Zaxara, the Exemplary serves as both a mana accelerant and a token generator, tapping for two colored mana to help fuel large X spells that in turn create increasingly massive Hydra tokens scaled to however much mana was spent. The deck's gameplan revolves around casting X spells repeatedly — typically damage-dealers, draw spells, or permanents with X in their cost — to flood the board with giant threats while also leveraging Zaxara's deathtouch to discourage blocks and attacks. Doubling the value of each X spell by pairing a board presence with a spell effect means the deck wins through both overwhelming creature size and the raw power of high-X effects like Hydra Omnivore or Blue Sun's Zenith closing out games.

Zaxara, the Exemplary decklist

• Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• Arcane Signet
• Sol Ring
• Edge of Autumn
• Farseek
• Nature's Lore
• Rampant Growth
• Shared Roots
• Three Visits
• Emerald Medallion
• Herd Heirloom
• Elementalist's Palette
• Heartless Summoning
• Unbound Flourishing
• Animist's Awakening
• Astral Cornucopia
• Everflowing Chalice
• Helm of Awakening
• Condescend
• Erebos's Intervention
• Logic Knot
• Thassa's Intervention
• Spectral Denial
• Slice from the Shadows
• Repulsive Mutation
• Brass Infiniscope
• Elemental Bond
• Garruk's Uprising
• Primal Empathy
• Thickest in the Thicket
• The Goose Mother
• Thunderous Snapper
• Hydroid Krasis
• Lifeblood Hydra
• Inspiring Call
• Mind into Matter
• Rishkar's Expertise
• Fact or Fiction
• Dig Through Time
• Bojuka Bog
• Scavenger Grounds
• Demolition Field
• Steelbane Hydra
• Tear Asunder
• Windgrace's Judgment
• Fade into Antiquity
• Mistcutter Hydra
• Wave Goodbye
• Killing Wave
• Zero Point Ballad
• Season of Weaving
• Polukranos, Unchained
• Polukranos, World Eater
• Capricopian
• Nyxborn Hydra
• Stumpsquall Hydra
• Vastwood Hydra
• Primordial Hydra
• Goldvein Hydra
• Hungering Hydra
• Protean Hydra
• 15× Forest
• 5× Island
• Swamp
• Fabled Passage
• Foreboding Landscape
• Terramorphic Expanse
• Evolving Wilds
• Myriad Landscape
• Blooming Marsh
• Botanical Sanctum
• Sodden Verdure
• Woodland Cemetery
• Twilight Mire
• Yavimaya Coast
• Tainted Wood
• Flooded Grove
• Viridescent Bog
• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Overflowing Basin