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Thraximundar
Legendary Creature — Zombie Assassin · {4}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander
Haste
Whenever Thraximundar attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Thraximundar.
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What Thraximundar 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 · attackWhenever Thraximundar attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
- Triggered ability · sacrificeWhenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Thraximundar.
- Keyword · hastehaste
What a Thraximundar deck needs
Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- counter doublers and proliferate (it grows only itself with +1/+1 counters)
- free sacrifice outlets and expendable permanents (its payoff fires on every sacrifice)
- evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine; it has haste)
The Thraximundar deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 7× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 13× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 7× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Thraximundar
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.
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Carrion Feeder1 mana
- Viscera Seer1 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Goblin Bombardment2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Umbral Collar Zealot2 mana
- Bloodthrone Vampire2 mana
- Dark Privilege2 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Nurgle's Rot1 mana
- Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead5 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
- The Locust God6 mana
- The Scarab God5 mana
- Endless Evil3 mana
- Exquisite Huntmaster4 mana
- Grixis Slavedriver6 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Rogue Class2 mana
- Archetype of Imagination6 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar3 mana
- Goblin War Drums3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- Don Andres, the Renegade4 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Thrummingbird2 mana
- Blightbelly Rat2 mana
- Scheming Aspirant2 mana
- Vexing Radgull2 mana
- Voidwing Hybrid2 mana
- Venser, Corpse Puppet2 mana
- Cacophony Scamp1 mana
- Kid Loki1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
- Infernal Grasp2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Sickening Dreams2 mana
- Crypt Rats3 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Combos with Thraximundar
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Thraximundar is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Thraximundar + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar49 decks
- Thraximundar + Animation Module + Phyrexian Altar30 decks
- Thraximundar + Animation Module + Krark-Clan Ironworks1 decks