GruulLegendary Creature — Human MercenaryJolene, Plundering Pugilist
Mana value3Rank#9,121
The Commander
Guide
Gameplan
Jolene turns big-butt aggression into a snowballing Treasure economy: swing with fat creatures to generate Treasure, then either ramp into more threats or convert Treasures into burn via her own ability. You play a Gruul midrange beatdown deck that wants to deploy 4-power creatures fast, attack every turn, and use the Treasure flood to pump out damage or fix into game-ending spells.
Strengths
- Generates ramp and fixing simply by attacking, accelerating you ahead of the table
- Built-in repeatable reach/removal pinging through Treasure sacrifice
- Big creatures pair naturally with Gruul's best beaters and trample enablers
- Treasures fuel artifact synergies, sacrifice payoffs, and explosive double-spell turns
Weaknesses
- Low to-the-table impact if creatures get removed before attacking
- Wide token strategies can stall her since she rewards individual high-power attackers
- No card advantage engine on the command zone—can run out of gas
- Vulnerable to board wipes that erase your attackers and Treasure-makers
Key Cards
- Mayhem Devil — Turns every Treasure you crack (and every sacrifice) into extra reach, pairing perfectly with Jolene's pinging.
- Reckless Fireweaver — Each Treasure created pings the table, snowballing Jolene's attack triggers into direct damage.
- Goldspan Dragon — A 4-power flyer that doubles your Treasure value, turbocharging both ramp and Jolene's burn.
- Pitiless Plunderer — Adds Treasures whenever creatures die, deepening the sacrifice loops alongside Jolene's clock.
- Xenagos, God of Revels — Doubles a creature's power before combat, guaranteeing 4+ power attackers and huge swings.
- Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin — Generates an army of attackers and feeds artifact/aristocrat payoffs around Jolene's Treasures.
Upgrade Path
Add more Treasure-payoff redundancy (Mayhem Devil, Reckless Fireweaver, Disciple of the Vault-style pingers) and Treasure doublers like Goldspan Dragon to turn each trigger into damage. Lean into reliable 4+ power enablers (Xenagos, Embercleave, anthem effects) and a Craterhoof/Finale of Devastation finisher so the deck can pivot from grind to one-shot kills. Tighten the mana with fast ramp (Sol Ring, Smothering Tithe, Birgi) so Jolene's Treasures snowball into explosive, game-ending turns.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Beating down with oversized trampling creatures
- ▸Death-by-a-thousand-pings via Reckless Fireweaver/Mayhem Devil plus Jolene's ability
- ▸Treasure-fueled big-mana X spells or finishers like Torment of Hailfire
- ▸Overrun effects (Craterhoof Behemoth, Pathbreaker Ibex) closing the game in one swing
Archetypes
- Gruul Midrange Beatdown — Jolene rewards attacking with large creatures, the heart of stompy Gruul aggression.
- Treasure/Artifacts — Her trigger floods the board with Treasure to fuel artifact synergies and big mana turns.
- Aristocrats/Sacrifice — Treasures and dying tokens feed sac outlets and death-trigger payoffs for incremental damage.
- Burn/Reach — Stacking Treasure-damage triggers and Jolene's own ability can ping the table to death.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (GR), by popularity.
