B/G/UEDHREC #8389

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Legendary Creature — Human Fungus Pirate

{T}, Remove a counter from another permanent you control: Populate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

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“Token army that copies itself while spreading counters everywhere.”

PlaystyleMidrange

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Tokens swarm

ThemesTokens, Counters, Proliferate, Landfall

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Xavier Sal is your token-making engine that rewards you for building a counter-heavy board. The core gameplan is to establish creature tokens early, then use Xavier's activated abilities to multiply them and push your counters around. Populate lets you copy your best tokens each turn, turning a single flyer into an army, while proliferate pumps up whatever counters you've built (experience, +1/+1, planeswalker loyalty, etc.). You win by flooding the board with ever-growing tokens, then swinging in for overwhelming combat damage. The deck thrives when you have multiple token-making sources and permanents that benefit from repeated counter applications—think token generators, planeswalkers, and creatures with built-in counters.

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Key Synergies

Cards that especially shine here

Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Use budget token makers like Bitterblossom and Elemental Master Yarok instead of pricey cards; proliferate staples like Contagion Engine are often under $5.