Sergeant John Benton, Reporting for Duty • (Selesnya Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $9.99

Sergeant John Benton

Trample, haste
Share Intelligence — Whenever Sergeant John Benton deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$9.99 $11.80 $10.31

Commander

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Card Advantage

Qty: 1 Price: $4.49

Nostalgic Dreams

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards.
Return X target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Nostalgic Dreams.

Sorcery

$4.49 $2.68 $2.02

Card Advantage

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Control

Qty: 5 Price: $57.25

Grand Abolisher

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

Creature - Human Cleric

$32.99 $21.62 $20.57

Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar

Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Whenever one or more creatures you control each with power greater than its base power deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Warrior Cat

$3.49 $2.13 $2.13

Moment's Peace

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant

$10.99 $5.39 $5.80

Snag

You may discard a Forest card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by unblocked creatures this turn.

Instant

$0.79 $0.28 $0.15

Tangle

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Instant

$8.99 $4.23 $4.63

Control

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Land

Qty: 1 Price: $12.99

Bountiful Promenade

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$12.99 $10.08 $9.37

Land

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Protection

Qty: 3 Price: $23.98

Bastion Protector

Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.

Creature - Human Soldier

$---- $7.72 $7.13

Guardian Augmenter

Flash
Commander creatures you control get +2/+2.
Commanders you control have hexproof.

Creature - Wizard Troll

$8.99 $6.09 $6.01

Mother of Runes

: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature - Human Cleric

$14.99 $12.46 $7.50

Protection

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Pump - Double Strike

Qty: 2 Price: $5.88

Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment

$5.49 $2.75 $4.44

Flaming Fist

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks, it gains double strike until end of turn."

Legendary Enchantment - Background

$0.39 $0.34 $0.15

Pump - Double Strike

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Pump - Hexproof

Qty: 4 Price: $3.72

Blossoming Defense

Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant

$0.69 $0.32 $0.15

Royal Treatment

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward

Instant

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Snakeskin Veil

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant

$0.39 $0.33 $0.15

Vines of Vastwood

Kicker

(You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell.)
Target creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control this turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant

$2.29 $1.48 $0.62

Pump - Hexproof

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Pump - Indestructible

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Collective Resistance

Escalate

(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$2.79 $1.83 $0.88

Everybody Lives!

All creatures gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Players gain hexproof until end of turn. Players can't lose life this turn and players can't lose the game or win the game this turn.

Instant

$29.99 $23.13 $23.39

Flare of Faith

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Human, instead it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$19.99 $14.77 $15.32

Overprotect

Target creature you control gets +3/+3 and gains trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$3.49 $2.54 $1.09

Restoration Magic

Tiered (Choose one additional cost.)
• Cure —

— Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
• Cura —

— Target permanent gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 3 life.
• Curaga —

— Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 6 life.

Instant

$3.99 $1.74 $1.02

Take Up the Shield

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains lifelink and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Tyvar's Stand

Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant

$3.49 $1.65 $1.05

Valorous Stance

Choose one —
• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
• Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Pump - Indestructible

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Pump - Unblockable

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Indomitable Might

Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
Enchanted creature's controller may have it assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Enchantment - Aura

$2.29 $1.05 $1.03

Jump Scare

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+2, gains flying, and becomes a Horror enchantment creature in addition to its other types.

Instant

$0.49 $0.17 $0.15

Shield of the Oversoul

Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is green, it gets +1/+1 and has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it still dies.)
As long as enchanted creature is white, it gets +1/+1 and has flying.

Enchantment - Aura

$2.49 $2.10 $0.97

Pump - Unblockable

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Pump-

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Become Immense

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for

.)
Target creature gets +6/+6 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.35 $0.18

Berserk

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step.
Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Instant

$12.99 $11.11 $9.80

Bounty of the Hunt

You may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. For each +1/+1 counter you put on a creature this way, remove a +1/+1 counter from that creature at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Instant

$1.29 $0.31 $0.32

Embiggen

Until end of turn, target non-Brushwagg creature gets +1/+1 for each supertype, card type, and subtype it has.

Instant

$0.99 $0.23 $0.15

Flowering of the White Tree

Legendary creatures you control get +2/+1 and have ward

.
Nonlegendary creatures you control get +1/+1.

Legendary Enchantment

$12.99 $9.04 $7.65

Giant Growth

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Groundswell

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Landfall — If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

Instant

$0.69 $0.33 $0.15

Inner Calm, Outer Strength

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Instant - Arcane

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Invigorate

If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have an opponent gain 3 life.
Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.39 $0.34 $0.18

Martyr of Spores

, Reveal X green cards from your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn.

Creature - Human Shaman

$0.49 $0.33 $0.21

Might of the Nephilim

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each of its colors.

Instant

$1.29 $0.58 $0.27

Scent of Ivy

Reveal any number of green cards in your hand. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards revealed this way.

Instant

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Tifa's Limit Break

Tiered (Choose one additional cost.)
• Somersault —

— Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Meteor Strikes —

— Double target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
• Final Heaven —

— Triple target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.

Instant

$0.49 $0.41 $0.15

Wild Defiance

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of an instant or sorcery spell, that creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Enchantment

$0.99 $0.68 $0.45

You're Not Alone

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you control three or more creatures, it gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

Instant

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Pump-

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Ramp

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49

Summer Bloom

You may play up to three additional lands this turn.

Sorcery

$3.49 $2.06 $1.14

Ramp

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Ramp - Dork

Qty: 4 Price: $44.96

Birds of Paradise

Flying

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature - Bird

$27.99 $29.24 $11.99

Elvish Mystic

: Add

Creature - Elf Druid

$4.99 $3.72 $2.56

Fyndhorn Elves

: Add

Creature - Elf Druid

$7.99 $3.41 $2.12

Llanowar Elves

: Add

Creature - Elf Druid

$3.99 $1.56 $0.48

Ramp - Dork

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Ramp - Extra Land

Qty: 3 Price: $88.97

Azusa, Lost but Seeking

You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.

Legendary Creature - Human Monk

$44.99 $44.42 $34.12

Burgeoning

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment

$42.99 $35.84 $28.86

Skyshroud Ranger

: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature - Elf Ranger

$0.99 $2.35 $0.51

Ramp - Extra Land

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Ramp - Land Search

Qty: 1 Price: $6.49

Crop Rotation

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land.
Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant

$6.49 $4.84 $4.08

Ramp - Land Search

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Ramp - One Time Use

Qty: 2 Price: $52.48

Elvish Spirit Guide

Exile this card from your hand: Add

Creature - Elf Spirit

$7.49 $5.07 $3.12

Lotus Petal

, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$44.99 $37.53 $27.09

Ramp - One Time Use

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Ramp - Permanent

Qty: 4 Price: $24.26

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$13.99 $10.05 $9.37

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$3.99 $3.34 $2.58

Utopia Sprawl

Enchant Forest
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Whenever enchanted Forest is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of the chosen color.

Enchantment - Aura

$5.49 $4.28 $1.97

Wild Growth

Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional

Enchantment - Aura

$0.79 $0.53 $0.30

Ramp - Permanent

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Removal - Creature

Qty: 6 Price: $36.54

Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant

$1.79 $1.67 $0.65

Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant

$2.49 $1.24 $0.92

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

$3.49 $2.86 $2.59

Ram Through

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

Instant

$0.79 $0.44 $0.29

Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant

$8.99 $10.33 $7.91

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$18.99 $12.73 $3.76

Removal - Creature

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zLand

Qty: 32 Price: $143.48

Brushland

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$3.99 $2.52 $2.24

Canopy Vista

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Plains Forest

$2.99 $3.45 $2.80

Centaur Garden

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —

, Sacrifice this land: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Land

$2.99 $2.65 $0.62

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$2.29 $1.71 $1.04

Forest

(

: Add

Basic Land - Forest

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Fortified Village

As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$2.49 $2.65 $1.30

Hall of Oracles

: Add

: Add one mana of any color.

: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery and only if you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.

Land

$0.49 $0.42 $0.15

Hickory Woodlot

This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it.

, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add

. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Land

$6.99 $4.70 $2.49

Horizon Canopy

, Pay 1 life: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land

$7.99 $2.68 $6.24

Overgrown Farmland

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

: Add

Land

$6.99 $5.19 $4.43

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$4.99 $3.85 $2.65

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$8.49 $8.03 $6.73

Remote Farm

This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it.

, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add

. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Land

$1.49 $0.98 $0.71

Rogue's Passage

: Add

: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$3.49 $3.91 $2.65

Scattered Groves

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land - Plains Forest

$1.49 $1.72 $0.25

Sungrass Prairie

: Add

Land

$1.49 $1.01 $0.94

Temple Garden

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Forest

$17.99 $14.54 $8.89

Windswept Heath

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

Land

$17.99 $12.26 $11.27

Wooded Bastion

: Add

, or

Land

$23.99 $16.54 $12.97

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Deck Info

Deck size: 97Est cost: $623.80

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 1.94Total Mana Value: 124.00

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Card Advantage

Commander

Control

Land

Protection

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Ramp

Ramp - Dork

Ramp - Extra Land

Ramp - Land Search

Ramp - One Time Use

Ramp - Permanent

Removal - Creature

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Cost

22 pips - 20 cards

Production

23 mana - 20 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 4 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 4 cards

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0 pips - 0 cards

Production

0 mana - 4 cards

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46 pips - 44 cards

Production

33 mana - 30 cards

Cost

0 pips - 0 cards

Production

8 mana - 7 cards

Avg Mana Value: 1.94Total Mana Value: 124.00

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Protection

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Pump - Hexproof

Pump - Indestructible

Pump - Unblockable

Pump-

Ramp

Ramp - Dork

Ramp - Extra Land

Ramp - Land Search

Ramp - One Time Use

Ramp - Permanent

Removal - Creature

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