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The Strikeback Brigade v2
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Est deck cost: $170.02
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Commander

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Melek, Reforged Researcher

Melek's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.

Creature
Melek, Reforged Researcher (mkm) 430

Commander

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Land

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Cascade Bluffs

{T}: Add {C}. {U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Cascade Bluffs (blc) 297
Castle Vantress

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (dsc) 267
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 59
Eroded Canyon

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

Land
Eroded Canyon (otj) 256
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 (drc) 153
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
Ferrous Lake

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

Land
Ferrous Lake (blc) 303
Frostboil Snarl

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

Land
Frostboil Snarl (drc) 158
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 280
Izzet Boilerworks

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

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (otc) 302
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 288
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (dsc) 289
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Shivan Reef

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

Land
Shivan Reef (drc) 170
Skyline Cascade

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Skyline Cascade (bfz) 246
Spirebluff Canal

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Spirebluff Canal (otj) 270
Steam Vents

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

Land
Steam Vents (rvr) 288
Stormcarved Coast

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

Land
Stormcarved Coast (inr) 285
Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (drc) 173
Swiftwater Cliffs

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

Land
Swiftwater Cliffs (dft) 265
Temple of Epiphany

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 {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (drc) 177
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 (drc) 179
Training Center

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

Land
Training Center (cmm) 434

Land

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Tutor

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Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Gamble (plst) UMA-132

Tutor

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Burn

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Banefire

Banefire deals X damage to any target. If X is 5 or more, this spell can't be countered and the damage can't be prevented.

Sorcery
Banefire (j22) 495
Guttersnipe

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Guttersnipe (j25) 138
Insult

Sorcery
Insult // Injury (plst) AKH-213

Burn

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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 (drc) 51
Elemental Masterpiece

Create two 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature tokens. {U/R}{U/R}, Discard this card: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Elemental Masterpiece (stx) 182
Haughty Djinn

Flying Haughty Djinn's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Haughty Djinn (otc) 99
Heraldic Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+0. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Heraldic Banner (scd) 267
Izzet Signet

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

Artifact
Izzet Signet (blc) 278
Strixhaven Stadium

{T}: Add {C}. Put a point counter on this artifact. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, remove a point counter from this artifact. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has ten or more point counters on it, remove them all and that player loses the game.

Artifact
Strixhaven Stadium (stx) 259
Turnabout

Choose artifact, creature, or land. Tap all untapped permanents of the chosen type target player controls, or untap all tapped permanents of that type that player controls.

Instant
Turnabout (dmr) 70

Ramp

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Untap

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Manifold Key

{1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Manifold Key (clb) 319

Untap

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Copy

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Chandra, Hope's Beacon

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn. +2: Add two mana in any combination of colors. +1: Exile the top five cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among those exiled cards. −X: Chandra deals X damage to each of up to two targets.

Planeswalker
Chandra, Hope's Beacon (mom) 134
Dualcaster Mage

Flash When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Dualcaster Mage (c21) 165
Ral, Storm Conduit

Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Ral deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. +2: Scry 1. −2: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Planeswalker
Ral, Storm Conduit (plst) WAR-211

Copy

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Recursion

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Experimental Overload

Create an X/X blue and red Weird creature token, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Then you may return an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Experimental Overload.

Sorcery
Experimental Overload (m21) 218

Recursion

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Draw

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Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (otc) 90
Archmage of Runes

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage of Runes (fdn) 30
Big Score

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Big Score (blc) 193
Blast of Genius

Choose any target. Draw three cards, then discard a card. Blast of Genius deals damage equal to the discarded card's mana value to that permanent or player.

Sorcery
Blast of Genius (uma) 197
Contingency Plan

Surveil 5. (Look at the top five cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Sorcery
Contingency Plan (plst) EMN-52
Epic Experiment

Exile the top X cards of your library. You may cast instant and sorcery spells with mana value X or less from among them without paying their mana costs. Then put all cards exiled this way that weren't cast into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Epic Experiment (otc) 222
Glimpse the Future

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Glimpse the Future (m14) 58
Jace's Ingenuity

Draw three cards.

Instant
Jace's Ingenuity (m15) 63
Pull from Tomorrow

Draw X cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Pull from Tomorrow (drc) 81
Quarrel's End

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Sorcery
Quarrel's End (ltr) 141
Thassa's Bounty

Draw three cards. Target player mills three cards.

Sorcery
Thassa's Bounty (ths) 67

Draw

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Removal

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Access Denied

Counter target spell. Create X 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.

Instant
Access Denied (nec) 11
Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
Blink of an Eye

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.

Instant
Blink of an Eye (j25) 289
Burn Down the House

Choose one — • Burn Down the House deals 5 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. • Create three 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Burn Down the House (mid) 131
Cancel

Counter target spell.

Instant
Cancel (plst) KTK-33
Chandra's Ignition

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (lcc) 220
Confirm Suspicions

Counter target spell. Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Instant
Confirm Suspicions (mkc) 97
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Descent of the Dragons

Destroy any number of target creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Sorcery
Descent of the Dragons (dtk) 133
Dissolve

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Instant
Dissolve (ima) 51
Ensnare

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Tap all creatures.

Instant
Ensnare (nem) 32
Exclude

Counter target creature spell. Draw a card.

Instant
Exclude (cmm) 90
Into the Roil

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.

Instant
Into the Roil (cmr) 397
Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once. • Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. • Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Draw a card.

Instant
Mystic Confluence (cmm) 108
Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Narset's Reversal (plst) WAR-62
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (drc) 39
Saw It Coming

Counter target spell. Foretell {1}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Saw It Coming (khm) 76
Sleep

Tap all creatures target player controls. Those creatures don't untap during that player's next untap step.

Sorcery
Sleep (plst) C15-106
Spell Swindle

Counter target spell. Create X Treasure tokens, where X is that spell's mana value. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Spell Swindle (moc) 237
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (otc) 183

Removal

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Finisher

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Full Throttle

After this main phase, there are two additional combat phases. At the beginning of each combat this turn, untap all creatures that attacked this turn.

Sorcery
Full Throttle (dft) 127
Octavia, Living Thesis

This spell costs {8} less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard. Ward {8} Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

Creature
Octavia, Living Thesis (otc) 103

Finisher

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Tokens

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Baral and Kari Zev

First strike, menace Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, you may cast a spell with lesser mana value that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost. If you don't, create First Mate Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey Pirate creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Baral and Kari Zev (mom) 218
Devils' Playground

Create four 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Sorcery
Devils' Playground (soi) 151
Dwarven Reinforcements

Create two 2/1 red Dwarf Berserker creature tokens. Foretell {1}{R} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery
Dwarven Reinforcements (khm) 134
Elemental Eruption

Create a 4/4 red Dragon Elemental creature token with flying and prowess. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Sorcery
Elemental Eruption (otc) 27
Empty the Warrens

Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Sorcery
Empty the Warrens (dmr) 118
Flurry of Horns

Create two 2/3 red Minotaur creature tokens with haste.

Sorcery
Flurry of Horns (jmp) 321
Goblin Rally

Create four 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Goblin Rally (j22) 546
Goblin Scouts

Create three 1/1 red Goblin Scout creature tokens with mountainwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Sorcery
Goblin Scouts (mir) 178
Goblin War Party

Choose one — • Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. • Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn. Entwine {2}{R} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Sorcery
Goblin War Party (mh1) 131
Metallurgic Summonings

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value. {3}{U}{U}, Exile this enchantment: Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control six or more artifacts.

Enchantment
Metallurgic Summonings (c21) 122
Ovika, Enigma Goliath

Flying Ward—{3}, Pay 3 life. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens, where X is the mana value of that spell. They gain haste until end of turn.

Creature
Ovika, Enigma Goliath (one) 213
Ral's Reinforcements

Create two 1/1 blue and red Elemental creature tokens.

Sorcery
Ral's Reinforcements (mom) 158
Seize the Storm

Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile." Flashback {6}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Seize the Storm (inr) 170
Young Pyromancer

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.

Creature
Young Pyromancer (j25) 618

Tokens

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