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Xantcha, Sleeper Agentutility$2.99Shares the politics/gifting plan by handing a creature to an opponent and rewarding attacks against others. It creates pressure and card advantage through forced combat, much like Jon Irenicus.Frenzied Saddlebruteutility$0.17A classic goad-style creature that pushes combat away from you and encourages attacks elsewhere. It’s a lower-cost, budget-friendly way to force aggression like Jon Irenicus does.Disrupt Decorumutility$2.76Not a permanent, but it performs the same core function of goading the table and redirecting attacks. It’s one of the closest functional substitutes for the combat-punishment part of Jon Irenicus.Karazikar, the Eye Tyrantutility$13.94Another black-blue commander-style political card that incentivizes combat away from you and rewards opponents attacking each other. It overlaps heavily with Jon Irenicus in multiplayer goad strategy.Geode Ragerutility$4.19Provides repeated goad value from the command zone and keeps combat flowing away from you. It serves a similar role as a recurring source of forced attacks.Marchesa, the Black Roseutility$3.79While not a goad card, it synergizes with putting counters on creatures you give away and with combat-centric sacrifice-proof pressure. It’s a strong functional cousin for counter-based board manipulation in Grixis-style politics.The Beamtown Bulliesutility$0.49Like Jon Irenicus, it gives away creatures to opponents for value and turns your own permanents into weapons. It shares the core ‘donate a threat, profit from the table’ gameplay pattern.Trove of Temptationutility$0.18This enchantment creates a gift-to-opponents dynamic that pressures combat toward other players. It isn’t as direct, but it supports the same political aggression plan.
