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Killian, Ink Duelist
Lifelink
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Spells you cast that target a creature cost
less to cast.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Killian, Ink Duelist (stx) 197

Commander

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Silverquill Lecturer
Creature spells you cast have demonstrate. (Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Each copy becomes a token.)
Creature - Wizard Kor
Silverquill Lecturer (m3c) 44

Copy

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Bold Plagiarist
Flash
Whenever an opponent puts one or more counters on a creature they control, they put the same number and kind of counters on this creature.
Creature - Vampire Rogue
Bold Plagiarist (c21) 37
Fabled Hero
Double strike
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature - Human Soldier
Fabled Hero (ths) 12
Star Pupil
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
Creature - Human Wizard
Star Pupil (stx) 30

Counters

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Arrogant Poet
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 2 life. If you do, it gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Human Warlock
Arrogant Poet (stx) 63
Ebon Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, you may have target opponent discard a card.
Creature - Dragon
Ebon Dragon (drb) 6
Frankenstein's Monster
As this creature enters, exile X creature cards from your graveyard. If you can't, put this creature into its owner's graveyard instead of onto the battlefield. For each creature card exiled this way, this creature enters with a +2/+0, +1/+1, or +0/+2 counter on it.
Creature - Zombie
Frankenstein's Monster (drk) 45
Student of Warfare
Level up
(
: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 2-6
3/3
First strike
LEVEL 7+
4/4
Double strike
Creature - Human Knight
Student of Warfare (roe) 47

Creature

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Insidious Bookworms
When this creature dies, you may pay
. If you do, target player discards a card at random.
Creature - Worm
Insidious Bookworms (all) 51a

Discard

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Book of Rass
, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
Artifact - Book
Book of Rass (chr) 95
Call of the Ring
At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
Enchantment
Call of the Ring (ltr) 79
Cunning Rhetoric
Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.
Enchantment
Cunning Rhetoric (otc) 129
Library of Leng
You have no maximum hand size.
If an effect causes you to discard a card, discard it, but you may put it on top of your library instead of into your graveyard.
Artifact
Library of Leng (5ed) 387
Mazemind Tome
, Put a page counter on this artifact: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
,
, Put a page counter on this artifact: Draw a card.
When there are four or more page counters on this artifact, exile it. If you do, you gain 4 life.
Artifact - Book
Mazemind Tome (fdn) 676
Night's Whisper
You draw two cards and lose 2 life.
Sorcery
Night's Whisper (sld) 207
Priest of Ancient Lore
When this creature enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Creature - Cleric Dwarf
Priest of Ancient Lore (clb) 704
Read the Bones
Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Read the Bones (dsc) 154
Shadrix Silverquill
Flying, double strike
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may choose two. Each mode must target a different player.
• Target player creates a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.
• Target player draws a card and loses 1 life.
• Target player puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature they control.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Shadrix Silverquill (stx) 230
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
Sorin the Mirthless
+1: Look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card and put it into your hand. If you do, you lose life equal to its mana value.
−2: Create a 2/3 black Vampire creature token with flying and lifelink.
−7: Sorin deals 13 damage to any target. You gain 13 life.
Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
Sorin the Mirthless (vow) 337
Staff of the Storyteller
When this artifact enters, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Whenever you create one or more creature tokens, put a story counter on this artifact.
,
, Remove a story counter from this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Staff of the Storyteller (onc) 10
Tome of Legends
This artifact enters with a page counter on it.
Whenever your commander enters or attacks, put a page counter on this artifact.
,
, Remove a page counter from this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact - Book
Tome of Legends (mkc) 246

Draw

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Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (dsc) 95

Evasion

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Barad-dûr
Barad-dûr enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.
Legendary Land
Barad-dûr (ltr) 253
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (eld) 244
Homeward Path
: Add
.
: Each player gains control of all creatures they own.
Land
Homeward Path (ltc) 365
Labyrinth of Skophos
: Add
.
,
: Remove target attacking or blocking creature from combat.
Land
Labyrinth of Skophos (pthb) 243p
Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.
Legendary Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 256
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (sld) 208
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (sld) 254
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.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shineshadow Snarl (ltc) 331
Shire Terrace
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Shire Terrace (sld) 1296
Silverquill Campus
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Silverquill Campus (moc) 423
Study Hall
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color. When you spend this mana to cast your commander, scry X, where X is the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.
Land
Study Hall (c21) 80
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sld) 256
Thespian's Stage
: Add
.
,
: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.
Land
Thespian's Stage (who) 323

Land

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Exalted Angel
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature - Angel
Exalted Angel (g06) 1
Story Seeker
Lifelink
Creature - Cleric Dwarf
Story Seeker (khm) 34

Lifegain

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Darkness
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Instant
Darkness (tsb) 40
Inkshield
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.
Instant
Inkshield (sld) 1694
Professor's Warning
Choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Professor's Warning (stx) 84
Revenge of Ravens
Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (eld) 104
Story Circle
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Enchantment
Story Circle (10e) 49

Protection

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Exhilarating Elocution
Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Other creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Sorcery
Exhilarating Elocution (stx) 185
Great Teacher's Decree
Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Great Teacher's Decree (ima) 21
Malamet War Scribe
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Cat
Malamet War Scribe (lci) 21

Pump

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (ltc) 273
Mind Stone
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Mind Stone (ltc) 282
Monologue Tax
Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.
Enchantment
Monologue Tax (dsc) 100
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 1696
Weathered Wayfarer
,
: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.
Creature - Human Cleric Nomad
Weathered Wayfarer (ltc) 183

Ramp

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Disturbing Plot
Return target creature card from a graveyard to its owner's hand.
Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)
Sorcery
Disturbing Plot (shm) 64
Tragic Poet
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human
Tragic Poet (dom) 37

Recursion

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Author of Shadows
When this creature enters, exile all opponents' graveyards. Choose a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Creature - Shade Warlock
Author of Shadows (c21) 35
Bake into a Pie
Destroy target creature. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Instant
Bake into a Pie (eld) 76
Closing Statement
This spell costs
less to cast during your end step.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker you don't control. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
Instant
Closing Statement (stx) 169
Dark Banishing
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Dark Banishing (dvd) 50
Defend the Campus
Choose one —
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater.
Instant
Defend the Campus (stx) 12
Giant Killer
,
: Tap target creature.
Creature - Human Peasant
Giant Killer // Chop Down (eld) 14
Inevitable End
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature."
Enchantment - Aura
Inevitable End (thb) 102
Nevermore
As this enchantment enters, choose a nonland card name.
Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.
Enchantment
Nevermore (isd) 25
Redemption Arc
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has indestructible and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
: Exile enchanted creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Redemption Arc (mkc) 13
Reprieve
Return target spell to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 26
Stroke of Midnight
Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
The End
This spell costs
less to cast if your life total is 5 or less.
Exile target creature or planeswalker. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that permanent and exile them. That player shuffles, then draws a card for each card exiled from their hand this way.
Instant
The End (woe) 87
Trapped in the Tower
Enchant creature without flying
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Enchantment - Aura
Trapped in the Tower (eld) 33
Vault 75: Middle School
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile all creatures with power 4 or greater.
II, III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Enchantment - Saga
Vault 75: Middle School (pip) 27
Wrath of God
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
Sorcery
Wrath of God (por) 39

Removal

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Akroan Horse
Defender
When this creature enters, an opponent gains control of it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
Creature Artifact - Horse
Akroan Horse (ths) 210
Haunted Library
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may pay
. If you do, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Enchantment
Haunted Library (voc) 6
Spellbook Vendor
Vigilance
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay
. When you do, create a Sorcerer Role token attached to target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.")
Creature - Human Peasant
Spellbook Vendor (woe) 31
The Book of Exalted Deeds
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, create a 3/3 white Angel creature token with flying.
,
, Exile The Book of Exalted Deeds: Put an enlightened counter on target Angel. It gains "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact - Book
The Book of Exalted Deeds (afr) 4
Wizened Mentor
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a permanent that isn't a mana ability, you create a 1/1 white Zombie creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Wizened Mentor (drc) 8

Tokens

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Deck Info

Deck stats

42 pips - 32 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
31 pips - 25 cards
19 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
9 mana - 8 cards
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