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Too-Specific Top 10 - Budget Boss - zaXara control
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $253.38
Salt Sum: 28.36
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.99
Zaxara, the Exemplary

Deathtouch {T}: Add two mana of any one color. Whenever you cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Zaxara, the Exemplary (dmc) 176
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 3Price: $72.47
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
Chalice of the Void

Chalice of the Void enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Chalice of the Void, counter that spell.

Artifact
Chalice of the Void (a25) 222
1
Engineered Explosives

Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) {2}, Sacrifice Engineered Explosives: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Engineered Explosives.

Artifact
Engineered Explosives (2xm) 252
1

Creatures

Quantity: 2Price: $20.34
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
Wren's Run Hydra

Reach Wren's Run Hydra enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. Reinforce X—{X}{G}{G} ({X}{G}{G}, Discard this card: Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature.)

Creature
Wren's Run Hydra (mh2) 183
1

Enchantments

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Iceberg

Iceberg enters the battlefield with X ice counters on it. {3}: Put an ice counter on Iceberg. Remove an ice counter from Iceberg: Add {C}.

Enchantment
Iceberg (ice) 73
1
Mana Bloom

Mana Bloom enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it. Remove a charge counter from Mana Bloom: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Mana Bloom has no charge counters on it, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Mana Bloom (rtr) 130
1
The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters the battlefield, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (mid) 112
1

Instants

Quantity: 37Price: $41.41
Biomass Mutation

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Instant
Biomass Mutation (c21) 209
1
Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Instant
Blue Sun's Zenith (a25) 44
1
Broken Ambitions

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Clash with an opponent. If you win, that spell's controller mills four cards. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a higher mana value.)

Instant
Broken Ambitions (lrw) 54
1
Chord of Calling

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Chord of Calling (2xm) 158
1
Commander's Insight

Target player draws X cards plus an additional card for each time they've cast a commander from the command zone this game.

Instant
Commander's Insight (c21) 23
1
Condescend

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Instant
Condescend (j22) 282
1
Disrupting Shoal

You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

Instant
Disrupting Shoal (uma) 51
1
Diviner's Portent

Roll a d20 and add the number of cards in your hand. 1—14 | Draw X cards. 15+ | Scry X, then draw X cards.

Instant
Diviner's Portent (afc) 15
1
Dominate

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less.

Instant
Dominate (c15) 92
1
Drown in Dreams

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both. • Target player draws X cards. • Target player mills twice X cards.

Instant
Drown in Dreams (mic) 13
1
Epiphany at the Drownyard

Reveal the top X plus one cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Epiphany at the Drownyard (soi) 59
1
Erebos's Intervention

Choose one — • Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life. • Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.

Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
1
Ertai's Meddling

X can't be 0. Target spell's controller exiles it with X delay counters on it. At the beginning of each of that player's upkeeps, if that card is exiled, remove a delay counter from it. If the card has no delay counters on it, the player puts it onto the stack as a copy of the original spell.

Instant
Ertai's Meddling (plst) TMP-61
1
Flash of Insight

Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Flashback—{1}{U}, Exile X blue cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost, then exile it. You can't exile Flash of Insight to pay for its own flashback cost.)

Instant
Flash of Insight (jud) 40
1
Gang Up

Assist (Another player can pay up to {X} of this spell's cost. You choose the value of X.) Destroy target creature with power X or less.

Instant
Gang Up (bbd) 47
1
Howl from Beyond

Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

Instant
Howl from Beyond (dmr) 88
1
Icy Blast

Tap X target creatures. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Instant
Icy Blast (ktk) 42
1
Logic Knot

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}.

Instant
Logic Knot (tsr) 73
1
Molder

Destroy target artifact or enchantment with mana value X. It can't be regenerated. You gain X life.

Instant
Molder (tsp) 206
1
Occult Epiphany

Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying for each card type among cards discarded this way.

Instant
Occult Epiphany (voc) 14
1
Power Sink

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that player doesn't, they tap all lands with mana abilities they control and lose all unspent mana.

Instant
Power Sink (6ed) 87
1
Pull from Tomorrow

Draw X cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Pull from Tomorrow (moc) 230
1
Read the Runes

Draw X cards. For each card drawn this way, discard a card unless you sacrifice a permanent.

Instant
Read the Runes (plst) ONS-104
1
Reality Spasm

Choose one — • Tap X target permanents. • Untap X target permanents.

Instant
Reality Spasm (roe) 81
1
Repeal

Return target nonland permanent with mana value X to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Repeal (ima) 70
1
Serene Sunset

Prevent all combat damage X target creatures would deal this turn.

Instant
Serene Sunset (plst) JUD-131
1
Skeletal Scrying

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile X cards from your graveyard. You draw X cards and you lose X life.

Instant
Skeletal Scrying (plst) C14-162
1
Spell Burst

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Counter target spell with mana value X.

Instant
Spell Burst (tsr) 88
1
Squall Line

Squall Line deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

Instant
Squall Line (tsp) 222
1
Strength of the Tajuru

Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Choose target creature, then choose another target creature for each time this spell was kicked. Put X +1/+1 counters on each of them.

Instant
Strength of the Tajuru (c20) 192
1
Stroke of Genius

Target player draws X cards.

Instant
Stroke of Genius (moc) 238
1
Suffer the Past

Exile X target cards from target player's graveyard. For each card exiled this way, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Instant
Suffer the Past (c21) 155
1
Syncopate

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Syncopate (vow) 83
1
Thassa's Intervention

Choose one — • Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. • Counter target spell unless its controller pays twice {X}.

Instant
Thassa's Intervention (thb) 72
1
Tribal Unity

Creatures of the creature type of your choice get +X/+X until end of turn.

Instant
Tribal Unity (hop) 80
1
Wake the Dead

Cast this spell only during combat on an opponent's turn. Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. Sacrifice those creatures at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Wake the Dead (c14) 31
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

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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
Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (moc) 394
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
1
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (brc) 181
1
Dimir Aqueduct

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

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (brc) 182
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
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
1
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (mom) 281
4
Golgari Rot Farm

Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield tapped. When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (2x2) 324
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mom) 278
4
Krosan Verge

Krosan Verge enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Krosan Verge: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Krosan Verge (moc) 412
1
Lair of the Hydra

If you control two or more other lands, Lair of the Hydra enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {X}{G}: Until end of turn, Lair of the Hydra becomes an X/X green Hydra creature. It's still a land. X can't be 0.

Land
Lair of the Hydra (afr) 259
1
Llanowar Wastes

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

Land
Llanowar Wastes (bro) 264
1
Opulent Palace

Opulent Palace enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.

Land
Opulent Palace (dmc) 223
1
Simic Growth Chamber

Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield tapped. When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (moc) 424
1
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (moc) 428
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mom) 279
4
Temple of Deceit

Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (moc) 431
1
Temple of Malady

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

Land
Temple of Malady (onc) 169
1
Temple of Mystery

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

Land
Temple of Mystery (moc) 434
1
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
Thriving Grove

Thriving Grove enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Grove enters the battlefield, choose a color other than green. {T}: Add {G} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Grove (j22) 823
1
Thriving Isle

Thriving Isle enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Isle enters the battlefield, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (moc) 441
1
Thriving Moor

Thriving Moor enters the battlefield tapped. As Thriving Moor enters the battlefield, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Moor (moc) 442
1
Vivid Creek

Vivid Creek enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Creek: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Creek (ncc) 444
1
Vivid Grove

Vivid Grove enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {G}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Grove: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Grove (ncc) 445
1
Vivid Marsh

Vivid Marsh enters the battlefield tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Marsh: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Marsh (c17) 292
1
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. Yavimaya Coast deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (dmu) 261
1

Planeswalkers

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Nissa, Steward of Elements

+2: Scry 2. 0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, Steward of Elements, you may put that card onto the battlefield. −6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.

Planeswalker
Nissa, Steward of Elements (c20) 224
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 16Price: $53.36
Agadeem's Awakening

Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 90
1
Animist's Awakening

Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put all land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap those lands.

Sorcery
Animist's Awakening (c20) 166
1
Black Sun's Zenith

Put X -1/-1 counters on each creature. Shuffle Black Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Sorcery
Black Sun's Zenith (c14) 136
1
Bond of Agony

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Each other player loses X life.

Sorcery
Bond of Agony (dis) 38
1
Consume Spirit

Spend only black mana on X. Consume Spirit deals X damage to any target and you gain X life.

Sorcery
Consume Spirit (dvd) 56
1
Distorting Wake

Return X target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Distorting Wake (c14) 107
1
Finale of Revelation

Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands, and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game. Exile Finale of Revelation.

Sorcery
Finale of Revelation (war) 51
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
Hurricane

Hurricane deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

Sorcery
Hurricane (plst) 10E-270
1
Kamahl's Druidic Vow

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Look at the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of land and/or legendary permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Kamahl's Druidic Vow (dom) 166
1
New Frontiers

Each player may search their library for up to X basic land cards and put them onto the battlefield tapped. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

Sorcery
New Frontiers (ody) 257
1
Nylea's Intervention

Choose one — • Search your library for up to X land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. • Nylea's Intervention deals twice X damage to each creature with flying.

Sorcery
Nylea's Intervention (thb) 188
1
Open into Wonder

X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."

Sorcery
Open into Wonder (znc) 34
1
Pest Infestation

Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this creature dies, you gain 1 life."

Sorcery
Pest Infestation (c21) 65
1
Villainous Wealth

Target opponent exiles the top X cards of their library. You may cast any number of spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs.

Sorcery
Villainous Wealth (2x2) 292
1
Wildest Dreams

Return X target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Wildest Dreams.

Sorcery
Wildest Dreams (kld) 174
1

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