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Power Sink - Assassins of the Deep - Assassins of the Deep
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $182.03
Salt Sum: 27.04
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $1.49
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.) Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.

Creature
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow (plst) C18-52
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 12Price: $29.28
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
1
Coldsteel Heart

Coldsteel Heart enters the battlefield tapped. As Coldsteel Heart enters the battlefield, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Coldsteel Heart (j22) 94
1
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (scd) 263
1
Ebony Fly

Ebony Fly enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {4}: Roll a d6. Until end of turn, you may have Ebony Fly become an X/X Insect artifact creature with flying, where X is the result. Whenever Ebony Fly attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.

Artifact
Ebony Fly (afc) 60
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
Maskwood Nexus

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

Artifact
Maskwood Nexus (clb) 865
1
Replicating Ring

{T}: Add one mana of any color. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a night counter on Replicating Ring. Then if it has eight or more night counters on it, remove all of them and create eight colorless snow artifact tokens named Replicated Ring with "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

Artifact
Replicating Ring (moc) 372
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
1
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (scd) 280
1
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (brc) 168
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 (moc) 389
1
Worn Powerstone

Worn Powerstone enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Worn Powerstone (scd) 288
1

Creatures

Quantity: 27Price: $51.10
Breaching Leviathan

When Breaching Leviathan enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, tap all nonblue creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Creature
Breaching Leviathan (c14) 12
1
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken

When Brinelin, the Moon Kraken enters the battlefield or whenever you cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken (cmr) 60
1
Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice Burnished Hart: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Burnished Hart (moc) 351
1
Changeling Outcast

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Changeling Outcast can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Changeling Outcast (clb) 743
1
Deep-Sea Kraken

Deep-Sea Kraken can't be blocked. Suspend 9—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with nine time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.) Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if Deep-Sea Kraken is suspended, remove a time counter from it.

Creature
Deep-Sea Kraken (dds) 3
1
Frost Augur

{S}, {T}: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a snow card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)

Creature
Frost Augur (khm) 56
1
Ghostly Pilferer

Whenever Ghostly Pilferer becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card. Discard a card: Ghostly Pilferer can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Ghostly Pilferer (ncc) 223
1
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (clb) 723
1
Hullbreaker Horror

Flash This spell can't be countered. Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one — • Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Hullbreaker Horror (clb) 724
1
Icebreaker Kraken

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each snow land you control. When Icebreaker Kraken enters the battlefield, artifacts and creatures target opponent controls don't untap during that player's next untap step. Return three snow lands you control to their owner's hand: Return Icebreaker Kraken to its owner's hand.

Creature
Icebreaker Kraken (khm) 63
1
Lochmere Serpent

Flash {U}, Sacrifice an Island: Lochmere Serpent can't be blocked this turn. {B}, Sacrifice a Swamp: You gain 1 life and draw a card. {U}{B}: Exile five target cards from an opponent's graveyard. Return Lochmere Serpent from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Lochmere Serpent (eld) 195
1
Looter il-Kor

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever Looter il-Kor deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Looter il-Kor (ncc) 225
1
Lorthos, the Tidemaker

Whenever Lorthos, the Tidemaker attacks, you may pay {8}. If you do, tap up to eight target permanents. Those permanents don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.

Creature
Lorthos, the Tidemaker (plst) ZEN-53
1
Mothdust Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Tap an untapped creature you control: Mothdust Changeling gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Mothdust Changeling (mma) 53
1
Nightveil Sprite

Flying Whenever Nightveil Sprite attacks, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Nightveil Sprite (znc) 32
1
Ornithopter of Paradise

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

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (mh2) 232
1
Pilfering Hawk

Flying {S}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)

Creature
Pilfering Hawk (j22) 336
1
Runo Stromkirk

Creature
Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep (vow) 246Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep (vow) 246
1
Scourge of Fleets

When Scourge of Fleets enters the battlefield, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Scourge of Fleets (cmr) 403
1
Serpent of Yawning Depths

Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents you control can't be blocked except by Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Creature Enchantment
Serpent of Yawning Depths (thb) 291
1
Shipbreaker Kraken

{6}{U}{U}: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When Shipbreaker Kraken becomes monstrous, tap up to four target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps for as long as you control Shipbreaker Kraken.

Creature
Shipbreaker Kraken (cmr) 404
1
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) When Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Merfolk, Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Creature
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep (cmr) 405
1
Spawning Kraken

Whenever a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token.

Creature
Spawning Kraken (c21) 33
1
Tidal Kraken

Tidal Kraken can't be blocked.

Creature
Tidal Kraken (9ed) 105★
1
Tromokratis

Tromokratis has hexproof unless it's attacking or blocking. Tromokratis can't be blocked unless all creatures defending player controls block it. (If any creature that player controls doesn't block this creature, it can't be blocked.)

Creature
Tromokratis (cmr) 408
1
Wonder

Flying As long as Wonder is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Creature
Wonder (mh2) 271
1
Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Islandwalk, swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island or a Swamp.) Whenever Wrexial, the Risen Deep deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Wrexial, the Risen Deep (ncc) 359
1

Enchantments

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Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Animate Dead enters the battlefield, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Animate Dead." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach Animate Dead to it. When Animate Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Enchantment
Animate Dead (plst) EMA-78
1
Cunning Evasion

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Cunning Evasion (mh1) 45
1
Haunted Crossroads

{B}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Enchantment
Haunted Crossroads (mmq) 138
1
Marit Lage's Slumber

Whenever Marit Lage's Slumber or another snow permanent enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more snow permanents, sacrifice Marit Lage's Slumber. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

Enchantment
Marit Lage's Slumber (j22) 319
1
Quest for Ula's Temple

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you may reveal it and put a quest counter on Quest for Ula's Temple. At the beginning of each end step, if there are three or more quest counters on Quest for Ula's Temple, you may put a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Quest for Ula's Temple (wwk) 35
1
Tortured Existence

{B}, Discard a creature card: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Tortured Existence (plst) STH-74
1

Instants

Quantity: 6Price: $7.70
Baleful Mastery

You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Baleful Mastery (stx) 64
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
Capsize

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.) Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Instant
Capsize (tmp) 55
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
Graven Lore

Scry X, where X is the amount of {S} spent to cast this spell, then draw three cards. ({S} is mana from a snow source.)

Instant
Graven Lore (khm) 61
1
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (mid) 107
1

Lands

Quantity: 37Price: $52.55
Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (stx) 262
1
Castle Vantress

Castle Vantress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (clb) 885
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
Dismal Backwater

Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield tapped. When Dismal Backwater enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Dismal Backwater (mom) 269
1
Faceless Haven

{T}: Add {C}. {S}{S}{S}: Faceless Haven becomes a 4/3 creature with vigilance and all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)

Land
Faceless Haven (khm) 255
1
Frost Marsh

Frost Marsh enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Frost Marsh (csp) 146
1
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (dmc) 213
1
Ghost Quarter

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Ghost Quarter: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Ghost Quarter (plst) CM2-253
1
Guildless Commons

Guildless Commons enters the battlefield tapped. When Guildless Commons enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Land
Guildless Commons (cmr) 351
1
Ice Tunnel

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Ice Tunnel enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Ice Tunnel (khm) 262
1
Mortuary Mire

Mortuary Mire enters the battlefield tapped. When Mortuary Mire enters the battlefield, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (j22) 817
1
Scavenger Grounds

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

Land
Scavenger Grounds (c21) 314
1
Snow-Covered Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Island (j22) 833
13
Snow-Covered Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Swamp (khm) 281
7
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
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (clb) 920
1
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

Sorceries

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Blood on the Snow

Choose one — • Destroy all creatures. • Destroy all planeswalkers. Then return a creature or planeswalker card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the amount of {S} spent to cast this spell. ({S} is mana from a snow source.)

Sorcery
Blood on the Snow (khm) 79
1
Connive

Sorcery
Connive // Concoct (grn) 222
1
Dead of Winter

All nonsnow creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of snow permanents you control.

Sorcery
Dead of Winter (mh1) 85
1
Discovery

Sorcery
Discovery // Dispersal (grn) 223
1
Exhume

Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Exhume (jmp) 230
1
Extract from Darkness

Each player mills two cards. Then you put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Extract from Darkness (2x2) 210
1
Notion Rain

Surveil 2, then draw two cards. Notion Rain deals 2 damage to you. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Sorcery
Notion Rain (grn) 193
1
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Read the Bones (moc) 267
1
Soul Exchange

As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature you control. Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +2/+2 counter on that creature if the exiled creature was a Thrull.

Sorcery
Soul Exchange (fem) 43
1
Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Victimize (moc) 270
1
Whelming Wave

Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Sorcery
Whelming Wave (cmr) 409
1

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