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Pursuit of Knowledge - Rakdos - Was Theirs
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $580.62
Salt Sum: 41.29
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $7.49
Olivia Voldaren

Flying {1}{R}: Olivia Voldaren deals 1 damage to another target creature. That creature becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on Olivia Voldaren. {3}{B}{B}: Gain control of target Vampire for as long as you control Olivia Voldaren.

Creature
Olivia Voldaren (mm3) 177
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 10Price: $47.96
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
1
Basalt Monolith

Basalt Monolith doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {3}: Untap Basalt Monolith.

Artifact
Basalt Monolith (2xm) 232
1
Cauldron of Souls

{T}: Choose any number of target creatures. Each of those creatures gains persist until end of turn. (When it dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Artifact
Cauldron of Souls (plst) CM2-180
1
Dowsing Dagger

Artifact
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (plst) XLN-235Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (plst) XLN-235
1
Everflowing Chalice

Multikicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Everflowing Chalice enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked. {T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on Everflowing Chalice.

Artifact
Everflowing Chalice (cmm) 948
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
Nim Deathmantle

Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has intimidate, and is a black Zombie. (A creature with intimidate can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {4}. If you do, return that card to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. Equip {4}

Artifact
Nim Deathmantle (2x2) 309
1
Rings of Brighthearth

Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Rings of Brighthearth (cmr) 335
1
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (moc) 379
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 (cmm) 983
1

Creatures

Quantity: 28Price: $141.58
Anowon, the Ruin Sage

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player sacrifices a non-Vampire creature.

Creature
Anowon, the Ruin Sage (voc) 118
1
Blood Artist

Whenever Blood Artist or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (j22) 117
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
Bloodline Keeper

Creature
Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage (isd) 90Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage (isd) 90
1
Bloodline Necromancer

Lifelink When Bloodline Necromancer enters the battlefield, you may return target Vampire or Wizard creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Bloodline Necromancer (voc) 120
1
Butcher of Malakir

Flying Whenever Butcher of Malakir or another creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature.

Creature
Butcher of Malakir (plst) WWK-53
1
Captivating Vampire

Other Vampire creatures you control get +1/+1. Tap five untapped Vampires you control: Gain control of target creature. It becomes a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Creature
Captivating Vampire (plst) M11-87
1
Chainer, Dementia Master

All Nightmares get +1/+1. {B}{B}{B}, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types. When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.

Creature
Chainer, Dementia Master (cmm) 144
1
Crypt Ghast

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.) Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}.

Creature
Crypt Ghast (c14) 139
1
Dark Impostor

{4}{B}{B}: Exile target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on Dark Impostor. Dark Impostor has all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with it.

Creature
Dark Impostor (voc) 127
1
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief

Flying {X}{B}{B}: Target creature gets -0/-X until end of turn and Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief (plst) C17-112
1
Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Flying, first strike Whenever Drana, Liberator of Malakir deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.

Creature
Drana, Liberator of Malakir (dmc) 111
1
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever Falkenrath Noble or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (j22) 414
1
Geth, Lord of the Vault

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) {X}{B}: Put target artifact or creature card with mana value X from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control tapped. Then that player mills X cards.

Creature
Geth, Lord of the Vault (brc) 107
1
Ingot Chewer

When Ingot Chewer enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact. Evoke {R} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Creature
Ingot Chewer (plst) CM2-110
1
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (j22) 79
1
Malakir Bloodwitch

Flying, protection from white When Malakir Bloodwitch enters the battlefield, each opponent loses life equal to the number of Vampires you control. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Creature
Malakir Bloodwitch (voc) 131
1
Molten Primordial

Haste When Molten Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Creature
Molten Primordial (gtc) 101
1
Nirkana Revenant

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional {B}. {B}: Nirkana Revenant gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Nirkana Revenant (voc) 134
1
Pawn of Ulamog

Whenever Pawn of Ulamog or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {C}."

Creature
Pawn of Ulamog (c17) 120
1
Sangromancer

Flying Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may gain 3 life. Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may gain 3 life.

Creature
Sangromancer (scd) 103
1
Sepulchral Primordial

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) When Sepulchral Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Sepulchral Primordial (scd) 106
1
Soul of New Phyrexia

Trample {5}: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. {5}, Exile Soul of New Phyrexia from your graveyard: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Soul of New Phyrexia (cmm) 974
1
Stromkirk Captain

First strike Other Vampire creatures you control get +1/+1 and have first strike.

Creature
Stromkirk Captain (voc) 157
1
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

When you cast this spell, exile two target permanents. Indestructible Whenever Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger attacks, defending player exiles the top twenty cards of their library.

Creature
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (cmm) 5
1
Viscera Seer

Sacrifice a creature: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Creature
Viscera Seer (cmr) 158
1
Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Haste Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Yahenni, Undying Partisan. Sacrifice another creature: Yahenni gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Yahenni, Undying Partisan (cmm) 201
1
Zealous Conscripts

Haste When Zealous Conscripts enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap that permanent. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Zealous Conscripts (mm3) 116
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 5Price: $23.46
Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on Black Market. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, add {B} for each charge counter on Black Market.

Enchantment
Black Market (clb) 739
1
Braid of Fire

Cumulative upkeep—Add {R}. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)

Enchantment
Braid of Fire (plst) CSP-78
1
Grave Betrayal

Whenever a creature you don't control dies, return it to the battlefield under your control with an additional +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.

Enchantment
Grave Betrayal (rtr) 67
1
No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment
No Mercy (dmr) 308
1
Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (j22) 124
1

Instants

Quantity: 7Price: $54.59
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
Magmaquake

Magmaquake deals X damage to each creature without flying and each planeswalker.

Instant
Magmaquake (scd) 149
1
Reverberate

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

Instant
Reverberate (m13) 145
1
Scour from Existence

Exile target permanent.

Instant
Scour from Existence (bfz) 13
1
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (scd) 249
1
Thrilling Encore

Put onto the battlefield under your control all creature cards in all graveyards that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Instant
Thrilling Encore (bbd) 53
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) 108
1

Lands

Quantity: 36Price: $193.06
Akoum Refuge

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

Land
Akoum Refuge (scd) 289
1
Blood Crypt

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

Land
Blood Crypt (plst) DIS-171
1
Bloodstained Mire

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

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
1
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
1
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mh2) 301
1
Canyon Slough

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Canyon Slough enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Canyon Slough (akh) 239
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 Beacon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Command Beacon: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land
Command Beacon (cmr) 349
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (cmm) 993
1
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (afc) 246
1
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
Mirrorpool

Mirrorpool enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.

Land
Mirrorpool (cmm) 1010
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 265
5
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 (cmm) 423
1
Smoldering Marsh

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Smoldering Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Smoldering Marsh (cmm) 1036
1
Strip Mine

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

Land
Strip Mine (4ed) 363
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 264
14
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (tsr) 287
1

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 2Price: $20.99
Liliana of the Dark Realms

+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. −3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control. −6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have '{T}: Add {B}{B}{B}{B}.'"

Planeswalker
Liliana of the Dark Realms (m14) 102
1
Liliana Vess

+1: Target player discards a card. −2: Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. −8: Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Planeswalker
Liliana Vess (gvl) 32
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 11Price: $91.49
Damnable Pact

Target player draws X cards and loses X life.

Sorcery
Damnable Pact (ncc) 245
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 (cmm) 148
1
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
1
Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
1
Mana Geyser

Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.

Sorcery
Mana Geyser (scd) 151
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
Syphon Mind

Each other player discards a card. You draw a card for each card discarded this way.

Sorcery
Syphon Mind (scd) 111
1
Tempt with Vengeance

Tempting offer — Create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Each opponent may create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. For each opponent who does, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste.

Sorcery
Tempt with Vengeance (cmm) 263
1
Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent or discards a card.

Sorcery
Torment of Hailfire (plst) HOU-77
1
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 (cmm) 191
1
Volcanic Vision

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Volcanic Vision deals damage equal to that card's mana value to each creature your opponents control. Exile Volcanic Vision.

Sorcery
Volcanic Vision (c21) 182
1

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