Balrog - YOU CANT PASS • (Rakdos Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Qty: 1 Price: $1.49

The Balrog, Durin's Bane

This spell costs

less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this turn.
Haste
The Balrog can't be blocked except by legendary creatures.
When The Balrog dies, destroy target artifact or creature an opponent controls.

Legendary Creature - Demon Avatar

$1.49 $1.37 $0.28

Commander

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Drain

Qty: 2 Price: $7.98

Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Vampire

$4.99 $3.38 $2.55

The Sackville-Bagginses

When The Sackville-Bagginses enter, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, draw a card and create a Treasure token.
Whenever you sacrifice a token, target opponent loses 1 life.

Legendary Creature - Citizen Halfling

$2.99 $1.19 $0.20

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 12 Price: $18.50

Bloodline Recollector

At the beginning of each end step, if three or more creatures died this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Vampire Warlock

Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving (fra) 49

$4.99 $3.53 $3.62

Boomer Scrapper

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you lose 1 life and create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant

$1.29 $0.43 $0.31

Disciple of Bolas

When this creature enters, sacrifice another creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

Creature - Human Wizard

$1.29 $0.36 $0.34

Inside Information

Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

Sorcery

$2.29 $1.47 $0.60

Inspired Tinkering

Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Create three Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery

$2.79 $1.22 $0.67

Nasty End

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, draw three cards instead.

Instant

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Smothering Abomination

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, draw a card.

Creature - Eldrazi

$0.59 $0.45 $0.15

Tarrian's Journal

, Sacrifice another artifact or creature: Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

, Discard your hand: Transform Tarrian's Journal.

Legendary Artifact - Book

Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz (lci) 126

$0.99 $0.47 $0.15

Trading Post

, Discard a card: You gain 4 life.

, Pay 1 life: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.

, Sacrifice a creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Vampiric Rites

, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.

Instant

$2.49 $1.33 $0.87

Draw

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Land

Qty: 31 Price: $30.71

Barad-dûr

Barad-dûr enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.

: Add

: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.

Legendary Land

$2.99 $1.57 $1.15

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.69 $0.46 $0.22

Evolving Wilds

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Exotic Orchard

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

Land

$0.49 $0.23 $0.15

Kher Keep

: Add

: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Legendary Land

$0.49 $0.38 $0.27

Mines of Moria

Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.

: Add

, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.

Legendary Land

$3.49 $3.40 $2.86

Mortuary Mire

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.43 $0.36

Mountain

(

: Add

Basic Land - Mountain

$1.29 $0.41 $0.29

Shire Terrace

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.19 $0.15

Treasure Vault

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.

Artifact Land

$2.49 $1.29 $0.43

Land

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Ramp

Qty: 16 Price: $74.70

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.54 $0.38

Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add

Artifact

$20.99 $15.97 $14.05

Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add

for each charge counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment

$7.49 $5.43 $4.61

Captain Lannery Storm

Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Human Pirate

$0.49 $0.34 $0.15

Commander's Sphere

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Crime Novelist

Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and add

Creature - Goblin Bard

$2.29 $2.50 $2.06

Crowded Crypt

: Add

.
Whenever a creature you control dies, put a corpse counter on this artifact.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed for each corpse counter on this artifact. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Artifact

$1.29 $0.37 $0.25

Culling the Weak

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

Instant

$12.99 $10.68 $7.81

Glittering Stockpile

: Add

. Put a stash counter on this artifact.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of stash counters on this artifact.

Artifact - Treasure

$0.59 $0.42 $0.19

Goldhound

First strike
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

, Sacrifice this creature: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact - Treasure Dog

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Impulsive Pilferer

When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
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 - Goblin Pirate

$1.29 $0.45 $0.15

Mahadi, Emporium Master

At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Legendary Creature - Devil

$1.99 $0.44 $0.43

Shambling Ghast

When this creature dies, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature - Zombie

$1.29 $0.40 $0.15

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Flying
When Smaug enters, create X tapped Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control.
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Legendary Creature - Dragon

$17.99 $12.35 $10.14

Storm-Kiln Artist

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature - Shaman Dwarf

$3.49 $2.04 $1.61

Wayfarer's Bauble

, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact

$0.69 $0.29 $0.22

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 13 Price: $16.55

Ayara, Widow of the Realm

, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Ayara deals X damage to target opponent or battle and you gain X life, where X is the sacrificed permanent's mana value.

: Transform Ayara. Activate only as a sorcery. (

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)

Legendary Creature - Elf Noble

Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen (mom) 296

$0.99 $0.37 $0.23

Bloodghast

This creature can't block.
This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature - Vampire Spirit

$2.29 $1.45 $0.42

Corpse Churn

Mill three cards, then you may return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.10 $0.15

Cult Conscript

This creature enters tapped.

: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if a non-Skeleton creature died under your control this turn.

Creature - Warrior Skeleton

$0.59 $0.30 $0.15

Forsaken Miner

This creature can't block.
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay

. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)

Creature - Skeleton Rogue

$3.49 $1.98 $2.01

Grim Discovery

Choose one or both —
• Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Return target land card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Gutterbones

This creature enters tapped.

: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your turn and only if an opponent lost life this turn.

Creature - Warrior Skeleton

$1.29 $0.37 $0.15

Liliana the Repentant

Whenever another creature or planeswalker you control enters, mill two cards.
Exhaust —

: Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a +1/+1 counter on Liliana. Activate only as a sorcery. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Legendary Creature - Human Warlock

$1.29 $0.80 $0.70

Oversold Cemetery

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have four or more creature cards in your graveyard, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment

$2.79 $2.67 $1.44

Prowling Geistcatcher

Whenever you sacrifice another creature, exile it. If that creature was a token, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return each card exiled with it to the battlefield under your control.

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.59 $0.36 $0.15

Rakdos Joins Up

When Rakdos Joins Up enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever a legendary creature you control dies, Rakdos Joins Up deals damage equal to that creature's power to target opponent.

Legendary Enchantment

$0.69 $0.48 $0.15

Reassembling Skeleton

: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature - Warrior Skeleton

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery

$1.49 $1.25 $0.65

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 13 Price: $16.19

Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life.
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant

$0.39 $0.35 $0.15

Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant

$0.79 $0.33 $0.31

Consumed by Greed

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
Target opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. If the gift was promised, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Ghastly Demise

Destroy target nonblack creature if its toughness is less than or equal to the number of cards in your graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Juri, Master of the Revue

Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Juri.
When Juri dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Legendary Creature - Human Shaman

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Mayhem Devil

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature - Devil

$0.99 $0.32 $0.29

Mizzium Mortars

Mizzium Mortars deals 4 damage to target creature you don't control.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.52 $0.25

Rakdos Charm

Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant

$0.99 $0.39 $0.40

Rankle and Torbran

Flying, first strike, haste
Whenever Rankle and Torbran deals combat damage to a player or battle, choose any number —
• Each player creates a Treasure token.
• Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
• If a source would deal damage to a player or battle this turn, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

Legendary Creature - Faerie Dwarf

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

The Balrog of Moria

Trample, haste
When The Balrog of Moria dies, you may exile it. When you do, for each opponent, exile up to one target creature that player controls.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, create two Treasure tokens.

Legendary Creature - Demon Avatar

$7.99 $6.95 $6.09

Tormod's Crypt

, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target player's graveyard.

Artifact

$1.29 $0.59 $0.20

Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant

$0.59 $0.25 $0.15

Removal

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Sac Outlet

Qty: 5 Price: $9.31

Fain, the Broker

, Sacrifice a creature: Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.

, Remove a counter from a creature you control: Create a Treasure token.

, Sacrifice an artifact: Create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

: Untap Fain.

Legendary Creature - Human Warlock

$2.29 $2.72 $2.08

Goblin Bombardment

Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment

$5.49 $3.88 $2.53

Gollum, Patient Plotter

When Gollum leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you.

, Sacrifice a creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Rhovanion Rampager

Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, put a number of +1/+1 counters on this creature equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
When this creature dies, amass Goblins X, where X is this creature's power. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Goblin. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token first.)

Creature - Wolf

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

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.

Creature - Horror

$0.69 $0.60 $0.15

Sac Outlet

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Tokens

Qty: 7 Price: $11.29

Along the Crooked Way

When this enchantment enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature card leaves your graveyard, amass Goblins 1.

: Goblins and Orcs you control gain menace until end of turn.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.92 $0.15

Draconic Visitor

Flying
If one or more artifact tokens would be created under your control, that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying are created instead.

Creature - Dragon

$3.99 $4.28 $3.37

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.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.49 $0.26

Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder

Whenever you cast a creature spell, create X 1/1 black Thrull creature tokens, where X is that spell's mana value.
When you control seven or more Thrulls, sacrifice Endrek Sahr.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$2.99 $2.68 $1.12

Oni-Cult Anvil

Whenever one or more artifacts you control leave the battlefield during your turn, create a 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

, Sacrifice an artifact: This artifact deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain 1 life.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature - Human Shaman

$2.29 $1.04 $0.79

Skittering Precursor

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Menace
Whenever you sacrifice a nontoken permanent, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Tokens

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Deck size: 100Est cost: $186.72

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Avg Mana Value: 2.70Total Mana Value: 186.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.70Total Mana Value: 186.00

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