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Pursuit of Knowledge - Gruul - Resistance Is Futile
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $515.28
Salt Sum: 34.92
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $7.99
Xenagos, God of Revels

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature. At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.

Creature Enchantment
Xenagos, God of Revels (bng) 156
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 4Price: $8.47
Astral Cornucopia

Astral Cornucopia enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it. {T}: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color for each charge counter on Astral Cornucopia.

Artifact
Astral Cornucopia (cm2) 172
1
Dowsing Dagger

Artifact
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (plst) XLN-235Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (plst) XLN-235
1
Mage Slayer

Whenever equipped creature attacks, it deals damage equal to its power to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. Equip {3}

Artifact
Mage Slayer (nec) 140
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (plst) CMD-261
1

Creatures

Quantity: 34Price: $125.34
Atarka, World Render

Flying, trample Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, it gains double strike until end of turn.

Creature
Atarka, World Render (afc) 176
1
Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature
Beast Whisperer (plst) GRN-123
1
Bramble Sovereign

Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield, you may pay {1}{G}. If you do, that creature's controller creates a token that's a copy of that creature.

Creature
Bramble Sovereign (clb) 218
1
Chameleon Colossus

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Protection from black {2}{G}{G}: Chameleon Colossus gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is its power.

Creature
Chameleon Colossus (afc) 153
1
Dragonlord Atarka

Flying, trample When Dragonlord Atarka enters the battlefield, it deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers your opponents control.

Creature
Dragonlord Atarka (plst) DTK-216
1
Elvish Piper

{G}, {T}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Elvish Piper (a25) 168
1
Eternal Witness

When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Eternal Witness (scd) 181
1
Ghalta, Primal Hunger

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control. Trample

Creature
Ghalta, Primal Hunger (plst) RIX-130
1
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost {2} less to cast. Whenever Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma (j22) 668
1
Hellkite Charger

Flying, haste Whenever Hellkite Charger attacks, you may pay {5}{R}{R}. If you do, untap all attacking creatures and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Hellkite Charger (c17) 138
1
Hellkite Tyrant

Flying, trample Whenever Hellkite Tyrant deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.

Creature
Hellkite Tyrant (c21) 172
1
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (plst) M19-314
1
Malignus

Malignus's power and toughness are each equal to half the highest life total among your opponents, rounded up. Damage that would be dealt by Malignus can't be prevented.

Creature
Malignus (plst) AVR-148
1
Moldgraf Monstrosity

Trample When Moldgraf Monstrosity dies, exile it, then return two creature cards at random from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Moldgraf Monstrosity (c18) 156
1
Nylea, God of the Hunt

Indestructible As long as your devotion to green is less than five, Nylea isn't a creature. (Each {G} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.) Other creatures you control have trample. {3}{G}: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Nylea, God of the Hunt (plst) THS-166
1
Pathbreaker Ibex

Whenever Pathbreaker Ibex attacks, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Pathbreaker Ibex (cma) 132
1
Regal Behemoth

Trample When Regal Behemoth enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever you tap a land for mana while you're the monarch, add an additional one mana of any color.

Creature
Regal Behemoth (cn2) 69
1
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Vigilance, reach Ruric Thar, the Unbowed attacks each combat if able. Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, Ruric Thar deals 6 damage to that player.

Creature
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed (2x2) 271
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
Savage Ventmaw

Flying Whenever Savage Ventmaw attacks, add {R}{R}{R}{G}{G}{G}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Savage Ventmaw (scd) 240
1
Scourge of Valkas

Flying Whenever Scourge of Valkas or another Dragon enters the battlefield under your control, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of Dragons you control. {R}: Scourge of Valkas gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Scourge of Valkas (scd) 157
1
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power. {G}, {T}: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Creature
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (cmm) 320
1
Shivan Wurm

Trample When Shivan Wurm enters the battlefield, return a red or green creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Shivan Wurm (pls) 124
1
Siege Behemoth

Hexproof As long as Siege Behemoth is attacking, for each creature you control, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Creature
Siege Behemoth (cma) 144
1
Somberwald Sage

{T}: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.

Creature
Somberwald Sage (mic) 144
1
Soul of the Harvest

Trample Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card.

Creature
Soul of the Harvest (jmp) 432
1
Spearbreaker Behemoth

Indestructible {1}: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Spearbreaker Behemoth (nec) 132
1
Spellbreaker Behemoth

This spell can't be countered. Creature spells you control with power 5 or greater can't be countered.

Creature
Spellbreaker Behemoth (c13) 216
1
Sunder Shaman

Sunder Shaman can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever Sunder Shaman deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Creature
Sunder Shaman (rna) 210
1
Surrak, the Hunt Caller

Formidable — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, target creature you control gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Surrak, the Hunt Caller (dtk) 210
1
Ulvenwald Hydra

Reach Ulvenwald Hydra's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control. When Ulvenwald Hydra enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Ulvenwald Hydra (jmp) 439
1
Utvara Hellkite

Flying Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, create a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Creature
Utvara Hellkite (c17) 144
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
Wood Elves

When Wood Elves enters the battlefield, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Wood Elves (moc) 316
1

Enchantments

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Aggravated Assault

{3}{R}{R}: Untap all creatures you control. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment
Aggravated Assault (ons) 185
1
Gratuitous Violence

If a creature you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Gratuitous Violence (afc) 127
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
Rhythm of the Wild

Creature spells you control can't be countered. Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter the battlefield with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)

Enchantment
Rhythm of the Wild (nec) 142
1
Song of the Dryads

Enchant permanent Enchanted permanent is a colorless Forest land.

Enchantment
Song of the Dryads (plst) C14-47
1
Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Enchantment
Sylvan Library (dmr) 179
1

Instants

Quantity: 7Price: $55.53
Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (plst) NPH-103
1
Berserk

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Instant
Berserk (cn2) 175
1
Comet Storm

Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.

Instant
Comet Storm (cmr) 411
1
Krosan Grip

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Krosan Grip (c21) 198
1
Reverberate

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Reverberate (m13) 145
1
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
1
Worldly Tutor

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.

Instant
Worldly Tutor (dmr) 185
1

Lands

Quantity: 37Price: $221.11
Arid Mesa

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

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
1
Blighted Woodland

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice Blighted Woodland: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Blighted Woodland (clb) 881
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (plst) CMD-269
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (plst) HOU-199
10
Jund Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Jund Panorama: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Jund Panorama (ncc) 408
1
Kazandu Refuge

Kazandu Refuge enters the battlefield tapped. When Kazandu Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Kazandu Refuge (scd) 307
1
Kessig Wolf Run

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{R}{G}, {T}: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Land
Kessig Wolf Run (moc) 410
1
Mosswort Bridge

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Mosswort Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.

Land
Mosswort Bridge (moc) 415
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (plst) AKH-264
6
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (moc) 416
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196
1
Scavenger Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land
Scavenger Grounds (c21) 314
1
Sheltered Thicket

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Sheltered Thicket enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltered Thicket (plst) AKH-248
1
Spinerock Knoll

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Spinerock Knoll enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if an opponent was dealt 7 or more damage this turn.

Land
Spinerock Knoll (clb) 916
1
Spire Garden

Spire Garden enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Spire Garden (clb) 361
1
Stomping Ground

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

Land
Stomping Ground (rna) 259
1
Strip Mine

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Strip Mine: Destroy target land.

Land
Strip Mine (4ed) 363
1
Temple of Abandon

Temple of Abandon enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Abandon enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Abandon (moc) 430
1
Temple of the False God

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Land
Temple of the False God (moc) 437
1
Tranquil Thicket

Tranquil Thicket enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. Cycling {G} ({G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Thicket (c21) 408
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
Wooded Foothills

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

Land
Wooded Foothills (ktk) 249
1
Yavimaya Hollow

{T}: Add {C}. {G}, {T}: Regenerate target creature.

Land
Yavimaya Hollow (uds) 143
1

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 2Price: $6.78
Domri Rade

+1: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. −2: Target creature you control fights another target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control have double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste."

Planeswalker
Domri Rade (mm3) 161
1
Sarkhan Vol

+1: Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn. −2: Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. −6: Create five 4/4 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.

Planeswalker
Sarkhan Vol (mma) 183
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 9Price: $26.11
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (scd) 124
1
Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Sorcery
Chain Reaction (onc) 97
1
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (moc) 295
1
Decimate

Destroy target artifact, target creature, target enchantment, and target land. (You can't cast this spell unless you have legal choices for all its targets.)

Sorcery
Decimate (dmr) 188
1
Genesis Wave

Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Genesis Wave (ima) 164
1
Green Sun's Zenith

Search your library for a green creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Shuffle Green Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Sorcery
Green Sun's Zenith (2x2) 150
1
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (moc) 306
1
Molten Disaster

Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.) If this spell was kicked, it has split second. (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Molten Disaster deals X damage to each creature without flying and each player.

Sorcery
Molten Disaster (c13) 117
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

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