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Ishen Samurai
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Commander

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Isshin, Two Heavens as One

If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Creature
Isshin, Two Heavens as One (neo) 328

Commander

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Finisher

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Akki Battle Squad

Whenever one or more modified creatures you control attack, untap all modified creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature
Akki Battle Squad (nec) 57
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge

First strike Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, untap it. If it's the first combat phase of the turn, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.

Creature
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge (neo) 329

Finisher

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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 (otc) 252
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

Flying, trample When Atsushi dies, choose one — • Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. • Create three Treasure tokens.

Creature
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky (neo) 410
Boros Signet

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

Artifact
Boros Signet (clu) 220
Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Burnished Hart (brr) 8
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Guild Artisan

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, you create two Treasure tokens." (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Guild Artisan (clb) 505
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (woc) 148
Peerless Samurai

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, the next spell you cast this turn costs {1} less to cast.

Creature
Peerless Samurai (neo) 322
Pillar of Origins

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Artifact
Pillar of Origins (cmm) 970
Rakdos Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (m3c) 305
Sunblade Samurai

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) Channel — {2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You gain 2 life.

Creature Enchantment
Sunblade Samurai (neo) 315
Wayfarer's Bauble

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

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389

Ramp

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Burn

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Unquenchable Fury

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals X damage to defending player, where X is the number of cards in their hand." When this Aura is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return it to your hand.

Enchantment
Unquenchable Fury (nec) 63

Burn

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Land

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Abraded Bluffs

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Abraded Bluffs (otj) 251
Bloodfell Caves

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

Land
Bloodfell Caves (neo) 264
Cave of Temptation

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Cave of Temptation (j25) 763
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
Crystal Grotto

When this land enters, scry 1. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Crystal Grotto (woe) 254
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
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 (bro) 261
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
Forlorn Flats

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Forlorn Flats (otj) 258
Furycalm Snarl

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

Land
Furycalm Snarl (mkc) 263
Guildmages' Forum

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. If that mana is spent on a multicolored creature spell, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Land
Guildmages' Forum (grn) 250
Jagged Barrens

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Jagged Barrens (otj) 259
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 286
Opal Palace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.

Land
Opal Palace (nec) 172
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (drc) 166
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 278
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Land
Secluded Courtyard (fdn) 267
Shineshadow Snarl

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

Land
Shineshadow Snarl (lcc) 351
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
Sulfurous Springs

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

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dmu) 381
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 283
Vivid Crag

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {R}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Crag (cm2) 276
Vivid Marsh

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {B}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Marsh (c17) 292
Vivid Meadow

This land enters tapped with two charge counters on it. {T}: Add {W}. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Vivid Meadow (ncc) 446
Wind-Scarred Crag

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

Land
Wind-Scarred Crag (fdn) 271

Land

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Recursion

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Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 637
Heiko Yamazaki, the General

Trample Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, you may cast target artifact card from your graveyard this turn.

Creature
Heiko Yamazaki, the General (neo) 321
Invoke Calamity

You may cast up to two instant and/or sorcery spells with total mana value 6 or less from your graveyard and/or hand without paying their mana costs. If those spells would be put into your graveyard, exile them instead. Exile Invoke Calamity.

Instant
Invoke Calamity (neo) 384
Invoke Justice

Return target permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then distribute four +1/+1 counters among any number of creatures and/or Vehicles target player controls.

Sorcery
Invoke Justice (neo) 366
Norika Yamazaki, the Poet

Vigilance Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, you may cast target enchantment card from your graveyard this turn.

Creature
Norika Yamazaki, the Poet (neo) 311
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 (wot) 33
Spirit-Sister's Call

At the beginning of your end step, choose target permanent card in your graveyard. You may sacrifice a permanent that shares a card type with the chosen card. If you do, return the chosen card from your graveyard to the battlefield and it gains "If this permanent would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."

Enchantment
Spirit-Sister's Call (dsc) 232

Recursion

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Draw

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Akki Ronin

Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Akki Ronin (neo) 319
Demon's Due

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Demon's Due (snc) 75
Into the Fire

Choose one — • Into the Fire deals 2 damage to each creature, planeswalker, and battle. • Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.

Sorcery
Into the Fire (mom) 144
Mask of Memory

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Mask of Memory (cmr) 324
Painful Truths

Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Sorcery
Painful Truths (otc) 146
Prophetic Prism

When this artifact enters, draw a card. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Prophetic Prism (cmm) 404
Reinforced Ronin

Haste At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand. Channel — {1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Reinforced Ronin (neo) 323
Tempered in Solitude

Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Enchantment
Tempered in Solitude (neo) 165
Tormenting Voice

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Tormenting Voice (znr) 172
Witch's Mark

You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Witch's Mark (woe) 158

Draw

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Protection

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Cloudsteel Kirin

Flying Equipped creature has flying and "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Reconfigure {5} ({5}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Cloudsteel Kirin (neo) 435
Kindred Boon

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. {1}{W}: Put a divinity counter on target creature you control of the chosen type. Each creature you control with a divinity counter on it has indestructible.

Enchantment
Kindred Boon (c17) 5
Light the Way

Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or Vehicle. Untap it. • Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

Instant
Light the Way (j25) 219
Return to Action

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+0 and gains lifelink and "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

Instant
Return to Action (neo) 121
Risona, Asari Commander

Haste Whenever Risona deals combat damage to a player, if it doesn't have an indestructible counter on it, put an indestructible counter on it. Whenever combat damage is dealt to you, remove an indestructible counter from Risona.

Creature
Risona, Asari Commander (neo) 330
Selfless Samurai

Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, it gains lifelink until end of turn. Sacrifice this creature: Another target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Selfless Samurai (neo) 312

Protection

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Removal

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Banishing Slash

Destroy up to one target artifact, enchantment, or tapped creature. Then if you control an artifact and an enchantment, create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with vigilance.

Sorcery
Banishing Slash (neo) 3
Clawing Torment

Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets -1/-1 and can't block. Enchanted permanent has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life."

Enchantment
Clawing Torment (neo) 91
Crackling Doom

Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.

Instant
Crackling Doom (2x2) 196
Cut Short

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Destroy target planeswalker that was activated this turn or tapped creature.

Instant
Cut Short (mom) 10
Explosive Entry

Destroy up to one target artifact. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.

Sorcery
Explosive Entry (neo) 139
Invoke Despair

Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.

Sorcery
Invoke Despair (neo) 379
Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (iko) 204
The Wanderer

Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control. −2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater.

Planeswalker
The Wanderer (cmm) 843
Wanderer's Intervention

Wanderer's Intervention deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Instant
Wanderer's Intervention (neo) 41
You Are Already Dead

Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
You Are Already Dead (neo) 129

Removal

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Evasion

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Archetype of Aggression

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

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Aggression (plst) BNG-88
Blade of the Oni

Menace Equipped creature has base power and toughness 5/5, has menace, and is a black Demon in addition to its other colors and types. Reconfigure {2}{B}{B} ({2}{B}{B}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Blade of the Oni (neo) 377
Imperial Subduer

Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, tap target creature you don't control.

Creature
Imperial Subduer (neo) 310
Nezumi Bladeblesser

This creature has deathtouch as long as you control an artifact. This creature has menace as long as you control an enchantment. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Creature
Nezumi Bladeblesser (neo) 318
Unstoppable Ogre

When this creature enters, target creature can't block this turn.

Creature Artifact
Unstoppable Ogre (neo) 169

Evasion

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Pump

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Angelic Exaltation

Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Angelic Exaltation (rvr) 2
Asari Captain

Haste Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each Samurai or Warrior you control.

Creature
Asari Captain (neo) 327
Javelin of Lightning

Flash When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. During your turn, equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike. Equip {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Javelin of Lightning (clb) 185
Lizard Blades

Double strike Equipped creature has double strike. Reconfigure {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Lizard Blades (pneo) 153s
Sublime Archangel

Flying Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Other creatures you control have exalted. (If a creature has multiple instances of exalted, each triggers separately.)

Creature
Sublime Archangel (uma) 38
Two-Handed Axe

Artifact
Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave (clb) 203

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Tokens

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Eiganjo Uprising

Create X 2/2 white Samurai creature tokens with vigilance. They gain menace and haste until end of turn. Each opponent creates X minus one 2/2 white Samurai creature tokens with vigilance.

Sorcery
Eiganjo Uprising (neo) 396
Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei

{R}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn. {3}{R}{R}: Create a 5/5 red Dragon Spirit creature token with flying. Activate only if you control an attacking modified creature. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature
Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei (neo) 145
Legion Loyalty

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.)

Enchantment
Legion Loyalty (m3c) 171
Tiamat's Fanatics

Haste 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
Tiamat's Fanatics (clb) 202

Tokens

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Maybeboard

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Akki War Paint

Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +2/+1.

Enchantment
Akki War Paint (neo) 132
Debtors' Knell

({W/B} can be paid with either {W} or {B}.) At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Debtors' Knell (c21) 215
Emergency Weld

Return target artifact or creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.

Sorcery
Emergency Weld (bro) 93
Endless Atlas

{2}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you control three or more lands with the same name.

Artifact
Endless Atlas (cmm) 947
Fumiko the Lowblood

Fumiko has bushido X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +X/+X until end of turn.) Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.

Creature
Fumiko the Lowblood (c20) 152
Hammer of Purphoros

Creatures you control have haste. {2}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice a land: Create a 3/3 colorless Golem enchantment artifact creature token.

Artifact Enchantment
Hammer of Purphoros (plst) THS-124
Invasion of Kylem

Battle
Invasion of Kylem // Valor's Reach Tag Team (mom) 235Invasion of Kylem // Valor's Reach Tag Team (mom) 235
Michiko's Reign of Truth

Enchantment
Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko (neo) 29Michiko's Reign of Truth // Portrait of Michiko (neo) 29
Tavern Brawler

Commander creatures you own have "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. You may play that card this turn."

Enchantment
Tavern Brawler (clb) 200

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Deck Info

Deck stats

32 pips - 23 cards
28 mana - 27 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 16 cards
19 pips - 14 cards
27 mana - 26 cards
35 pips - 28 cards
30 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 16 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
10 mana - 9 cards
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