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Lore Seeker - The Hydra - The Second Labor
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $407.22
Salt Sum: 26.71
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.99
Polukranos, Unchained

Polukranos enters the battlefield with six +1/+1 counters on it. It escapes with twelve +1/+1 counters on it instead. If damage would be dealt to Polukranos while it has a +1/+1 counter on it, prevent that damage and remove that many +1/+1 counters from it. {1}{B}{G}: Polukranos fights another target creature. Escape—{4}{B}{G}, Exile six other cards from your graveyard.

Creature
Polukranos, Unchained (thb) 224
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 9Price: $22.87
Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (mh1) 218
1
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Expedition Map: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
1
Golgari Signet

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

Artifact
Golgari Signet (onc) 131
1
Horizon Spellbomb

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Horizon Spellbomb: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. When Horizon Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {G}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Horizon Spellbomb (som) 165
1
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (moc) 364
1
Perpetual Timepiece

{T}: Mill two cards. {2}, Exile Perpetual Timepiece: Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Artifact
Perpetual Timepiece (plst) KLD-227
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1
Talisman of Resilience

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

Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (c21) 270
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389
1

Creatures

Quantity: 29Price: $129.29
Acolyte of Affliction

When Acolyte of Affliction enters the battlefield, mill two cards, then you may return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Acolyte of Affliction (thb) 206
1
Bloodghast

Bloodghast can't block. Bloodghast has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life. Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may return Bloodghast from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Bloodghast (plst) ZEN-83
1
Brawn

Trample As long as Brawn is in your graveyard and you control a Forest, creatures you control have trample.

Creature
Brawn (moc) 292
1
Cavalier of Thorns

Reach When Cavalier of Thorns enters the battlefield, reveal the top five cards of your library. Put a land card from among them onto the battlefield and the rest into your graveyard. When Cavalier of Thorns dies, you may exile it. If you do, put another target card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Creature
Cavalier of Thorns (m20) 167
1
Corpsejack Menace

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

Creature
Corpsejack Menace (plst) IMA-197
1
Deathrite Shaman

{T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. {B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Creature
Deathrite Shaman (ema) 215
1
Doom Whisperer

Flying, trample Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature
Doom Whisperer (grn) 69
1
Erebos, God of the Dead

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.) Your opponents can't gain life. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Erebos, God of the Dead (ths) 85
1
Ghoultree

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.

Creature
Ghoultree (dka) 115
1
Glowspore Shaman

When Glowspore Shaman enters the battlefield, mill three cards. You may put a land card from your graveyard on top of your library. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature
Glowspore Shaman (2x2) 220
1
Hermit Druid

{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Creature
Hermit Druid (plst) STH-108
1
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis

You can't spend mana to cast this spell. Convoke, delve (Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color. Each card you exile from your graveyard pays for {1}.) You may cast Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis from your graveyard. Trample

Creature
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis (mh1) 202
1
Lotleth Troll

Trample Discard a creature card: Put a +1/+1 counter on Lotleth Troll. {B}: Regenerate Lotleth Troll.

Creature
Lotleth Troll (2x2) 245
1
Millikin

{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Millikin (dmr) 231
1
Molderhulk

Undergrowth — This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. When Molderhulk enters the battlefield, return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Molderhulk (grn) 190
1
Nemesis of Mortals

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. {7}{G}{G}: Monstrosity 5. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each creature card in your graveyard. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

Creature
Nemesis of Mortals (ths) 163
1
Nyx Weaver

Reach At the beginning of your upkeep, mill two cards. {1}{B}{G}, Exile Nyx Weaver: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Enchantment
Nyx Weaver (c20) 226
1
Polukranos, World Eater

{X}{X}{G}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When Polukranos, World Eater becomes monstrous, it deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures your opponents control. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to Polukranos.

Creature
Polukranos, World Eater (plst) THS-172
1
Prowling Serpopard

This spell can't be countered. Creature spells you control can't be countered.

Creature
Prowling Serpopard (j22) 713
1
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice Sakura-Tribe Elder: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (scd) 208
1
Satyr Wayfinder

When Satyr Wayfinder enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Creature
Satyr Wayfinder (znc) 81
1
Splinterfright

Trample Splinterfright's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard. At the beginning of your upkeep, mill two cards.

Creature
Splinterfright (2x2) 159
1
Springbloom Druid

When Springbloom Druid enters the battlefield, you may sacrifice a land. If you do, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Springbloom Druid (khc) 74
1
Stinkweed Imp

Flying Whenever Stinkweed Imp deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature. Dredge 5 (If you would draw a card, you may mill five cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Creature
Stinkweed Imp (plst) GK1-53
1
Stitcher's Supplier

When Stitcher's Supplier enters the battlefield or dies, mill three cards.

Creature
Stitcher's Supplier (j22) 73
1
Underrealm Lich

If you would draw a card, instead look at the top three cards of your library, then put one into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Pay 4 life: Underrealm Lich gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Underrealm Lich (grn) 211
1
Vigor

Trample If damage would be dealt to another creature you control, prevent that damage. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. When Vigor is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature
Vigor (plst) BBD-215
1
Walking Ballista

Walking Ballista enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. {4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Walking Ballista. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Walking Ballista: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature Artifact
Walking Ballista (j22) 806
1
World Shaper

Whenever World Shaper attacks, you may mill three cards. When World Shaper dies, return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
World Shaper (ncc) 323
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 4Price: $61.68
Crop Sigil

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill a card. Delirium — {2}{G}, Sacrifice Crop Sigil: Return up to one target creature card and up to one target land card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Enchantment
Crop Sigil (emn) 153
1
Doubling Season

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead. If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

Enchantment
Doubling Season (2xm) 164
1
Greater Good

Sacrifice a creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard three cards.

Enchantment
Greater Good (afc) 160
1
Vessel of Nascency

{1}{G}, Sacrifice Vessel of Nascency: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Enchantment
Vessel of Nascency (a25) 193
1

Instants

Quantity: 9Price: $18.49
Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Assassin's Trophy (2x2) 175
1
Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (onc) 104
1
Corpse Churn

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Instant
Corpse Churn (j22) 389
1
Evolution Charm

Choose one — • Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. • Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. • Target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Instant
Evolution Charm (tsr) 202
1
Grapple with the Past

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature or land card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Grapple with the Past (2x2) 149
1
Grisly Salvage

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Instant
Grisly Salvage (c20) 215
1
Harrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Harrow (znc) 69
1
Moonlight Bargain

Look at the top five cards of your library. For each card, put that card into your graveyard unless you pay 2 life. Then put the rest into your hand.

Instant
Moonlight Bargain (c18) 114
1
Veil of Summer

Draw a card if an opponent has cast a blue or black spell this turn. Spells you control can't be countered this turn. You and permanents you control gain hexproof from blue and from black until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of blue or black spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Veil of Summer (plst) M20-198
1

Lands

Quantity: 28Price: $126.30
Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (j22) 809
1
Blooming Marsh

Blooming Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Blooming Marsh (kld) 243
1
City of Brass

Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (2x2) 321
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
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mom) 281
9
Geier Reach Sanitarium

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

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (dmc) 213
1
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Llanowar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (bro) 264
1
Mana Confluence

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

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
1
Nurturing Peatland

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B} or {G}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Nurturing Peatland: Draw a card.

Land
Nurturing Peatland (mh1) 243
1
Overgrown Tomb

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

Land
Overgrown Tomb (grn) 253
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mom) 279
6
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
Verdant Catacombs

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

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
1
Woodland Cemetery

Woodland Cemetery enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Woodland Cemetery (dmr) 261
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 20Price: $47.60
Ancient Stirrings

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a colorless card from among them and put it into your hand. Then put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Ancient Stirrings (j22) 628
1
Attune with Aether

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Sorcery
Attune with Aether (kld) 145
1
Caravan Vigil

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Morbid — You may put that card onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand if a creature died this turn.

Sorcery
Caravan Vigil (isd) 173
1
Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (2x2) 73
1
Decree of Pain

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way. Cycling {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle Decree of Pain, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Decree of Pain (c17) 111
1
Dread Summons

Each player mills X cards. For each creature card put into a graveyard this way, you create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Sorcery
Dread Summons (ncc) 249
1
Increasing Ambition

Search your library for a card and put that card into your hand. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, instead search your library for two cards and put those cards into your hand. Then shuffle. Flashback {7}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Increasing Ambition (dka) 69
1
Lay of the Land

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Lay of the Land (plst) CN2-185
1
Mulch

Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Mulch (vow) 210
1
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (dmr) 170
1
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (moc) 259
1
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (2x2) 155
1
Ransack the Lab

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Ransack the Lab (mh1) 103
1
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Read the Bones (moc) 267
1
Regrowth

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Regrowth (plst) A25-187
1
Rishkar's Expertise

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Rishkar's Expertise (ncc) 306
1
Sylvan Scrying

Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Sylvan Scrying (plst) BFZ-192
1
Traverse the Outlands

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Traverse the Outlands (clb) 258
1
Traverse the Ulvenwald

Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Delirium — If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead search your library for a creature or land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Traverse the Ulvenwald (soi) 234
1
Winding Way

Choose creature or land. Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Winding Way (mh1) 193
1

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