The Commander
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Gameplan
Vazi turns Treasure generation into a political engine: you make Treasures, tap Vazi to gift matching Treasures to an opponent, and whenever any opponent spends Treasure mana you draw a card and grow a creature. Spend your own Treasures freely too—every Treasure-fueled spell or ability triggers Vazi, so you snowball card advantage while flooding the table with mana and ramp into haymakers.
Strengths
- Powerful repeatable card draw that scales with how much the whole table ramps
- Treasures double as fixing, ramp, and counter-fuel in greedy Jund builds
- Haste lets Vazi tap immediately to start the gifting loop the turn she lands
- Politically flexible—you can bribe opponents while still profiting from their spending
Weaknesses
- Trigger relies on opponents actually spending Treasure mana, which savvy tables will refuse to do
- Hands opponents free mana, accelerating their game plan if you misjudge the politics
- Vazi must survive and be untapped to function, making her a removal magnet
- No inherent way to close the game—needs a separate payoff or combo
Key Cards
- Dockside Extortionist — Explodes your Treasure count for a massive Vazi gift and immediate counter/draw triggers.
- Pitiless Plunderer — Turns every creature death into Treasures, keeping the gifting and draw engine running.
- Revel in Riches — Treasures become a win condition and pair naturally with the deck's flood of tokens.
- Mahadi, Emporium Master — Generates Treasures on end steps and synergizes with sacrifice loops for repeated Vazi value.
- Smothering Tithe — Manufactures a steady stream of Treasures off opponents' draws to feed Vazi every turn.
- Reckless Fireweaver — Each Treasure made and sacrificed pings the table, turning Treasure churn into a damage clock.
Upgrade Path
Add fast Treasure makers (Dockside Extortionist, Jeska's Will, Brass's Bounty) and persistent generators (Smothering Tithe, Pitiless Plunderer, Mahadi) to maximize triggers. Lean into a deterministic payoff—Revel in Riches, Marionette Master, or a Reckless Fireweaver sacrifice loop—so your card advantage actually converts to a win. Tighten the mana with fast rocks and on-color fetch/dual lands, and include protection like Heroic Intervention and Deflecting Swat to keep Vazi online.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Revel in Riches or Marionette Master converting Treasure flood into a win
- ▸Beating down with hasty, counter-buffed creatures fueled by Vazi's draws
- ▸Aristocrats damage via Reckless Fireweaver / Disciple of the Vault loops
- ▸Out-grinding the table on card advantage into a big finisher like Torment of Hailfire
Archetypes
- Treasure/Artifacts — Vazi is built around generating and weaponizing Treasure tokens for ramp, draw, and counters.
- Group Hug / Political — Gifting Treasures to opponents while profiting from their spending makes her a deal-broker commander.
- Aristocrats — Sacrifice outlets convert Treasures and dying tokens into value, fueling Vazi and the board.
- +1/+1 Counters — Her trigger seeds counters, supporting a go-wide or single-threat counters payoff package.
Combos
- Vazi, Keen Negotiator + Crafty Cutpurse + Pemmin's Aura
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite Treasure tokens
- Vazi, Keen Negotiator + Crafty Cutpurse + Freed from the Real
→ Infinite colored mana, Infinite Treasure tokens
- Vazi, Keen Negotiator + March of the Machines + Intruder Alarm + Disciple of the Vault
→ Infinite lifeloss, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures
- Vazi, Keen Negotiator + Titania's Song + Intruder Alarm + Disciple of the Vault
→ Infinite lifeloss, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BGR), by popularity.
