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Pauper
Size: 64Est cost: $68.68
MillControlDefendersToughness Matters
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Pauper
Size: 64Est cost: $68.68
MillControlDefendersToughness Matters
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Draw

Qty: 8 Price: $10.32
Lead the Stampede
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of creature cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Sorcery
Lead the Stampede (plst) DDU-16
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$0.79 $0.29
Winding Way
Choose creature or land. Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all cards of the chosen type revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Sorcery
Winding Way (otc) 213
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$1.79 $2.52

Draw

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Haste

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70
Tuktuk Rubblefort
Defender, reach
Creatures you control have haste.
Creature - Wall
Tuktuk Rubblefort (znr) 173
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$0.35 $0.31

Haste

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Land

Qty: 16 Price: $21.84
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (clu) 273
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$0.49 $0.21
Generous Ent
Reach
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Forestcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature - Treefolk
Generous Ent (ltr) 169
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$3.99 $3.30

Land

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Mana Fixing

Qty: 4 Price: $1.96
Gatecreeper Vine
Defender
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Plant
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
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$0.49 $0.23

Mana Fixing

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Mill

Qty: 4 Price: $1.40
Doorkeeper
Defender
,
: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Creature - Homunculus
Doorkeeper (rtr) 37
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$0.35 $0.17

Mill

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Ramp

Qty: 24 Price: $27.20
Axebane Guardian
Defender
: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Creature - Human Druid
Axebane Guardian (tdc) 248
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$0.39 $0.26
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
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Quirion Ranger
Return a Forest you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Elf Ranger
Quirion Ranger (mh2) 285
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$2.29 $1.69
Saruli Caretaker
Defender
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Dryad
Saruli Caretaker (rna) 139
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Sunscape Familiar
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Green spells and blue spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wall
Sunscape Familiar (plst) PLS-17
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Wall of Roots
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add
. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Roots (tdc) 278
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$0.49 $0.24

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Recursion

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70
Mnemonic Wall
Defender
When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wall
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67
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Recursion

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Tutor

Qty: 4 Price: $3.16
Shield-Wall Sentinel
Defender
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with defender, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Shield-Wall Sentinel (dmu) 238
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$0.79 $0.34

Tutor

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Sideboard

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Pride Guardian
Defender
Whenever this creature blocks, you gain 3 life.
Creature - Cat Monk
Pride Guardian (cns) 77
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$0.35 $0.15

Sideboard

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Maybeboard

Qty: 48 Price: $43.40
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
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Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (tdc) 316
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$1.49 $0.71
Dispel
Counter target instant spell.
Instant
Dispel (plst) BFZ-76
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Drift of Phantasms
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Flying
Transmute
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Spirit
Drift of Phantasms (rvr) 42
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$0.69 $0.26
Excavated Wall
Defender
,
: Mill a card. (Put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Excavated Wall (stx) 255
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$0.35 $0.10
Glacial Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Creature - Wall
Glacial Wall (ema) 53
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$0.35 $0.35
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (eoe) 269
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$0.49 $0.19
Jaddi Offshoot
Defender
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Plant
Jaddi Offshoot (tdc) 260
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Murmuring Phantasm
Defender
Creature - Spirit
Murmuring Phantasm (jmp) 157
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$0.35 $0.18
Orochi Leafcaller
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Shaman Snake
Orochi Leafcaller (chk) 234
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Portcullis Vine
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
,
, Sacrifice a creature with defender: Draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Portcullis Vine (m21) 195
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$0.35 $0.14
Shire Scarecrow
Defender
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn.
Creature Artifact - Scarecrow
Shire Scarecrow (ltr) 249
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$0.35 $0.21
Soulsworn Jury
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target creature spell.
Creature - Spirit
Soulsworn Jury (dis) 17
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$0.35 $0.18
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Defender
Other creatures you control with defender get +0/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Stalwart Shield-Bearers (roe) 46
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$1.99 $1.65
Tangled Islet
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Tangled Islet (dsc) 306
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$0.35 $0.24
Temur Devotee
Defender
: Add
,
, or
. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Human Druid
Temur Devotee (tdm) 61
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$0.35 $0.05
Thallid Shell-Dweller
Defender
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a spore counter on this creature.
Remove three spore counters from this creature: Create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Creature - Fungus
Thallid Shell-Dweller (tsr) 237
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$0.35 $0.28
Traproot Kami
Defender; reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Traproot Kami's toughness is equal to the number of Forests on the battlefield.
Creature - Spirit
Traproot Kami (bok) 147
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$0.35 $0.29
Ulvenwald Captive
Defender
: Add
.
: Transform this creature.
Creature - Horror Werewolf
Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination (emn) 175Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination (emn) 175
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$0.35 $0.15
Vine Trellis
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Add
.
Creature - Plant Wall
Vine Trellis (gvl) 4
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$1.49 $1.17
Wall of Runes
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Creature - Wall
Wall of Runes (m21) 85
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$0.35 $0.21
Wall of Tanglecord
Defender
: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Creature Artifact - Wall
Wall of Tanglecord (som) 222
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$0.39 $0.35

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Deck Info

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Deck stats

4 pips - 4 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
6 pips - 6 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
2 pips - 2 cards
8 mana - 8 cards
36 pips - 36 cards
28 mana - 28 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 0 cards
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Description

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