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Toughness Matters
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Est deck cost: $114.28
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Commander

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Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper

Menace Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper (plst) CM2-11
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa

Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.) Creatures your opponents control without flying or reach can't block creatures with power 2 or less. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa (mkc) 219

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Ramp

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Accomplished Alchemist

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the amount of life you gained this turn.

Creature
Accomplished Alchemist (stx) 119
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Avacyn's Pilgrim

{T}: Add {W}.

Creature
Avacyn's Pilgrim (scd) 171
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (blc) 269
Indatha Crystal

{T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artifact
Indatha Crystal (iko) 235
Leyline Prowler

Deathtouch, lifelink {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Leyline Prowler (c21) 222
Life Insurance

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.

Enchantment
Life Insurance (dsc) 224
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (j25) 149
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 token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff (ltr) 213
Talisman of Resilience

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Resilience (dsc) 255
Talisman of Unity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Unity (mkc) 244

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Big Butts

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Arasta of the Endless Web

Reach Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/2 green Spider creature token with reach.

Creature Enchantment
Arasta of the Endless Web (blc) 205
Archetype of Finality

Creatures you control have deathtouch. Creatures your opponents control lose deathtouch and can't have or gain deathtouch.

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Finality (plst) BNG-58
Brave the Sands

Creatures you control have vigilance. Each creature you control can block an additional creature each combat.

Enchantment
Brave the Sands (cm2) 19
Catapult Fodder

Creature
Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain (vow) 99Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain (vow) 99
Indulging Patrician

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, each opponent loses 3 life.

Creature
Indulging Patrician (m21) 219
Rhox Faithmender

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead.

Creature
Rhox Faithmender (j25) 245
Treebeard, Gracious Host

Trample, ward {2} When Treebeard enters, create two Food tokens. Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on target Halfling or Treefolk.

Creature
Treebeard, Gracious Host (ltc) 73
Unhallowed Phalanx

This creature enters tapped.

Creature
Unhallowed Phalanx (vow) 135
Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

Creature
Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (lcc) 141

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Recursion

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Colfenor, the Last Yew

Vigilance, reach Whenever Colfenor or another creature you control dies, return up to one other target creature card with lesser toughness from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Colfenor, the Last Yew (cmr) 274
Oversold Cemetery

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have four or more creature cards in your graveyard, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Oversold Cemetery (dmr) 96
Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (c13) 88
Strands of Night

{B}{B}, Pay 2 life, Sacrifice a Swamp: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Enchantment
Strands of Night (plst) WTH-82

Recursion

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Card Draw

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Abzan Beastmaster

At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control the creature with the greatest toughness or tied for the greatest toughness.

Creature
Abzan Beastmaster (plst) FRF-119
Arguel's Blood Fast

Enchantment
Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz (xln) 90Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz (xln) 90
Cosmos Elixir

At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.

Artifact
Cosmos Elixir (khm) 237
Dawn of Hope

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. {3}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.

Enchantment
Dawn of Hope (ltc) 164
Greed

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Lunar Convocation

At the beginning of your end step, if you gained life this turn, each opponent loses 1 life. At the beginning of your end step, if you gained and lost life this turn, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. {1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Lunar Convocation (blb) 223
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (blc) 145
Mentor of the Meek

Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Mentor of the Meek (inr) 34
Runic Armasaur

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a creature or land that isn't a mana ability, you may draw a card.

Creature
Runic Armasaur (lcc) 256
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Well of Lost Dreams

Whenever you gain life, you may pay {X}, where X is less than or equal to the amount of life you gained. If you do, draw X cards.

Artifact
Well of Lost Dreams (ltc) 291

Card Draw

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Toughness matters

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Ancient Lumberknot

Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Creature
Ancient Lumberknot (vow) 230
Assault Formation

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. {G}: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. {2}{G}: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Assault Formation (jmp) 378
Baldin, Century Herdmaster

As long as it's your turn, each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever Baldin, Century Herdmaster attacks, up to one hundred target creatures each get +0/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Creature
Baldin, Century Herdmaster (slx) 10
Bedrock Tortoise

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof. Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Creature
Bedrock Tortoise (lci) 176
Doran, the Siege Tower

Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Creature
Doran, the Siege Tower (2x2) 201
Huatli, the Sun's Heart

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. −3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.

Planeswalker
Huatli, the Sun's Heart (war) 230
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor

Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, it gains skulk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater attacks you, its controller loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
MacCready, Lamplight Mayor (pip) 108
Ohran Frostfang

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Frostfang (cmm) 309
Rasaad yn Bashir

Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Whenever Rasaad yn Bashir attacks, if you have the initiative, double the toughness of each creature you control until end of turn. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Rasaad yn Bashir (clb) 37
Tower Defense

Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.

Instant
Tower Defense (rna) 147
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness. {1}{G}{W}, {T}: Populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Creature
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice (rtr) 206

Toughness matters

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Interaction

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Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) {1}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. {1}{W}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.

Creature
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim (plst) OGW-151
Cathar Commando

Flash {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (inr) 15
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (blc) 138
Essence of Antiquity

Disguise {2}{W} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.) When this creature is turned face up, creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. Untap them.

Creature Artifact
Essence of Antiquity (mkm) 15
Fell the Mighty

Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.

Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (mkc) 65
Grim Contest

Choose target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls. Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its toughness to the other.

Instant
Grim Contest (plst) FRF-153
Mortality Spear

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you gained life this turn. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Mortality Spear (stx) 207
Ready

Instant
Ready // Willing (dgm) 132
Vindicate

Destroy target permanent.

Sorcery
Vindicate (brc) 131
Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vigilance, lifelink {T}, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Vona, Butcher of Magan (lcc) 293

Interaction

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Win cons

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Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (j25) 437
Felidar Sovereign

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 40 or more life, you win the game.

Creature
Felidar Sovereign (j25) 198
Sanguine Bond

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

Enchantment
Sanguine Bond (m14) 112
Storm Herd

Create X 1/1 white Pegasus creature tokens with flying, where X is your life total.

Sorcery
Storm Herd (scd) 36
Vizkopa Guildmage

{1}{W}{B}: Target creature gains lifelink until end of turn. {1}{W}{B}: Whenever you gain life this turn, each opponent loses that much life.

Creature
Vizkopa Guildmage (ima) 211

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Land

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Access Tunnel

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

Land
Access Tunnel (otc) 270
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 (dsc) 260
Barren Moor

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Barren Moor (dsc) 262
Canopy Vista

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

Land
Canopy Vista (blc) 296
Caves of Koilos

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

Land
Caves of Koilos (c21) 283
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (who) 266
Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Escape Tunnel (mkm) 261
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (otc) 292
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Forbidding Watchtower

Forbidding Watchtower enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}: Forbidding Watchtower becomes a 1/5 white Soldier creature until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Forbidding Watchtower (plst) 10E-352
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 290
Krosan Verge

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

Land
Krosan Verge (otc) 304
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 272
Restless Fortress

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. {2}{W}{B}: This land becomes a 1/4 white and black Nightmare creature until end of turn. It's still a land. Whenever this land attacks, defending player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Land
Restless Fortress (woe) 259
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Scavenger Grounds

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

Land
Scavenger Grounds (otc) 316
Scoured Barrens

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

Land
Scoured Barrens (frf) 171
Secluded Steppe

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Secluded Steppe (j25) 774
Survivors' Encampment

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Survivors' Encampment (plst) HOU-184
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 274
Tainted Field

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

Land
Tainted Field (dsc) 302
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (blc) 345
Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Vault of the Archangel (otc) 339

Land

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