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Creative Energy Upgrade Guide - Modern Horizons 3 - Creative Energy Precon Budget Upgrade
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Commander

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Satya, Aetherflux Genius

Menace, haste Whenever Satya attacks, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of up to one other target nontoken creature you control. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters). At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice that token unless you pay an amount of {E} equal to its mana value.

Creature
Satya, Aetherflux Genius (m3c) 3

Commander

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Lands

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Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (dmu) 243
Aether Hub

When this land enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay {E}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Aether Hub (m3c) 317
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (m3c) 319
Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (m3c) 321
Castle Vantress

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (clb) 885
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (otc) 280
Frostboil Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (m3c) 344
Furycalm Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Furycalm Snarl (m3c) 345
HELIOS One

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: You get {E} (an energy counter). {3}, {T}, Pay X {E}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value X. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
HELIOS One (pip) 677
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (otj) 279
Izzet Boilerworks

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (m3c) 350
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (otj) 283
Mystic Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {W/U}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Mystic Gate (m3c) 359
Mystic Monastery

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.

Land
Mystic Monastery (cmm) 1014
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (otj) 277
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (m3c) 364
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (mkc) 281
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (otc) 320
Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (mkc) 302
Temple of Epiphany

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (m3c) 387
Temple of Triumph

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Triumph (m3c) 392

Lands

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Artifacts

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Aether Refinery

If you would get one or more {E} (energy counters), you get twice that many {E} instead. {T}: You get {E}, then you may pay one or more {E}. If you do, create an X/X black Aetherborn creature token, where X is the amount of {E} paid this way.

Artifact
Aether Refinery (m3c) 106
Aetherworks Marvel

Whenever a permanent you control is put into a graveyard, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}, Pay six {E}: Look at the top six cards of your library. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Artifact
Aetherworks Marvel (kld) 193
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (otc) 252
Bespoke Battlewagon

{T}: You get {E}{E} (two energy counters). {T}, Pay {E}{E}: Tap target creature. {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card. Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn. Crew 4

Artifact
Bespoke Battlewagon (mh3) 510
Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (lcc) 146
Coalition Relic

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact. At the beginning of your first main phase, remove all charge counters from this artifact. Add one mana of any color for each charge counter removed this way.

Artifact
Coalition Relic (dmc) 180
Conversion Apparatus

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: You get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Add three mana in any combination of colors.

Artifact
Conversion Apparatus (m3c) 128
Decoction Module

Whenever a creature you control enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). {4}, {T}: Return target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Artifact
Decoction Module (m3c) 288
Gonti's Aether Heart

Whenever Gonti's Aether Heart or another artifact you control enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Pay eight {E}, Exile Gonti's Aether Heart: Take an extra turn after this one.

Artifact
Gonti's Aether Heart (m3c) 294
Izzet Generatorium

If you would get one or more {E} (energy counters), you get that many plus one {E} instead. {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you've paid or lost four or more {E} this turn.

Artifact
Izzet Generatorium (mh3) 191
Midnight Clock

{T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}: Put an hour counter on this artifact. At the beginning of each upkeep, put an hour counter on this artifact. When the twelfth hour counter is put on this artifact, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards. Exile this artifact.

Artifact
Midnight Clock (otc) 100
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (otc) 267
Solar Transformer

This artifact enters tapped. When this artifact enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). {T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay {E}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Solar Transformer (mh3) 211
Stone Idol Generator

Whenever a creature you control attacks, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}, Pay six {E}: Create a 6/12 colorless Construct artifact creature token with trample. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Stone Idol Generator (m3c) 129
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (otc) 268
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (m3c) 307
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (m3c) 308
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (m3c) 313
Unstable Amulet

When this artifact enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to each opponent. {T}, Pay {E}{E}: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until you exile another card with this artifact.

Artifact
Unstable Amulet (mh3) 142
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (lcc) 317

Artifacts

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Sorceries

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Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (mkc) 56
Bond of Discipline

Tap all creatures your opponents control. Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Sorcery
Bond of Discipline (war) 6
Confiscation Coup

Choose target artifact or creature. You get {E}{E}{E}{E} (four energy counters), then you may pay an amount of {E} equal to that permanent's mana value. If you do, gain control of it.

Sorcery
Confiscation Coup (kld) 41
Jolted Awake

Choose up to one target artifact or creature card in your graveyard. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Then you may pay an amount of {E} equal to that card's mana value. If you do, return it from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Jolted Awake (mh3) 33
Late to Dinner

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Sorcery
Late to Dinner (mh2) 19
Localized Destruction

You get {E} (an energy counter), then you may pay one or more {E}. If you do, each creature you control with power equal to the amount of {E} paid this way gains indestructible until end of turn. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Localized Destruction (m3c) 41
Tezzeret's Gambit

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Tezzeret's Gambit (m3c) 194

Sorceries

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Creatures

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Aethersquall Ancient

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). Pay eight {E}: Return all other creatures to their owners' hands. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Aethersquall Ancient (m3c) 174
Aetherstorm Roc

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay {E}{E}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it and tap up to one target creature defending player controls.

Creature
Aetherstorm Roc (m3c) 164
Aethertide Whale

Flying When this creature enters, you get six {E} (energy counters). Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Aethertide Whale (m3c) 175
Amped Raptor

First strike When this creature enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Then if you cast it from your hand, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying an amount of {E} equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Creature
Amped Raptor (mh3) 114
Angel of the Ruins

Flying When this creature enters, exile up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments. Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature Artifact
Angel of the Ruins (mh3) 262
Aurora Shifter

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}. When you do, this creature becomes a copy of another target creature you control, except it has this ability and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}."

Creature
Aurora Shifter (m3c) 97
Blaster Hulk

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each {E} (energy counter) you've paid or lost this turn. Haste Whenever this creature attacks, you get {E}{E}, then you may pay eight {E}. When you do, this creature deals 8 damage divided as you choose among up to eight targets.

Creature Artifact
Blaster Hulk (m3c) 107
Brotherhood Scribe

Metalcraft — {T}: You get {E} (an energy counter). Activate only if you control three or more artifacts. Whenever you get one or more {E} during your turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Brotherhood Scribe (pip) 893
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

Creature tokens you control have haste. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 2/1 blue Phyrexian Myr artifact creature token. Then you may choose a token you control. If you do, each other token you control becomes a copy of that token.

Creature Artifact
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer (m3c) 257
Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Burnished Hart (cmm) 373
Cayth, Famed Mechanist

Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.) Other nontoken creatures you control have fabricate 1. {2}, {T}: Choose one — • Populate. • Proliferate.

Creature
Cayth, Famed Mechanist (m3c) 6
Combustible Gearhulk

First strike When this creature enters, target opponent may have you draw three cards. If the player doesn't, you mill three cards, then this creature deals damage to that player equal to the total mana value of those cards.

Creature Artifact
Combustible Gearhulk (m3c) 210
Conduit Goblin

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}. If you do, another target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Conduit Goblin (mh3) 179
Inspired Inventor

When this creature enters, choose one — • You get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

Creature
Inspired Inventor (mh3) 32
Junk Winder

Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.) Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Junk Winder (mkc) 107
Lightning Runner

Double strike, haste Whenever this creature attacks, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay eight {E}. If you pay, untap all creatures you control, and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Lightning Runner (aer) 90
Myr Battlesphere

When this creature enters, create four 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens. Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.

Creature Artifact
Myr Battlesphere (m3c) 301
Port Razer

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

Creature
Port Razer (lcc) 230
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (j22) 581
Riddle Gate Gargoyle

Flying When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). Whenever you attack, you may pay {E}{E}. When you do, target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Riddle Gate Gargoyle (mh3) 201
Roil Cartographer

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}, Pay six {E}: Draw three cards.

Creature
Roil Cartographer (mh3) 511
Rumor Gatherer

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card instead.

Creature
Rumor Gatherer (clb) 705
Salvation Colossus

Flying, vigilance, trample Whenever you attack, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain indestructible until end of turn. Unearth—Pay eight {E}. (Pay eight energy counters: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Salvation Colossus (m3c) 95
Silverquill Lecturer

Creature spells you cast have demonstrate. (Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Each copy becomes a token.)

Creature
Silverquill Lecturer (m3c) 44
Skyclave Apparition

When this creature enters, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less. When this creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Creature
Skyclave Apparition (m3c) 172
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (mkc) 238
Sphinx of the Revelation

Flying, lifelink Whenever you gain life, you get that many {E} (energy counters). {W}{U}{U}, {T}, Pay X {E}: Draw X cards.

Creature Artifact
Sphinx of the Revelation (m3c) 127
Stalking Vengeance

Haste Whenever another creature you control dies, it deals damage equal to its power to target player or planeswalker.

Creature
Stalking Vengeance (rvr) 126
The Motherlode, Excavator

When The Motherlode enters, choose target opponent. You get an amount of {E} (energy counters) equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls. Whenever The Motherlode attacks, you may pay {E}{E}{E}{E}. When you do, destroy target nonbasic land defending player controls, and creatures that player controls without flying can't block this turn.

Creature Artifact
The Motherlode, Excavator (pip) 62
Whirler Virtuoso

When this creature enters, you get {E}{E}{E} (three energy counters). Pay {E}{E}{E}: Create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Creature
Whirler Virtuoso (m3c) 278

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Era of Innovation

Whenever an artifact or Artificer you control enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, you get {E}{E} (two energy counters). Pay six {E}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Draw three cards.

Enchantment
Era of Innovation (kld) 45

Enchantments

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Instants

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Akroma's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn. • Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.

Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
Glimmer of Genius

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Instant
Glimmer of Genius (m3c) 187
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (m3c) 173

Instants

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Deck stats

27 pips - 20 cards
31 mana - 26 cards
24 pips - 19 cards
32 mana - 27 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
23 pips - 16 cards
25 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
13 mana - 12 cards
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