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Digging up the Past
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $423.45
Salt sum: 37.38
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Commander

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Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists

{T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Discover X, where X is the mana value of the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Creature
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists (rex) 10

Commander

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Instant

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Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (dsc) 113
Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (cmm) 91
Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Growth Spiral (dsc) 88
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (dsc) 106

Instant

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Artifact

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Chimil, the Inner Sun

Spells you control can't be countered. At the beginning of your end step, discover 5. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 5 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Artifact
Chimil, the Inner Sun (lci) 249
Dino DNA

Imprint — {1}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Activate only as a sorcery. {6}: Create a token that's a copy of target creature card exiled with this artifact, except it's a 6/6 green Dinosaur creature with trample. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Dino DNA (rex) 20
Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {3}

Artifact
Illusionist's Bracers (rvr) 260
Monster Manual

Artifact
Monster Manual // Zoological Study (clb) 242
Paleontologist's Pick-Axe

Artifact
Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress (lcc) 16Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress (lcc) 16
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258
The Skullspore Nexus

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. Whenever one or more nontoken creatures you control die, create a green Fungus Dinosaur creature token with base power and toughness each equal to the total power of those creatures. {2}, {T}: Double target creature's power until end of turn.

Artifact
The Skullspore Nexus (lci) 212
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

Artifact

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Land

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Breeding Pool

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

Land
Breeding Pool (rvr) 275
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
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 (inr) 278
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 289
Glacial Fortress

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

Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Mosswort Bridge

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}. {G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.

Land
Mosswort Bridge (dsc) 288
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 279
Prairie Stream

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

Land
Prairie Stream (mkc) 281
Temple of Enlightenment

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 {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (fdn) 698
Temple of Mystery

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 {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (fdn) 702
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 (fdn) 703
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 (dsk) 269
Tranquil Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{W}{U} ({G}{W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231

Land

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Battle

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Invasion of Ikoria

Battle
Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria (mom) 190Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria (mom) 190

Battle

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Planeswalker

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Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner

Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card. −1: Untap target permanent.

Planeswalker
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner (war) 232

Planeswalker

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Creature

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Ancient Imperiosaur

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.) Trample, ward {2} This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each creature that convoked it.

Creature
Ancient Imperiosaur (mom) 174
Annoyed Altisaur

Reach, trample Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Creature
Annoyed Altisaur (mh3) 284
Apex Altisaur

When this creature enters, it fights up to one target creature you don't control. Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it fights up to one target creature you don't control.

Creature
Apex Altisaur (lcc) 232
Carnage Tyrant

This spell can't be countered. Trample, hexproof

Creature
Carnage Tyrant (xln) 179
Cresting Mosasaurus

Emerge {6}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, if you cast it, return each non-Dinosaur creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Cresting Mosasaurus (rex) 2
Dinosaur Egg

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) When this creature dies, you may discover X, where X is its toughness.

Creature
Dinosaur Egg (lcc) 92
Earthshaker Dreadmaw

Trample When this creature enters, draw a card for each other Dinosaur you control.

Creature
Earthshaker Dreadmaw (lci) 183
Ghalta and Mavren

Trample Whenever you attack, choose one — • Create a tapped and attacking X/X green Dinosaur creature token with trample, where X is the greatest power among other attacking creatures. • Create X 1/1 white Vampire creature tokens with lifelink, where X is the number of other attacking creatures.

Creature
Ghalta and Mavren (mom) 225
Ghalta, Primal Hunger

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control. Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Ghalta, Primal Hunger (fdn) 222
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant

Trample When Ghalta enters, put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant (lci) 185
Gold-Forged Thopteryx

Flying, lifelink Each legendary permanent you control has ward {2}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

Creature Artifact
Gold-Forged Thopteryx (mat) 31
Goring Ceratops

Double strike Whenever this creature attacks, other creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.

Creature
Goring Ceratops (xln) 13
Hulking Raptor

Ward {2} At the beginning of your first main phase, add {G}{G}.

Creature
Hulking Raptor (lci) 191
Imposing Vantasaur

Vigilance Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Imposing Vantasaur (iko) 17
Kinjalli's Sunwing

Flying Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Kinjalli's Sunwing (lcc) 130
Marauding Brinefang

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Islandcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Marauding Brinefang (lci) 64
Nezahal, Primal Tide

This spell can't be countered. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card. Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Nezahal, Primal Tide (cmr) 401
Quakestrider Ceratops

Creature
Quakestrider Ceratops (fdn) 110
Rampaging Brontodon

Trample Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each land you control.

Creature
Rampaging Brontodon (lcc) 247
Ripjaw Raptor

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw a card.

Creature
Ripjaw Raptor (lcc) 253
Runic Armasaur

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a creature or land that isn't a mana ability, you may draw a card.

Creature
Runic Armasaur (lcc) 256
Scion of Calamity

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.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Creature
Scion of Calamity (lcc) 93
Sunfrill Imitator

Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it become a copy of another target Dinosaur you control, except its name is Sunfrill Imitator and it has this ability.

Creature
Sunfrill Imitator (lcc) 94
Temple Altisaur

If a source would deal damage to another Dinosaur you control, prevent all but 1 of that damage.

Creature
Temple Altisaur (lcc) 138
The Tarrasque

The Tarrasque has haste and ward {10} as long as it was cast. Whenever The Tarrasque attacks, it fights target creature defending player controls.

Creature
The Tarrasque (afr) 207
Thrashing Brontodon

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Thrashing Brontodon (fdn) 560
Thrasta, Tempest's Roar

This spell costs {3} less to cast for each other spell cast this turn. Trample, haste Trample over planeswalkers (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the controller of the planeswalker it's attacking.) Thrasta has hexproof as long as it entered this turn.

Creature
Thrasta, Tempest's Roar (mh2) 178
Thundering Spineback

Other Dinosaurs you control get +1/+1. {5}{G}: Create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Thundering Spineback (lcc) 260
Titanoth Rex

Trample Cycling {1}{G} ({1}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, put a trample counter on target creature you control.

Creature
Titanoth Rex (iko) 174
Topiary Stomper

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) When this creature enters, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. This creature can't attack or block unless you control seven or more lands.

Creature
Topiary Stomper (prm) 99711
Tranquil Frillback

When this creature enters, you may pay {G} up to three times. When you pay this cost one or more times, choose up to that many — • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Exile target player's graveyard. • You gain 4 life.

Creature
Tranquil Frillback (mat) 24
Tyrranax Rex

This spell can't be countered. Trample, ward {4}, haste Toxic 4 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get four poison counters.)

Creature
Tyrranax Rex (one) 189
Vaultborn Tyrant

Trample Whenever this creature or another creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, you gain 3 life and draw a card. When this creature dies, if it's not a token, create a token that's a copy of it, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Creature
Vaultborn Tyrant (big) 20
Verdant Sun's Avatar

Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.

Creature
Verdant Sun's Avatar (lcc) 262
Wakening Sun's Avatar

When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, destroy all non-Dinosaur creatures.

Creature
Wakening Sun's Avatar (lcc) 139

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Sorcery

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Commune with Dinosaurs

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Dinosaur or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Commune with Dinosaurs (jmp) 384
Don't Move

Destroy all tapped creatures. Until your next turn, whenever a creature becomes tapped, destroy it.

Sorcery
Don't Move (rex) 1
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (rvr) 138
Finale of Devastation

Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. If X is 10 or more, creatures you control get +X/+X and gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Finale of Devastation (cmm) 289
Migration Path

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Migration Path (lcc) 246
Overwhelming Stampede

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Sorcery
Overwhelming Stampede (dsc) 192
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (dsc) 73
Savage Order

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature with power 4 or greater. Search your library for a Dinosaur creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. It gains indestructible until your next turn.

Sorcery
Savage Order (rex) 6
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Descendants' Path

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card that shares a creature type with a creature you control, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you don't cast it, put it on the bottom of your library.

Enchantment
Descendants' Path (lcc) 238
Garruk's Uprising

When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card. Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.

Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (fdn) 220
Life Finds a Way

Whenever a nontoken creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Enchantment
Life Finds a Way (rex) 5
Lurking Predators

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, you may put that card on the bottom of your library.

Enchantment
Lurking Predators (jmp) 410
Reflections of Littjara

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (lcc) 168
Unnatural Growth

At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.

Enchantment
Unnatural Growth (inr) 223
Welcome to . . .

Enchantment
Welcome to . . . // Jurassic Park (rex) 7Welcome to . . . // Jurassic Park (rex) 7

Enchantment

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Deck Info

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15 pips - 10 cards
12 mana - 12 cards
15 pips - 12 cards
9 mana - 9 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
82 pips - 44 cards
21 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
1 mana - 1 card
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