The 39 Best Treasure Commanders in Magic Ranked

Last updated on March 11, 2026

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | Illustration by Magali Villeneuve

Were you as disappointed as I was when Smaug came out in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth and we found out you couldn't play it as your commander? Fourteen Treasure tokens is so many, but you're just not allowed to put There and Back Again in your command zone.

Well that's where other Treasure commanders come in. If I can't jam a Treasure-making saga in my command zone, I'll just have to find a different legendary creature that makes Treasure tokens. Shouldn't be too hard to find on in this day and age. But before we dive into that treasure chest, let’s first define what treasure commanders are.

What Are Treasure Commanders in MTG?

Galazeth Prismari | Illustration by Raymond Swanland

Treasure commanders are legendary creatures that create Treasure tokens, or synergize with many of the Treasure token-creating staples in the Magic universe.

If you've played Magic for basically any amount of time, you know what a Treasure token is. They debuted in Ixalan in 2017 as the pirates’ mechanic, but they have become evergreen since then and are now everywhere, which means tons and tons of support for everyone's favorite Lotus Petal in disguise.

#39. Mastermind Plum

Mastermind Plum offers a simple yet potent Treasure payoff. This black commander offers incredible card draw for its mana value and even a means of Treasure production if you keep it swinging.

That said, Plum lacks depth in the power department. Many quintessential Treasure cards are red; while we still have Black Market Connections and Revel in Riches, the mono-colored color identity really hurts this strategy, and Plum’s Treasure production is inconsistent due to the requirements of an artifact in the graveyard and keeping a 2/2 attacking. This mastermind works best in the shadows of the 99, feeding strategies to a more charismatic leader like Prosper, Tome-Bound or Dihada, Binder of Wills.

#38. Safana, Calimport Cutthroat

Safana, Calimport Cutthroat is more of an initiative and dungeon payoff than a full-blown Treasure card. Creating three Treasures on your end step is a nice boost in mana, but Safana doesn't do anything to facilitate venturing into dungeons on their own, so it's almost fully a support piece. Choosing a background can only improve the card's chances, though.

#37. Mahadi, Emporium Master

Mahadi, Emporium Master benefits from a build with creatures that sacrifice themselves in some way. Something like Lagomos, Hand of Hatred spots you one free sacrifice every turn, whereas edict creatures like Plaguecrafter affect the entire table and amplify Mahadi's Treasure production fourfold.

#36. Old Gnawbone

Pile on the Treasure tokens with Old Gnawbone. This creature does more than create Treasure tokens when it deals combat damage; other creatures dealing combat damage can help you create Treasure tokens, too! This just so happens to be in the same color as token doublers like Doubling Season, Primal Vigor, or Parallel Lives. Do what you will with that information.

#35. Malik, Grim Manipulator

Malik, Grim Manipulator (AKA Negan) puts that baseball bat to work as soon as it enters the battlefield, which will leave behind a few Treasures in the wake of the carnage. After that point, making your opponents sacrifice creatures in any way yields more Treasure, so load up on edicts or skillfully get paired against aristocrats opponents.

#34. Bilbo, Retired Burglar

Bilbo, Retired Burglar has blue in its identity so you can protect your board with counterspells like Mana Drain while you’re on your Treasure-making spree. Once the ring has tempted you enough you'll actually start dealing real damage to opponents with the final effect on The Ring.

#33. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised

Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised gets to be a huge first striker easily with all the bouncing, flickering, and sacrificing you're allowed to do in this color. Hire Reinforced Ronin to baby sit for the turn and you'll keep the counters and tokens flowing.

#32. Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff sits back and collects the Treasures without you having to do much of anything except wait for opponents to cast their second spell each turn and support the cause. Monologue Tax does the same thing as Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff, but you don’t lose a life from that card.

#31. Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer

Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer is an elf of many talents: it can very well be a Voltron and Treasure commander, and this red commander is among the best goad commanders . Attach equipment and auras to Baeloth Barrityl that increase their power and toughness such as Arcane Teachings and Commander's Plate. More creatures will be goaded as the Entertainer's power increases, which means more Treasures when they die.

#30. Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge gives you Treasures at the beginning of your end step based on how many creatures died that turn. Increase the death output for more benefits. This is a good home for 3-point red sweepers like Sweltering Suns and Brotherhood's End, since those will leave Gadrak intact while sweeping away all the small creatures. Spiteful Banditry‘s a nice include as another Treasure-maker that also scales back on damage when needed.

#29. Kellogg, Dangerous Mind

Kellogg, Dangerous Mind can be a great Rakdos commander for lower-powered tables leery of the more powerful Treasure commanders. You often get a Treasure straight away, then Kellogg offers you a chain of steady value with the activated ability which effectively casts Mind Control, though only with Treasure.

Since your control of the creatures is maintained by your control of Kellogg, you want all the protection spells, including but not limited to Deflecting Swat, Armor of Shadows, and Professor's Warning.

#28. Ganax, Astral Hunter

Ganax, Astral Hunter creates a Treasure for each dragon entering the battlefield, itself included. You also get to pick a background to pair with this. For some reason, Master Chef always seems to be the funniest choice, even if it's not the best.

#27. Vazi, Keen Negotiator

Vazi, Keen Negotiator seems like a group hug deck until you read the other ability. While they do reward opponents with Treasures, it comes at a price. You pump a creature and draw a card whenever an opponent utilizes a Treasure to activate an ability or cast a spell. This is a very strange Jund commander that plays well with other green +1/+1 counter payoffs like Branching Evolution as well as green Treasure cards like Jolene, the Plunder Queen.

#26. Mari, the Killing Quill

Mari, the Killing Quill encourages a build of rogues, mercenaries, and assassins, basically two-thirds of the outlaw quintet. You get some graveyard hate, card draw, Treasure production, and a solid outlaw commander to hold most of that batch together.

#25. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Oo-oo-ahh-ahh! It’s everyone’s favorite monkey and Magic's best 1-mana commander: Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer! Cast Ragavan for the dash cost to circumvent commander tax and avoid sorcery-speed removal. Look, everyone knows how annoying this card is, I don't really have to sell you on it. Just know it takes a small dip in quality from its former dominance in Constructed.

#24. Ziatora, the Incinerator

One of the best Jund commanders, Ziatora, the Incinerator piles on the damage toward your opponents and their creatures and planeswalkers, depending on the power of creatures you sacrifice each end step. Plus, each sacrifice rewards you with three Treasures. There are a couple of different ways you can build Ziatora, but a fling deck featuring gigantic creatures is usually the most popular.

#23. Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan

Forge, Neverwinter Charlatan is a Secret Lair Drop exclusive Treasure commander that pumps themselves by 2 power for each Treasure token you control. Forge generates up to one Treasure per turn if an opponent has to sacrifice at least one creature.

Forcing sacrifices on other players' turns will lead to more Treasure output, so keep an eye on cards like Sheoldred, Whispering One and Anowon, the Ruin Sage.

#22. Don Andres, the Renegade

Don Andres, the Renegade rewards you for stealing opposing spells and sets up an intricate little value package if you focus on Treasure. Thanks to cards like Prosper, Tome-Bound, Rain of Riches, and Professional Face-Breaker, casting cards from exile and caring about Treasure overlap.

And what’s a great way to cast spells from exile? Stealing them! Modern theft effects like Ramirez DePietro, Pillager, You Find Some Prisoners, and Stolen Strategy exile the stolen cards until you get a chance to cast them. Once you do, Don Andres gets you more Treasure to play more spells, and so it goes! A little convoluted, perhaps, but when has Commander ever been simple?

#21. Edward Kenway

Edward Kenway stands out as a Grixis commander that creates a ton of Treasure. The really cool thing about caring about vehicles is that it encourages you to play cards like The Indomitable and The Belligerent that tap down your team, allowing you to make the most Treasure possible without risking your forces in combat.

And pirates and Treasure tokens have been tied together since Treasure’s introduction in Ixalan, giving you synergy pieces like Breeches, the Blastmaker and additional token production from cards like Ramirez DePietro, Pillager and Breeches, Eager Pillager.

And I can’t overlook that last ability! A winning formula for a powerful commander involves the combination of card advantage and mana production. Edward Kenway is far from the most broken example of this (looking at you, Nadu, Winged Wisdom), but it looks priced just right to be a respectable, reliable commander.

#20. Burakos, Party Leader

Burakos, Party Leader is a card from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur’s Gate that continues the party mechanic that started in Zendikar Rising. It’s much like Veteran Adventurer, Stonework Packbeast, and Tajuru Paragon since you can designate them as a cleric, rogue, warrior, or wizard.

Burakos is a flexible party member with Treasure token creating prowess! You can make up to four Treasure tokens and have an opponent lose 4 life each time Burakos attacks while controlling a full party.

#19. Gimli of the Glittering Caves

Craft a team of legendary creatures for Gimli of the Glittering Caves to get their +1/+1 counter triggers. Gimli’s increasing strength gives you more chances of landing combat damage to create a Treasure token. Because of double strike, you can create two Treasure tokens if Gimli goes unblocked.

If you're going full Lord of the Rings flavor, you can include Gimli's Axe to gain menace or fire off Gimli's Fury for a temporary pump and trample.

#18. Captain Lannery Storm

Captain Lannery Storm was one of the original Treasure commanders. The Cap’n creates the tokens on attack and temporarily pumps up as you sacrifice more of them. The toughness never changes so it's hard to keep them alive through combat, but that's nothing a little Embercleave can't fix.

#17. Knuckles the Echidna

Knuckles the Echidna looks to the first strike and regular combat steps to get two treasures per attack. However, there are lots of ways to put artifacts on your side of the battlefield. Just look at our artifact tokens generator article and remember to slot in Hellkite Tyrant.

#16. Galazeth Prismari

Galazeth Prismari is one such Treasure commander where Treasure tokens have another application. This Strixhaven elder dragon does a great Urza, Lord High Artificer impression by tapping your Treasures (and other artifacts) for mana without actually sacrificing them, which is great with trickety artifacts and downright diabolical with stax pieces like Winter Orb.

#15. Kalain, Reclusive Painter

Kalain, Reclusive Painter strengthens your creatures with +1/+1 counters for every Treasure used to cast them. Professional Face-Breaker and Grim Hireling can increase your Treasure token output so that you can get more counters on future creatures you cast. It's one way to turn your typical artifactfall payoffs like Ingenious Artillerist into even bigger threats.

#14. Rankle and Torbran

Every time they deal combat damage to a battle or player, you can have Rankle and Torbran make a Treasure token alongside two other choices. Look, if you're going to go this route, you might as well run Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Rankle, Master of Pranks for the full tag-team representation. Plus, the additions will increase damage output (Torbran) and access to card draw (Rankle).

#13. Tataru Taru

Tataru Taru does well with group hugs that give an extra draw to opponents. Sure at best you get one extra treasure per turn, but it's a more friendly version of Smothering Tithe. White's control is showing with this cute dwarf.

#12. Vihaan, Goldwaker

I’m a big fan of Treasure commanders that utilize Treasure as something other than a mana source, which makes Vihaan, Goldwaker a personal favorite.

This is the deck to pile on all the token doublers like Xorn and Mondrak, Glory Dominus so your Treasure cards pump out hasty 3/3s, easily buffed not just by your typical Glorious Anthem but specialized cards like Tempered Steel and Arno Dorian. Once you attack to your heart’s content, you can crack those animated Treasures to burn your opponents out with cards like Blood Artist and Mayhem Devil.

#11. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

Atsushi, the Blazing Sky is a unique mono-red Treasure commander that only rewards you with Treasure tokens when it dies. One way to go about this is to create copies of your dragon spirit with Jaxis, the Troublemaker and use the legend rule to facilitate those death triggers, leaving your commander intact.

#10. Ognis, the Dragon’s Lash

Don’t get too hasty now. With Ognis, the Dragon's Lash, you need to be hasty to get Treasures. A bunch of small haste creatures like Rabbit Battery and Bomat Courier go a long way with Ognis at the helm, even if you have to wait a turn to use the Treasure you create. Enchantments such as Concordant Crossroads and Mass Hysteria can give haste to creatures in your build that don’t already have it.

#9. Dihada, Binder of Wills

Dihada, Binder of Wills typically appears as a legends-matter commander, but it takes very little effort to segue into a Treasure deck. Many of the best Treasure cards are legends; Prosper, Tome-Bound, Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Kalain, Reclusive Painter… I could keep going!

Throw in a smattering of graveyard synergies like Reanimate and friends to utilize Dihada’s self-mill and you have the foundations of a powerful brew. It’s important to consider the intersection of Treasure and reanimation: Both power out massive threats like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and Valgavoth, Terror Eater way faster than should be allowed.

#8. Jolene, the Plunder Queen

Jolene, the Plunder Queen has a nice ring to it just like when Treasure tokens make that whimsical money clang sound when they enter the battlefield on MTG Arena. Jolene’s different from other Treasure commanders in that they encourage your opponents to attack each other rather than you to get Treasures in return. You can even cash in by making Jolene a huge creature if you don't need your Treasures for mana.

#7. Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter can create two Treasures whenever you tap them to sacrifice an artifact creature. Get more value by building an army of artifact creature tokens with Myr Battlesphere, Myrel, Shield of Argive, and White Sun's Twilight.

Use cards such as Thousand-Year Elixir and Patriar's Seal to get more than one activation out of Jan Jansen each turn.

#6. Mr. House, President and CEO

Fallout‘s Mr. House, President and CEO lets you break out that set of dice you spent far too much money on only to never use. I find it distinctly amusing that the dice roll mechanic is deeply tied to the Dungeons & Dragons sets, yet the best dice-rolling commander came from a totally different product… but I digress.

If you lack the luck to roll high on Mr. House, you needn’t worry. Cards like Barbarian Class and Wyll, Blade of Frontiers exist to prop you up with advantageous rolls. These don’t just affect your Mardu commander, either; they ensure you get the best of support cards like Wand of Wonder, The Deck of Many Things, and Delina, Wild Mage.

Mardu is also the perfect home for artifact token synergies for those Robot tokens. Losheel, Clockwork Scholar and Warleader's Call reward you simply for creating them while Cyberman Patrol and Alibou, Ancient Witness go a long way towards making them into a lethal strike force.

#5. Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Pirate commander Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator is the second and only other mono-blue Treasure commander in the MTG universe. Partner lets you customize the color identity of your deck based on what pirates you want to feature in your build.

If you want to keep the pirate typal theme, have Breeches, Brazen Plunderer or Dargo, the Shipwrecker as your deck’s partner. The color identity of red and blue will allow you to include multicolored pirate staples in the deck so you get more Treasures as they attack. 

#4. Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Tivit works a little differently than other Treasure commanders, which is why they’re an interesting choice for this list. A top-tier rogue commander, one of the best Esper commanders overall, and particularly strong in cEDH, Tivit only creates Treasure tokens if players cast a bribery vote whenever it enters or deals combat damage.

Since you can vote an additional time, you can create two Treasure tokens for each instance of voting. The other votes would depend on what your opponents select. Cards such as Ballot Broker and Brago's Representative can help you get additional votes so you can create more Treasure tokens each time you land combat damage with Tivit.

#3. Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Magda, Brazen Outlaw is a Treasure commander that‘s best built as a dwarf typal deck for the power bump and Treasure-making ability. Use cards that grant a second attack step such as Karlach, Fury of Avernus to land more combat damage with your dwarves while generating more Treasures as they tap to attack.

Add in seven of the Seven Dwarves cards from Throne of Eldraine for thematic flavor. They can also buff each other up and all get up to a power of 8/8 when you have all seven of them on the board simultaneously.

#2. Prosper, Tome-Bound

Prosper, Tome-Bound generates Treasure tokens whenever you play cards from exile. Jeska's Will and Professional Face-Breaker are just a couple of the many cards you can include in the build that exile more of your cards so you can play them from exile to create more Treasures.

Combine this excellent Rakdos commander with Birgi, God of Storytelling and Sensei's Divining Top for infinite card draw triggers. Replace Birgi with Professional Face-Breaker and add in Xorn for the same effect.

#1. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

Treasure is inherently busted due to how much mana it generates for free, and no commander makes you feel that more than Korvold, Fae-Cursed King. It might not directly reference Treasure, but that sacrifice ability loves nothing more than cracking Treasure to draw five cards and put five counters on this Jund commander—without actually paying a cost, mind you. It’s incidental value.

The card draw would be obscene enough, but the +1/+1 counters push this dragon into the realm of the busted and absurd because it applies so much pressure so fast. You can threaten lethal commander damage in a few turns with reliable Treasure production. Korvold’s one of those commanders that offers so much free value it’s nearly impossible to build it casually, so keep that in mind when building this.

Best Treasure Commanders Payoffs

Once you’ve selected your Treasure commander and loaded your deck with Treasure production, you need ways to exploit them—beyond, you know, the absurd amount of mana you receive.

The first level of Treasure payoffs are cards that directly reference Treasure. Most cards in this category reward you for casting spells with Treasure, like Rain of Riches, Coin of Mastery, and Mastermind Plum.

There are also cards that double the efficiency of your Treasure, like how Goldspan Dragon and Crime Novelist double the mana you get when you crack a Treasure or how Xorn directly doubles your Treasure.

Some cards consume Treasure without using them for mana, like Professional Face-Breaker, Magda, the Hoardmaster, and Grim Hireling.

But you can do far more with Treasure. Consider what they are: artifact tokens that sacrifice themselves and are easily producible en masse and over time. One great leverage point is general token doublers, like Mondrak, Glory Dominus and Doubling Season, which are less efficient than Xorn but also less restrictive.

Since you sacrifice Treasure, cards like Mayhem Devil and Marionette Master offer a way to burn your opponents out of the game. You can also generate a ton of artifactfall triggers for cards like Reckless Fireweaver for even more burn or Kappa Cannoneer or anything else that wants lots of artifacts to enter.

What's even better opponents is when your opponents handle treasure and you benefit. Viridian Revel, Disciple of the Vault, Tarrian's Soulcleaver, Pain Distributor, and Sardian Avenger each work with treasures that opponent's use.

Having a large number of easily accessible artifacts enables other synergies. Treasure are perfect to sacrifice to Kuldotha Forgemaster and Daretti, Scrap Savant; having a ton of them laying around makes cards like Cyberdrive Awakener and Displaced Dinosaurs much scarier.

You can even use them to fuel alternate win conditions! Revel in Riches exists specifically for Treasure, but Mechanized Production, and Hellkite Tyrant work just as well.

Commanding Conclusion

Rankle and Torbran | Illustration by Viko Menezes

Again, Treasure commanders are legendary creatures that generate (or use) Treasure tokens in some way. We’ve highlighted some of the best ones for you to try out a Treasure token-themed Commander deck if you haven’t already!

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