Xira, the Golden Sting
$0.37
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New Cards
Recent-set cards that Xira, the Golden Sting players are trying out in -1/-1 Counters decks.
Immoral Bargain+10% Synergy
$0.54
High Synergy Cards
The highest-synergy picks for Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters builds — cards that lean hardest into the -1/-1 Counters theme.
Nest of Scarabs+87% Synergy
$4.85
The Scorpion God+85% Synergy
$0.28
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons+81% Synergy
$0.34
Blowfly Infestation+76% Synergy
$0.38
Kulrath Knight+75% Synergy
$0.22
Obelisk Spider+74% Synergy
$3.11
Generous Patron+68% Synergy
$7.44
Necroskitter+64% Synergy
$0.77
Massacre Girl, Known Killer+63% Synergy
$0.66
Crumbling Ashes+62% Synergy
$31.94
Top Cards
The staple cards most Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks run as their core.
Black Sun's Zenith+62% Synergy
$0.35
Contagion Clasp+59% Synergy
$0.33
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+59% Synergy
$32.14
Spitting Dilophosaurus+55% Synergy
$30.87
Everlasting Torment+54% Synergy
$0.24
Contagion Engine+53% Synergy
$13.57
Grim Affliction+48% Synergy
$0.36
Skullclamp+41% Synergy
$4.93
Farseek+7% Synergy
$0.53
Ignoble Hierarch-6% Synergy
$1.28
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters game on their own.
Demonic Tutor+1% Synergy
$76.77
Worldly Tutor-1% Synergy
$26.56
Field of the Dead-2% Synergy
$30.02
Vampiric Tutor-3% Synergy
$60.01
Creatures
Creatures that carry the -1/-1 Counters plan in Xira, the Golden Sting decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Carnifex Demon+41% Synergy
$0.26
Persistent Constrictor+40% Synergy
$13.54
Corrosive Mentor+39% Synergy
$8.33
Wickerbough Elder+38% Synergy
$0.27
Midnight Banshee+38% Synergy
$0.27
Chevill, Bane of Monsters+36% Synergy
$1.13
Banewhip Punisher+36% Synergy
$0.35
Evolution Sage+35% Synergy
$2.34
Channeler Initiate+33% Synergy
$0.22
Radiant Performer+31% Synergy
$0.70
Maha, Its Feathers Night+30% Synergy
$22.19
Vhati il-Dal+30% Synergy
$1.08
Stigma Lasher+26% Synergy
$3.57
Dusk Urchins+25% Synergy
$0.22
Soul Snuffers+24% Synergy
$0.23
Devoted Druid+23% Synergy
$0.41
The Swarmweaver+22% Synergy
$0.34
Cankerbloom+21% Synergy
$0.77
Decimator Beetle+21% Synergy
$0.14
Skinrender+20% Synergy
$0.25
Fumulus, the Infestation+20% Synergy
$7.13
Mahadi, Emporium Master+19% Synergy
$1.70
Dragonlair Spider+18% Synergy
$4.85
Melira, Sylvok Outcast+17% Synergy
$5.36
Poison-Tip Archer+16% Synergy
$0.98
Quillspike+16% Synergy
$10.90
Blood Artist+15% Synergy
$2.55
Zulaport Cutthroat+15% Synergy
$1.00
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch+15% Synergy
$0.37
Harbinger of Night+15% Synergy
$33.01
Aatchik, Emerald Radian+15% Synergy
$0.34
Plaguemaw Beast+15% Synergy
$0.23
Fume Spitter+15% Synergy
$0.34
Festering Mummy+15% Synergy
$0.23
Twitching Doll+14% Synergy
$2.23
Hateflayer+14% Synergy
$2.58
Morbid Opportunist+12% Synergy
$0.29
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus+12% Synergy
$6.88
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale+12% Synergy
$6.73
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger+12% Synergy
$19.12
Freestrider Lookout+12% Synergy
$0.40
Chatterfang, Squirrel General+8% Synergy
$10.50
Pitiless Plunderer+5% Synergy
$4.23
Mirkwood Bats+3% Synergy
$1.57
Village Pillagers+2% Synergy
$0.32
Scute Swarm+2% Synergy
$8.89
Sakura-Tribe Elder+1% Synergy
$0.34
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest0% Synergy
$0.66
Braids, Arisen Nightmare-3% Synergy
$3.37
Birds of Paradise-11% Synergy
$7.76
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters deck ahead.
Atomize+39% Synergy
$11.73
Sudden Spoiling+28% Synergy
$8.52
Puncture Blast+19% Synergy
$0.21
Village Rites+17% Synergy
$0.69
Torment of Venom+15% Synergy
$0.28
Whisper of the Dross+14% Synergy
$0.34
Splendid Agony+12% Synergy
$0.18
Scar+10% Synergy
$0.22
Bedevil+9% Synergy
$0.29
Golgari Charm+9% Synergy
$1.63
Manhole Missile+9% Synergy
$0.19
Blight Rot+8% Synergy
$0.17
Corrupted Conviction+8% Synergy
$0.25
Artifact Mutation+7% Synergy
$2.37
Malakir Rebirth+6% Synergy
$13.15
Assassin's Trophy+5% Synergy
$0.70
Nature's Claim+5% Synergy
$1.03
Hapatra's Mark+5% Synergy
$0.20
Deadly Dispute+4% Synergy
$0.32
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$2.42
Tragic Slip+4% Synergy
$0.26
Return the Favor+4% Synergy
$0.45
Revitalizing Repast+3% Synergy
$0.70
Second Harvest+3% Synergy
$2.91
Plumb the Forbidden+3% Synergy
$0.36
Lightning Bolt+2% Synergy
$0.83
Valakut Awakening+2% Synergy
$17.51
Arachnogenesis+2% Synergy
$6.79
Heroic Intervention+1% Synergy
$14.29
Tear Asunder-2% Synergy
$0.32
Terminate-3% Synergy
$0.29
Putrefy-4% Synergy
$0.25
Deadly Rollick-4% Synergy
$27.53
Abrupt Decay-4% Synergy
$2.59
Beast Within-9% Synergy
$0.46
Rakdos Charm-9% Synergy
$0.37
Deflecting Swat-9% Synergy
$65.21
Chaos Warp-10% Synergy
$0.37
Harrow-14% Synergy
$0.30
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the -1/-1 Counters game plan forward for Xira, the Golden Sting.
Incremental Blight+32% Synergy
$0.25
Unnatural Restoration+28% Synergy
$1.51
Drown in Ichor+23% Synergy
$0.55
Swarmyard Massacre+13% Synergy
$3.91
Liliana's Influence+12% Synergy
$0.34
Smell Fear+11% Synergy
$0.28
Misfortune+11% Synergy
$1.26
Feed the Swarm+10% Synergy
$0.20
Triumph of the Hordes+9% Synergy
$12.36
Thirsting Roots+9% Synergy
$0.69
Vat Emergence+9% Synergy
$0.28
Nature's Lore+8% Synergy
$1.96
Three Visits+8% Synergy
$4.60
Cultivate+6% Synergy
$0.34
Soul Immolation+6% Synergy
$2.26
Expand the Sphere+6% Synergy
$0.28
Bala Ged Recovery+5% Synergy
$5.68
Blasphemous Edict+5% Synergy
$4.47
Risky Shortcut+5% Synergy
$0.24
Toxic Deluge+4% Synergy
$3.31
Decimate+4% Synergy
$0.31
Unearth+4% Synergy
$0.60
Rampant Growth+3% Synergy
$0.47
Green Sun's Zenith+3% Synergy
$29.42
Read the Bones+3% Synergy
$0.29
Victimize+2% Synergy
$2.27
Vandalblast+2% Synergy
$1.07
Pest Infestation+2% Synergy
$0.46
Stump Stomp+2% Synergy
$0.36
Sign in Blood+2% Synergy
$4.10
Persist+1% Synergy
$1.27
Damnation+1% Synergy
$20.72
Darkness Descends0% Synergy
$0.27
Dread Return0% Synergy
$0.42
Rise of the Witch-king0% Synergy
$0.94
Kodama's Reach-2% Synergy
$1.54
Culling Ritual-2% Synergy
$0.41
Skyshroud Claim-3% Synergy
$0.92
Night's Whisper-4% Synergy
$0.26
Diabolic Intent-4% Synergy
$17.57
Eventide's Shadow-5% Synergy
$0.22
Faithless Looting-12% Synergy
$0.68
Reanimate-14% Synergy
$8.61
Blasphemous Act-15% Synergy
$3.83
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks.
Strionic Resonator+28% Synergy
$9.18
Sword of Truth and Justice+16% Synergy
$35.22
The Ozolith+14% Synergy
$65.54
Cauldron of Souls+12% Synergy
$9.44
Whispersilk Cloak+10% Synergy
$1.37
Lithoform Engine+10% Synergy
$7.40
Ashnod's Altar+6% Synergy
$14.95
Blight Sickle+5% Synergy
$0.20
Serrated Arrows+5% Synergy
$0.61
Viridian Longbow+5% Synergy
$2.18
Phoenix Fleet Airship+5% Synergy
$1.47
Bow of Nylea+4% Synergy
$3.83
Mithril Coat+2% Synergy
$30.07
Swiftfoot Boots+1% Synergy
$2.46
Phyrexian Altar-2% Synergy
$55.96
Lightning Greaves-6% Synergy
$3.66
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the -1/-1 Counters strategy in Xira, the Golden Sting decks.
Flourishing Defenses+43% Synergy
$1.45
All Will Be One+37% Synergy
$14.27
Deathreap Ritual+25% Synergy
$0.35
Fists of the Demigod+25% Synergy
$0.32
Impact Tremors+19% Synergy
$2.00
Black Market+14% Synergy
$5.59
Vraska Joins Up+12% Synergy
$0.64
Goblin Bombardment+11% Synergy
$2.38
Moldervine Reclamation+11% Synergy
$0.30
Glistening Oil+11% Synergy
$13.32
Bastion of Remembrance+10% Synergy
$0.29
Doubling Season+8% Synergy
$32.23
The Meathook Massacre+8% Synergy
$28.37
Insidious Roots+6% Synergy
$1.22
Nowhere to Run+6% Synergy
$0.51
The Hunger Tide Rises+6% Synergy
$0.28
Fevered Convulsions+6% Synergy
$0.61
Breath of Fury+6% Synergy
$25.46
Beastmaster Ascension+5% Synergy
$5.61
Growing Rites of Itlimoc+5% Synergy
$8.73
Sadistic Obsession+5% Synergy
$0.21
Cartouche of Ambition+5% Synergy
$0.12
Firebender Ascension+5% Synergy
$0.81
Hollowmurk Siege+4% Synergy
$0.96
Crawling Infestation+4% Synergy
$0.28
Utopia Sprawl+3% Synergy
$1.81
Grave Pact+3% Synergy
$31.23
Journey to Eternity+3% Synergy
$6.46
Lasting Tarfire+2% Synergy
$0.22
Phyrexian Arena+1% Synergy
$4.33
Awakening Zone+1% Synergy
$0.31
Wild Growth0% Synergy
$0.47
Sylvan Library-1% Synergy
$28.04
Black Market Connections-1% Synergy
$13.42
Binding the Old Gods-2% Synergy
$0.27
Grave Venerations-6% Synergy
$0.56
Rhythm of the Wild-9% Synergy
$5.13
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters game plan.
Liliana, Death Wielder+21% Synergy
$0.39
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting+16% Synergy
$0.73
Grist, the Hunger Tide+2% Synergy
$0.39
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks.
Karn's Bastion+46% Synergy
$2.27
Swarmyard+46% Synergy
$4.93
Nesting Grounds+34% Synergy
$0.31
Ifnir Deadlands+17% Synergy
$0.25
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+15% Synergy
$63.85
Grasping Dunes+14% Synergy
$0.33
Reliquary Tower+12% Synergy
$3.36
Bojuka Bog+10% Synergy
$0.95
Phyrexian Tower+9% Synergy
$25.29
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth+7% Synergy
$14.92
Grim Backwoods+7% Synergy
$0.23
Rogue's Passage+6% Synergy
$0.40
Boseiju, Who Endures+5% Synergy
$49.11
Three Tree City+5% Synergy
$27.19
Access Tunnel+5% Synergy
$0.38
Fire Nation Palace+5% Synergy
$1.77
Restless Vents+4% Synergy
$0.30
Restless Cottage+4% Synergy
$1.89
High Market+3% Synergy
$0.78
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+2% Synergy
$11.29
Cabal Coffers+2% Synergy
$34.50
Tranquil Thicket+1% Synergy
$0.19
Eumidian Hatchery-3% Synergy
$0.31
Kessig Wolf Run-9% Synergy
$0.38
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters strategy.
Bandit's Haul+13% Synergy
$0.23
Arcane Signet+9% Synergy
$0.69
Golgari Signet+9% Synergy
$0.30
Omni-Cheese Pizza+9% Synergy
$0.18
Rakdos Signet+7% Synergy
$2.81
Glistening Sphere+7% Synergy
$12.90
Bounty Board+7% Synergy
$2.02
Staff of Compleation+6% Synergy
$3.44
Everflowing Chalice+5% Synergy
$0.28
Talisman of Indulgence+4% Synergy
$0.61
Talisman of Impulse+4% Synergy
$0.34
Gruul Signet+3% Synergy
$0.44
Thought Vessel+3% Synergy
$1.92
Chromatic Lantern+2% Synergy
$0.82
Talisman of Resilience+1% Synergy
$0.33
Fellwar Stone-2% Synergy
$0.70
Commander's Sphere-3% Synergy
$0.26
Sol Ring-14% Synergy
$1.84
Lands
The mana base behind Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters decks.
Ziatora's Proving Ground+22% Synergy
$10.07
Rockfall Vale+20% Synergy
$2.51
Undergrowth Stadium+18% Synergy
$5.69
Luxury Suite+18% Synergy
$11.27
Haunted Ridge+18% Synergy
$8.32
Deathcap Glade+14% Synergy
$2.21
Forbidden Orchard+13% Synergy
$9.24
Savage Lands+12% Synergy
$0.28
Haunted Mire+12% Synergy
$0.30
Overgrown Tomb+10% Synergy
$10.00
Spire Garden+9% Synergy
$2.20
Underground Mortuary+9% Synergy
$12.91
Darkbore Pathway+8% Synergy
$6.14
Darigaaz's Caldera+8% Synergy
$0.21
Stomping Ground+7% Synergy
$6.68
Blood Crypt+7% Synergy
$8.83
Reflecting Pool+7% Synergy
$15.20
Raucous Theater+6% Synergy
$10.05
Malakir Rebirth+6% Synergy
$13.15
Commercial District+5% Synergy
$6.69
Bala Ged Recovery+5% Synergy
$5.68
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$2.42
Swamp+3% Synergy
$0.14
Command Tower+3% Synergy
$0.34
Woodland Cemetery+3% Synergy
$0.46
Revitalizing Repast+3% Synergy
$0.70
Forest0% Synergy
$0.17
Dragonskull Summit0% Synergy
$0.39
Llanowar Wastes0% Synergy
$0.54
Twisted Landscape0% Synergy
$0.22
Rootbound Crag-1% Synergy
$0.31
Sulfurous Springs-1% Synergy
$1.12
Rakdos Carnarium-1% Synergy
$0.35
Temple of Abandon-1% Synergy
$0.23
Myriad Landscape-3% Synergy
$0.31
Golgari Rot Farm-3% Synergy
$0.31
Mountain-4% Synergy
$0.16
Bloodstained Mire-4% Synergy
$17.35
Karplusan Forest-4% Synergy
$0.43
Cinder Glade-5% Synergy
$0.49
Canyon Slough-5% Synergy
$0.37
Riveteers Overlook-8% Synergy
$0.27
Wooded Foothills-9% Synergy
$17.02
Verdant Catacombs-9% Synergy
$28.51
Path of Ancestry-9% Synergy
$0.31
Fabled Passage-10% Synergy
$1.05
Exotic Orchard-11% Synergy
$0.24
Smoldering Marsh-13% Synergy
$0.57
Evolving Wilds-15% Synergy
$0.33
Terramorphic Expanse-17% Synergy
$0.29
Similar Commanders
The following Commanders share a similar playing style, strategy, or theme like Xira, the Golden Sting: -1/-1 Counters.
Tana, the Bloodsower // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
Grist, the Hunger Tide
Kresh the Bloodbraided
Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper
Bhaal, Lord of Murder
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Cloakwood Hermit
Aatchik, Emerald Radian
Nemata, Primeval Warden
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Tana, the Bloodsower
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Sengir, the Dark Baron
God-Eternal Bontu
Hazel of the Rootbloom
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Tormod, the Desecrator
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Mahadi, Emporium Master
Rakdos, the Muscle
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
The Swarmweaver
Gaius van Baelsar
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Wilson, Refined Grizzly // Cultist of the Absolute
Akul the Unrepentant
Bartel Runeaxe
Crovax the Cursed
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Kamahl, Heart of Krosa // Sengir, the Dark Baron
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Agent of the Iron Throne
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Agent of the Shadow Thieves
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Criminal Past
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Cultist of the Absolute
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Haunted One
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Street Urchin
Fumulus, the Infestation
Judith, the Scourge Diva
Orca, Siege Demon