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How They Brew It - The Most Important Member of the Heist - Distractions
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Est deck cost: $198.01
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.00
Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card. Each player may put a land card from their hand onto the battlefield, then each opponent who didn't draws a card.

Creature
Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis (c16) 36
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 4Price: $15.76
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
1
Maskwood Nexus

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

Artifact
Maskwood Nexus (clb) 865
1
Skyclave Relic

Kicker {3} Indestructible When Skyclave Relic enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, create two tapped tokens that are copies of Skyclave Relic. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Skyclave Relic (moc) 380
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1

Creatures

Quantity: 26Price: $92.19
Battle Mammoth

Trample Whenever a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. Foretell {2}{G}{G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Creature
Battle Mammoth (clb) 818
1
Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature
Beast Whisperer (khc) 54
1
Diffusion Sliver

Whenever a Sliver creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {2}.

Creature
Diffusion Sliver (m15) 50
1
Dormant Sliver

All Sliver creatures have defender. All Slivers have "When this permanent enters the battlefield, draw a card."

Creature
Dormant Sliver (tsr) 250
1
Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature
Drannith Magistrate (iko) 11
1
Gemhide Sliver

All Slivers have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Creature
Gemhide Sliver (tsr) 205
1
Hanna, Ship's Navigator

{1}{W}{U}, {T}: Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Hanna, Ship's Navigator (nec) 139
1
Harmonic Sliver

All Slivers have "When this permanent enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact or enchantment."

Creature
Harmonic Sliver (tsr) 254
1
Heart Sliver

All Sliver creatures have haste.

Creature
Heart Sliver (tmp) 182
1
Hollowhead Sliver

Sliver creatures you control have "{T}, Discard a card: Draw a card."

Creature
Hollowhead Sliver (mh1) 132
1
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner

Flying Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability."

Creature
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner (jmp) 154
1
Manaweft Sliver

Sliver creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Creature
Manaweft Sliver (plst) M14-184
1
Masked Vandal

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) When Masked Vandal enters the battlefield, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, exile target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature
Masked Vandal (khm) 184
1
Mirror Entity

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {X}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X and gain all creature types.

Creature
Mirror Entity (clb) 701
1
Nezahal, Primal Tide

This spell can't be countered. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card. Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal, Primal Tide. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Nezahal, Primal Tide (cmr) 401
1
Opaline Sliver

All Slivers have "Whenever this permanent becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, you may draw a card."

Creature
Opaline Sliver (tsp) 244
1
Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. You may draw an additional card if Rayne, Academy Chancellor is enchanted.

Creature
Rayne, Academy Chancellor (uds) 43
1
Reidane, God of the Worthy

Creature
Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield (khm) 21Reidane, God of the Worthy // Valkmira, Protector's Shield (khm) 21
1
Scalelord Reckoner

Flying Whenever a Dragon you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, destroy target nonland permanent that player controls.

Creature
Scalelord Reckoner (c17) 6
1
Spellskite

{U/P}: Change a target of target spell or ability to Spellskite. ({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Spellskite (clb) 873
1
The Locust God

Flying Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste. {2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
The Locust God (moc) 335
1
Thorn Lieutenant

Whenever Thorn Lieutenant becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. {5}{G}: Thorn Lieutenant gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Creature
Thorn Lieutenant (m19) 203
1
Thunderbreak Regent

Flying Whenever a Dragon you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, Thunderbreak Regent deals 3 damage to that player.

Creature
Thunderbreak Regent (scd) 163
1
Unsettled Mariner

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Unsettled Mariner (mh1) 216
1
Warden of the Woods

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) Whenever Warden of the Woods becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Warden of the Woods (m21) 213
1
Zedruu the Greathearted

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of permanents you own that your opponents control. {U}{R}{W}: Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

Creature
Zedruu the Greathearted (c16) 231
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 13Price: $27.84
Arcane Adaptation

As Arcane Adaptation enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Arcane Adaptation (xln) 46
1
Cloud Cover

Whenever another permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may return that permanent to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Cloud Cover (pls) 98
1
Coalition Flag

Enchant creature you control Enchanted creature is a Flagbearer. While an opponent is choosing targets as part of casting a spell they control or activating an ability they control, that player must choose at least one Flagbearer on the battlefield if able.

Enchantment
Coalition Flag (apc) 2
1
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (onc) 71
1
Leyline of Combustion

If Leyline of Combustion is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Whenever you and/or at least one permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, Leyline of Combustion deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Leyline of Combustion (m20) 148
1
Pandemonium

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, that creature's controller may have it deal damage equal to its power to any target of their choice.

Enchantment
Pandemonium (plst) EXO-93
1
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (clb) 730
1
Puca's Mischief

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exchange control of target nonland permanent you control and target nonland permanent an opponent controls with an equal or lesser mana value.

Enchantment
Puca's Mischief (plst) SHM-47
1
Shapers' Sanctuary

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Shapers' Sanctuary (xln) 206
1
Suleiman's Legacy

When Suleiman's Legacy enters the battlefield, destroy all Djinns and Efreets. They can't be regenerated. Whenever a Djinn or Efreet enters the battlefield, destroy it. It can't be regenerated.

Enchantment
Suleiman's Legacy (vis) 138
1
Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Enchantment
Teferi's Ageless Insight (m21) 76
1
Vanishing

Enchant creature {U}{U}: Enchanted creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Enchantment
Vanishing (vis) 48
1
Wild Research

{1}{W}: Search your library for an enchantment card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle. {1}{U}: Search your library for an instant card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle.

Enchantment
Wild Research (plst) APC-72
1

Instants

Quantity: 10Price: $20.22
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (voc) 102
1
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (onc) 104
1
Bolt Bend

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant
Bolt Bend (war) 115
1
Make a Stand

Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Make a Stand (j22) 211
1
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (moc) 198
1
Redirect

You may choose new targets for target spell.

Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
1
Scapegoat

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Return any number of target creatures you control to their owner's hand.

Instant
Scapegoat (sth) 14
1
Shared Summons

Search your library for up to two creature cards with different names, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Instant
Shared Summons (m20) 193
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (moc) 211
1
Vanish into Memory

Exile target creature. You draw cards equal to that creature's power. At the beginning of your next upkeep, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If you do, discard cards equal to that creature's toughness.

Instant
Vanish into Memory (afc) 196
1

Lands

Quantity: 35Price: $18.21
Alpine Meadow

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) Alpine Meadow enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Alpine Meadow (khm) 248
1
Arctic Treeline

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) Arctic Treeline enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Arctic Treeline (khm) 249
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (moc) 397
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mom) 281
6
Glacial Floodplain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Glacial Floodplain enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Glacial Floodplain (khm) 257
1
Highland Forest

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Highland Forest enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Highland Forest (clb) 896
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
5
Krosan Verge

Krosan Verge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Krosan Verge: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Krosan Verge (moc) 412
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
3
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (moc) 418
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mom) 277
3
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196
1
Rimewood Falls

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) Rimewood Falls enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Rimewood Falls (khm) 266
1
Rupture Spire

Rupture Spire enters the battlefield tapped. When Rupture Spire enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Rupture Spire (cmr) 355
1
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (moc) 439
1
Thriving Bluff

Thriving Bluff enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Bluff enters the battlefield, choose a color other than red. {T}: Add {R} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Bluff (j22) 822
1
Thriving Grove

Thriving Grove enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Grove enters the battlefield, choose a color other than green. {T}: Add {G} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Grove (j22) 823
1
Thriving Heath

Thriving Heath enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Heath enters the battlefield, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Heath (moc) 440
1
Thriving Isle

Thriving Isle enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Isle enters the battlefield, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (moc) 441
1
Volatile Fjord

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Volatile Fjord enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Volatile Fjord (khm) 273
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 11Price: $23.79
Bring to Light

Converge — Search your library for a creature, instant, or sorcery card with mana value less than or equal to the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell, exile that card, then shuffle. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Bring to Light (2x2) 188
1
Cleansing Nova

Choose one — • Destroy all creatures. • Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Sorcery
Cleansing Nova (scd) 12
1
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (moc) 295
1
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (dmc) 133
1
Fractured Identity

Exile target nonland permanent. Each player other than its controller creates a token that's a copy of it.

Sorcery
Fractured Identity (c17) 37
1
Harmless Offering

Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

Sorcery
Harmless Offering (emn) 131
1
Idyllic Tutor

Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Idyllic Tutor (thb) 24
1
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (moc) 306
1
Regrowth

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Regrowth (plst) A25-187
1
Search for Glory

Search your library for a snow permanent card, a legendary card, or a Saga card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You gain 1 life for each {S} spent to cast this spell. ({S} is mana from a snow source.)

Sorcery
Search for Glory (khm) 27
1
Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (2x2) 280
1

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