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Xho Cai, Flickering Talon
Legendary Creature — Bird Monk
Flying, Vigilance, Haste When Xho Cai enters, the next noncreature spell you cast costs {1} less to cast. Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, exile up to one target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
2 / 4
“Izzet tempo hawk that blinks creatures and discounts spells every turn.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tempo advantage
Blink, Spellslinger, Tokens
Strategy
Xho Cai is a tempo-focused commander that rewards you for casting multiple spells per turn. Your core gameplan is to use Xho Cai's cost reduction and flurry ability to generate value while attacking with evasive creatures. The second spell trigger creates a pseudo-blink effect that lets you abuse enter-the-battlefield abilities, turning cheap cantrips and interaction into card advantage while Xho Cai beats down in the air.
You'll want a deck full of cheap spells—cantrips, counterspells, and removal—so you can reliably trigger flurry every turn and keep your mana efficient. Cards with strong ETB effects (like Mulldrifter, Solitude, or Suspension Field effects) turn each flurry trigger into a mini-draw or disruption. The deck naturally leans tempo: you're playing efficient creatures, protecting them with instant-speed tricks, and turning early advantage into a clock that's hard to race.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey fetches and shocks; use basics and budget duals like Evolving Wilds. Replace Solitude with Venser's Diffusion or Counterspell with Spell Stutter.
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