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Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

AFR · mythic · Released 2021-07-23

Tiers

tier-2

Commander Bracket

Not yet bracketed (or genuinely unplaceable).

Archetypes

positive:
controlmidrangestax-prison
negative:
aggrotempo

Roles

stax-piecemind-controltaxrepeatable-card-drawtop-deck-manipulation

Risks

slow-setupremoval-magnetopp-controls-mode

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:

anti:

Structural

triggered-ability

Rationale

6cmc legendary creature with a repeating upkeep lock: target opponent can't cast spells this turn, while you exile and play the top of their library with mana-fixing. A potent stax-prison piece that doubles as repeatable card-advantage and resource denial. Signature in control/midrange shells with sufficient interaction. Risk: slow to establish and vulnerable to creature removal before the lock triggers.

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #6,260