Jolene, the Plunder Queen
RGLegendary Creature — Human Warrior

Jolene, the Plunder Queen

Mana value4EDHREC#4,418

The Commander

Whenever a player attacks one or more of your opponents, that attacking player creates a Treasure token.

If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.

Sacrifice five Treasures: Put five +1/+1 counters on Jolene.

Guide

Gameplan

Flood the board with Treasure tokens by encouraging combat (everyone makes Treasures when attacking, and your own production is doubled), then convert that ramp into oversized threats, big X-spells, or sacrifice payoffs. You build a mana advantage every turn while Jolene herself can balloon into a one-shot kill via her counter ability. Win through commander damage, explosive ramp into haymakers, or Treasure-fueled aristocrats/storm finishes.

Strengths

  • Doubles all your Treasure creation for absurd ramp and fixing
  • Turns every attack from any player into resources, including political incentives
  • Jolene's counter ability makes her a fast voltron clock with trample support
  • Excellent in artifact-sacrifice and 'sacrifice an artifact' synergy shells
  • Rewards aggressive multiplayer pods, so the table fuels your engine

Weaknesses

  • Treasures are fragile to artifact wipes (Vandalblast, Bane of Progress)
  • Hands opponents Treasures too, occasionally accelerating them
  • Jolene dies to spot removal, resetting her counters
  • Can fold to flyers/evasion since her voltron plan needs trample or unblocked attacks
  • Lacks built-in card advantage—can run out of gas without engines

Key Cards

  • Smothering TitheStacks with Jolene's doubler to generate piles of Treasures off opponents' draws.
  • Dockside ExtortionistEnters making double Treasures off artifacts and enchantments for explosive mana bursts.
  • Mayhem DevilPings opponents every time you crack a Treasure, turning ramp into a wincon.
  • Reckless FireweaverEach Treasure entering drains the table, converting your doubled tokens into damage.
  • Pitiless PlundererCreature deaths make Treasures, which double, fueling sacrifice loops.
  • Goldspan DragonDoubles your Treasure value and makes attacking-triggered tokens worth two mana each.
  • XornAnother Treasure doubler that compounds with Jolene for runaway mana.
  • Krark-Clan IronworksSacrifices Treasures for mana to enable explosive combo and storm turns.

Upgrade Path

Lean into Treasure doublers (Goldspan Dragon, Xorn) and payoffs (Mayhem Devil, Reckless Fireweaver, Disciple of the Vault) so ramp becomes a direct kill. Add fast mana and tutors like Mana Crypt, Jeweled Lotus, and Gamble, plus Krark-Clan Ironworks/Dockside Extortionist loops for combo finishes. Tighten interaction with cheap removal and protect Jolene with Heroic Intervention and Lightning Greaves to keep your engine and voltron clock online.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

Archetypes

  • Treasure Ramp/Big ManaJolene doubles all Treasures, letting you ramp into X-spells and giant payoffs.
  • AristocratsPitiless Plunderer and Mayhem Devil turn Treasure sacrifice into incremental damage and value.
  • VoltronHer sacrifice-five ability and trample enablers make Jolene a quick commander-damage kill.
  • Group Slug/PoliticsThe attack trigger pushes the table to swing at each other while you profit.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

Related Commanders

Same color identity (GR), by popularity.

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