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Sphinx
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $824.01
Salt sum: 52.94
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Commander

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Raffine, Scheming Seer

Flying, ward {1} Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Creature
Raffine, Scheming Seer (snc) 213

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Finisher

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Laboratory Maniac

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.

Creature
Laboratory Maniac (inr) 71

Finisher

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Recursion

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Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Animate Dead enters, 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 (mkc) 125
Dance of the Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard When Dance of the Dead enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Dance of the Dead." Put enchanted creature card onto the battlefield tapped under your control and attach Dance of the Dead to it. When Dance of the Dead leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, that player may pay {1}{B}. If the player does, untap that creature.

Enchantment
Dance of the Dead (ice) 118
Guardian Scalelord

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.) Flying Whenever this creature attacks, return target nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Guardian Scalelord (moc) 16
Lazav, the Multifarious

When Lazav, the Multifarious enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {X}: Lazav, the Multifarious becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

Creature
Lazav, the Multifarious (mkc) 214
Lurrus of the Dream-Den

Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has mana value 2 or less. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Lifelink Once during each of your turns, you may cast a permanent spell with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard.

Creature
Lurrus of the Dream-Den (iko) 226
Necromancy

You may cast Necromancy as though it had flash. If you cast it any time a sorcery couldn't have been cast, the controller of the permanent it becomes sacrifices it at the beginning of the next cleanup step. When Necromancy enters, if it's on the battlefield, it becomes an Aura with "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with Necromancy." Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control and attach Necromancy to it. When Necromancy leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.

Enchantment
Necromancy (mkc) 131
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Sorcery
Reanimate (dsc) 155
Serra Paragon

Flying Once during each of your turns, you may play a land from your graveyard or cast a permanent spell with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard. If you do, it gains "When this permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile it and you gain 2 life."

Creature
Serra Paragon (dmu) 32
Sevinne's Reclamation

Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy. Flashback {4}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Sevinne's Reclamation (mh3) 267
Sun Titan

Vigilance Whenever Sun Titan enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Sun Titan (blc) 157
Unburial Rites

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback {3}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Unburial Rites (2x2) 95
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 (mh3) 278

Recursion

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Anthem

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Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance Other creatures you control get +2/+2. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

Creature
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (plst) IMA-18

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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 (dsc) 258
Brightclimb Pathway

Land
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (plst) ZNR-259Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway (plst) ZNR-259
Caves of Koilos

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Caves of Koilos (dsc) 268
Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. Cephalid Coliseum deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice Cephalid Coliseum: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Cephalid Coliseum (mh3) 300
City of Brass

Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (mb2) 240
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (otc) 290
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
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 (mb2) 109
Glacial Fortress

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

Land
Glacial Fortress (blc) 307
Godless Shrine

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

Land
Godless Shrine (rvr) 277
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 (rvr) 280
Hengegate Pathway

Land
Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Isolated Chapel

Isolated Chapel enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (otc) 301
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 (mh2) 248
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
Minas Tirith

Minas Tirith enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.

Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 256
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
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 279
Raffine's Tower

({T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.) Raffine's Tower enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raffine's Tower (snc) 254
Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Seachrome Coast

Seachrome Coast enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Seachrome Coast (blc) 328
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (otc) 325
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 284
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (dsc) 321
Vault of Champions

Vault of Champions enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 436
Watery Grave

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

Land
Watery Grave (rvr) 291

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Angel of the Ruins

Flying When Angel of the Ruins enters, exile up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments. Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature Artifact
Angel of the Ruins (blc) 134
Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (pip) 209
Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (akh) 78
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 (rvr) 40
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

Dakkon, Shadow Slayer enters with a number of loyalty counters on him equal to the number of lands you control. +1: Surveil 2. −3: Exile target creature. −6: You may put an artifact card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield.

Planeswalker
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer (mh2) 192
Damn

Destroy target creature. A creature destroyed this way can't be regenerated. Overload {2}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Damn (lcc) 191
Fracture

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.

Instant
Fracture (stx) 188
Judge's Familiar

Flying Sacrifice Judge's Familiar: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Judge's Familiar (rvr) 192
Kitesail Larcenist

Flying, ward {1} When Kitesail Larcenist enters, for each player, choose up to one other target artifact or creature that player controls. For as long as Kitesail Larcenist remains on the battlefield, the chosen permanents become Treasure artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and lose all other abilities.

Creature
Kitesail Larcenist (lci) 61
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran of the Third Path enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (blc) 143
Mausoleum Wanderer

Flying Whenever another Spirit you control enters, Mausoleum Wanderer gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice Mausoleum Wanderer: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is Mausoleum Wanderer's power.

Creature
Mausoleum Wanderer (inr) 74
Scheming Fence

As Scheming Fence enters, you may choose a nonland permanent. Activated abilities of the chosen permanent can't be activated. Scheming Fence has all activated abilities of the chosen permanent except for loyalty abilities. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Creature
Scheming Fence (snc) 219
Stalactite Stalker

Menace At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Stalactite Stalker. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.) {2}{B}, Sacrifice Stalactite Stalker: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is Stalactite Stalker's power.

Creature
Stalactite Stalker (lci) 122
Supreme Verdict

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

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (clu) 211
Topplegeist

Flying When Topplegeist enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. Delirium — At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, tap target creature that player controls.

Creature
Topplegeist (soi) 45
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 277
Void Rend

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Void Rend (snc) 230

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Mill

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Doom Whisperer

Flying, trample Pay 2 life: 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.)

Creature
Doom Whisperer (mkc) 128
Master of Death

When Master of Death enters, 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.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if Master of Death is in your graveyard, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return it to your hand.

Creature
Master of Death (mkc) 216
Snarling Gorehound

Menace Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Snarling Gorehound (mkm) 105

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Stax

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Cursed Totem

Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.

Artifact
Cursed Totem (mh2) 295
Dauntless Dismantler

Artifacts your opponents control enter tapped. {X}{X}{W}, Sacrifice Dauntless Dismantler: Destroy each artifact with mana value X.

Creature
Dauntless Dismantler (lci) 8
Dauthi Voidwalker

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it. {T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Dauthi Voidwalker (mh2) 81
Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature
Drannith Magistrate (iko) 11

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Draw

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Baleful Strix

Flying, deathtouch When Baleful Strix enters, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Baleful Strix (otc) 215
Consecrated Sphinx

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 43
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is Esper Sentinel's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (mom) 58
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 (otc) 98
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
Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate deals combat damage to a player, draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate (slx) 21
Ingenious Prodigy

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Ingenious Prodigy enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Ingenious Prodigy has one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Ingenious Prodigy (woe) 56
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Flash At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards. Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

Creature
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur (plst) NPH-37
Ledger Shredder

Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, Ledger Shredder connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Ledger Shredder (snc) 46
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel

Flash Flying Whenever Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel deals combat damage to a player, put a chorus counter on it. Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are four or more chorus counters on Malcolm, you may cast the discarded card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel (lci) 63
Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
Spectral Sailor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

Creature
Spectral Sailor (j25) 363

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Protection

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Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature
Grand Abolisher (cmm) 27
Reconnaissance

{0}: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. (If you activate during end of combat, the creature will untap after it deals combat damage.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance (acr) 82

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Tokens

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Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Vigilance Adeline, Resplendent Cathar's power is equal to the number of creatures you control. Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.

Creature
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar (j25) 57
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol

Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)

Creature
Wyrm's Crossing Patrol (clb) 51

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Evasion

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Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 233

Evasion

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Ramp

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Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff (ltr) 213
Lotus Petal

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

Artifact
Lotus Petal (mb2) 226

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Tutor

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Imperial Seal

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Imperial Seal (2x2) 79
Lim-Dûl's Vault

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.

Instant
Lim-Dûl's Vault (slc) 1996
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Deathtouch Boast — {1}{B}: Target player searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)

Creature
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire (khm) 115

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Deck Info

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35 pips - 27 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
29 pips - 26 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
32 pips - 27 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
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0 mana - 7 cards
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4 mana - 4 cards
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