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Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
Legendary Creature — Alien Warrior · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander
Trample
Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)
Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, create a 2/2 red Alien Warrior creature token.
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What Iraxxa, Empress of Mars actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, create a 2/2 red Alien Warrior creature token.
- Keyword · trampletrample
- Keyword · battle crybattle cry
What an Iraxxa, Empress of Mars deck needs
Plays as cast from anywhere. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- spells you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and the command zone (only those trigger it)
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
The Iraxxa, Empress of Mars deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 18× A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
- 5× Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- 13× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
- Sol Talisman0 mana
- Underworld Breach2 mana
- Faithless Looting1 mana
- Hidden Volcano0 mana
- Lotus Bloom0 mana
- Mox Tantalite0 mana
- Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift3 mana
- Squee, the Immortal3 mana
Evasion that does NOT target or attach — for a commander your own auras and equipment cannot legally touch
- Glaring Spotlight1 mana
- Inquisitorial Rosette2 mana
- Crash Through1 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Dragon Throne of Tarkir4 mana
- Frontier Warmonger4 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Chief of the Foundry3 mana
- Caged Sun6 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Hoarding Dragon5 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Combos with Iraxxa, Empress of Mars
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Iraxxa, Empress of Mars is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars + Squee, The Immortal + Thermopod + Runaway Steam-Kin90 decks
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars + Squee, The Immortal + Phyrexian Altar + Birgi, God Of Storytelling88 decks
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars + Squee, The Immortal + Phyrexian Altar + Ruby Medallion84 decks
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars + Squee, The Immortal + Phyrexian Altar + Runaway Steam-Kin80 decks
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars + Squee, The Immortal + Thermopod + Ruby Medallion78 decks
- Iraxxa, Empress of Mars + Squee, The Immortal + Thermopod + Birgi, God Of Storytelling68 decks
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