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Commander
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Xenagos, God of Revels
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.
As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Buffs Creature
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Clackbridge Troll
Trample, haste
When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.
When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.
Creature - Troll
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
Trample, haste
Whenever The Gitrog deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a creature that saddled it this turn. If you do, draw X cards, then put up to X land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Saddle 1
Whenever The Gitrog deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a creature that saddled it this turn. If you do, draw X cards, then put up to X land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Saddle 1
Legendary Creature - Horror Frog Mount
Card Advantage
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Creates Fling Targets
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Fling Target
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Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Turntimber Symbiosis
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. If that card has mana value 3 or less, it enters with three additional +1/+1 counters on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Land
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Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
Permanents you control have "Ward—Sacrifice a permanent."
Each artifact card in your graveyard has unearth . (: Return the 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.)
Each artifact card in your graveyard has unearth . (: Return the 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.)
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Tibalt's Trickery
Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Instant
Protection
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Kalain, Reclusive Painter
When Kalain enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them for each mana from a Treasure spent to cast them.
Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them for each mana from a Treasure spent to cast them.
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Bard
Tanuki Transplanter
Whenever this creature or equipped creature attacks, add an amount of equal to its power. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Reconfigure (: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Reconfigure (: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Creature Artifact - Equipment Dog
Ramp
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Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Minion
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Whenever another creature you control dies, you get an experience counter.
At the beginning of your end step, choose target creature card in your graveyard. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
At the beginning of your end step, choose target creature card in your graveyard. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Vat of Rebirth
Whenever another artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put an oil counter on this artifact.
, , Remove four oil counters from this artifact: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
, , Remove four oil counters from this artifact: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Recursion
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Elvish Dreadlord
Deathtouch
When this creature dies, non-Elf creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Encore (, 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.)
When this creature dies, non-Elf creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.
Encore (, 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 - Elf Zombie
Kogla and Yidaro
When Kogla and Yidaro enters, choose one —
• It gains trample and haste until end of turn.
• It fights target creature you don't control.
, Discard this card: Destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. Shuffle this card into your library from your graveyard, then draw a card.
• It gains trample and haste until end of turn.
• It fights target creature you don't control.
, Discard this card: Destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. Shuffle this card into your library from your graveyard, then draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Ape Dinosaur Turtle
Nessian Wilds Ravager
Tribute 6 (As this creature enters, an opponent of your choice may put six +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, you may have this creature fight another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
When this creature enters, if tribute wasn't paid, you may have this creature fight another target creature. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Creature - Hydra
Riveteers Confluence
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Riveteers Confluence deals 1 damage to each creature and planeswalker you don't control.
• You may put a land card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield tapped.
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Riveteers Confluence deals 1 damage to each creature and planeswalker you don't control.
• You may put a land card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Removal
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Jolene, the Plunder Queen
Whenever a player attacks one or more of your opponents, that attacking player creates a Treasure token.
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Put five +1/+1 counters on Jolene.
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Put five +1/+1 counters on Jolene.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Rain of Riches
When this enchantment enters, create two Treasure tokens.
The first spell you cast each turn that mana from a Treasure was spent to cast has cascade. (When you cast the 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.)
The first spell you cast each turn that mana from a Treasure was spent to cast has cascade. (When you cast the 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.)
Enchantment
Treasures Matter
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Kura, the Boundless Sky
Flying, deathtouch
When Kura dies, choose one —
• Search your library for up to three land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
• Create an X/X green Spirit creature token, where X is the number of lands you control.
When Kura dies, choose one —
• Search your library for up to three land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
• Create an X/X green Spirit creature token, where X is the number of lands you control.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Tutor
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Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses life equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
Sacrifice a Swamp and a Forest: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature - Elf Zombie
Wincon
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Archpriest of Shadows
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.)
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Human Warlock
Orcus, Prince of Undeath
Flying, trample
When Orcus enters, choose one —
• Each other creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You lose X life.
• Return up to X target creature cards with total mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn.
When Orcus enters, choose one —
• Each other creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You lose X life.
• Return up to X target creature cards with total mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. They gain haste until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Upgrades/Maybeboard
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Game Plan: Use Stage 1 Ramp (turns 1 and 2) and Stage 2 ramp (Turn 3) to bring Ziatora out turn 4. Hopefully one of your ramp or early game spells on whichever turn in stage one you did not ramp in will be a creature to sacrifice, sacrifice that creature to get your treasures. If Ziatora gets removed without you having protection in hand at this time, you can use said treasures to recast her again and the deck won't be slowed down as much. Turn 5 cast a fling target, fling it at someone's face for big damage and more treasures. Repeat this process for the rest of the game, with some exceptions depending on situational events. Around turn 6, 7, or 8, try to fire off one of your late card advantage spells/effects to refill and continue if needed.\n\nRules:\n-Only use Ziatora's fling as removal if you absolutely need to take care of something that would slow you down. This goes for the other removal in the deck, but especially so for your commander. An exception would be if there is an egregious card advantage engine that would make another player faster than you.\n-Make sure to Swing with your fling targets if/when it is possible to do so. If a fling target has been left on the field for long enough to lose summoning sickness, swing before you sacrifice if it won't kill said target. You can leave Ziatora up as a blocker in most cases, her flying and large power/toughness is usually enough of a deterrent.\n-Make deals only as necessary to survive. You're in a race with other players, this deck isn't designed to make friends.\n-There will be times where Ziatora is no longer castable. In those situations, switch to either a backup finisher or an aggro strategy. Hopefully you've already been swinging enough here and there and got a few flings off to lower life totals, you are running many creatures with large power but low mana costs, use that to your advantage.\n-Cards in this deck wear many hats, don't ignore their secondary effects. For example, something as simple as Ignoble Hierarch can be cast late game to add just enough extra power to a fling to kill, especially if another buff effect is involved.\n\nCards in deck are cards I own, cards in maybeboard are cards I am looking to acquire to upgrade the deck.\n\nSet to Bracket 3 despite being technically Bracket 2 in definition. I typically avoid game changers, but I feel the power level of this deck is too high to be considered at precon level, as it often can kill a player as early as turn 5 or 6 in the right conditions. Xenagos and Malignus can and has one shot players before, although it is rare. I don't feel it is strong enough to hang with the free for all that is Bracket 4.\n\nConsiderations I am making for future upgrades:\nCurrently looking for ways to give Ziatora Lifelink without spending a whole lot of mana. This will help her if I'm forced into a late game scenario versus control or stax as you can burn out quickly if the game drags on too long.\n"}]}