Art by Chris Rallis

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Zara, Renegade Recruiter

Theft and control strategy focused on looking at opponents' hands, putting their creatures onto the battlefield attacking, and using sacrifice outlets or bounce effects to ensure they never get them back.

98 cards$359.69 totalApr 21, 20262 views

Prompt: A $600 Zara, Renegade Recruiter commander deck — a theft-and-control deck that steals opponents' creatures and casts their spells, turning their own cards into your win conditions.

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1 Zara, Renegade Recruiter
1 Sol Ring
1 Arcane Signet
1 Talisman of Creativity
1 Izzet Signet
1 Mind Stone
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Thought Vessel
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Rhystic Study
1 Mystic Remora
1 Windfall
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Mulldrifter
1 Pull from Tomorrow
1 Chaos Warp
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Reality Shift
1 Pongify
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Arcane Denial
1 Counterspell
1 Vandalblast
1 Negate
1 Swan Song
1 Etali, Primal Storm
1 Agent of Treachery
1 Bribery
1 Stolen Strategy
1 Mob Rule
1 Insurrection
1 Dack Fayden
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Control Magic
1 Treachery
1 Mass Mutiny
1 Zealous Conscripts
1 Humble Defector
1 Captivating Crew
1 Roil Elemental
1 Thieving Skydiver
1 Conjurer's Closet
1 Ashnod's Altar
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Telepathy
1 Crystal Shard
1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
1 Ghostly Flicker
1 Helm of the Host
1 Sundial of the Infinite
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Reliquary Tower
1 War Room
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Temple of the False God
1 Command Tower
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Castle Embereth
1 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Castle Vantress
1 Shivan Reef
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Izzet Boilerworks
17 Island
8 Mountain

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Some cards were dropped or normalized during validation because of legality, duplication, or color identity checks.

Commander

1 cards

Zara, Renegade Recruiter

{3}{U}{R}

Legendary Creature — Human Pirate

Chosen commander for the requested strategy.

$0.33Buy

Ramp

10 cards

Sol Ring

{1}

Artifact

Commander staple for mana acceleration

$1.38Buy

Arcane Signet

{2}

Artifact

Efficient color fixing

$1.42Buy

Talisman of Creativity

{2}

Artifact

Fast mana in Izzet colors

$0.0Buy

Izzet Signet

{2}

Artifact

Standard budget mana fixing

$1.99Buy

Mind Stone

{2}

Artifact

Ramp that provides card draw late game

$0.28Buy

Thran Dynamo

{4}

Artifact

Big mana to help cast expensive stolen spells

$2.26Buy

Commander's Sphere

{3}

Artifact

Mana fixing and emergency draw

$0.31Buy

Thought Vessel

{2}

Artifact

Unlimited hand size for large draw turns

$13.89Buy

Worn Powerstone

{3}

Artifact

Efficient neutral mana rock

$0.0Buy

Wayfarer's Bauble

{1}

Artifact

Reliable land ramp in non-green

$0.4Buy

Card Draw

9 cards

Rhystic Study

{2}{U}

Enchantment

Premier engine for maintaining hand advantage

$0.0Buy

Mystic Remora

{U}

Enchantment

Cheap early game card advantage

$10.98Buy

Windfall

{2}{U}

Sorcery

Hand disruption and massive refueling

$5.07Buy

Brainstorm

{U}

Instant

Filtering and top deck manipulation

$1.91Buy

Ponder

{U}

Sorcery

High quality cantrip

$20.37Buy

Preordain

{U}

Sorcery

High quality cantrip

$1.23Buy

Fact or Fiction

{3}{U}

Instant

Immediate card selection and volume

$0.28Buy

Mulldrifter

{4}{U}

Creature — Elemental

Divination with a body that can be flickered

$0.48Buy

Pull from Tomorrow

{X}{U}{U}

Instant

Excellent mana sink for late game

$0.26Buy

Removal

11 cards

Chaos Warp

{2}{R}

Instant

Flexible permanent removal for Izzet

$1.69Buy

Blasphemous Act

{8}{R}

Sorcery

Efficient and cheap board wipe

$3.02Buy

Cyclonic Rift

{1}{U}

Instant

The best one-sided board wipe in the format

$30.06Buy

Reality Shift

{1}{U}

Instant

Efficient creature exile

$0.32Buy

Pongify

{U}

Instant

Cheap creature removal

$4.11Buy

Rapid Hybridization

{U}

Instant

Clone of Pongify for redundancy

$1.06Buy

Arcane Denial

{1}{U}

Instant

Easy to cast counterspell and draw

$3.84Buy

Counterspell

{U}{U}

Instant

Reliable interaction

$2.7Buy

Vandalblast

{R}

Sorcery

Selective or mass artifact destruction

$0.0Buy

Negate

{1}{U}

Instant

Protects Zara from noncreature spells

$0.21Buy

Swan Song

{U}

Instant

Very cheap interaction

$18.3Buy

Threats/Wincons

16 cards

Etali, Primal Storm

{4}{R}{R}

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur

Steals and casts off the top of libraries

$0.88Buy

Agent of Treachery

{5}{U}{U}

Creature — Human Rogue

Permanent theft of any permanent

$7.83Buy

Bribery

{3}{U}{U}

Sorcery

Steals the best creature directly from library

$5.29Buy

Stolen Strategy

{4}{R}

Enchantment

Continuous theft cast from library

$0.36Buy

Mob Rule

{4}{R}{R}

Sorcery

Win condition by stealing whole boards

$1.0Buy

Insurrection

{5}{R}{R}{R}

Sorcery

Ultimate thief win condition

$7.19Buy

Dack Fayden

{1}{U}{R}

Legendary Planeswalker — Dack

Theft of artifacts and hand filtering

$2.73Buy

Sower of Temptation

{2}{U}{U}

Creature — Faerie Wizard

Efficient creature theft on a body

$2.16Buy

Control Magic

{2}{U}{U}

Enchantment — Aura

Classic and cheap permanent theft

$0.0Buy

Treachery

{3}{U}{U}

Enchantment — Aura

High-budget theft that untaps lands

$40.79Buy

Mass Mutiny

{3}{R}{R}

Sorcery

Steal creatures from all opponents for a turn

$0.6Buy

Zealous Conscripts

{4}{R}

Creature — Human Warrior

Steals any permanent including Planeswalkers

$0.53Buy

Humble Defector

{1}{R}

Creature — Human Rogue

Synergistic draw that provides value when stolen back

$0.15Buy

Captivating Crew

{3}{R}

Creature — Human Pirate

Repeatable theft on a stick

$0.32Buy

Roil Elemental

{3}{U}{U}{U}

Creature — Elemental

Turns lands into theft effects

$23.38Buy

Thieving Skydiver

{1}{U}

Creature — Merfolk Rogue

Artifact theft early game

$0.23Buy

Utility

11 cards

Conjurer's Closet

{5}

Artifact

Blinks stolen creatures to keep them forever

$5.58Buy

Ashnod's Altar

{3}

Artifact

Sacrifice outlet for stolen creatures before they return

$12.74Buy

Lightning Greaves

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

Protects Zara and provides haste

$5.07Buy

Swiftfoot Boots

{2}

Artifact — Equipment

Redundant protection for the commander

$0.0Buy

Telepathy

{U}

Enchantment

Perfect information to see what Zara can steal

$2.05Buy

Crystal Shard

{3}

Artifact

Bounces creatures we control after theft

$0.94Buy

Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

{3}{U}

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Flicker engine to keep stolen creatures

$36.62Buy

Ghostly Flicker

{2}{U}

Instant

Instant speed flicker to save/keep threats

$1.26Buy

Helm of the Host

{4}

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Makes non-legendary copies of Zara for multiple thefts

$11.79Buy

Sundial of the Infinite

{2}

Artifact

End the turn to keep temporary theft creatures

$18.87Buy

Goblin Bombardment

{1}{R}

Enchantment

Efficient no-cost sacrifice outlet

$4.96Buy

Lands

40 cards

Reliquary Tower

Land

No maximum hand size.

$3.95Buy

War Room

Land

Card draw from the mana base.

$0.0Buy

Rogue's Passage

Land

Makes a creature unblockable.

$0.37Buy

Temple of the False God

Land

Extra mana in the late game.

$0.23Buy

Command Tower

Land

Produces any color in your identity.

$0.31Buy

Exotic Orchard

Land

Flexible multicolor fixing.

$0.32Buy

Path of Ancestry

Land

Color fixing with scry on creature casts.

$0.23Buy

Myriad Landscape

Land

Ramp from the mana base.

$0.41Buy

Castle Embereth

Land

Mono-color utility land.

$0.29Buy

Mystic Sanctuary

Land — Island

Recurs an instant or sorcery.

$2.02Buy

Castle Vantress

Land

Mono-color utility land.

$0.35Buy

Shivan Reef

Land

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

$0.89Buy

Sulfur Falls

Land

Nonbasic dual land for color fixing.

$3.52Buy

Temple of Epiphany

Land

Dual land with scry.

$0.25Buy

Izzet Boilerworks

Land

Bounce land — taps for two colors.

$0.31Buy

Island 17x

Basic Land — Island

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

$0.13Buy

Mountain 8x

Basic Land — Mountain

Basic land allocated from mana pip counts.

$2.82Buy