#xantcha

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I'm a huge Xantcha fan, she's my favourite mtg character and the first commander deck I built. Have you come across some interesting Xantcha decks? Like, a really good one, or really unusual one, or really bad one?

I, in fact, had a Xantcha deck. The driving philosophy of the deck was simple: Push the game to a conclusion as fast as possible. This broke down into three main groups of cards:

Acceleration: Things like Mana Flare so that everyone has mana to cast impactful spells. Things like Howling Mine so that everyone can find impactful spells to cast.

Aggression: Force people to attack. Either they break someone else's back or leave themselves open to counter strikes. I don't care which, so long as the damage flows. Goad was a huge part here.

Passive Clocks: Cards like Sulfuric Vortex that stop lifegain and constantly damage everyone. "If this sticks around, the game WILL end." This was also finishers like Exsanguinate, which I could cast to seize a victory once everyone was bloodied enough.

And a scene early in her life is meeting another Sleeper Agent Identical to her. Now all the Sleeper Agents were based of a set amount of people and didnt really age (hence how mortals would eventually catch on). In order to tell each other apart, Xantcha changes her hair while the other Agent dyes hers Red. This act of rebellion sees both of them punished, but eventually the gate to Dominaria in Koilos reopens and a bunch of Sleeper Agents are sent out, including the red headed one. Years later as Xantcha is about to be sent out, the gate closes and the Dominarian Sleeper Agent program is abandoned. Gix, head of this plan and Praetor ruling over Xantcha is punished.

But in The Brother's War there is a red haired girl, with no morals that comes out of nowhere and is skilled in artifice. A girl who does not age no matter how long the war goes on.

@somewhere-south-of-neutral​ have at thee: