Xira, the Golden Sting: -1/-1 Counters
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Legendary Creature — Insect Assassin

New Cards
Recent-set cards that Xira, the Golden Sting players are trying out in -1/-1 Counters decks.
Immoral BargainHigh 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
Blowfly Infestation
Kulrath Knight
Obelisk Spider
Generous Patron
Necroskitter
Crumbling AshesTop Cards
The staple cards most Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks run as their core.
Black Sun's Zenith
Contagion Clasp
Spitting Dilophosaurus
Everlasting Torment
Contagion Engine
Grim Affliction
Flourishing Defenses
Skullclamp
FarseekGame Changers
High-impact bombs that can take over a Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters game on their own.
Demonic Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Field of the Dead
Vampiric TutorCreatures
Creatures that carry the -1/-1 Counters plan in Xira, the Golden Sting decks, from early pressure to payoff.
Carnifex Demon
Persistent Constrictor
Corrosive Mentor
Wickerbough Elder
Midnight Banshee
Banewhip Punisher
Evolution Sage
Channeler Initiate
Radiant Performer
Stigma Lasher
Soul Snuffers
Dusk Urchins
Devoted Druid
Cankerbloom
Decimator Beetle
Skinrender
Quillspike
Dragonlair Spider
Poison-Tip Archer
Harbinger of Night
Plaguemaw Beast
Fume Spitter
Blood Artist
Zulaport Cutthroat
Festering Mummy
Twitching Doll
Hateflayer
Morbid Opportunist
Pitiless Plunderer
Village Pillagers
Mirkwood Bats
Scute Swarm
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Ignoble Hierarch
Birds of ParadiseInstants
Instant-speed interaction and tricks that keep Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters deck ahead.
Atomize
Sudden Spoiling
Puncture Blast
Village Rites
Torment of Venom
Whisper of the Dross
Splendid Agony
Scar
Bedevil
Golgari Charm
Manhole Missile
Blight Rot
Artifact Mutation
Corrupted Conviction
Assassin's Trophy
Malakir Rebirth
Tragic Slip
Deadly Dispute
Fell the Profane
Nature's Claim
Revitalizing Repast
Lightning Bolt
Heroic Intervention
Putrefy
Terminate
Tear Asunder
Deadly Rollick
Abrupt Decay
Rakdos Charm
Beast Within
Chaos Warp
Deflecting SwatSorceries
Sorceries that push the -1/-1 Counters game plan forward for Xira, the Golden Sting.
Incremental Blight
Unnatural Restoration
Drown in Ichor
Liliana's Influence
Swarmyard Massacre
Feed the Swarm
Smell Fear
Misfortune
Triumph of the Hordes
Thirsting Roots
Vat Emergence
Cultivate
Nature's Lore
Three Visits
Soul Immolation
Expand the Sphere
Bala Ged Recovery
Blasphemous Edict
Risky Shortcut
Toxic Deluge
Decimate
Unearth
Rampant Growth
Vandalblast
Read the Bones
Victimize
Persist
Pest Infestation
Darkness Descends
Stump Stomp
Damnation
Kodama's Reach
Culling Ritual
Night's Whisper
Skyshroud Claim
Eventide's Shadow
Blasphemous Act
ReanimateUtility Artifacts
Artifacts that add consistency and utility to Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks.
Strionic Resonator
Sword of Truth and Justice
The Ozolith
Cauldron of Souls
Lithoform Engine
Whispersilk Cloak
Ashnod's Altar
Blight Sickle
Phoenix Fleet Airship
Swiftfoot Boots
Lightning GreavesEnchantments
Enchantments that reinforce the -1/-1 Counters strategy in Xira, the Golden Sting decks.
All Will Be One
Fists of the Demigod
Deathreap Ritual
Impact Tremors
Black Market
Moldervine Reclamation
Vraska Joins Up
Glistening Oil
Goblin Bombardment
Bastion of Remembrance
Doubling Season
The Meathook Massacre
Sadistic Obsession
Nowhere to Run
The Hunger Tide Rises
Cartouche of Ambition
Fevered Convulsions
Breath of Fury
Insidious Roots
Beastmaster Ascension
Hollowmurk Siege
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
Firebender Ascension
Journey to Eternity
Utopia Sprawl
Grave Pact
Lasting Tarfire
Phyrexian Arena
Sylvan Library
Black Market Connections
Grave Venerations
Rhythm of the WildPlaneswalkers
Planeswalkers that back up Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters game plan.
Utility Lands
Non-basic lands that pull extra weight in Xira, the Golden Sting -1/-1 Counters decks.
Karn's Bastion
Swarmyard
Nesting Grounds
Ifnir Deadlands
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Reliquary Tower
Grasping Dunes
Bojuka Bog
Phyrexian Tower
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Rogue's Passage
Grim Backwoods
Three Tree City
Fire Nation Palace
Boseiju, Who Endures
High Market
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Cabal Coffers
Eumidian Hatchery
Kessig Wolf RunMana Artifacts
Mana rocks and fixing to power out Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters strategy.
Bandit's Haul
Golgari Signet
Omni-Cheese Pizza
Glistening Sphere
Arcane Signet
Rakdos Signet
Bounty Board
Thought Vessel
Staff of Compleation
Gruul Signet
Talisman of Indulgence
Talisman of Impulse
Chromatic Lantern
Talisman of Resilience
Fellwar Stone
Commander's Sphere
Sol RingLands
The mana base behind Xira, the Golden Sting's -1/-1 Counters decks.
Rockfall Vale
Ziatora's Proving Ground
Undergrowth Stadium
Luxury Suite
Haunted Ridge
Deathcap Glade
Savage Lands
Forbidden Orchard
Overgrown Tomb
Haunted Mire
Spire Garden
Stomping Ground
Blood Crypt
Underground Mortuary
Reflecting Pool
Darkbore Pathway
Darigaaz's Caldera
Raucous Theater
Malakir Rebirth
Commercial District
Bala Ged Recovery
Fell the Profane
Swamp
Command Tower
Woodland Cemetery
Revitalizing Repast
Dragonskull Summit
Llanowar Wastes
Forest
Rootbound Crag
Rakdos Carnarium
Twisted Landscape
Sulfurous Springs
Golgari Rot Farm
Mountain
Myriad Landscape
Badlands
Cinder Glade
Bloodstained Mire
Karplusan Forest
Canyon Slough
Path of Ancestry
Riveteers Overlook
Verdant Catacombs
Wooded Foothills
Fabled Passage
Exotic Orchard
Smoldering Marsh
Evolving Wilds
Terramorphic ExpanseSimilar 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