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Mendicant Core, Guidelight
Deck Size: 100
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Commander

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Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control. Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)

Creature Artifact
Mendicant Core, Guidelight (dft) 365

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Counters

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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) 50

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Protection

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Bronze Guardian

Double strike Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) Other artifacts you control have ward {2}. Bronze Guardian's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Creature Artifact
Bronze Guardian (c21) 13
Darksteel Forge

Artifacts you control have indestructible. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them. Artifact creatures with indestructible can't be destroyed by damage.)

Artifact
Darksteel Forge (2xm) 248
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (mkc) 67
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

Flash Flying You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.

Creature Artifact
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter (bro) 237
Padeem, Consul of Innovation

Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.) 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 (cmm) 109
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (otc) 108
Shimmer Myr

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

Creature Artifact
Shimmer Myr (cmm) 409
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32

Protection

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Tutor

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Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 6
Fabricate

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

Sorcery
Fabricate (hop) 9

Tutor

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Anthem

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Cyberman Patrol

Artifact creatures you control have afflict 3. (Whenever a creature with afflict 3 becomes blocked, defending player loses 3 life.)

Creature Artifact
Cyberman Patrol (who) 174
Master of Etherium

Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control. Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature Artifact
Master of Etherium (moc) 226

Anthem

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Creature

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Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Scrawling Crawler (fdn) 132
Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) You have no maximum hand size. Max speed — If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.

Creature
Vnwxt, Verbose Host (dft) 73

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Cloud Key

As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Cloud Key (tsr) 265
Etherium Sculptor

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

Creature Artifact
Etherium Sculptor (nec) 92
Foundry Inspector

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

Creature Artifact
Foundry Inspector (cmm) 385
Gold Myr

{T}: Add {W}.

Creature Artifact
Gold Myr (nec) 153
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
Karn, Legacy Reforged

Karn's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control. At the beginning of your upkeep, add {C} for each artifact you control. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature Artifact
Karn, Legacy Reforged (mat) 49
Master Transmuter

{U}, {T}, Return an artifact you control to its owner's hand: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature Artifact
Master Transmuter (2xm) 58
Mycosynth Golem

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Artifact creature spells you cast have affinity for artifacts. (They cost {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Creature Artifact
Mycosynth Golem (5dn) 137
Silver Myr

{T}: Add {U}.

Creature Artifact
Silver Myr (nec) 158
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (fdn) 257
Urza, Lord High Artificer

When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control." Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}. {5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Urza, Lord High Artificer (cmm) 130
Urza, Lord Protector

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {7}: If you both own and control Urza, Lord Protector and an artifact named The Mightstone and Weakstone, exile them, then meld them into Urza, Planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Urza, Lord Protector (bro) 225

Ramp

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Untap

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Unwinding Clock

Untap all artifacts you control during each other player's untap step.

Artifact
Unwinding Clock (c18) 228

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Artifact

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Adaptive Omnitool

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control. Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top six 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. Equip {3}

Artifact
Adaptive Omnitool (drc) 16
Repurposing Bay

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice another artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Repurposing Bay (dft) 56

Artifact

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Draw

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Esper Sentinel

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

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Forensic Gadgeteer

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Creature
Forensic Gadgeteer (mkm) 57
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to attacking artifact creatures you control. Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar (cmm) 38
Research Thief

Flash Flying Whenever an artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Research Thief (nec) 16
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (jmp) 169
Thoughtcast

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Thoughtcast (moc) 242
Vedalken Archmage

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card.

Creature
Vedalken Archmage (jmp) 187

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Recursion

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Emry, Lurker of the Loch

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Emry enters, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Creature
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (nec) 91
Scrap Trawler

Whenever this creature dies 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

Recursion

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Clones

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Phyrexian Metamorph

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Creature Artifact
Phyrexian Metamorph (mkc) 116

Clones

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Finisher

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Cyberdrive Awakener

Flying Other artifact creatures you control have flying. When this creature enters, until end of turn, each noncreature artifact you control becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/4.

Creature Artifact
Cyberdrive Awakener (nec) 12
Kappa Cannoneer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Ward {4} Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and it can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Artifact
Kappa Cannoneer (mh3) 270

Finisher

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Removal

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Access Denied

Counter target spell. Create X 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.

Instant
Access Denied (nec) 11
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
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (dsc) 110
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
Desynchronization

Return each nonland permanent that's not historic to its owner's hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Instant
Desynchronization (acr) 16
Dispatch

Tap target creature. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

Instant
Dispatch (nec) 83
Dovin's Veto

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

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (fdn) 710
Organic Extinction

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Destroy all nonartifact creatures.

Sorcery
Organic Extinction (mkc) 76
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 (otc) 85
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (dsc) 106

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Copy

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Sculpting Steel

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

Artifact
Sculpting Steel (moc) 374
Twinning Staff

If you would copy a spell one or more times, instead copy it that many times plus an additional time. You may choose new targets for the additional copy. {7}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Twinning Staff (ncc) 383

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Land

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Academy Ruins

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Academy Ruins (2xm) 309
Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (dsc) 258
Amonkhet Raceway

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {T}: Add {C}. Max speed — {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Land
Amonkhet Raceway (dft) 248
Ancient Den

{T}: Add {W}.

Artifact Land
Ancient Den (c21) 276
Archway of Innovation

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Land
Archway of Innovation (mh3) 214
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (dsc) 261
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Darksteel Citadel

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (c21) 285
Deserted Beach

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

Land
Deserted Beach (inr) 276
Flooded Strand

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

Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Floodfarm Verge

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

Land
Floodfarm Verge (dsk) 259
Fomori Vault

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Discard a card: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Land
Fomori Vault (big) 29
Glacial Fortress

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

Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
Hallowed Fountain

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

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rvr) 280
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Muraganda Raceway

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {T}: Add {C}. Max speed — {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Land
Muraganda Raceway (dft) 257
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 278
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (cmm) 1019
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (mkc) 281
Razortide Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (mh2) 252
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (fdn) 264
Scene of the Crime

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color. {2}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Artifact Land
Scene of the Crime (mkm) 267
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Seachrome Coast

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

Land
Seachrome Coast (one) 258
Seat of the Synod

{T}: Add {U}.

Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (c18) 278
Skycloud Expanse

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

Land
Skycloud Expanse (mkc) 294
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 (mkc) 296
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (dft) 267
Tundra

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

Land
Tundra (2ed) 285
Urza's Mine

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Mine (cmm) 1051
Urza's Power Plant

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Power Plant (cmm) 1052
Urza's Tower

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Tower (cmm) 1053
Urza's Workshop

{T}: Add {C}. Metalcraft — {T}: Add {C} for each Urza's land you control. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Urza's Workshop (brc) 28

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Tokens

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Cybermen Squadron

Nonlegendary artifact creatures you control have myriad. (Whenever a creature with myriad 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 Artifact
Cybermen Squadron (who) 176
Illustrious Wanderglyph

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) Other artifact creatures you control get +2/+2 as long as you have the city's blessing. At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.

Creature Artifact
Illustrious Wanderglyph (lcc) 9
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 (cmm) 118
Simulacrum Synthesizer

When this artifact enters, scry 2. Whenever another artifact you control with mana value 3 or greater enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."

Artifact
Simulacrum Synthesizer (big) 6

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Deck Info

Deck stats

16 pips - 15 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
41 pips - 34 cards
26 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
27 mana - 16 cards
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