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The Knowledge Pool — Maelstrom Wanderer Part 2 - Maelstrom Wanderer, Chaotic Smashing
Deck Size: 99
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Est deck cost: $2675.50
Salt Sum: 46.67
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $4.49
Maelstrom Wanderer

Creatures you control have haste. Cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order. Then do it again.)

Creature
Maelstrom Wanderer (pca) 101
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 3Price: $50.97
Scroll Rack

{1}, {T}: Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.

Artifact
Scroll Rack (cmr) 337
1
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 314
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1

Creatures

Quantity: 23Price: $94.07
Arcanis the Omnipotent

{T}: Draw three cards. {2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis the Omnipotent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Arcanis the Omnipotent (dmr) 39
1
Avenger of Zendikar

When Avenger of Zendikar enters the battlefield, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token for each land you control. Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may put a +1/+1 counter on each Plant creature you control.

Creature
Avenger of Zendikar (j22) 629
1
Azusa, Lost but Seeking

You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.

Creature
Azusa, Lost but Seeking (m21) 173
1
Balefire Dragon

Flying Whenever Balefire Dragon deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.

Creature
Balefire Dragon (plst) ISD-129
1
Bane of Progress

When Bane of Progress enters the battlefield, destroy all artifacts and enchantments. Put a +1/+1 counter on Bane of Progress for each permanent destroyed this way.

Creature
Bane of Progress (plst) C15-175
1
Combustible Gearhulk

First strike When Combustible Gearhulk enters the battlefield, target opponent may have you draw three cards. If the player doesn't, you mill three cards, then Combustible Gearhulk deals damage to that player equal to the total mana value of those cards.

Creature Artifact
Combustible Gearhulk (scd) 128
1
Diluvian Primordial

Flying When Diluvian Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Diluvian Primordial (scd) 47
1
Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali, Primal Storm attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (dmc) 121
1
Frost Titan

Whenever Frost Titan becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays {2}. Whenever Frost Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, tap target permanent. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Frost Titan (plst) M11-55
1
Greenwarden of Murasa

When Greenwarden of Murasa enters the battlefield, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand. When Greenwarden of Murasa dies, you may exile it. If you do, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Greenwarden of Murasa (ncc) 294
1
Inferno Titan

{R}: Inferno Titan gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Whenever Inferno Titan enters the battlefield or attacks, it deals 3 damage divided as you choose among one, two, or three targets.

Creature
Inferno Titan (ncc) 269
1
Magus of the Mind

{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Magus of the Mind: Shuffle your library, then exile the top X cards, where X is one plus the number of spells cast this turn. Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Magus of the Mind (c17) 12
1
Omnath, Locus of Rage

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, create a 5/5 red and green Elemental creature token. Whenever Omnath, Locus of Rage or another Elemental you control dies, Omnath deals 3 damage to any target.

Creature
Omnath, Locus of Rage (plst) BFZ-217
1
Oracle of Mul Daya

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands from the top of your library.

Creature
Oracle of Mul Daya (2x2) 154
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
Prime Speaker Zegana

Prime Speaker Zegana enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the greatest power among other creatures you control. When Prime Speaker Zegana enters the battlefield, draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Prime Speaker Zegana (c15) 230
1
Rampaging Baloths

Trample Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

Creature
Rampaging Baloths (j22) 715
1
Scourge of the Throne

Flying Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever Scourge of the Throne attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Scourge of the Throne (plst) CNS-35
1
Sphinx Ambassador

Flying Whenever Sphinx Ambassador deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for a card, then that player chooses a card name. If you searched for a creature card that doesn't have that name, you may put it onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Creature
Sphinx Ambassador (m10) 73
1
Sphinx of Uthuun

Flying When Sphinx of Uthuun enters the battlefield, reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Creature
Sphinx of Uthuun (cmr) 406
1
Steel Hellkite

Flying {2}: Steel Hellkite gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {X}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by Steel Hellkite this turn. Activate only once each turn.

Creature Artifact
Steel Hellkite (scd) 278
1
Tyrant's Familiar

Flying, haste Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, Tyrant's Familiar gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever Tyrant's Familiar attacks, it deals 7 damage to target creature defending player controls."

Creature
Tyrant's Familiar (scd) 165
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

Enchantments

Quantity: 7Price: $173.43
Burgeoning

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Burgeoning (c16) 143
1
Exploration

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Enchantment
Exploration (dmr) 159
1
Food Chain

Exile a creature you control: Add X mana of any one color, where X is 1 plus the exiled creature's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.

Enchantment
Food Chain (2x2) 147
1
Mind's Dilation

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Mind's Dilation (emn) 70
1
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
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
Zendikar Resurgent

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.) Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Zendikar Resurgent (plst) OGW-147
1

Instants

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Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (onc) 104
1
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
1
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (moc) 273
1
Evacuation

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Evacuation (c16) 91
1
Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (dmr) 48
1
Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Draw a card.

Instant
Mystic Confluence (ncc) 227
1
Spelljack

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

Instant
Spelljack (jud) 51
1

Lands

Quantity: 41Price: $2245.51
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
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
Breeding Pool

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

Land
Breeding Pool (rna) 246
1
Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Cinder Glade enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (moc) 395
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Flooded Strand

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

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mom) 281
7
High Market

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

Land
High Market (afc) 246
1
Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (dmr) 248
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
6
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
Misty Rainforest

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

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
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 (mom) 280
4
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196
1
Rootbound Crag

Rootbound Crag enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rootbound Crag (xln) 256
1
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
1
Steam Vents

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

Land
Steam Vents (grn) 257
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
Sulfur Falls

Sulfur Falls enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (dmr) 258
1
Taiga

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.)

Land
Taiga (3ed) 287
1
Tropical Island

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)

Land
Tropical Island (3ed) 288
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
Volcanic Island

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.)

Land
Volcanic Island (3ed) 291
1
Windswept Heath

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

Land
Windswept Heath (ktk) 248
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

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 2Price: $35.98
Jace, the Mind Sculptor

+2: Look at the top card of target player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library. 0: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order. −1: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −12: Exile all cards from target player's library, then that player shuffles their hand into their library.

Planeswalker
Jace, the Mind Sculptor (2xm) 56
1
Karn Liberated

+4: Target player exiles a card from their hand. −3: Exile target permanent. −14: Restart the game, leaving in exile all non-Aura permanent cards exiled with Karn Liberated. Then put those cards onto the battlefield under your control.

Planeswalker
Karn Liberated (j22) 97
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 15Price: $61.96
Blatant Thievery

For each opponent, gain control of target permanent that player controls.

Sorcery
Blatant Thievery (c15) 87
1
Boundless Realms

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of lands you control, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Boundless Realms (plst) M13-162
1
Bribery

Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery
Bribery (8ed) 64
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
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (dmc) 133
1
Knowledge Exploitation

Prowl {3}{U} (You may cast this for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Rogue.) Search target opponent's library for an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery Tribal
Knowledge Exploitation (mor) 38
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
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
Recurring Insight

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Recurring Insight (roe) 82
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
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.) Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery
Rite of Replication (c21) 128
1
Selvala's Stampede

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for wild or free. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card for each wild vote. Put those creature cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest into your library. You may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield for each free vote.

Sorcery
Selvala's Stampede (cn2) 71
1
Skyshroud Claim

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Skyshroud Claim (bbd) 213
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
Verdant Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. • Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. • Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Verdant Confluence (c15) 40
1

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