Iraxxa, Empress of Mars

Gameplan

Iraxxa is a mono-red token aggro/spellslinger commander that pumps your board with battle cry while flooding the field with 2/2 Aliens every time you cast from anywhere but your hand. Spend the early game ramping into cast-from-exile engines (impulse draw, foretell, adventure, suspend, cascade), then go wide and swing with a battle-cry boosted army. You win by alpha-striking through trample or via go-wide payoffs.

Key Cards

• Birgi, God of Storytelling — Refunds mana on every spell, chaining cheap impulse-draw casts to spam Paradox tokens.
• Light Up the Stage — Cheap impulse draw that triggers Paradox when you cast the exiled cards and refuels your hand.
• Outpost Siege — Repeatable cast-from-exile each turn, making a steady stream of Alien tokens or burn.
• Impact Tremors — Each Alien token you create pings every opponent, turning go-wide into reach and a win condition.
• Krenko, Mob Boss — Doubles down on token spam to feed battle cry and overrun finishers.
• Coordinated Assault — Cast-from-exile-adjacent pump effects stack with battle cry for explosive damage.

Upgrade Path

Lean into the densest cast-from-exile shell—Birgi, Wand of Eternity, Storm-Kiln Artist, and as many impulse-draw spells as possible—to maximize Paradox triggers. Add anthems and overrun effects (Coat of Arms, Shared Animosity, Hero of Bladehold-style pumps via mono-red equivalents) plus damage doublers like Torbran. Round out with red's best protection (Heroic Intervention is off-color, so use Boros Charm-style indestructible alternatives and recursion like Feldon) and fast mana rituals to deploy your engine ahead of the table.