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Breaking the Rules: Kari Zev and Ragavan - Kari Zev and Ragavan
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Artifacts

Quantity: 13Price: $837.33
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
Hazoret's Monument

Red creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Hazoret's Monument (dmc) 183
Hero's Blade

Equipped creature gets +3/+2. Whenever a legendary creature you control enters, you may attach Hero's Blade to it. Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Hero's Blade (j22) 776
Key to the City

{T}, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever Key to the City becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Key to the City (c21) 248
Lantern of Insight

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed. {T}, Sacrifice Lantern of Insight: Target player shuffles.

Artifact
Lantern of Insight (plst) 5DN-135
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (scd) 269
Mox Diamond

If Mox Diamond would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put Mox Diamond onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Mox Diamond (sth) 138
Primal Amulet

Artifact
Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring (xln) 243Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring (xln) 243
Pyromancer's Goggles

{T}: Add {R}. When that mana is spent to cast a red instant or sorcery spell, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Pyromancer's Goggles (c21) 259
Ruby Medallion

Red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Ruby Medallion (cm2) 212
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (plst) THB-236
Tome of Legends

Tome of Legends enters with a page counter on it. Whenever your commander enters or attacks, put a page counter on Tome of Legends. {1}, {T}, Remove a page counter from Tome of Legends: Draw a card.

Artifact
Tome of Legends (eld) 332
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389

Artifacts

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Lands

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Castle Embereth

Castle Embereth enters tapped unless you control a Mountain. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Land
Castle Embereth (onc) 150
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
Forgotten Cave

Forgotten Cave enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Forgotten Cave (onc) 153
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Urza's Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — Urza's Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (clb) 929

Lands

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Commanders

Quantity: 2Price: $33.48
Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

First strike, menace Whenever Kari Zev, Skyship Raider attacks, create Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey creature token. Ragavan enters tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.

Creature
Kari Zev, Skyship Raider (j22) 562
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Whenever Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card. Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (mh2) 138

Commanders

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Sorceries

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Burning Inquiry

Each player draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.

Sorcery
Burning Inquiry (plst) M10-128
Cathartic Reunion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Cathartic Reunion (2xm) 121
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (brc) 116
Jaya's Immolating Inferno

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Jaya's Immolating Inferno deals X damage to each of up to three targets.

Sorcery
Jaya's Immolating Inferno (cmr) 415
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (clb) 799
Kari Zev's Expertise

Gain control of target creature or Vehicle until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. You may cast a spell with mana value 2 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Kari Zev's Expertise (aer) 88
Khorvath's Fury

For each player, choose friend or foe. Each friend discards all cards from their hand, then draws that many cards plus one. Khorvath's Fury deals damage to each foe equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Sorcery
Khorvath's Fury (bbd) 59
Light Up the Stage

Spectacle {R} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Sorcery
Light Up the Stage (clb) 802
Magmatic Insight

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a land card. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Magmatic Insight (ori) 155
Mizzium Mortars

Mizzium Mortars deals 4 damage to target creature you don't control. Overload {3}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Mizzium Mortars (clb) 803
Pirate's Pillage

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Pirate's Pillage (2x2) 120
Seize the Spoils

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Seize the Spoils (khm) 149
Tormenting Voice

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Tormenting Voice (j22) 615

Sorceries

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Creatures

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Anger

Haste As long as Anger is in your graveyard and you control a Mountain, creatures you control have haste.

Creature
Anger (afc) 113
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

Menace Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, exile the top card of each of those opponents' libraries. You may play those cards this turn, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Breeches, Brazen Plunderer (cmr) 165
Breya's Apprentice

When Breya's Apprentice enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one — • Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card. • Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Breya's Apprentice (mh2) 117
Coercive Recruiter

Whenever Coercive Recruiter or another Pirate you control enters, gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it gains haste and becomes a Pirate in addition to its other types.

Creature
Coercive Recruiter (cmr) 169
Conspiracy Theorist

Whenever Conspiracy Theorist attacks, you may pay {1} and discard a card. If you do, draw a card. Whenever you discard one or more nonland cards, you may exile one of them from your graveyard. If you do, you may cast it this turn.

Creature
Conspiracy Theorist (stx) 94
Dire Fleet Daredevil

First strike When Dire Fleet Daredevil enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Dire Fleet Daredevil (clb) 788
Dockside Extortionist

When Dockside Extortionist enters, create X Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts and enchantments your opponents control. (Treasure tokens are artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Dockside Extortionist (2x2) 107
Efreet Flamepainter

Double strike Whenever Efreet Flamepainter deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Efreet Flamepainter (stx) 98
Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (dmc) 121
Fumiko the Lowblood

Fumiko the Lowblood has bushido X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +X/+X until end of turn.) Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.

Creature
Fumiko the Lowblood (c20) 152
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, choose one — • Goad target creature that player controls. • Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Creature
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (cn2) 54
Pia Nalaar

When Pia Nalaar enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{R}: Target artifact creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {1}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target creature can't block this turn.

Creature
Pia Nalaar (c21) 177
Port Razer

Whenever Port Razer deals combat damage to a player, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Port Razer can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.

Creature
Port Razer (cmr) 193
Ruin Grinder

Menace When Ruin Grinder dies, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards. Mountaincycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature Artifact
Ruin Grinder (c21) 57
Runaway Steam-Kin

Whenever you cast a red spell, if Runaway Steam-Kin has fewer than three +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on Runaway Steam-Kin. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Runaway Steam-Kin: Add {R}{R}{R}.

Creature
Runaway Steam-Kin (grn) 115
Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (stx) 115
Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner

Haste {1}: Another target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn. {1}{R}, {T}, Discard your hand: Until end of turn, whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner (m21) 162
Surly Badgersaur

Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on Surly Badgersaur. Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, Surly Badgersaur fights up to one target creature you don't control.

Creature
Surly Badgersaur (c20) 57
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

If a red source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

Creature
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell (eld) 147

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Break Through the Line

{R}: Target creature with power 2 or less gains haste until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Enchantment
Break Through the Line (frf) 94
Double Vision

Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
Double Vision (ncc) 267
Outpost Siege

As Outpost Siege enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. • Dragons — Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, Outpost Siege deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Outpost Siege (clb) 804
Pyrohemia

At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Pyrohemia. {R}: Pyrohemia deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Enchantment
Pyrohemia (cma) 86
Stolen Strategy

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent's library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Enchantment
Stolen Strategy (clb) 807
Tectonic Reformation

Each land card in your hand has cycling {R}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Tectonic Reformation (c20) 162

Enchantments

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Instants

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Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (moc) 273
Commune with Lava

Exile the top X cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Instant
Commune with Lava (afc) 118
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (c20) 50
Fiery Cannonade

Fiery Cannonade deals 2 damage to each non-Pirate creature.

Instant
Fiery Cannonade (cmr) 178
Kazuul's Fury

Instant
Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (2x2) 117
Price of Progress

Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Instant
Price of Progress (plst) EMA-141
Reiterate

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Reiterate (tsr) 182
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (one) 151
Valakut Awakening

Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174

Instants

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