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Jaxis, the Troublemaker

Jaxis, the Troublemaker

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {3}{R} · Red commander

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste and "When this token dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery. Blitz {1}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
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What Jaxis, the Troublemaker actually does

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What a Jaxis, the Troublemaker deck wants

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Best cards for Jaxis, the Troublemaker

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.

Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  8. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  4. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  5. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  6. Genji Glove5 mana
  7. Akki Battle Squad6 mana
  8. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana

Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards

  1. Mox Diamond0 mana
  2. Fomori Vault0 mana
  3. Pip-Boy 30001 mana
  4. Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
  5. Artist's Talent2 mana
  6. Collector's Vault2 mana
  7. Containment Construct2 mana
  8. Fear of Missing Out2 mana

A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Jaxis, the Troublemaker4 mana
  2. Riveteers Requisitioner2 mana
  3. Star Athlete3 mana
  4. Mayhem Patrol2 mana
  5. Plasma Jockey4 mana
  6. Mezzio Mugger5 mana
  7. Sabin, Master Monk5 mana
  8. Pugnacious Pugilist5 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Nesting Grounds0 mana
  2. Patchwork Banner3 mana
  3. Castle Embereth0 mana
  4. Fire Nation Palace0 mana
  5. Crashing Drawbridge2 mana
  6. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  7. Crash Through1 mana
  8. Eldritch Immunity1 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. High Market0 mana
  2. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  3. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
  4. Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs3 mana
  5. Keldon Necropolis0 mana
  6. Ulamog's Dreadsire10 mana
  7. Thermopod5 mana
  8. Altar of Dementia2 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  2. Siege-Gang Lieutenant4 mana
  3. Trendy Circus Pirate0 mana
  4. Myr Battlesphere7 mana
  5. Anax, Hardened in the Forge3 mana
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  7. Chandra, Acolyte of Flame3 mana
  8. Hanweir Garrison3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Crush1 mana
  3. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  4. Titan's Presence3 mana
  5. Abrade2 mana
  6. Untimely Malfunction2 mana
  7. Chaos Warp3 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Breaking Point3 mana
  3. Crack the Earth1 mana
  4. Kozilek's Return3 mana
  5. Akki Blizzard-Herder2 mana
  6. Devastating Dreams2 mana
  7. Tectonic Break2 mana
  8. Tremble2 mana

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