Xira, the Golden Sting: -1/-1 Counters
$0.35
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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+12% Synergy
$1.16
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
$7.30
The Scorpion God+84% Synergy
$0.31
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons+82% Synergy
$0.31
Blowfly Infestation+77% Synergy
$0.38
Kulrath Knight+74% Synergy
$0.25
Obelisk Spider+73% Synergy
$5.20
Generous Patron+68% Synergy
$8.16
Massacre Girl, Known Killer+66% Synergy
$0.86
Necroskitter+64% Synergy
$1.02
Crumbling Ashes+63% Synergy
$38.09
Top Cards
The staple cards most Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks run as their core.
Black Sun's Zenith+62% Synergy
$0.31
Contagion Clasp+57% Synergy
$0.37
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician+56% Synergy
$37.59
Spitting Dilophosaurus+56% Synergy
$34.71
Everlasting Torment+54% Synergy
$0.25
Contagion Engine+53% Synergy
$16.73
Grim Affliction+49% Synergy
$0.40
Flourishing Defenses+44% Synergy
$2.73
Skullclamp+40% Synergy
$6.62
Farseek+8% Synergy
$0.71
Game Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters game on their own.
Demonic Tutor+2% Synergy
$70.03
Worldly Tutor-1% Synergy
$26.55
Field of the Dead-2% Synergy
$33.49
Vampiric Tutor-3% Synergy
$62.01
Creatures
Creatures that carry the -1/-1 Counters plan in Xira, the Golden Sting decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Carnifex Demon+41% Synergy
$0.27
Persistent Constrictor+41% Synergy
$13.99
Corrosive Mentor+41% Synergy
$11.40
Wickerbough Elder+40% Synergy
$0.26
Midnight Banshee+38% Synergy
$0.24
Banewhip Punisher+37% Synergy
$0.33
Evolution Sage+36% Synergy
$2.60
Chevill, Bane of Monsters+36% Synergy
$1.17
Channeler Initiate+34% Synergy
$0.19
Radiant Performer+32% Synergy
$0.63
Maha, Its Feathers Night+30% Synergy
$22.96
Vhati il-Dal+28% Synergy
$1.07
Stigma Lasher+27% Synergy
$3.42
Soul Snuffers+26% Synergy
$0.26
Dusk Urchins+25% Synergy
$0.16
Devoted Druid+24% Synergy
$0.42
Cankerbloom+23% Synergy
$0.66
The Swarmweaver+23% Synergy
$0.24
Fumulus, the Infestation+21% Synergy
$10.01
Decimator Beetle+21% Synergy
$0.19
Skinrender+20% Synergy
$0.19
Mahadi, Emporium Master+19% Synergy
$2.37
Quillspike+18% Synergy
$10.56
Dragonlair Spider+17% Synergy
$5.01
Melira, Sylvok Outcast+17% Synergy
$5.94
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch+16% Synergy
$0.35
Poison-Tip Archer+16% Synergy
$1.15
Harbinger of Night+16% Synergy
$37.17
Plaguemaw Beast+16% Synergy
$0.29
Fume Spitter+16% Synergy
$0.29
Blood Artist+15% Synergy
$1.47
Zulaport Cutthroat+15% Synergy
$0.79
Aatchik, Emerald Radian+15% Synergy
$0.35
Festering Mummy+15% Synergy
$0.33
Twitching Doll+14% Synergy
$1.75
Hateflayer+13% Synergy
$2.53
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh+13% Synergy
$0.87
Morbid Opportunist+12% Synergy
$0.32
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus+12% Synergy
$6.44
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale+11% Synergy
$8.04
Chatterfang, Squirrel General+7% Synergy
$8.09
Pitiless Plunderer+4% Synergy
$5.19
Village Pillagers+3% Synergy
$0.40
Mirkwood Bats+3% Synergy
$1.72
Scute Swarm+1% Synergy
$7.27
Sakura-Tribe Elder0% Synergy
$0.30
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest0% Synergy
$0.28
Braids, Arisen Nightmare-4% Synergy
$3.13
Ignoble Hierarch-6% Synergy
$0.88
Birds of Paradise-13% Synergy
$13.48
Instants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters deck ahead.
Atomize+38% Synergy
$11.84
Sudden Spoiling+31% Synergy
$7.76
Puncture Blast+19% Synergy
$0.22
Village Rites+18% Synergy
$0.74
Torment of Venom+15% Synergy
$0.22
Whisper of the Dross+14% Synergy
$0.32
Splendid Agony+14% Synergy
$0.20
Scar+11% Synergy
$0.18
Bedevil+10% Synergy
$0.30
Golgari Charm+10% Synergy
$1.27
Manhole Missile+10% Synergy
$0.14
Blight Rot+9% Synergy
$0.19
Artifact Mutation+8% Synergy
$2.64
Corrupted Conviction+7% Synergy
$0.30
Assassin's Trophy+6% Synergy
$0.75
Malakir Rebirth+6% Synergy
$12.67
Tragic Slip+5% Synergy
$0.28
Deadly Dispute+4% Synergy
$0.38
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$3.00
Nature's Claim+4% Synergy
$1.03
Revitalizing Repast+3% Synergy
$0.95
Lightning Bolt+2% Synergy
$3.35
Heroic Intervention+1% Synergy
$13.39
Putrefy-1% Synergy
$0.27
Terminate-3% Synergy
$0.38
Tear Asunder-3% Synergy
$0.33
Deadly Rollick-4% Synergy
$26.21
Abrupt Decay-4% Synergy
$2.14
Rakdos Charm-8% Synergy
$0.38
Beast Within-9% Synergy
$0.46
Chaos Warp-9% Synergy
$0.38
Deflecting Swat-10% Synergy
$68.53
Sorceries
Sorceries that push the -1/-1 Counters game plan forward for Xira, the Golden Sting.
Incremental Blight+32% Synergy
$0.26
Unnatural Restoration+31% Synergy
$1.49
Drown in Ichor+22% Synergy
$0.99
Liliana's Influence+13% Synergy
$0.34
Swarmyard Massacre+13% Synergy
$2.79
Feed the Swarm+11% Synergy
$0.33
Smell Fear+11% Synergy
$0.29
Misfortune+11% Synergy
$1.35
Triumph of the Hordes+9% Synergy
$13.71
Thirsting Roots+9% Synergy
$0.60
Vat Emergence+8% Synergy
$0.29
Cultivate+7% Synergy
$0.30
Nature's Lore+7% Synergy
$2.31
Three Visits+7% Synergy
$5.51
Soul Immolation+7% Synergy
$2.23
Expand the Sphere+6% Synergy
$0.16
Bala Ged Recovery+5% Synergy
$6.57
Blasphemous Edict+5% Synergy
$4.22
Risky Shortcut+5% Synergy
$0.31
Toxic Deluge+4% Synergy
$4.98
Decimate+4% Synergy
$0.29
Unearth+4% Synergy
$0.48
Rampant Growth+3% Synergy
$0.42
Vandalblast+3% Synergy
$2.21
Read the Bones+3% Synergy
$0.31
Victimize+2% Synergy
$2.02
Persist+1% Synergy
$1.04
Pest Infestation+1% Synergy
$0.55
Darkness Descends+1% Synergy
$0.31
Stump Stomp+1% Synergy
$0.36
Damnation+1% Synergy
$21.38
Kodama's Reach-1% Synergy
$1.14
Culling Ritual-4% Synergy
$0.43
Night's Whisper-4% Synergy
$0.31
Skyshroud Claim-4% Synergy
$0.87
Eventide's Shadow-5% Synergy
$0.23
Blasphemous Act-14% Synergy
$0.82
Reanimate-14% Synergy
$8.59
Utility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks.
Strionic Resonator+30% Synergy
$9.59
Sword of Truth and Justice+16% Synergy
$32.99
The Ozolith+15% Synergy
$68.87
Cauldron of Souls+11% Synergy
$8.27
Lithoform Engine+10% Synergy
$7.51
Whispersilk Cloak+9% Synergy
$3.27
Ashnod's Altar+8% Synergy
$15.31
Blight Sickle+6% Synergy
$0.21
Phoenix Fleet Airship+5% Synergy
$1.29
Swiftfoot Boots0% Synergy
$2.99
Lightning Greaves-7% Synergy
$3.93
Enchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the -1/-1 Counters strategy in Xira, the Golden Sting decks.
All Will Be One+38% Synergy
$18.05
Fists of the Demigod+28% Synergy
$0.36
Deathreap Ritual+25% Synergy
$0.34
Impact Tremors+18% Synergy
$2.19
Black Market+13% Synergy
$5.25
Moldervine Reclamation+12% Synergy
$0.26
Vraska Joins Up+11% Synergy
$0.53
Glistening Oil+11% Synergy
$12.88
Goblin Bombardment+10% Synergy
$3.70
Bastion of Remembrance+10% Synergy
$0.35
Doubling Season+9% Synergy
$32.33
The Meathook Massacre+8% Synergy
$24.87
Sadistic Obsession+7% Synergy
$0.17
Nowhere to Run+6% Synergy
$0.63
The Hunger Tide Rises+6% Synergy
$0.30
Cartouche of Ambition+6% Synergy
$0.11
Fevered Convulsions+6% Synergy
$0.63
Breath of Fury+6% Synergy
$22.94
Insidious Roots+5% Synergy
$2.16
Beastmaster Ascension+5% Synergy
$3.76
Hollowmurk Siege+5% Synergy
$1.18
Growing Rites of Itlimoc+5% Synergy
$7.61
Firebender Ascension+5% Synergy
$1.27
Journey to Eternity+4% Synergy
$5.88
Utopia Sprawl+3% Synergy
$1.35
Grave Pact+3% Synergy
$29.50
Lasting Tarfire+2% Synergy
$0.30
Phyrexian Arena0% Synergy
$4.02
Sylvan Library-1% Synergy
$26.85
Black Market Connections-1% Synergy
$18.31
Grave Venerations-6% Synergy
$0.92
Rhythm of the Wild-9% Synergy
$5.31
Planeswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters game plan.
Liliana, Death Wielder+23% Synergy
$0.50
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting+17% Synergy
$0.97
Grist, the Hunger Tide0% Synergy
$0.38
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks.
Karn's Bastion+46% Synergy
$2.16
Swarmyard+43% Synergy
$4.74
Nesting Grounds+33% Synergy
$0.30
Ifnir Deadlands+17% Synergy
$0.29
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+16% Synergy
$57.13
Reliquary Tower+14% Synergy
$2.76
Grasping Dunes+14% Synergy
$0.33
Bojuka Bog+9% Synergy
$0.63
Phyrexian Tower+9% Synergy
$26.16
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth+8% Synergy
$15.55
Rogue's Passage+7% Synergy
$0.36
Grim Backwoods+7% Synergy
$0.27
Three Tree City+5% Synergy
$24.13
Fire Nation Palace+5% Synergy
$1.79
Boseiju, Who Endures+4% Synergy
$53.40
High Market+4% Synergy
$0.48
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire+2% Synergy
$11.57
Cabal Coffers+2% Synergy
$29.69
Eumidian Hatchery-3% Synergy
$0.37
Kessig Wolf Run-10% Synergy
$0.34
Mana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters strategy.
Bandit's Haul+12% Synergy
$0.25
Golgari Signet+10% Synergy
$0.31
Omni-Cheese Pizza+10% Synergy
$0.16
Glistening Sphere+10% Synergy
$14.80
Arcane Signet+8% Synergy
$0.46
Rakdos Signet+7% Synergy
$2.19
Bounty Board+7% Synergy
$2.27
Thought Vessel+6% Synergy
$2.60
Staff of Compleation+5% Synergy
$4.17
Gruul Signet+4% Synergy
$0.44
Talisman of Indulgence+3% Synergy
$2.99
Talisman of Impulse+3% Synergy
$0.32
Chromatic Lantern+3% Synergy
$1.31
Talisman of Resilience+1% Synergy
$0.33
Fellwar Stone-1% Synergy
$0.60
Commander's Sphere-2% Synergy
$0.25
Sol Ring-13% Synergy
$1.40
Lands
The mana base behind Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters decks.
Rockfall Vale+21% Synergy
$2.05
Ziatora's Proving Ground+20% Synergy
$12.38
Undergrowth Stadium+18% Synergy
$5.71
Luxury Suite+18% Synergy
$26.54
Haunted Ridge+17% Synergy
$8.45
Deathcap Glade+14% Synergy
$1.60
Savage Lands+12% Synergy
$0.35
Forbidden Orchard+12% Synergy
$8.80
Overgrown Tomb+11% Synergy
$10.05
Haunted Mire+10% Synergy
$0.31
Spire Garden+9% Synergy
$2.20
Stomping Ground+8% Synergy
$7.19
Blood Crypt+8% Synergy
$10.10
Underground Mortuary+8% Synergy
$16.55
Reflecting Pool+8% Synergy
$17.20
Darkbore Pathway+8% Synergy
$5.75
Darigaaz's Caldera+7% Synergy
$0.25
Raucous Theater+6% Synergy
$11.68
Malakir Rebirth+6% Synergy
$12.67
Commercial District+5% Synergy
$8.42
Bala Ged Recovery+5% Synergy
$6.57
Fell the Profane+4% Synergy
$3.00
Swamp+3% Synergy
$0.07
Command Tower+3% Synergy
$0.25
Woodland Cemetery+3% Synergy
$0.39
Revitalizing Repast+3% Synergy
$0.95
Dragonskull Summit+2% Synergy
$0.52
Llanowar Wastes+1% Synergy
$0.43
Forest0% Synergy
$0.08
Rootbound Crag-1% Synergy
$0.35
Rakdos Carnarium-1% Synergy
$0.34
Twisted Landscape-2% Synergy
$0.28
Sulfurous Springs-3% Synergy
$1.09
Golgari Rot Farm-3% Synergy
$0.30
Mountain-4% Synergy
$0.08
Myriad Landscape-4% Synergy
$0.24
Badlands-4% Synergy
Cinder Glade-5% Synergy
$0.35
Bloodstained Mire-5% Synergy
$17.82
Karplusan Forest-6% Synergy
$0.43
Canyon Slough-6% Synergy
$0.23
Path of Ancestry-7% Synergy
$0.32
Riveteers Overlook-8% Synergy
$0.30
Verdant Catacombs-9% Synergy
$32.22
Wooded Foothills-10% Synergy
$17.02
Fabled Passage-10% Synergy
$1.02
Exotic Orchard-11% Synergy
$0.36
Smoldering Marsh-13% Synergy
$0.35
Evolving Wilds-16% Synergy
$0.39
Terramorphic Expanse-16% Synergy
$0.26
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
Bhaal, Lord of Murder
Sarevok, Deathbringer // Cloakwood Hermit
Aatchik, Emerald Radian
Nemata, Primeval Warden
The Swarmweaver
Sengir, the Dark Baron // Tana, the Bloodsower
Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper
Dargo, the Shipwrecker // Sengir, the Dark Baron
God-Eternal Bontu
Hazel of the Rootbloom
Gaius van Baelsar
Reno and Rude
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
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Wilson, Refined Grizzly // Cultist of the Absolute
Akul the Unrepentant
Bartel Runeaxe
Crovax the Cursed
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
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