Average Deck for Zaxara, the Exemplary - Budget Optimized Combo

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Average Decklist

Altered Ego
Altered Ego
Cloud of Faeries
Cloud of Faeries
Drift of Phantasms
Drift of Phantasms
Eternal Witness
Eternal Witness
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Gargos, Vicious Watcher
Genesis Hydra
Genesis Hydra
Grim Servant
Grim Servant
Hungering Hydra
Hungering Hydra
Hydroid Krasis
Hydroid Krasis
Ilysian Caryatid
Ilysian Caryatid
Ingenious Prodigy
Ingenious Prodigy
Laboratory Maniac
Laboratory Maniac
Lifeblood Hydra
Lifeblood Hydra
Mistcutter Hydra
Mistcutter Hydra
Primordial Hydra
Primordial Hydra
Protean Hydra
Protean Hydra
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Steelbane Hydra
Steelbane Hydra
Stonecoil Serpent
Stonecoil Serpent
The Goose Mother
The Goose Mother
Vastwood Hydra
Vastwood Hydra
Voracious Hydra
Voracious Hydra
Witherbloom Apprentice
Witherbloom Apprentice
Instants (14)
Autumn's Veil
Autumn's Veil
Beast Within
Beast Within
Blue Sun's Zenith
Blue Sun's Zenith
Clash of Wills
Clash of Wills
Counterspell
Counterspell
Death Denied
Death Denied
Drown in Dreams
Drown in Dreams
Growth Spiral
Growth Spiral
Krosan Grip
Krosan Grip
Nexus of Fate
Nexus of Fate
Repulsive Mutation
Repulsive Mutation
Shred Memory
Shred Memory
Stroke of Genius
Stroke of Genius
Syncopate
Syncopate
Sorceries (15)
Animist's Awakening
Animist's Awakening
Cultivate
Cultivate
Diabolic Revelation
Diabolic Revelation
Dig Up
Dig Up
Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate
Finale of Revelation
Finale of Revelation
Final Parting
Final Parting
Green Sun's Twilight
Green Sun's Twilight
Kodama's Reach
Kodama's Reach
Migration Path
Migration Path
Mind Spring
Mind Spring
Profane Command
Profane Command
Rampant Growth
Rampant Growth
Torment of Hailfire
Torment of Hailfire
Villainous Wealth
Villainous Wealth
Artifacts (7)
Arcane Signet
Arcane Signet
Dimir Signet
Dimir Signet
Golgari Signet
Golgari Signet
Simic Signet
Simic Signet
Sol Ring
Sol Ring
Talisman of Dominance
Talisman of Dominance
Talisman of Resilience
Talisman of Resilience
Enchantments (6)
Freed from the Real
Freed from the Real
Lost in the Maze
Lost in the Maze
Pemmin's Aura
Pemmin's Aura
Simic Ascendancy
Simic Ascendancy
Unbound Flourishing
Unbound Flourishing
Virtue of Strength
Virtue of Strength
Lands (13)
Command Tower
Command Tower
Darkwater Catacombs
Darkwater Catacombs
Dismal Backwater
Dismal Backwater
Evolving Wilds
Evolving Wilds
Exotic Orchard
Exotic Orchard
Jungle Hollow
Jungle Hollow
Llanowar Wastes
Llanowar Wastes
Opulent Palace
Opulent Palace
Reliquary Tower
Reliquary Tower
Simic Growth Chamber
Simic Growth Chamber
Sunken Hollow
Sunken Hollow
Terramorphic Expanse
Terramorphic Expanse
Twilight Mire
Twilight Mire
Basics (3)
Forest
10 Forest
Island
6 Island
Swamp
5 Swamp