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Rhys Self-Mill
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Commander

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Rhys the Redeemed

{2}{G/W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature token. {4}{G/W}{G/W}, {T}: For each creature token you control, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Creature
Rhys the Redeemed (shm) 237

Commander

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Removal

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Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (nph) 103
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel

Vigilance Exile Cannon — When this creature enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent. Unearth {7} ({7}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel (40k) 152
Cityscape Leveler

Trample When you cast this spell and whenever this creature attacks, destroy up to one target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a tapped Powerstone token. Unearth {8}

Creature Artifact
Cityscape Leveler (bro) 233
Crisis of Conscience

Choose one — • Destroy all tokens. • Destroy all nonland, nontoken permanents.

Sorcery
Crisis of Conscience (who) 17
Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (cmm) 624
Hour of Reckoning

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 all nontoken creatures.

Sorcery
Hour of Reckoning (rav) 21
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 (cmm) 626
Purify the Grave

Exile target card from a graveyard. Flashback {W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Purify the Grave (c19) 71
Ray of Revelation

Destroy target enchantment. Flashback {G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Ray of Revelation (dka) 17
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (spg) 54

Removal

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Land

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Arctic Treeline

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Arctic Treeline (khm) 249
Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 412
Bountiful Promenade

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

Land
Bountiful Promenade (zne) 20
Branchloft Pathway

Land
Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 284Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway (znr) 284
Brushland

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

Land
Brushland (bro) 298
Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (m12) 224
Canopy Vista

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

Land
Canopy Vista (plst) BFZ-234
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (woe) 266
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. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Fortified Village (soi) 274
Gavony Township

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{G}{W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Land
Gavony Township (isd) 239
Hushwood Verge

{T}: Add {G}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control a Forest or a Plains.

Land
Hushwood Verge (dsk) 332
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 (jud) 141
Lush Portico

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Lush Portico (mkm) 327
Overgrown Farmland

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

Land
Overgrown Farmland (mid) 283
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (woe) 262
Radiant Grove

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Radiant Grove (dmu) 253
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (pw24) 10
Selesnya Sanctuary

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

Land
Selesnya Sanctuary (2x2) 411
Sungrass Prairie

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

Land
Sungrass Prairie (afc) 264
Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (m10) 228
Temple Garden

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

Land
Temple Garden (rvr) 300
Temple of Plenty

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Plenty (bng) 165
Windswept Heath

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

Land
Windswept Heath (mh3) 360
Wooded Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {G/W}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{W}, or {W}{W}.

Land
Wooded Bastion (2xm) 332
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 480

Land

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Token from Graveyard

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Angel of Indemnity

Flying, lifelink When this creature enters, return target permanent card with mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Encore {6}{W}{W} ({6}{W}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Angel of Indemnity (otc) 9
Angel of Sanctions

Flying When this creature enters, you may exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield. Embalm {5}{W} ({5}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Angel with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Angel of Sanctions (drc) 62
Anointer Priest

Whenever a creature token you control enters, you gain 1 life. Embalm {3}{W} ({3}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Cleric with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Anointer Priest (plst) AKH-3
Fanatic of Rhonas

{T}: Add {G}. Ferocious — {T}: Add {G}{G}{G}{G}. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Eternalize {2}{G}{G} ({2}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Druid with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Fanatic of Rhonas (mh3) 152
Fin-Clade Fugitives

This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Encore {4}{G} ({4}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Fin-Clade Fugitives (cmr) 227
Honored Hydra

Trample Embalm {3}{G} ({3}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Snake Hydra with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Honored Hydra (akh) 172
Kangee's Lieutenant

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, attacking creatures with flying get +1/+1 until end of turn. Encore {5}{W} ({5}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Kangee's Lieutenant (scd) 27
Kinsbaile Courier

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Encore {2}{W} ({2}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Kinsbaile Courier (cmr) 29
Oketra's Attendant

Flying Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) Embalm {3}{W}{W} ({3}{W}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Soldier with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Oketra's Attendant (akh) 22
Phyrexian Triniform

When this creature dies, create three 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature tokens. Encore {12} ({12}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Phyrexian Triniform (cmm) 969
Resilient Khenra

When this creature enters, you may have target creature get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power. Eternalize {4}{G}{G} ({4}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Jackal Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Resilient Khenra (hou) 131
Soul of Eternity

Soul of Eternity's power and toughness are each equal to your life total. Encore {7}{W}{W} ({7}{W}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Soul of Eternity (cmr) 50
Sunscourge Champion

When this creature enters, you gain life equal to its power. Eternalize—{2}{W}{W}, Discard a card. ({2}{W}{W}, Discard a card, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Sunscourge Champion (hou) 26
Timeless Dragon

Flying Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.) Eternalize {2}{W}{W} ({2}{W}{W}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Dragon with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Timeless Dragon (drc) 67
Timeless Witness

When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Eternalize {5}{G}{G} ({5}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Timeless Witness (mh2) 179

Token from Graveyard

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Mill

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Aftermath Analyst

When this creature enters, mill three cards. {3}{G}, Sacrifice this creature: Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Aftermath Analyst (mkm) 148
Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (cns) 196
Cache Grab

Mill four cards. You may put a permanent card from among the cards milled this way into your hand. If you control a Squirrel or returned a Squirrel card to your hand this way, create a Food token. (To mill four cards, put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard. A Food token is an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Instant
Cache Grab (blb) 167
Circle of the Land Druid

When this creature enters, you may mill four cards. (You may put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.) Natural Recovery — When this creature dies, return target land card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Circle of the Land Druid (clb) 220
Codex Shredder

{T}: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.) {5}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Artifact
Codex Shredder (cmr) 304
Commune with the Gods

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or enchantment card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Commune with the Gods (plst) EMA-162
Crawling Infestation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere during your turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Crawling Infestation (cmm) 281
Crawling Sensation

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.

Enchantment
Crawling Sensation (dsc) 173
Crop Sigil

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill a card. Delirium — {2}{G}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Return up to one target creature card and up to one target land card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Enchantment
Crop Sigil (emn) 153
Dredger's Insight

Whenever one or more artifact and/or creature cards leave your graveyard, you gain 1 life. When this enchantment enters, mill four cards. You may put an artifact, creature, or land card from among the milled cards into your hand. (To mill four cards, put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Enchantment
Dredger's Insight (dft) 159
Gather the Pack

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, put up to two creature cards from among the revealed cards into your hand instead of one.

Sorcery
Gather the Pack (ori) 178
Hermit Druid

{G}, {T}: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a basic land card. Put that card into your hand and all other cards revealed this way into your graveyard.

Creature
Hermit Druid (sth) 108
Life from the Loam

Return up to three target land cards from your graveyard to your hand. Dredge 3 (If you would draw a card, you may mill three cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)

Sorcery
Life from the Loam (rvr) 434
Mesmeric Orb

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

Artifact
Mesmeric Orb (2xm) 272
Mulch

Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Mulch (dsc) 189
Satyr Wayfinder

When this creature enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Creature
Satyr Wayfinder (otc) 204

Mill

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Untap

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Magewright's Stone

{1}, {T}: Untap target creature that has an activated ability with {T} in its cost.

Artifact
Magewright's Stone (dis) 162
Puppet Strings

{2}, {T}: You may tap or untap target creature.

Artifact
Puppet Strings (dde) 22
Saryth, the Viper's Fang

Other tapped creatures you control have deathtouch. Other untapped creatures you control have hexproof. {1}, {T}: Untap another target creature or land you control.

Creature
Saryth, the Viper's Fang (mid) 304
Seeker of Skybreak

{T}: Untap target creature.

Creature
Seeker of Skybreak (tmp) 254
Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271

Untap

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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 (cmm) 653
Avacyn's Pilgrim

{T}: Add {W}.

Creature
Avacyn's Pilgrim (scd) 171
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (dmr) 439
Convergence of Dominion

Dynastic Command Node — As long as you control your commander, activated abilities of cards in your graveyard cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that ability's activation cost to less than one mana. Translocation Protocols — {3}, {T}: Mill three cards.

Artifact
Convergence of Dominion (40k) 154
Elvish Mystic

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Mystic (cmm) 284
Embalmer's Tools

Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost {1} less to activate. Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player mills a card.

Artifact
Embalmer's Tools (akh) 227
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (blc) 119
Heartstone

Activated abilities of creatures cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Artifact
Heartstone (plst) STH-134
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (j25) 149
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 703
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (otc) 209

Ramp

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Recursion

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Bygone Marvels

Descend 8 — When you cast this spell, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, copy this spell twice. You may choose new targets for the copies. Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Bygone Marvels.

Sorcery
Bygone Marvels (lcc) 57
Peerless Recycling

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. If the gift was promised, instead return two target permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Peerless Recycling (blb) 188
Pull from Eternity

Put target face-up exiled card into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Pull from Eternity (plst) TSP-35
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

Recursion

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28 mana - 26 cards
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