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Magar of the Magic Strings - A Minotaur Reviewer Deck Tech - Magar of the Magic Strings
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $297.61
Salt sum: 34.4
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Commander

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Magar of the Magic Strings

{1}{B}{R}: Note the name of target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard and put it onto the battlefield face down. It's a 3/3 creature with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may create a copy of the card with the noted name. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost" and "If this creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."

Creature
Magar of the Magic Strings (unf) 171

Commander

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Lands

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Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (stx) 262
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As Blood Crypt enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (plst) DIS-171
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Bloodstained Mire: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (dmc) 207
Foreboding Ruins

As Foreboding Ruins enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, Foreboding Ruins enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (scd) 300
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (dmc) 213
Graven Cairns

{T}: Add {C}. {B/R}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Graven Cairns (2xm) 320
Haunted Ridge

Haunted Ridge enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Haunted Ridge (mid) 263
Luxury Suite

Luxury Suite enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (moc) 421
Shadowblood Ridge

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Shadowblood Ridge (brc) 199
Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dmu) 256
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mom) 279
Tainted Peak

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Peak (voc) 184

Lands

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Artifacts

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
Hot Soup

Equipped creature can't be blocked. Whenever equipped creature is dealt damage, destroy it. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Hot Soup (plst) M15-219
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
Prowler's Helm

Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls. Equip {2}

Artifact
Prowler's Helm (ths) 219
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (scd) 272
Sentinel Tower

Whenever an instant or sorcery spell is cast during your turn, Sentinel Tower deals damage to any target equal to 1 plus the number of instant and sorcery spells cast before that spell this turn.

Artifact
Sentinel Tower (bbd) 79
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
Strionic Resonator

{2}, {T}: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Artifact
Strionic Resonator (moc) 384
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Talisman of Indulgence deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (scd) 282
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (plst) M11-221
Zephyr Boots

Equipped creature has flying. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Zephyr Boots (stx) 261

Artifacts

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Planeswalkers

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Professor Onyx

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. +1: You lose 1 life. Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. −3: Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls. −8: Each opponent may discard a card. If they don't, they lose 3 life. Repeat this process six more times.

Planeswalker
Professor Onyx (stx) 83

Planeswalkers

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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
Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}. Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Creature
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
Burning-Fist Minotaur

First strike {1}{R}, Discard a card: Burning-Fist Minotaur gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Burning-Fist Minotaur (hou) 85
Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.

Creature
Chainer, Nightmare Adept (mh2) 289
Felhide Petrifier

Deathtouch Other Minotaur creatures you control have deathtouch.

Creature
Felhide Petrifier (jou) 70
Filth

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) As long as Filth is in your graveyard and you control a Swamp, creatures you control have swampwalk.

Creature
Filth (jud) 66
Glint-Horn Buccaneer

Haste Whenever you discard a card, Glint-Horn Buccaneer deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{R}, Discard a card: Draw a card. Activate only if Glint-Horn Buccaneer is attacking.

Creature
Glint-Horn Buccaneer (j22) 539
Grisly Survivor

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, Grisly Survivor gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Grisly Survivor (hou) 64
Kragma Warcaller

Minotaur creatures you control have haste. Whenever a Minotaur you control attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Kragma Warcaller (ths) 195
Lord of Shatterskull Pass

Level up {1}{R} ({1}{R}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 1-5 6/6 LEVEL 6+ 6/6 Whenever Lord of Shatterskull Pass attacks, it deals 6 damage to each creature defending player controls.

Creature
Lord of Shatterskull Pass (roe) 156
Moraug, Fury of Akoum

Each creature you control gets +1/+0 for each time it has attacked this turn. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, if it's your main phase, there's an additional combat phase after this phase. At the beginning of that combat, untap all creatures you control.

Creature
Moraug, Fury of Akoum (znr) 150
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Trample Whenever Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (dmc) 125
Neheb, the Eternal

Afflict 3 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 3 life.) At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, add {R} for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Creature
Neheb, the Eternal (hou) 104
Neheb, the Worthy

First strike Other Minotaurs you control have first strike. As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, Minotaurs you control get +2/+0. Whenever Neheb, the Worthy deals combat damage to a player, each player discards a card.

Creature
Neheb, the Worthy (akh) 203
Oracle of Bones

Haste Tribute 2 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put two +1/+1 counters on it.) When Oracle of Bones enters, if tribute wasn't paid, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Oracle of Bones (bng) 103
Oriq Loremage

{T}: Search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. If it's an instant or sorcery card, put a +1/+1 counter on Oriq Loremage.

Creature
Oriq Loremage (stx) 80
Radiant Performer

Flash When Radiant Performer enters, if you cast it from your hand, choose target spell or ability that targets only a single permanent or player. Copy that spell or ability for each other permanent or player the spell or ability could target. Each copy targets a different one of those permanents and players.

Creature
Radiant Performer (c21) 54
Rageblood Shaman

Trample Other Minotaur creatures you control get +1/+1 and have trample.

Creature
Rageblood Shaman (jmp) 357
Ragemonger

Minotaur spells you cast cost {B}{R} less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay. (For example, if you cast a Minotaur spell with mana cost {2}{R}, it costs {2} to cast.)

Creature
Ragemonger (bng) 153
Sethron, Hurloon General

Whenever Sethron, Hurloon General or another nontoken Minotaur you control enters, create a 2/3 red Minotaur creature token. {2}{B/R}: Minotaurs you control get +1/+0 and gain menace and haste until end of turn. ({B/R} can be paid with either {B} or {R}.)

Creature
Sethron, Hurloon General (jmp) 25
Tahngarth, Talruum Hero

Vigilance {1}{R}, {T}: Tahngarth, Talruum Hero deals damage equal to its power to target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to Tahngarth.

Creature
Tahngarth, Talruum Hero (pls) 74
Warfire Javelineer

When Warfire Javelineer enters, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Creature
Warfire Javelineer (jmp) 370

Creatures

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Sorceries

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Army of the Damned

Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Flashback {7}{B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Army of the Damned (scd) 68
Brass's Bounty

For each land you control, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Brass's Bounty (moc) 272
Cathartic Reunion

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

Sorcery
Cathartic Reunion (2xm) 121
Change of Fortune

Discard your hand, then draw a card for each card you've discarded this turn.

Sorcery
Change of Fortune (vow) 150
Deathbellow War Cry

Search your library for up to four Minotaur creature cards with different names, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Deathbellow War Cry (thb) 294
Din of the Fireherd

Create a 5/5 black and red Elemental creature token. Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each black creature you control, then sacrifices a land of their choice for each red creature you control.

Sorcery
Din of the Fireherd (shm) 184
Fraying Omnipotence

Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice. Round up each time.

Sorcery
Fraying Omnipotence (m19) 97
Immolating Gyre

Immolating Gyre deals X damage to each creature and planeswalker you don't control, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Sorcery
Immolating Gyre (jmp) 20
In Garruk's Wake

Destroy all creatures you don't control and all planeswalkers you don't control.

Sorcery
In Garruk's Wake (clb) 759
Irencrag Feat

Add seven {R}. You can cast only one more spell this turn.

Sorcery
Irencrag Feat (eld) 127
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
Surge to Victory

Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Creatures you control get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player this turn, copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Surge to Victory (c21) 58
Temporal Extortion

When you cast this spell, any player may pay half their life, rounded up. If a player does, counter Temporal Extortion. Take an extra turn after this one.

Sorcery
Temporal Extortion (plc) 81
Unmarked Grave

Search your library for a nonlegendary card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Unmarked Grave (mh2) 106
Worst Fears

You control target player during that player's next turn. Exile Worst Fears. (You see all cards that player could see and make all decisions for the player.)

Sorcery
Worst Fears (jou) 87

Sorceries

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Enchantments

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Bedlam

Creatures can't block.

Enchantment
Bedlam (plst) USG-175
Conspiracy

As Conspiracy enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Conspiracy (plst) TSB-39
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
Goblin War Drums

Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Enchantment
Goblin War Drums (a25) 133
Invasion Plans

All creatures block each combat if able. The attacking player chooses how each creature blocks each combat.

Enchantment
Invasion Plans (plst) STH-89
Mass Hysteria

All creatures have haste.

Enchantment
Mass Hysteria (mrd) 99
Rage Reflection

Creatures you control have double strike.

Enchantment
Rage Reflection (2xm) 139

Enchantments

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Instants

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Backlash

Tap target untapped creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

Instant
Backlash (inv) 234
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (plst) DDE-18
Entomb

Search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Instant
Entomb (dmr) 304
Lethal Scheme

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each creature that convoked Lethal Scheme connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)

Instant
Lethal Scheme (ncc) 36
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (2x2) 117
One with Nothing

Discard your hand.

Instant
One with Nothing (plst) SOK-84
Savage Beating

Cast this spell only during your turn and only during combat. Choose one — • Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn. • Untap all creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Entwine {1}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Instant
Savage Beating (dst) 67
Seething Song

Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Seething Song (c21) 179
Thrill of Possibility

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

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (one) 151

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