commander · Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Most Wanted (OTC).
A Mardu outlaws-and-treasures aristocrats deck led by Olivia, Opulent Outlaw — generate Treasure tokens from creatures connecting in combat, stack counters on your best threats, and drain opponents through sacrifice synergies.
The Commanders
Most Wanted is a Mardu deck from Outlaws of Thunder Junction themed around the set's Outlaw creature type — Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks. Olivia, Opulent Outlaw creates Treasure tokens when Outlaws deal combat damage to players, then converts those Treasures into +1/+1 counters on your creatures. The aristocrats sacrifice package converts that growing board into life drain through Fain the Broker, Bastion of Remembrance, and Vihaan, Goldwaker.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw turns every combat connection by an Outlaw into Treasure, and lets you spend those Treasures to grow your creatures. She rewards going wide with a diverse Outlaw board, making combat both a Treasure engine and a counter-accumulation engine simultaneously. The more Outlaws that connect, the faster the board scales.
Key Cards
Vihaan, Goldwaker
Turns Treasures into 3/3 attackers. During your turn, Vihaan makes all your Treasures become 3/3 Mercenary creatures with haste in addition to being artifacts. In a deck that generates ten to fifteen Treasures per game, Vihaan creates an immediate army of 3/3 hasty attackers that each trigger Olivia's ability when they deal combat damage as Outlaws. After combat, those Treasures revert to being artifacts and you can sacrifice them for mana. This is the deck's most explosive combat enabler.
Fain, the Broker
A sacrifice outlet that generates Treasure from counters. Fain lets you remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature to create a Treasure token, sacrifice a creature to put a +1/+1 counter on another creature, or sacrifice a Treasure to create a 1/1 token. These three activated abilities form a mini-loop that converts counters to Treasures, Treasures to tokens, and creatures to counters — all in combination with Olivia's counter generation from Treasure expenditure. Fain is the deck's most flexible sacrifice outlet.
Queen Marchesa
Deathtouch, haste, and ongoing Assassin token generation. Queen Marchesa enters and gives you the Monarch status. While you're the Monarch, at each upkeep you draw a card — but if an opponent hits you for any damage and takes the Monarch, you get a 1/1 deathtouch Assassin token at your next upkeep. Those Assassins are Outlaws and trigger Olivia when they deal combat damage. The Monarch mechanic creates a card advantage engine where losing it still benefits you with Assassin tokens.
Rankle, Master of Pranks
A flying, haste creature that forces everyone to choose from three effects on damage: each player discards a card; each player sacrifices a creature; or each player draws a card and loses 1 life. Rankle is a Rogue — an Outlaw for Olivia's triggers — and he generates chaos that benefits you more than opponents. Forced sacrifice depletes creature-heavy boards. Forced discard disrupts hand-heavy control opponents. Draw and drain drains the table. Rankle's flexibility makes him excellent against any pod composition.
Bandit's Haul
A new Outlaws of Thunder Junction card that generates Treasure from Outlaw triggers. Bandit's Haul creates Treasures and provides scaling bonuses as your Outlaw count grows. In a deck that wants to maximize Outlaw combat triggers for Olivia, Bandit's Haul accelerates Treasure generation while also providing the raw Treasure count Vihaan needs for his army-of-3/3s plan. It's one of the new cards that specifically enables the Outlaws theme at a high level.
How to Play
The first three turns deploy mana rocks and cheap Outlaw creatures. Olivia comes out turn four. Turn five, attack with your Outlaws to generate Treasures, then convert some Treasures into counters via Olivia's ability. Vihaan should enter on turn five or six — the moment he hits the battlefield and you have five-plus Treasures, attack with 3/3 hasty creatures that trigger Olivia again and feed the growth engine.
The aristocrats win condition assembles naturally. Fain, the Broker and Bastion of Remembrance handle death triggers while the combat damage creates Treasures and counters. Queen Marchesa's Monarch keeps cards flowing. Win through combat damage with a board of buffed Outlaws and Vihaan's animated Treasures, or close with sacrifice-based drain from accumulated death triggers once the board state becomes too wide to survive.