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surveil
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Commander

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Mirko, Obsessive Theorist

Flying, vigilance Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko. At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)

Creature
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist (mkc) 316

Commander

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Land

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Choked Estuary

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

Land
Choked Estuary (mkc) 254
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 59
Creeping Tar Pit

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. {1}{U}{B}: This land becomes a 3/2 blue and black Elemental creature until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. It's still a land.

Land
Creeping Tar Pit (zne) 24
Darkslick Shores

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

Land
Darkslick Shores (one) 372
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Dimir Aqueduct

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

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Drowned Catacomb

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

Land
Drowned Catacomb (drc) 152
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (drc) 156
Gloomlake Verge

{T}: Add {U}. {T}: Add {B}. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.

Land
Gloomlake Verge (dsk) 260
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (tdm) 279
Mistvault Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Artifact Land
Mistvault Bridge (mh2) 249
Morphic Pool

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

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Nephalia Drownyard

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}{B}, {T}: Target player mills three cards.

Land
Nephalia Drownyard (lcc) 344
Polluted Delta

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

Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 224
Shipwreck Marsh

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

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (inr) 284
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (drc) 174
Sunken Ruins

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

Land
Sunken Ruins (2xm) 326
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 283
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (dsc) 303
Undercity Sewers

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) 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
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270
Underground River

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

Land
Underground River (drc) 181
Watery Grave

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

Land
Watery Grave (rvr) 291

Land

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Removal

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Annihilating Glare

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay {4} or sacrifice an artifact or creature. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Annihilating Glare (one) 80
Bone Shards

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or discard a card. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Bone Shards (mh2) 76
Bone Splinters

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Destroy target creature.

Sorcery
Bone Splinters (dmu) 83
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Don't Make a Sound

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. If they do, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Don't Make a Sound (dsk) 49
Dream Eater

Flash Flying When this creature enters, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature
Dream Eater (dsc) 116
Eaten Alive

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {3}{B}. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Sorcery
Eaten Alive (inr) 106
Ephara's Dispersal

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets an attacking creature. Return target creature to its owner's hand. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Ephara's Dispersal (mkc) 103
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (dsc) 78
Flare of Denial

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Flare of Denial (mh3) 62
Flare of Malice

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant
Flare of Malice (mh3) 95
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (inr) 119
Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Pile On

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 creature or planeswalker. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Pile On (mkc) 134
Price of Fame

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a legendary creature. Destroy target creature. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Price of Fame (mkc) 135
Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying. Foretell {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.)

Sorcery
Ravenform (lcc) 167
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
Wail of the Forgotten

Descend 8 — Choose one. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell, choose one or more instead. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Target opponent discards a card. • Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Wail of the Forgotten (lci) 244
Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Withering Torment (dsk) 124

Removal

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Mill

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Dogged Detective

When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Dogged Detective (mkc) 127
Doom Whisperer

Flying, trample Pay 2 life: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Creature
Doom Whisperer (mkc) 128
Larder Zombie

Defender Tap three untapped creatures you control: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Larder Zombie (mid) 58
Master of Death

When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return it to your hand.

Creature
Master of Death (mkc) 216
Sinister Starfish

{T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Sinister Starfish (mkc) 140
The Ancient One

Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard. {2}{U}{B}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.

Creature
The Ancient One (lci) 222
Think Tank

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Enchantment
Think Tank (ody) 104
Unshakable Tail

When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from your library, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {2}, Sacrifice a Clue: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Unshakable Tail (mkc) 29
Waterlogged Hulk

Artifact
Waterlogged Hulk // Watertight Gondola (lci) 83Waterlogged Hulk // Watertight Gondola (lci) 83
Wretched Doll

{B}, {T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Wretched Doll (dft) 111

Mill

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Drain

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Whispering Snitch

Whenever you surveil for the first time each turn, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Whispering Snitch (mkc) 144

Drain

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Protection

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Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (acr) 85

Protection

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Draw

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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
Dazzling Lights

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Dazzling Lights (plst) GRN-34
Dimir Strandcatcher

Flying Whenever you attack, surveil X, where X is the number of opponents being attacked. At the beginning of each end step, if three or more cards were put into your graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield this turn, draw a card.

Creature
Dimir Strandcatcher (clu) 30
Disinformation Campaign

When this enchantment enters, you draw a card and each opponent discards a card. Whenever you surveil, return this enchantment to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Disinformation Campaign (mkc) 208
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth

Whenever another creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a token, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth (mic) 3
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Flash At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards. Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

Creature
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur (plst) NPH-37
Rune-Sealed Wall

Defender {T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Rune-Sealed Wall (fdn) 49
Sanguine Spy

Menace, lifelink {1}, Sacrifice another creature: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) At the beginning of your end step, if there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Sanguine Spy (snc) 93
Search for Azcanta

Enchantment
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74
Starving Revenant

When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life. Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Starving Revenant (lci) 123
The Everflowing Well

Artifact
The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools (lci) 56The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools (lci) 56

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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
Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Jet Medallion (mh3) 292
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Sapphire Medallion

Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 296
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 56
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (drc) 141
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256

Ramp

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Evasion

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Dimir Spybug

Flying Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Dimir Spybug (mkc) 206
Faerie Dreamthief

Flying When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {2}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Faerie Dreamthief (woe) 89
Nightveil Sprite

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Nightveil Sprite (j25) 335

Evasion

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Recursion

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Connive

Sorcery
Connive // Concoct (mkc) 203
Enhanced Surveillance

You may look at an additional two cards each time you surveil. Exile this enchantment: Shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Enchantment
Enhanced Surveillance (mkc) 102
Eye of Duskmantle

Flying, lifelink You may play lands and cast spells from among cards in your graveyard you've surveilled this turn. If you cast a spell this way, you pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Creature
Eye of Duskmantle (mkc) 27
Lazav, the Multifarious

When Lazav enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {X}: Lazav becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

Creature
Lazav, the Multifarious (mkc) 214
Mission Briefing

Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Mission Briefing (mkc) 110
Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.) At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Sheoldred, Whispering One (plst) NPH-73
The Grim Captain's Locker

{T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {T}: Until end of turn, each creature card in your graveyard gains "Escape—{3}{B}, Exile four other cards from your graveyard." (You may cast a card with escape from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Artifact
The Grim Captain's Locker (lcc) 82
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake

Vigilance, menace Descend 8 — {4}{U}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Creature
Uchbenbak, the Great Mistake (lci) 242

Recursion

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