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Socrates Control
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Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Defender Sokrates, Athenian Teacher has hexproof as long as it's untapped. Sokratic Dialogue — {T}: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."

Creature
Sokrates, Athenian Teacher (acr) 121

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Land

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Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. Adarkar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (dmu) 377
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 (exp) 24
Castle Ardenvale

Castle Ardenvale enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Land
Castle Ardenvale (ltc) 361
Castle Vantress

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

Land
Castle Vantress (eld) 390
Celestial Colonnade

Celestial Colonnade enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {3}{W}{U}: Until end of turn, Celestial Colonnade becomes a 4/4 white and blue Elemental creature with flying and vigilance. It's still a land.

Land
Celestial Colonnade (zne) 23
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (sld) 1697
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Demolition Field (otc) 283
Deserted Beach

Deserted Beach enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 281
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (dbl) 262
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 (exp) 16
Floodfarm Verge

{T}: Add {W}. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.

Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 330
Geier Reach Sanitarium

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

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (sld) 1408
Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (sld) 456
Hall of Storm Giants

If you control two or more other lands, Hall of Storm Giants enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {5}{U}: Until end of turn, Hall of Storm Giants becomes a 7/7 blue Giant creature with ward {3}. It's still a land. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.)

Land
Hall of Storm Giants (afr) 354
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (unf) 277
Hengegate Pathway

Land
Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 293Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 293
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (acr) 103
Marsh Flats

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

Land
Marsh Flats (exp) 21
Meticulous Archive

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Meticulous Archive enters tapped. When Meticulous Archive enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 328
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 (exp) 25
Mystic Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {W/U}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Mystic Gate (exp) 26
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (acr) 102
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 (exp) 17
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Prismatic Vista: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (zne) 27
Restless Anchorage

Restless Anchorage enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {1}{W}{U}: Until end of turn, Restless Anchorage becomes a 2/3 white and blue Bird creature with flying. It's still a land. Whenever Restless Anchorage attacks, create a Map token.

Land
Restless Anchorage (lci) 347
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 (exp) 22
Sunken Citadel

Sunken Citadel enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color. {T}: Add two mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of land sources.

Land
Sunken Citadel (lci) 392
Tundra

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

Land
Tundra (3ed) 289
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 (exp) 20

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Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When Isochron Scepter enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Isochron Scepter (mb2) 96

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Protection

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March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
March of Swirling Mist (neo) 372
Orim's Chant

Kicker {W} (You may pay an additional {W} as you cast this spell.) Target player can't cast spells this turn. If this spell was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

Instant
Orim's Chant (mh3) 323

Protection

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Counters

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Consign to Memory

Replicate {1} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Counter target triggered ability or colorless spell.

Instant
Consign to Memory (mh3) 54
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (mh2) 308
Cryptic Command

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Instant
Cryptic Command (plst) IMA-48
Daze

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Instant
Daze (ema) 44
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Force of Negation

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Force of Negation (2x2) 346
Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Force of Will (dmr) 418
No More Lies

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
No More Lies (mkm) 427
Permission Denied

Counter target noncreature spell. Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Instant
Permission Denied (rex) 17
Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Spell Pierce (2x2) 350
Stern Scolding

Counter target creature spell with power or toughness 2 or less.

Instant
Stern Scolding (ltr) 522
Subtlety

Flash Flying When Subtlety enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.

Creature
Subtlety (spg) 45
Wash Away

Cleave {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].

Instant
Wash Away (dbl) 354

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Recursion

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Snapcaster Mage

Flash When Snapcaster Mage enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Creature
Snapcaster Mage (sld) 808

Recursion

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Draw

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Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (mb2) 155
Brainsurge

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

Instant
Brainsurge (mh3) 53
Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Instant
Consider (clu) 84
Day's Undoing

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. If it's your turn, end the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. Discard down to your maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Sorcery
Day's Undoing (cmm) 85
Deduce

Draw a card. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Deduce (mkm) 293
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
Lórien Revealed

Draw three cards. Islandcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery
Lórien Revealed (ltr) 511
Memory Deluge

Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Memory Deluge (sch) 8
Nulldrifter

When you cast this spell, draw two cards. Flying Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.) Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Nulldrifter (mh3) 13
Opt

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

Instant
Opt (sta) 82
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (slc) 2007
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (sld) 1719
Windfall

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

Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

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Removal

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Archmage's Charm

Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Target player draws two cards. • Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

Instant
Archmage's Charm (sch) 2
Condemn

Put target attacking creature on the bottom of its owner's library. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.

Instant
Condemn (spg) 74
Council's Judgment

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Sorcery
Council's Judgment (2xm) 336
Counterbalance

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.

Enchantment
Counterbalance (sld) 1220
Day of Judgment

Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Day of Judgment (fdn) 422
Devastation Tide

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. Miracle {1}{U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Devastation Tide (ltc) 189
Dress Down

Flash When Dress Down enters, draw a card. Creatures lose all abilities. At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Dress Down.

Enchantment
Dress Down (mh2) 334
Fateful Absence

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Fateful Absence (mid) 328
Get Lost

Destroy target creature, enchantment, or planeswalker. Its controller creates two Map tokens. (They're artifacts with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Instant
Get Lost (lci) 333
March of Otherworldly Light

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of white cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Exile target artifact, creature, or enchantment with mana value X or less.

Instant
March of Otherworldly Light (neo) 369
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (pf20) 1
Reprieve

Return target spell to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 477
Settle the Wreckage

Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Settle the Wreckage (plst) XLN-34
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Solitude

Flash Lifelink When Solitude enters, exile up to one other target creature. That creature's controller gains life equal to its power. Evoke—Exile a white card from your hand.

Creature
Solitude (spg) 44
Sunfall

Exile all creatures. Incubate X, where X is the number of creatures exiled this way. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this artifact." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Sorcery
Sunfall (mom) 349
Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (2x2) 388
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sta) 73
Terminus

Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Terminus (dsc) 70
Witch Enchanter

Creature
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239
Wrath of God

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Wrath of God (sld) 185
Wrath of the Skies

You get X {E} (energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Destroy each artifact, creature, and enchantment with mana value less than or equal to the amount of {E} paid this way.

Sorcery
Wrath of the Skies (mh3) 325

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Finisher

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Murktide Regent

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Flying Murktide Regent enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each instant and sorcery card exiled with it. Whenever an instant or sorcery card leaves your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on Murktide Regent.

Creature
Murktide Regent (slp) 17
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

+1: Draw a card. At the beginning of the next end step, untap up to two lands. −3: Put target nonland permanent into its owner's library third from the top. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you draw a card, exile target permanent an opponent controls."

Planeswalker
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (sld) 248
The Wandering Emperor

Flash As long as The Wandering Emperor entered this turn, you may activate her loyalty abilities any time you could cast an instant. +1: Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. It gains first strike until end of turn. −1: Create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with vigilance. −2: Exile target tapped creature. You gain 2 life.

Planeswalker
The Wandering Emperor (neo) 316

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Stax

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Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Authority of the Consuls (fdn) 137
Hullbreacher

Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Hullbreacher (cmr) 635
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (sld) 1141
Rest in Peace

When Rest in Peace enters, exile all graveyards. If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment
Rest in Peace (wot) 12
Teferi, Time Raveler

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Planeswalker
Teferi, Time Raveler (blc) 92

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Deck Info

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37 pips - 27 cards
26 mana - 22 cards
54 pips - 39 cards
27 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
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0 mana - 3 cards
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5 mana - 5 cards
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