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The Toolbox - The Opulence of Telepathy - I am the Captain
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $449.20
Salt Sum: 48.19
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $3.49
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain (brc) 126
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 31Price: $220.07
Aether Spellbomb

{U}, Sacrifice Aether Spellbomb: Return target creature to its owner's hand. {1}, Sacrifice Aether Spellbomb: Draw a card.

Artifact
Aether Spellbomb (j22) 752
1
Aetherflux Reservoir

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn. Pay 50 life: Aetherflux Reservoir deals 50 damage to any target.

Artifact
Aetherflux Reservoir (plst) KLD-192
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
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (moc) 352
1
Elixir of Immortality

{2}, {T}: You gain 5 life. Shuffle Elixir of Immortality and your graveyard into their owner's library.

Artifact
Elixir of Immortality (c21) 243
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 (clb) 859
1
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
1
Gilded Lotus

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

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (dom) 215
1
Helm of Awakening

Spells cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Helm of Awakening (dmr) 224
1
Ichor Wellspring

When Ichor Wellspring enters the battlefield or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (brc) 143
1
Izzet Locket

{T}: Add {U} or {R}. {U/R}{U/R}{U/R}{U/R}, {T}, Sacrifice Izzet Locket: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Izzet Locket (c19) 215
1
Izzet Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Artifact
Izzet Signet (moc) 362
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (scd) 269
1
Lotus Petal

{T}, Sacrifice Lotus Petal: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Lotus Petal (plst) TMP-294
1
Mana Vault

Mana Vault doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap Mana Vault. At the beginning of your draw step, if Mana Vault is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Vault (2x2) 308
1
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (moc) 364
1
Mishra's Bauble

{T}, Sacrifice Mishra's Bauble: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Artifact
Mishra's Bauble (2xm) 274
1
Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Artifact
Mox Amber (dom) 224
1
Paradox Engine

Whenever you cast a spell, untap all nonland permanents you control.

Artifact
Paradox Engine (aer) 169
1
Prismatic Lens

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

Artifact
Prismatic Lens (tsr) 272
1
Semblance Anvil

Imprint — When Semblance Anvil enters the battlefield, you may exile a nonland card from your hand. Spells you cast that share a card type with the exiled card cost {2} less to cast.

Artifact
Semblance Anvil (som) 201
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
Spellbook

You have no maximum hand size.

Artifact
Spellbook (plst) 10E-343
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (scd) 279
1
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (scd) 285
1
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (brc) 168
1
Tormod's Crypt

{T}, Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt: Exile target player's graveyard.

Artifact
Tormod's Crypt (dmr) 235
1
Urza's Bauble

{T}, Sacrifice Urza's Bauble: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Artifact
Urza's Bauble (5ed) 406
1
Voltaic Key

{1}, {T}: Untap target artifact.

Artifact
Voltaic Key (m11) 219
1
Welding Jar

Sacrifice Welding Jar: Regenerate target artifact.

Artifact
Welding Jar (2xm) 307
1

Creatures

Quantity: 18Price: $62.92
Artificer's Assistant

Flying Whenever you cast a historic spell, scry 1. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic. To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Creature
Artificer's Assistant (plst) DOM-44
1
Etherium Sculptor

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Etherium Sculptor (brc) 82
1
Foundry Inspector

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Foundry Inspector (nec) 152
1
Goblin Welder

{T}: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player's graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player simultaneously sacrifices the artifact and returns the artifact card to the battlefield.

Creature
Goblin Welder (cm2) 101
1
Herald of Kozilek

Devoid (This card has no color.) Colorless spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Herald of Kozilek (bfz) 205
1
Jhoira's Familiar

Flying Historic spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature Artifact
Jhoira's Familiar (2xm) 265
1
Memnite

Creature Artifact
Memnite (plst) SOM-174
1
Myr Retriever

When Myr Retriever dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Myr Retriever (2xm) 277
1
Niv-Mizzet, Parun

This spell can't be countered. Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, Parun deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.

Creature
Niv-Mizzet, Parun (clb) 851
1
Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 233
1
Padeem, Consul of Innovation

Artifacts you control have hexproof. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control the artifact with the highest mana value or tied for the highest mana value, draw a card.

Creature
Padeem, Consul of Innovation (brc) 91
1
Reckless Fireweaver

Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, Reckless Fireweaver deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Reckless Fireweaver (j22) 587
1
Riddlesmith

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Riddlesmith (nec) 96
1
Sai, Master Thopterist

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.

Creature
Sai, Master Thopterist (brc) 93
1
Scrap Trawler

Whenever Scrap Trawler or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.

Creature Artifact
Scrap Trawler (moc) 373
1
Shimmer Myr

Flash You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash.

Creature Artifact
Shimmer Myr (moc) 376
1
Trinket Mage

When Trinket Mage enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Trinket Mage (plst) DDU-41
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

Enchantments

Quantity: 4Price: $9.36
Efficient Construction

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Efficient Construction (aer) 33
1
Storm the Vault

Enchantment
Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan (rix) 173Storm the Vault // Vault of Catlacan (rix) 173
1
Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

Enchantment
Telepathy (m10) 74
1
The Antiquities War

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. III — Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

Enchantment
The Antiquities War (plst) DOM-42
1

Instants

Quantity: 9Price: $57.67
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
1
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
1
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (2xm) 47
1
Dramatic Reversal

Untap all nonland permanents you control.

Instant
Dramatic Reversal (kld) 44
1
Hurkyl's Recall

Return all artifacts target player owns to their hand.

Instant
Hurkyl's Recall (plst) MM2-48
1
Paradoxical Outcome

Return any number of target nonland, nontoken permanents you control to their owners' hands. Draw a card for each card returned to your hand this way.

Instant
Paradoxical Outcome (kld) 60
1
Rebuild

Return all artifacts to their owners' hands. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Instant
Rebuild (mh1) 66
1
Retract

Return all artifacts you control to their owner's hand.

Instant
Retract (dst) 32
1
Whir of Invention

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Whir of Invention (plst) AER-49
1

Lands

Quantity: 31Price: $64.33
Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Buried Ruin: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (onc) 147
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Darksteel Citadel

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (brc) 180
1
Great Furnace

{T}: Add {R}.

Artifact Land
Great Furnace (brc) 187
1
Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Inventors' Fair (plst) KLD-247
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
15
Izzet Boilerworks

Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield tapped. When Izzet Boilerworks enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (brc) 188
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
4
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196
1
Seat of the Synod

{T}: Add {U}.

Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (j22) 820
1
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. Shivan Reef deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (dmu) 255
1
Spire of Industry

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.

Land
Spire of Industry (moc) 426
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
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

Planeswalkers

Quantity: 2Price: $23.99
Saheeli, the Gifted

+1: Create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token. +1: The next spell you cast this turn costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control as you cast it. −7: For each artifact you control, create a token that's a copy of it. Those tokens gain haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step. Saheeli, the Gifted can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Saheeli, the Gifted (c18) 44
1
Tezzeret the Seeker

+1: Untap up to two target artifacts. −X: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. −5: Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

Planeswalker
Tezzeret the Seeker (mm2) 62
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 4Price: $7.37
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
Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Fabricate (plst) M10-52
1
Grapeshot

Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Sorcery
Grapeshot (dmr) 125
1
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (khc) 46
1

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