The Grand Masquerade Ball

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Theme/Gimmick

kamelyan

Artifact (26)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Bone Mask
• 1x Bubble Matrix
• 1x Chitinous Cloak
• 1x Crystal Slipper
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Farsight Mask
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Haunted Plate Mail
• 1x Heart of Ramos
• 1x Horn of Ramos
• 1x Jester's Mask
• 1x Mask of Avacyn
• 1x Mask of Immolation
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Paradise Mantle
• 1x Skull of Ramos
• 1x Slagwurm Armor
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Specter's Shroud
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (4)

• 1x Dance with Devils
• 1x Invigorate
• 1x Tribute to Hunger
• 1x Venomous Breath

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Reviving Melody

Land (35)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darigaaz's Caldera
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 6x Snow-Covered Forest
• 6x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 6x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Creature (13)

• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Belle of the Brawl
• 1x Bone Dancer
• 1x Captivating Crew
• 1x Careless Celebrant
• 1x Crystal Golem
• 1x Discordant Piper
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Ivy Dancer
• 1x Pharika's Mender
• 1x Radjan Spirit
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Verduran Enchantress

Commander (1)

Enchantment (18)

• 1x Ancestral Mask
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Boar Umbra
• 1x Cloak of Confusion
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Dragon Mantle
• 1x Exoskeletal Armor
• 1x Imposing Visage
• 1x Keldon Mantle
• 1x Mantle of Webs
• 1x Mantle of the Wolf
• 1x Moldervine Cloak
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Season of Growth
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Spider Umbra
• 1x Treefolk Umbra

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Artifact (1)

• 1x Illusionary Mask

Instant (1)

• 1x Cauldron Dance

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Control of the Court

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In the original lore, Xira Arien was a human. She attended the Royal Masquerade frequently, a ball where one would wear a mask. Her card even states that "she appears in a new costume every hour." One of her costumes, the one depicted on her card, is that of an insect.

Later, a writer appropriated the image on the card into the new novel. Xira Arien has become an Insect Assassin (although the card would eventually give her the creature type Insect Wizard).

In the new iteration of Xira Arien, she would assassinate someone by injecting the target with her offspring. The host, if not killed, would mutate into an insectoid. So perhaps, she was herself infected between the two novels.

I'm taking this commander back to her first appearance; I decided to create a deck to send her off to the ball. There are masks and costumes that she could change into, and she is joined by a few other creatures that would meet her on the dance floor.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	30 - 0 Rares 34 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.83
Tokens	Devil 1/1 R, Elemental 1/1 R, Goat 0/1 W, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	3s3. Jund, 3. Shards