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Zhao, the Moon Slayer - Decklist

Creatures 29$13.41

  1. Anger1Anger$0.34
  2. Canyon Wildcat1Canyon Wildcat$0.07
  3. Cave People1Cave People$0.15
  4. Colos Yearling1Colos Yearling$0.14
  5. Combustion Man1Combustion Man$0.26
  6. Etali, Primal Storm1Etali, Primal Storm$0.46
  7. Fire Nation Archers1Fire Nation Archers$0.26
  8. Fire Nation Raider1Fire Nation Raider$0.09
  9. Fire Sages1Fire Sages$0.16
  10. Firebending Student1Firebending Student$0.49

Creatures continued

  1. Harsh Mentor1Harsh Mentor$0.34
  2. Immolation Shaman1Immolation Shaman$0.45
  3. Krenko's Buzzcrusher1Krenko's Buzzcrusher$0.20
  4. Leyline Tyrant1Leyline Tyrant$0.78
  5. Magebane Lizard1Magebane Lizard$0.82
  6. Magmatic Hellkite1Magmatic Hellkite$0.43
  7. Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate1Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate$0.24
  8. Mountain Goat1Mountain Goat$0.15
  9. Mountain Yeti1Mountain Yeti$0.16
  10. Rampaging Ferocidon1Rampaging Ferocidon$1.54

Creatures continued

  1. Rug of Smothering1Rug of Smothering$0.64
  2. Scytheclaw Raptor1Scytheclaw Raptor$0.29
  3. Spider-Punk1Spider-Punk$1.71
  4. Sunspine Lynx1Sunspine Lynx$1.57
  5. Tunnel Ignus1Tunnel Ignus$0.55
  6. Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat1Ty Lee, Artful Acrobat$0.19
  7. Yuyan Archers1Yuyan Archers$0.17
  8. Zuko, Avatar Hunter1Zuko, Avatar Hunter$0.56
  9. Zuko, Exiled Prince1Zuko, Exiled Prince$0.20

Planeswalkers 2$2.16

  1. Chandra, Torch of Defiance1Chandra, Torch of Defiance$1.79
  2. Koth, Fire of Resistance1Koth, Fire of Resistance$0.37

Instants 7$1.82

  1. Boil1Boil$0.62
  2. Cunning Maneuver1Cunning Maneuver$0.13
  3. Fire Nation Attacks1Fire Nation Attacks$0.20
  4. Firebending Lesson1Firebending Lesson$0.23
  5. How to Start a Riot1How to Start a Riot$0.17
  6. Solstice Revelations1Solstice Revelations$0.21
  7. Zuko's Exile1Zuko's Exile$0.26

Sorceries 7$4.20

  1. Bumi Bash1Bumi Bash$0.12
  2. Cleansing Wildfire1Cleansing Wildfire$0.79
  3. Iroh's Demonstration1Iroh's Demonstration$0.30
  4. Jet's Brainwashing1Jet's Brainwashing$0.14
  5. Price of Freedom1Price of Freedom$0.40
  6. Ruination1Ruination$0.73
  7. Vandalblast1Vandalblast$1.72

Artifacts 6$2.90

  1. Damping Sphere1Damping Sphere$0.66
  2. Dingus Egg1Dingus Egg$0.48
  3. God-Pharaoh's Statue1God-Pharaoh's Statue$0.68
  4. Staff of the Flame Magus1Staff of the Flame Magus$0.13
  5. Weathered Runestone1Weathered Runestone$0.34
  6. Winter Moon1Winter Moon$0.61

Enchantments 10$5.61

  1. Blood Sun1Blood Sun$0.41
  2. Burrowing1Burrowing$0.13
  3. Cave Sense1Cave Sense$0.13
  4. Claws of Valakut1Claws of Valakut$0.20
  5. Count on Luck1Count on Luck$0.34
  6. Firebender Ascension1Firebender Ascension$0.80
  7. Impending Disaster1Impending Disaster$0.99
  8. Roiling Vortex1Roiling Vortex$1.63
  9. Sulfuric Vortex1Sulfuric Vortex$0.88
  10. Volcanic Strength1Volcanic Strength$0.10

Lands 38 / 38$16.42

  1. Blast Zone1Blast Zone$0.34
  2. Buried Ruin1Buried Ruin$0.36
  3. Cabaretti Courtyard1Cabaretti Courtyard$0.35
  4. Castle Embereth1Castle Embereth$0.37
  5. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  6. Cori Mountain Monastery1Cori Mountain Monastery$0.50
  7. Darksteel Citadel1Darksteel Citadel$0.45
  8. Demolition Field1Demolition Field$0.23
  9. Den of the Bugbear1Den of the Bugbear$1.39
  10. Dormant Volcano1Dormant Volcano$0.61
  11. Dust Bowl1Dust Bowl$0.83

Lands continued

  1. Dwarven Mine1Dwarven Mine$0.36
  2. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  3. Fabled Passage1Fabled Passage$0.77
  4. Field of Ruin1Field of Ruin$0.26
  5. Fire Nation Palace1Fire Nation Palace$1.70
  6. Forgotten Cave1Forgotten Cave$0.13
  7. Ghost Quarter1Ghost Quarter$0.44
  8. Memorial to War1Memorial to War$0.27
  9. Mountain×55Mountain$0.40
  10. Myriad Landscape1Myriad Landscape$0.26
  11. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17

Lands continued

  1. Rogue's Passage1Rogue's Passage$0.34
  2. Scavenger Grounds1Scavenger Grounds$0.21
  3. Snow-Covered Mountain×44Snow-Covered Mountain$2.00
  4. Spinerock Knoll1Spinerock Knoll$0.47
  5. Tectonic Edge1Tectonic Edge$0.32
  6. Terrain Generator1Terrain Generator$1.38
  7. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  8. Volatile Fault1Volatile Fault$0.29
  9. War Room1War Room$0.82

About this Zhao, the Moon Slayer deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Zhao, the Moon Slayer, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $46.87 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Zhao, the Moon Slayer decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Vandalblast, Winter Moon and Blood Sun. The picks most particular to this commander are Ruination, Molten Man, Inferno Incarnate and Sunspine Lynx, which turn up here far more often than in other Mono-Red decks.

Its average mana value is 2.95. It runs no Game Changers.

The most expensive cards are Chandra, Torch of Defiance ($1.79), Vandalblast ($1.72) and Spider-Punk ($1.71); 41 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $35.09, and with no limit $1234.28; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value2.95
Game Changers0
Combos0
Deck match48%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 5 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 22 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 14 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 15 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 4 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 2 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 0 cards

The curve and the average cover Zhao, the Moon Slayer and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1011+1
Card advantage1213+1
Targeted disruption1220+8
Mass disruption67+1
Lands3838+0
Plan3031+1

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 19 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Zhao, the Moon Slayer at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Zhao, the Moon Slayer decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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