Heresy
• 1x The Ruinous Powers
• 2x Triple Triad

Artifact (39)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 2x Banner of Kinship
• 1x Blue Mage's Cane
• 1x Buster Sword
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Cranial Plating SL
• 1x Diamond Pick-Axe
• 1x Dimir Signet SL
• 2x Door of Destinies
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Fellwar Stone SL
• 1x Goggles of Night SL
• 1x Icon of Ancestry
• 1x Izzet Signet SL
• 1x Loxodon Warhammer
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Mithril Coat
• 1x Monument to Endurance
• 1x Nettlecyst
• 2x Patchwork Banner
• 1x Portal to Phyrexia
• 1x Prowler's Helm SL
• 1x Rakdos Signet SL
• 1x Rod of Absorption
• 2x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x The Key to the Vault
• 1x The Reaver Cleaver
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots SL
• 2x Vorpal Sword
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman SL

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

Battle (1)

• 1x Invasion of Fiora  ^Flip

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- - - Prototype Version 1.6 - - -

There's a small but real chance I build this one.

A Rule-0 deck for my man Locke Cole. I feel that both Locke Cole and Locke, Treasure Hunter are good in the 99 of decks. Great, even, in the right deck. They're not great commanders, though. As such, I thought it wouldn't be unfair to have them as partner Commanders. If anyone complains, Kefka, Court Mage   can swap in as commander. Then see what happens!

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So my goal here is to have a theme deck around Locke, with a Rogue typal as the chassis. So I'm tossing around a ton of ideas to stay on-theme: Rogues, treasure hunting, resurrection, mill, and theft. I'm also trying to include most of the cards with Locke in the art, like Bedevil and Snort. Building around the commanders themselves; they have some evasion and they slowly fill all graveyards. One of them can make a little treasure and play opponents' cards, albeit slowly and at cost. One of them has a few keywords and can loot. Neat.

I'm a bit worried about defense and actually winning the occasional game, so I'm going to try to have the backbone of the deck be buffed, evasive rogues. Not an amazing strategy, but I think it's better than just having a pile of theft and mill cards. It's like Locke has his own thieve's guild! I am unsure how many anthem effects to run versus running more equipment. I'm hoping that the rogues can be a functional deck without the commanders synergizing. That's the current goal, at least.

The commanders mill (or loot), and lots of rogues do too. As such, I want to include some reanimation effects. I don't think there's going to be quite enough mill to justify having reanimation as a full-on subtheme, nor do I want to include mill as a full-on subtheme. No room anyway. It was a thought, but I do have a dedicated reanimator deck or two. I feel like throwing in a few haymaker reanimation spells could utilize the minor mill going on as well as help as win-cons generally. Also, Locke's story involves resurrection and The Phoenix, so reanimation is on-theme. I quickly ran out of room for effects like Necromancy and Reanimate, and I ran out of room for effects like Haunting Voyage, Patriarch's Bidding, and Feign Death. They're on the cusp, if I feel like the mill is real and I want to pivot to more reanimation.

I wanted to slip in one phoenix creature, but they're mostly pretty bad. Perhaps one day one will be printed that's perfect for this deck. I want some ridiculous mythic-rare phoenix on par with the elder dragons from the Balder's Gate set. A borderline one-card-win-con type of bomb-creature.

I thought including lots of effects that steal non-creature cards from graveyards would be fun and distinct. Things like Wrexial, the Risen Deep, Mnemonic Betrayal, Mnemonic Deluge, and Deluxe Dragster. I'm running out of room to include too many, but I have a few in the deck. Definitely a subtheme at heart, if not in practice.

I have a few other decks that use opponents' cards in different ways, but none where it's based on my creatures hitting. To go along with Locke, Treasure Hunter, I'm going to try to include effects like Rogue Class, Rev, Tithe Extractor, and Grenzo, Havoc Raiser. Even more effects would be nice--like Silent-Blade Oni, Zara, Renegade Recruiter, Grima, Saruman's Footman, and Thief of Sanity--but at this point I'm not yet sure if it's worth running too many non-Rogues. I'm fairly set on Rogue-typal for the first build, but I could see myself pivoting to more theft-on-hit cards and more equipment if the Rogues don't work out.

I have learned, from my other decks that utilize other players' cards as a primary strategy, that it's a highly unreliable strategy. It's fun--no doubt--but can't be relied upon. There is no reliable "I'll run support and card-draw and removal and wait to steal one of my opponents' win-cons or bombs". I mean, there is, but you gotta know that it's a silly and dangerous game, and you kind of have to go all out like a Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor deck to make it work reliably. Luckily, I'm not feeling very Spike-y for this deck.

As part of the "treasure hunter" theme, I thought it would be flavorful and functional to run some good equipment. Final Fantasy VI has no shortage of baller treasure to equip, after all. The commanders wear equipment decently well. Problem is, I just built around equipment in several other new decks, so I'm getting sick of running the same equipment over and over. At the same time, stuff like Blackblade Reforged and The Swords are just so good--and work great without equipment support to go along with it. Having a commander like Locke Cole with Lifelink is always nice to throw some big stats onto. Some good equipment will also help me get my commanders' triggers to go off without losing them. I definitely want to run a small suite of equipment--but the question is, how much? I think having it as a fleshed-out subtheme is both flavorful and correct, but again, I'm equipmented-out at the moment. Maybe I can just steal some good equipment with Locke, Treasure Hunter?

I'm not necessarily going for treasure tokens as "treasure" and Control Magic effects as "theft". I could easily pivot to a treasure-token deck, but I don't really want to--I already have some of those. Things that are evocative of an adventuring treasure hunter is more the goal with the "thievery" cards. Imagine Acquire, Stolen Goods, Larceny, Stolen Strategy, Bribery, Thada Adel, Acquisitor, Share the Spoils, and Blatant Thievery. Effects that make treasure or directly steal cards aren't off the table, they're just not the goal.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	1 day
Legality	This deck is Commander: Rule 0 legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Manifest 2/2 C, Mercenary 1/1 R, On an Adventure, Plant 0/2 G, Treasure
Folders	My Decks