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Librarian Lore — A Matter Not So Black and White - Aryel, and the Great Kitchen Table Crusade
Deck Size: 98
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Est deck cost: $578.32
Salt Sum: 31.81
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.49
Aryel, Knight of Windgrace

Vigilance {2}{W}, {T}: Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance. {B}, {T}, Tap X untapped Knights you control: Destroy target creature with power X or less.

Creature
Aryel, Knight of Windgrace (moc) 318
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 8Price: $67.32
Gilded Lotus

{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (dom) 215
1
Herald's Horn

As Herald's Horn enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (moc) 360
1
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (moc) 369
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1
Stoneforge Masterwork

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it. Equip {2}

Artifact
Stoneforge Masterwork (ogw) 166
1
Sword of Light and Shadow

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Light and Shadow (2xm) 298
1
The Immortal Sun

Players can't activate planeswalkers' loyalty abilities. At the beginning of your draw step, draw an additional card. Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Creatures you control get +1/+1.

Artifact
The Immortal Sun (rix) 180
1
Vanquisher's Banner

As Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (moc) 388
1

Creatures

Quantity: 32Price: $52.31
Benalish Marshal

Other creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Benalish Marshal (dom) 6
1
Black Knight

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Protection from white (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything white.)

Creature
Black Knight (plst) M10-85
1
Crusading Knight

Protection from black Crusading Knight gets +1/+1 for each Swamp your opponents control.

Creature
Crusading Knight (inv) 12
1
Eastern Paladin

{B}{B}, {T}: Destroy target green creature.

Creature
Eastern Paladin (8ed) 131★
1
Elenda, the Dusk Rose

Lifelink Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Elenda, the Dusk Rose. When Elenda dies, create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is Elenda's power.

Creature
Elenda, the Dusk Rose (2x2) 207
1
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge

You may cast Haakon, Stromgald Scourge from your graveyard, but not from anywhere else. As long as Haakon is on the battlefield, you may cast Knight spells from your graveyard. When Haakon dies, you lose 2 life.

Creature
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge (moc) 252
1
Hero of Bladehold

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) Whenever Hero of Bladehold attacks, create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.

Creature
Hero of Bladehold (moc) 188
1
Josu Vess, Lich Knight

Kicker {5}{B} (You may pay an additional {5}{B} as you cast this spell.) Menace When Josu Vess, Lich Knight enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, create eight 2/2 black Zombie Knight creature tokens with menace.

Creature
Josu Vess, Lich Knight (moc) 253
1
Kabira Vindicator

Level up {2}{W} ({2}{W}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 2-4 3/6 Other creatures you control get +1/+1. LEVEL 5+ 4/8 Other creatures you control get +2/+2.

Creature
Kabira Vindicator (ddp) 4
1
Kinsbaile Cavalier

Knight creatures you control have double strike.

Creature
Kinsbaile Cavalier (ddg) 17
1
Knight Exemplar

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Other Knight creatures you control get +1/+1 and have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Creature
Knight Exemplar (moc) 192
1
Knight of Dawn

First strike {W}{W}: Knight of Dawn gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Knight of Dawn (plst) TMP-26
1
Knight of the White Orchid

First strike When Knight of the White Orchid enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Knight of the White Orchid (moc) 193
1
Knights of the Black Rose

When Knights of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Knights of the Black Rose (moc) 332
1
Lightwielder Paladin

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Whenever Lightwielder Paladin deals combat damage to a player, you may exile target black or red permanent that player controls.

Creature
Lightwielder Paladin (e01) 14
1
Marauding Knight

Protection from white Marauding Knight gets +1/+1 for each Plains your opponents control.

Creature
Marauding Knight (inv) 110
1
Mirran Crusader

Double strike, protection from black and from green

Creature
Mirran Crusader (plst) MM2-25
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
Northern Paladin

{W}{W}, {T}: Destroy target black permanent.

Creature
Northern Paladin (7ed) 28
1
Order of the Sacred Torch

{T}, Pay 1 life: Counter target black spell.

Creature
Order of the Sacred Torch (6ed) 32
1
Paladin en-Vec

First strike, protection from black and from red (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black or red.)

Creature
Paladin en-Vec (plst) 10E-32
1
Pentarch Paladin

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) As Pentarch Paladin enters the battlefield, choose a color. {W}{W}, {T}: Destroy target permanent of the chosen color.

Creature
Pentarch Paladin (plst) TSP-32
1
Riders of Gavony

Vigilance As Riders of Gavony enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Human creatures you control have protection from creatures of the chosen type.

Creature
Riders of Gavony (mic) 93
1
Silverblade Paladin

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Silverblade Paladin is paired with another creature, both creatures have double strike.

Creature
Silverblade Paladin (c14) 88
1
Skyhunter Skirmisher

Flying, double strike

Creature
Skyhunter Skirmisher (plst) MM2-32
1
Southern Paladin

{W}{W}, {T}: Destroy target red permanent.

Creature
Southern Paladin (7ed) 46
1
Stillmoon Cavalier

Protection from white and from black {W/B}: Stillmoon Cavalier gains flying until end of turn. {W/B}: Stillmoon Cavalier gains first strike until end of turn. {W/B}{W/B}: Stillmoon Cavalier gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Stillmoon Cavalier (eve) 95
1
Stromgald Cabal

{T}, Pay 1 life: Counter target white spell.

Creature
Stromgald Cabal (6ed) 157
1
Thalia's Lancers

First strike When Thalia's Lancers enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a legendary card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Thalia's Lancers (plst) EMN-47
1
Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vigilance, lifelink {T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Vona, Butcher of Magan (moc) 342
1
Western Paladin

{B}{B}, {T}: Destroy target white creature.

Creature
Western Paladin (8ed) 173★
1
White Knight

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Protection from black (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything black.)

Creature
White Knight (plst) M10-41
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 7Price: $108.33
Anointed Procession

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Anointed Procession (plst) AKH-2
1
Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter the battlefield tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (c17) 57
1
Call the Bloodline

{1}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature token with lifelink. Activate only once each turn.

Enchantment
Call the Bloodline (soi) 103
1
Cathars' Crusade

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (jmp) 95
1
Concerted Effort

At the beginning of each upkeep, creatures you control gain flying until end of turn if a creature you control has flying. The same is true for fear, first strike, double strike, landwalk, protection, trample, and vigilance.

Enchantment
Concerted Effort (rav) 8
1
Land Tax

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Land Tax (plst) BBD-94
1
Oversold Cemetery

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have four or more creature cards in your graveyard, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Oversold Cemetery (dmr) 96
1

Instants

Quantity: 6Price: $78.60
Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (2x2) 170
1
Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 6
1
Return to Dust

Exile target artifact or enchantment. If you cast this spell during your main phase, you may exile up to one other target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Return to Dust (moc) 202
1
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (moc) 211
1
Utter End

Exile target nonland permanent.

Instant
Utter End (moc) 341
1
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 314
1

Lands

Quantity: 36Price: $245.14
Cavern of Souls

As Cavern of Souls enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.

Land
Cavern of Souls (2x2) 320
1
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 244
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Fetid Heath

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

Land
Fetid Heath (moc) 399
1
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
1
Isolated Chapel

Isolated Chapel enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (dmr) 249
1
Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
1
Marsh Flats

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

Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 248
1
Mistveil Plains

({T}: Add {W}.) Mistveil Plains enters the battlefield tapped. {W}, {T}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library. Activate only if you control two or more white permanents.

Land
Mistveil Plains (uma) 247
1
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
1
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
11
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (clb) 358
1
Shambling Vent

Shambling Vent enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. {1}{W}{B}: Shambling Vent becomes a 2/3 white and black Elemental creature with lifelink until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Shambling Vent (clb) 914
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mom) 279
8
Temple of Silence

Temple of Silence enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Silence enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (moc) 436
1
Unclaimed Territory

As Unclaimed Territory enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Land
Unclaimed Territory (voc) 188
1
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
1
Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Vault of the Archangel (moc) 443
1

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 2Price: $3.99
Sorin, Grim Nemesis

+1: Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to its mana value. −X: Sorin, Grim Nemesis deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life. −9: Create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature tokens with lifelink equal to the highest life total among all players.

Planeswalker
Sorin, Grim Nemesis (soi) 251
1
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

+1: Create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink. −2: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0." −6: Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.

Planeswalker
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad (ddk) 1
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 6Price: $22.14
Buried Alive

Search your library for up to three creature cards, put them into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Buried Alive (uma) 88
1
Final Parting

Search your library for two cards. Put one into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Then shuffle.

Sorcery
Final Parting (dom) 93
1
Kindred Dominance

Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.

Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (c17) 18
1
Merciless Eviction

Choose one — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all planeswalkers.

Sorcery
Merciless Eviction (onc) 120
1
Patriarch's Bidding

Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Patriarch's Bidding (mh2) 275
1
Vindicate

Destroy target permanent.

Sorcery
Vindicate (brc) 131
1

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