Xantcha Politics by Committee

Commander / EDH* BR (Rakdos)

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Land and Ramp (40)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 16x Swamp
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Victory Chimes
• 1x Witch Engine

Committee (7)

• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Deadly Designs
• 1x Endbringer's Revel
• 1x Pain's Reward
• 1x Scandalmonger
• 1x Task Mage Assembly
• 1x Temporal Extortion

Anti Infinite (2)

• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Deterrents (2)

• 1x Dread
• 1x Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Other (19)

• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Coveted Jewel
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Curse of Disturbance
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Khorvath's Fury
• 1x Labyrinth of Skophos
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Master of Cruelties
• 1x Sangromancer
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver

Curse (5)

• 1x Bitter Feud
• 1x Crown of Doom
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Curse of Stalked Prey
• 1x Curse of the Nightly Hunt

Undying (3)

• 1x Demonic Vigor
• 1x Supernatural Stamina
• 1x Thrull Retainer

Group Slug (2)

• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
• 1x Repay in Kind

Commander (1)

Politics (9)

• 1x Bazaar Trader
• 1x Cruel Entertainment
• 1x Head Games
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Mana Cache
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
• 1x War's Toll
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Sweepers (4)

• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Phyrexian Scriptures
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Target Removal (4)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Terminate

Unblockable (2)

• 1x Bedlam
• 1x Dauthi Embrace

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Sideboard

Other (1)

• 1x Thran Turbine

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Maybeboard

Other (3)

• 1x Browbeat
• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Fan Favorite

Lose Con (1)

• 1x Captive Audience

Politics (3)

• 1x Endless Whispers
• 1x Infernal Offering
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm

Curse (1)

• 1x Curse of Shallow Graves

Undying (1)

• 1x Blessing of Leeches

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This is a deck that was created to be a deck that will be able to turn the tides of the board and give the players an option on what the direction they want to go in. This deck was not created to win the game, but the goal is to be useful enough (and not too annoying) to play out most of the game.

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The first group of tools are used to play Magic by committee. These cards are used to let all the players have tools to keep each other in check. The cons of this is that they can be win-more cards for the player farthest ahead. This will hopefully get players to conspire to work against the leader, and continue to for the entire game.

• Deadly Designs

• Endbringer's Revel

• Scandalmonger

• Task Mage Assembly

There are also a few that can help you out if the committee will allow it.

• Pain's Reward

• Temporal Extortion

• Coercive Portal

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This deck is also built with cards that can be used to bargain with opponents.

• Bazaar Trader to give away Xantcha again or potentially bolster an opponent

• Cruel Entertainment

• Endless Whispers

• Head Games Gut a players hand of let an opponent get what they want from their deck

• Khorvath's Fury

• Mana Cache

• Scheming Symmetry

• Tectonic Instability force to tap lands which can incentivize Xantcha activation

• Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

• Wishclaw Talisman

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Xantcha will most likely be a target, so we need a few cards that can regenerate her

• Blessing of Leeches

• Crystal Chimes

• Demonic Vigor

• Supernatural Stamina

• Thrull Retainer

• Undying Evil

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People might also try and swing Xantcha into a larger creature so there are a few tools to make her unblockable. These can also be used politically.

• Bedlam

• Dauthi Embrace

• Key to the City

• War Cadence

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Then the last political tool is to apply curses to players.

• Bitter Feud

• Crown of Doom

• Curse of Opulence

• Curse of Shallow Graves

• Curse of Stalked Prey

• Curse of the Nightly Hunt

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There are also two infinite prevention cards if the infinite uses creature activation.

• Harsh Mentor

• Sudden Spoiling

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 23 - 1 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Goat 0/1 W, Gold, Human 1/1 R, Ogre 3/3 R, Plant 0/2 G, Survivor 1/1 R, Zombie 2/2 B