New Capenna Commander · 2022 Commander precon
Maestros Massacre upgrade guide
Budget upgrades, cuts and the full decklist for Anhelo, the Painter.
Maestros Massacre is a Grixis (blue-black-red) Commander precon from New Capenna Commander (2022), led by Anhelo, the Painter. Out of the box it runs 37 lands, 9 ramp pieces, 8 card-draw effects, 10 removal spells and 2 board wipes, with an average mana value of 3.65.
Measured against a typical Commander build, it's lightest on board wipes, card draw and ramp, and 9 of its lands enter tapped. Its game plan leans on spellslinger, graveyard and sacrifice, so the plan below favors cards that push that. The $50 plan below makes 10 swaps for $19.01.
Deck health
$50 budget plan
Best upgrades for Maestros Massacre
10 swaps for $19.01, built around spellslinger and graveyard and sacrifice. Prices as of November 6, 2026.
Add 10
Protection: deck has 1 of ~2 · #12 on EDHREC$1.89
Board wipes: deck has 2 of ~3 · #22 on EDHREC$0.78
Card draw: deck has 8 of ~10 · #99 on EDHREC$0.38
Card draw: deck has 8 of ~10 · #200 on EDHREC$0.31
Fits your Spellslinger plan · #197 on EDHREC$1.44
Fits your Graveyard plan · #53 on EDHREC$8.69
Fits your Sacrifice plan · #131 on EDHREC$0.32
Untapped land for black & blue · #49 on EDHREC$4.47
Untapped land for red & blue · #75 on EDHREC$0.27
Untapped land for black & red · #82 on EDHREC$0.46
Cut 10
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Rarely played (#17,052 on EDHREC) · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Costs 6 mana · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Rarely played (#11,052 on EDHREC) · Extra removal: deck already has 10 (~8 is plenty)
Rarely played (#14,429 on EDHREC) · Costs 6 mana
Rarely played (#10,560 on EDHREC) · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Doesn't support the deck's plan
Doesn't support the deck's plan
Maestros Massacre decklist
Commander (1)
- 1Anhelo, the Painter$0.42
Creatures (14)
- 1Bloodsoaked Champion$0.38
- 1Cormela, Glamour Thief$0.26
- 1Dogged Detective$0.39
- 1Goblin Electromancer$0.39
- 1Kess, Dissident Mage$3.68
- 1Parnesse, the Subtle Brush$0.36
- 1Puppeteer Clique$0.45
- 1Rekindling Phoenix$0.38
- 1Sinister Concierge$1.06
- 1Skyclave Shade$0.27
- 1Spellbinding Soprano$0.25
- 1Squee, the Immortal$1.44
- 1Syrix, Carrier of the Flame$0.37
- 1Woe Strider$0.32
Instants (10)
- 1A Little Chat$0.22
- 1Audacious Swap$0.25
- 1Bedevil$0.93
- 1Body Count$3.32
- 1Dig Through Time$0.36
- 1Fact or Fiction$0.38
- 1Frantic Search$1.74
- 1Maestros Charm$0.21
- 1Mystic Confluence$0.90
- 1Waste Management$0.27
Sorceries (21)
- 1Army of the Damned$1.86
- 1Call the Skybreaker$0.24
- 1Chain Reaction$0.34
- 1Clone Legion$3.02
- 1Damnable Pact$1.21
- 1Deep Analysis$0.19
- 1Drawn from Dreams$0.32
- 1Dread Summons$0.37
- 1Feed the Swarm$0.45
- 1Flawless Forgery$0.30
- 1Hex$0.63
- 1Maestros Confluence$0.24
- 1Make an Example$10.62
- 1Ponder$2.68
- 1Preordain$0.99
- 1Reign of the Pit$0.21
- 1River's Rebuke$0.74
- 1Sever the Bloodline$0.23
- 1Talrand's Invocation$0.21
- 1Xander's Pact$0.29
- 1Zndrsplt's Judgment$0.34
Artifacts (12)
- 1Arcane Signet$0.78
- 1Commander's Sphere$0.40
- 1Dimir Signet$1.78
- 1Fellwar Stone$1.47
- 1Izzet Signet$1.10
- 1Lightning Greaves$4.70
- 1Mimic Vat$0.72
- 1Rakdos Signet$3.21
- 1Smuggler's Buggy$2.88
- 1Sol Ring$1.86
- 1Twinning Staff$18.69
- 1Wayfarer's Bauble$0.45
Enchantments (5)
- 1Cryptic Pursuit$0.26
- 1Determined Iteration$2.25
- 1Double Vision$0.72
- 1Extravagant Replication$0.60
- 1Rite of the Raging Storm$1.77
Lands (37)
- 1Ash Barrens$0.27
- 1Cascade Bluffs$1.04
- 1Choked Estuary$0.36
- 1Command Tower$0.38
- 1Crumbling Necropolis$0.42
- 1Darkwater Catacombs$0.35
- 1Exotic Orchard$0.35
- 1Foreboding Ruins$0.32
- 1Grixis Panorama$0.38
- 4Island$0.25
- 3Island$0.21
- 1Maestros Theater$0.25
- 3Mountain$0.21
- 2Mountain$0.23
- 1Myriad Landscape$0.37
- 1Path of Ancestry$0.33
- 1Shadowblood Ridge$0.26
- 1Smoldering Marsh$0.68
- 1Sunken Hollow$0.38
- 3Swamp$0.23
- 3Swamp$0.13
- 1Temple of Epiphany$0.28
- 1Thriving Bluff$0.24
- 1Thriving Isle$0.27
- 1Thriving Moor$0.19
FAQ
How much is the Maestros Massacre precon worth?
At current prices the 100 cards in Maestros Massacre are worth about $99.04 as singles (cheapest printings, TCGplayer market price as of November 6, 2026).
What are the best budget upgrades for Maestros Massacre?
For about $19.01, our top picks are Swiftfoot Boots, Blasphemous Act, Faithless Looting, Village Rites, Storm-Kiln Artist. The full 10-card plan with cuts is above, and the upgrade tool can rebuild it for any budget.
What should I cut from Maestros Massacre?
Start with Grixis Panorama, Maestros Theater, Thriving Moor, Parnesse, the Subtle Brush. These are the least-played or slowest cards that don't support the deck's plan.
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