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Deckbuilding Contest Finalists - January 2025 - Dralnu's Gifts - Deckbuilding Contest Jan 2025
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $181.32
Salt sum: 39.33
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.49
Dralnu, Lich Lord

If damage would be dealt to Dralnu, Lich Lord, sacrifice that many permanents instead. {T}: Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Creature
Dralnu, Lich Lord (tsr) 251

Commander

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Artifacts

Quantity: 18Price: $22.18
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Assault Suit

Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has haste, can't attack you or planeswalkers you control, and can't be sacrificed. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may have that player gain control of equipped creature until end of turn. If you do, untap it. Equip {3}

Artifact
Assault Suit (cmm) 369
Coveted Jewel

When Coveted Jewel enters, draw three cards. {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls attack you and aren't blocked, that player draws three cards and gains control of Coveted Jewel. Untap it.

Artifact
Coveted Jewel (blc) 268
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (clu) 221
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Ichor Wellspring

When Ichor Wellspring enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (brc) 143
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire

When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards. You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.

Artifact
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire (dsk) 64
Mephitic Draught

When Mephitic Draught enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Artifact
Mephitic Draught (lci) 112
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Mycosynth Wellspring

When Mycosynth Wellspring enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Mycosynth Wellspring (brc) 150
Nimblewright Schematic

When Nimblewright Schematic enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature token.

Artifact
Nimblewright Schematic (clb) 330
Prized Statue

When Prized Statue enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Artifact
Prized Statue (clb) 334
Servo Schematic

When Servo Schematic enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

Artifact
Servo Schematic (brc) 158
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
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 (fdn) 258
Talisman of Dominance

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

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (pip) 246
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (blc) 290
Ugin's Nexus

If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. If Ugin's Nexus would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield, instead exile it and take an extra turn after this one.

Artifact
Ugin's Nexus (ktk) 227

Artifacts

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Creatures

Quantity: 11Price: $13.29
Archfiend of the Dross

Flying Archfiend of the Dross enters with four oil counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an oil counter from Archfiend of the Dross. Then if it has no oil counters on it, you lose the game. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses 2 life.

Creature
Archfiend of the Dross (one) 82
Boggart Trawler

Creature
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog (mh3) 243
Hydroelectric Specimen

Creature
Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240
Prodigal Sorcerer

{T}: Prodigal Sorcerer deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Prodigal Sorcerer (plst) EMA-67
Rootwater Hunter

{T}: Rootwater Hunter deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Rootwater Hunter (ddt) 16
Slithermuse

When Slithermuse leaves the battlefield, choose an opponent. If that player has more cards in hand than you, draw cards equal to the difference. Evoke {3}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Slithermuse (mor) 50
Tandem Lookout

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Tandem Lookout is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card."

Creature
Tandem Lookout (plst) MM3-53
Tenacious Tomeseeker

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) When Tenacious Tomeseeker enters, if it was bargained, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Tenacious Tomeseeker (woe) 74
Thornwind Faeries

Flying {T}: Thornwind Faeries deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Thornwind Faeries (plst) CMA-42
Volatile Stormdrake

Flying, hexproof from activated and triggered abilities When Volatile Stormdrake enters, exchange control of Volatile Stormdrake and target creature an opponent controls. If you do, you get {E}{E}{E}{E}, then sacrifice that creature unless you pay an amount of {E} equal to its mana value.

Creature
Volatile Stormdrake (mh3) 79
Zuran Spellcaster

{T}: Zuran Spellcaster deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Zuran Spellcaster (ice) 112

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Blood Funnel

Noncreature spells you cast cost {2} less to cast. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, counter that spell unless you sacrifice a creature.

Enchantment
Blood Funnel (rav) 77
Curiosity

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Curiosity (plst) 8ED-72
Demonic Lore

When Demonic Lore enters, draw three cards. At the beginning of your end step, you lose 2 life for each card in your hand.

Enchantment
Demonic Lore (cmr) 118
Demonic Pact

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • This enchantment deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life. • Target opponent discards two cards. • Draw two cards. • You lose the game.

Enchantment
Demonic Pact (ori) 92
Hatching Plans

When Hatching Plans is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw three cards.

Enchantment
Hatching Plans (gpt) 27
Induced Amnesia

When Induced Amnesia enters, target player exiles all cards from their hand face down, then draws that many cards. When Induced Amnesia is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return the exiled cards to their owner's hand.

Enchantment
Induced Amnesia (rix) 40
Ophidian Eye

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Ophidian Eye (plst) TSP-70
The Trickster-God's Heist

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — You may exchange control of two target creatures. II — You may exchange control of two target nonbasic, noncreature permanents that share a card type. III — Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Enchantment
The Trickster-God's Heist (khm) 232
Treacherous Blessing

When Treacherous Blessing enters, draw three cards. Whenever you cast a spell, you lose 1 life. When Treacherous Blessing becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it.

Enchantment
Treacherous Blessing (thb) 117

Enchantments

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Instants

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
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 (dsc) 110
Cabal Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Instant
Cabal Ritual (mb2) 177
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (mb2) 179
Deadly Dispute

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

Instant
Deadly Dispute (j25) 115
Fell the Profane

Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (woc) 93
High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Instant
High Tide (dmr) 54
Pharika's Cure

Pharika's Cure deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

Instant
Pharika's Cure (ths) 100
Reins of Power

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Instant
Reins of Power (clb) 734
Rowan's Grim Search

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) If this spell was bargained, look at the top four cards of your library, then put up to two of them back on top of your library in any order and the rest into your graveyard. You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Instant
Rowan's Grim Search (woe) 104
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Sorin's Thirst

Sorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

Instant
Sorin's Thirst (war) 104
Winter's Intervention

Winter's Intervention deals 2 damage to target creature. You gain 2 life.

Instant
Winter's Intervention (dsk) 123
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124
Wrong Turn

Target opponent gains control of target creature. (If an attacking or blocking creature changes controllers, it's removed from combat.)

Instant
Wrong Turn (cmr) 107

Instants

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Lands

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Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (otc) 290
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285

Lands

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Sorceries

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Arcane Heist

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into their graveyard, exile it instead. Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Arcane Heist (otc) 13
Back for Seconds

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was bargained, you may put one of those cards with mana value 4 or less onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand.

Sorcery
Back for Seconds (woe) 80
Command the Dreadhorde

Choose any number of target creature and/or planeswalker cards in graveyards. Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you equal to the total mana value of those cards. Put them onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Command the Dreadhorde (war) 82
Donate

Target player gains control of target permanent you control.

Sorcery
Donate (uds) 31
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (dsc) 78
Kiku's Shadow

Target creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Kiku's Shadow (sok) 77
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (dsc) 73
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Sorcery
Reanimate (dsc) 155
Shifting Grift

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Exchange control of two target creatures. + {1} — Exchange control of two target artifacts. + {1} — Exchange control of two target enchantments.

Sorcery
Shifting Grift (otj) 66
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 277
Whispering Madness

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way. Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Whispering Madness (c16) 229
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

Sorceries

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