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Commander
Commander
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Card Draw
Black Market Connections
At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)
Enchantment
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
Card Draw
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Combo - Mikaeus
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it.
Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Legendary Creature - Cleric Zombie
Combo - Mikaeus
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Combo - Soultrader
Combo - Soultrader
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Combo - Yawgmoth
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Protection from Humans
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Pay 1 life, Sacrifice another creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature and draw a card.
, Discard a card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Combo - Yawgmoth
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Debuffs
Debuffs
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Land
Land
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Lifedrain
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER
Whenever Sephiroth enters or attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever another creature dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. If this is the fourth time this ability has resolved this turn, transform Sephiroth.
Whenever another creature dies, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. If this is the fourth time this ability has resolved this turn, transform Sephiroth.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier Avatar
Lifedrain
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Mass Removal
Mass Removal
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Ramp - Rock
Ramp - Rock
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Reanimation
Reanimation
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Removal
Nowhere to Run
Flash
When this enchantment enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
Creatures your opponents control can be the targets of spells and abilities as though they didn't have hexproof. Ward abilities of those creatures don't trigger.
When this enchantment enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
Creatures your opponents control can be the targets of spells and abilities as though they didn't have hexproof. Ward abilities of those creatures don't trigger.
Enchantment
Removal
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Sac Outlet
Sac Outlet
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Token Creators
Token Creators
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Tutor
Profane Tutor
Suspend 2— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, pay and exile it with two time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Tutor
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Higher Powered Upgrades
Higher Powered Upgrades
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Potential -1/-1 Counters
Persistent Constrictor
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1 counter on up to one target creature they control.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Zombie Snake
Potential -1/-1 Counters
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Potential Aggro
Barrowgoyf
Deathtouch, lifelink
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Defiler of Flesh
Menace
As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
As an additional cost to cast black permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of black mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a black permanent spell, target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Overlord of the Balemurk
Impending 5— (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with five time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.)
Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, mill four cards, then you may return a non-Avatar creature card or a planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, mill four cards, then you may return a non-Avatar creature card or a planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature Enchantment - Avatar Horror
Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
Sneak
First strike
Whenever Shark Shredder deals combat damage to a player, put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It enters tapped and attacking that player.
First strike
Whenever Shark Shredder deals combat damage to a player, put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It enters tapped and attacking that player.
Legendary Creature - Octopus Ninja Shark
Timeline Culler
Haste
You may cast this card from your graveyard using its warp ability.
Warp—, Pay 2 life. (You may cast this card from your hand or graveyard for its warp cost. If you do, exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
You may cast this card from your graveyard using its warp ability.
Warp—, Pay 2 life. (You may cast this card from your hand or graveyard for its warp cost. If you do, exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Warlock Drix
Unstoppable Slasher
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up.
When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up.
When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.
Creature - Zombie Assassin
Urborg Scavengers
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
This creature has flying as long as a card exiled with it has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance.
This creature has flying as long as a card exiled with it has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance.
Creature - Spirit
Potential Aggro
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Potential Card Draw
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Grave Venerations
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card.
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
−4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.
−9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.
+1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
−4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.
−9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Unholy Annex
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card. If you control a Demon, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Otherwise, you lose 2 life.
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Potential Card Draw
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Potential Combo
Puppeteer Clique
Flying
When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Wizard Faerie
Potential Combo
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Potential Finishers
Archfiend of the Dross
Flying
This creature enters with four oil counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an oil counter from this creature. Then if it has no oil counters on it, you lose the game.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses 2 life.
This creature enters with four oil counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an oil counter from this creature. Then if it has no oil counters on it, you lose the game.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, its controller loses 2 life.
Creature - Demon Phyrexian
Bloodchief Ascension
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Marionette Apprentice
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Human Artificer
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
Compleated ( can be paid with or 2 life. If life was paid, this planeswalker enters with two fewer loyalty counters.)
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life. Proliferate.
−2: Target creature becomes a Treasure artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and loses all other card types and abilities.
−9: If target player has fewer than nine poison counters, they get a number of poison counters equal to the difference.
0: You draw a card and lose 1 life. Proliferate.
−2: Target creature becomes a Treasure artifact with ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color" and loses all other card types and abilities.
−9: If target player has fewer than nine poison counters, they get a number of poison counters equal to the difference.
Legendary Planeswalker - Vraska
Potential Finishers
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Potential Game Changers / Expensive
Bolas's Citadel
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.
Legendary Artifact
Potential Game Changers / Expensive
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Potential Mana
Potential Mana
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Potential Removal
M.O.D.O.K.
Flying, lifelink
Mental Organism — Pay 3 life: M.O.D.O.K. connives. Activate only during your turn. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Designed Only for Killing — Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1.
Mental Organism — Pay 3 life: M.O.D.O.K. connives. Activate only during your turn. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
Designed Only for Killing — Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Villain
Meathook Massacre II
When Meathook Massacre II enters, each player sacrifices X creatures of their choice.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Legendary Enchantment
Zenos yae Galvus
My First Friend — When Zenos yae Galvus enters, choose a creature an opponent controls. Until end of turn, creatures other than Zenos yae Galvus and the chosen creature get -2/-2.
When the chosen creature leaves the battlefield, transform Zenos yae Galvus.
When the chosen creature leaves the battlefield, transform Zenos yae Galvus.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Noble
Potential Removal
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Potential Sac Outlet
Woe Strider
When this creature enters, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1.
Escape—, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Sacrifice another creature: Scry 1.
Escape—, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Horror
Potential Sac Outlet
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Potential Tokens
Abhorrent Overlord
Flying
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Harpy creature tokens with flying equal to your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
When this creature enters, create a number of 1/1 black Harpy creature tokens with flying equal to your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
Creature - Demon
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
Dreadhorde Invasion
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.
Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.
Enchantment
Preacher of the Schism
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
Whenever this creature attacks while you have the most life or are tied for most life, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.
Whenever this creature attacks while you have the most life or are tied for most life, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Tombstone Stairwell
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
World Enchantment
Potential Tokens
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Potential Tutors
Beseech the Mirror
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.
Sorcery
Potential Tutors
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Potential Upgrades
Animate Dead
Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.
Enchantment - Aura
Chainer, Dementia Master
All Nightmares get +1/+1.
, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
When Chainer leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.
, Pay 3 life: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. That creature is black and is a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
When Chainer leaves the battlefield, exile all Nightmares.
Legendary Creature - Human Minion
Not Dead After All
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control, then create a Wicked Role token attached to it." (Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this token is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)
Instant
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 no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Toshiro Umezawa
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Legendary Creature - Human Samurai
Potential Upgrades
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Combos were added, however assembling the combos and wiping the board were often at odds with each other, resulting in games that felt disjointed since the early game would focus on killing to draw cards and prevent attacks since it lacked good blockers and the late game would have to stop killing to quickly try to assemble a combo. A more aggro-oriented version with less removal was built next, and while this provided good blockers and some ability to attack, it lacked explosiveness. \n\nThese three approaches were combined into the current build by focusing on board wipes, creature combos, and mass reanimation spells. This allows us to aggressively play creatures to gain value and discourage attackers, wipe the board as needed to slow down opponents, then play mass reanimation spells to get all of our creatures back when needed. It doesn't matter if our creatures are on the board or in the graveyard since we can get all of our creatures from the graveyard back with a single spell, and we can combo off immediately after reanimating the creatures in many cases.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"How to play this deck:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ramp and play creatures"},{"insert":" - Early game the goals are to get creatures in play and get enough mana to play larger x-spells or play multiple spells per turn later. This doesn't just include getting creatures on our board, but also getting creature tokens onto our opponents boards. Essentially we are ensuring there are a bunch of easy to kill creatures on board so Massacre Girl can draw a lot of cards later."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Get Massacre Girl in play"},{"insert":" - Massacre Girl's card draw is often key to finding combo pieces and discouraging blockers due to giving our creatures wither and shrinking any creatures they block. The sooner we get her in play, the sooner we can start drawing more cards."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Use removal as needed"},{"insert":" - If you don't need to wipe the board, then focus on getting more creatures into play and give your opponents time to play their own creatures. But if there are creatures that will let your opponents greatly accelerate their game plan then use single target removal as needed to slow them down. In some cases you may benefit from quickly firing off a removal spell even before Massacre Girl is on the board."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast a combo"},{"insert":" - If you are able to draw into a combo normally or use a tutor to find a missing combo piece, just casting the combo can let you win without having to use Massacre Girl and mass removal spells to draw cards. This normally doesn't happen, but from time to time you can get lucky and do this. The down side is that you will often need more than 1 turn to cast all the combo pieces, and your opponents may remove a combo piece before you finish casting the combo on your next turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Wipe the board for value"},{"insert":" - Ideally once there are 10+ creatures on your opponents boards you can kill, use a board wipe that gives creatures -X/-X until end of turn to let you draw a bunch of cards with Massacre Girl. Ideally you either want X to be small enough that only tokens are killed or large enough to kill all of your opponents biggest threats. Killing tokens will keep most of your creatures in play and let you avoid drawing too much attention for killing your opponents stuff, but often X removal spells need to be larger to stop opponents from going off. Board wipes with Massacre Girl on the board often result in the turn ending with more than 7 cards in hand, which can allow you to dump a bunch of creatures from your hand to the graveyard and set up for a big mass reanimation spell in a turn or two."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Finish assembling a combo"},{"insert":" - Between the cards in your hand, creatures on your board, and creatures in your graveyard try to assemble a full infinite combo. If not, continue using tutors and card draw to find a combo. By this point in the game you will probably have some combo pieces in the graveyard, possibly because they were removed by opponents when trying to cast a combo. As long as the combo pieces are out of your library and you are in good shape."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Reanimate and combo off"},{"insert":" - Play a mass reanimation spell to return all of your creatures to the battlefield including an infinite combo. This will generally let you combo off at instant speed and win the game. Note that in some cases you may need to sacrifice or kill some of the creatures on your board before playing a mass reanimation spell like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Living Death"}},{"insert":" to ensure they are back on the board after the reanimation spell resolves. You may also be able to draw some additional cards after reanimating your graveyard to find and cast a missing combo piece."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Reanimate and win with value"},{"insert":" - In some cases you may not have a combo that you can reanimate, but you may have enough creatures and damage effects between your board and your graveyard that you can cast a mass reanimation spell and win by sacrificing your creatures or wiping the board again. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Gameplay notes:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"In some cases you will need to be aware of what is in your opponents graveyards since their creatures will also get reanimated. They may have creatures with impactful ETBs that could remove some of your creatures or have other problematic effects. If you can reanimate an infinite combo and win at instant speed this may not matter, but if you need to take sorcery speed actions after the reanimation spell this is good to be aware of."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Notable sets of cards for combos:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Many MTG combo lists on Archidekt, EDHRec, etc will show every variation of a combo despite just swapping a Blood Artist effect or sac outlet, which can make it difficult to fully absorb the combos your deck is capable of. I split some of the replaceable combo pieces into groups and then use them to put together a simpler list of combos in this deck below.\n\nTargeted Blood Artist effects: Blood Artist, Sephiroth, Vengeful Bloodwitch\nUntargeted Blood Artist effects: Funeral Room, Zulaport Cutthroat\nDrain effects: The Meathook Massacre\nRepeatable free sacrifice outlets: Yahenni, Yawgmoth, Warren Soultrader\nCreatures with ETB damage: Ayara, Grey Merchant, Geralf's Messenger, Orcish Bowmasters (generates black Orc Army token)\nETB/LTB token generators: Genesis Chamber, Pawn of Ulamog (both generate colorless tokens)\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Infinite Combos to Win Game:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The main combos involve "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Yawgmoth, Thran Physician"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mikaeus, the Unhallowed"}},{"insert":". Other combos using "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blowfly Infestation"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gravecrawler"}},{"insert":", or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forsaken Miner"}},{"insert":" are higher powered options that were removed from the deck to keep it firmly in bracket 3 and focus on more entertaining aristocrats wincons than pure power. Additional more complex combos are also possible, but these are the main combos to aim for.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Yawgmoth Combos:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Yawgmoth + Butcher Ghoul + Geralf's Messenger + Blood Artist effect or Ayara\nYawgmoth + Butcher Ghoul + ETB/LTB token generator + Blood Artist effect\n- Can use Ayara instead of a Blood Artist effect, but if the tokens are not black then each iteration you will lose 2 life and deal 1 damage to each opponent\nYawgmoth + Nest of Scarabs + Blood Artist effect + 1 additional creature to sacrifice to start the combo\n- Requires creatures on the board to have enough toughness that you don't run out of creatures to put -1/-1 counters on\n- Drain effects can be used instead of Blood Artist effects or Ayara if you have enough life\n\nMikaeus Combos:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mikaeus + any repeatable free sac outlet + any two non-human, non-token creatures + Blood Artist effect or Ayara or creature with ETB damage\nMikaeus + any repeatable free sac outlet + any non-human, non-token creature + Genesis Chamber + Blood Artist effect or creature with ETB damage\n- For these combos, the sac outlet or damage creature can be one of the non-human, non-token creatures\n- If the sacrifice outlet does not require paying life, then any of the drain effects or creatures with damage effects can also be used\nMikaeus + any repeatable free sac outlet + Putrid Goblin + Blood Artist effect or Ayara\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Higher Powered Combos:"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Warren Soultrader Combos:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + Blood Artist effect or Ayara\nWarren Soultrader + Forsaken Miner + targeted Blood Artist effect\n- Targeted Blood Artist effect is needed to ensure you commit a crime and can bring back the Forsaken Miner\n\nPitiless Plunder Combos:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Pitiless Plunderer + Gravecrawler + any repeatable free sac outlet + Blood Artist effect or Ayara\nPitiless Plunderer + Forsaken Miner + any repeatable free sac outlet + targeted Blood Artist effect\n- Drain effects can be used instead of Blood Artist effects if the sac outlet does not require paying life\n\nBlowfly Infestation Combo:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Blowfly Infestation + Nest of Scarabs + Blood Artist effect or Ayara\n\n\n"}]}