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Dogmeat, Ever Loyal
When Dogmeat enters, mill five cards, then return an Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, 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 creature you control that's enchanted or equipped attacks, 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.")
Legendary Creature - Dog
Commander
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Artist's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Noncreature spells you cast cost less to cast.
: Level 3
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Noncreature spells you cast cost less to cast.
: Level 3
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.
Enchantment - Class
Beamtown Beatstick
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Caretaker's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
: Level 3
Creature tokens you control get +2/+2.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
: Level 3
Creature tokens you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment - Class
Diamond Pick-Axe
Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this Equipment.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Fighter Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
: Level 2
Equip abilities you activate cost less to activate.
: Level 3
Whenever a creature you control attacks, up to one target creature blocks it this combat if able.
When this Class enters, search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
: Level 2
Equip abilities you activate cost less to activate.
: Level 3
Whenever a creature you control attacks, up to one target creature blocks it this combat if able.
Enchantment - Class
Glowcap Lantern
Equipped creature has "You may look at the top card of your library any time" and "Whenever this creature attacks, it explores." (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Equip
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Goldvein Pick
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Paleontologist's Pick-Axe
Whenever equipped creature attacks, draw a card, then discard a card.
Equip
Craft with one or more creatures (, Exile this artifact, Exile one or more creatures you control and/or creature cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Equip
Craft with one or more creatures (, Exile this artifact, Exile one or more creatures you control and/or creature cards from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Draw/Ramp/Tutor
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Basilisk Collar
Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
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
Super State
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 9/9 and has flying, first strike, trample, and haste.
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 9/9 and has flying, first strike, trample, and haste.
Whenever enchanted creature deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
Legendary Enchantment - Aura
Interaction
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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
Land
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Blacksmith's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Sword with "Equipped creature gets +1/+1" and equip .
: Level 2
At the beginning of combat on your turn, attach target Equipment you control to up to one target creature you control.
: Level 3
During your turn, equipped creatures you control have double strike and haste.
When this Class enters, create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Sword with "Equipped creature gets +1/+1" and equip .
: Level 2
At the beginning of combat on your turn, attach target Equipment you control to up to one target creature you control.
: Level 3
During your turn, equipped creatures you control have double strike and haste.
Enchantment - Class
Hexplate Wallbreaker
For Mirrodin! (When this Equipment enters, create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap each attacking creature. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Equip
Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap each attacking creature. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Barbarian Tiefling
Machinist's Arsenal
Job select (When this Equipment enters, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 for each artifact you control and is an Artificer in addition to its other types.
Machina — Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 for each artifact you control and is an Artificer in addition to its other types.
Machina — Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Windcrag Siege
As this enchantment enters, choose Mardu or Jeskai.
• Mardu — If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
• Jeskai — At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. It gains lifelink and haste until end of turn.
• Mardu — If a creature attacking causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
• Jeskai — At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. It gains lifelink and haste until end of turn.
Enchantment
Other
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Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
When you cast this spell, draw four cards.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
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
Thran Power Suit
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it and has ward . (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
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
Protection
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Alchemist's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
: Level 2
Treasures you control have ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
: Level 3
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, this Class deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to each opponent.
When this Class enters, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
: Level 2
Treasures you control have ", Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
: Level 3
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, this Class deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to each opponent.
Enchantment - Class
Knuckles the Echidna
Double strike, trample, haste
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Treasure Hunter — At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control thirty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Treasure Hunter — At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control thirty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Echidna
Mantle of the Ancients
Enchant creature you control
When this Aura enters, return any number of target Aura and/or Equipment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it.
When this Aura enters, return any number of target Aura and/or Equipment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it.
Enchantment - Aura
Sideboard
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Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
Trample
Alexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.
Alexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Berserker
Arm-Mounted Anchor
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has menace.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a Pirate card.
Equip . This ability costs less to activate if you have one or fewer cards in hand.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw two cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a Pirate card.
Equip . This ability costs less to activate if you have one or fewer cards in hand.
Artifact - Equipment
Case of the Locked Hothouse
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
To solve — You control seven or more lands. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — You may look at the top card of your library any time, and you may play lands and cast creature and enchantment spells from the top of your library.
To solve — You control seven or more lands. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — You may look at the top card of your library any time, and you may play lands and cast creature and enchantment spells from the top of your library.
Enchantment - Case
Comeuppance
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.
Instant
Cori-Steel Cutter
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and haste.
Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess. You may attach this Equipment to it. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, the token gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Equip
Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess. You may attach this Equipment to it. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, the token gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lion Sash
: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a permanent card, put a +1/+1 counter on this permanent.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Equipment.
Reconfigure (: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Equipment.
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 Cat
Plate Armor
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has ward . (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
Equip . This ability costs less to activate for each other Equipment you control. (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip . This ability costs less to activate for each other Equipment you control. (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Relic Seeker
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)
When this creature becomes renowned, you may search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
When this creature becomes renowned, you may search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Soldier
Sword of Wealth and Power
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from instants and from sorceries.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Wolfrider's Saddle
When this Equipment enters, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token, then attach this Equipment to it.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Maybeboard
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(You are only allowed three attunement slots in 5E for your average PC.)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There must be 1-2 backgrounds and at least 9 levels across class cards."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"For equipment, attack triggers are preferable to damage triggers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I would like to be happy to see any card I draw at any given point in the game. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Try not to add cards that draw the eyes of the table. ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blackblade Reforged"}},{"insert":" as an example.)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Deck Goals:"},{"insert":"\nPrimary: Protect the Commander at all costs. (You are 75% likely to lose in a 4-person game, so you need another way to have fun beside \"win\".)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Secondary: Amass an army that will follow the Commander and Lieutenants into battle. (Preferably an army of Angels.)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThere are also some smaller things that I thought about adding, and this is where I think I am wanting too much in the deck. ("},{"insert":{"card-link":"Permeating Mass"}},{"insert":" + Flying/Reach + First Strike as a form of removal; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chandra's Ignition"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grafted Exoskeleton"}},{"insert":" to quickly end the game; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Leonin Elder"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Soul Warden"}},{"insert":" for extra life; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kozilek, Butcher of Truth"}},{"insert":" and/or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre"}},{"insert":" to keep the deck going and to evade mill strategies; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sigarda's Summons"}},{"insert":" and/or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Divine Visitation"}},{"insert":" to make Angel tokens, with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Master Chef"}},{"insert":" and/or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mayael's Aria"}},{"insert":" to fuel Sigarda's Summons; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sunforger"}},{"insert":" with a package of single target removal and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lapse of Certainty"}},{"insert":"; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pariah"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pariah's Shield"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Caduceus, Staff of Hermes"}},{"insert":" to eliminate damage for both me and the creature equipped with both.)\n\nThis is the first EDH deck I have actually sat down and try to craft, and I have already taken a bit of time thinking this over. \n\n\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true},"insert":"August 5th, 2025"},{"insert":"\nI am going to start over. I recently reminded myself I have played other games, so I am going to look at how I played those games to get an idea of how to build a better EDH deck. Once I am done contemplating, I will go back to the drawing board for crafting this deck.\n\nThe games I am taking into consideration are (the system I played on): Yu-Gi-Oh & Pokémon TCGs (paper), D&D 5E (physical & Discord/Roll20), Superliminal (PS4), Warframe (PS4), the Legend of Dragoon (PS1 & 4), Souls Borne games (DS, BB, ER on PS4), Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist of the Roses (PS2), Guardians of Middle Earth (PS3), the Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 (PC), and Destiny (PS3 &4).\n\nI will also keep in mind the Proverbs of Solomon and the Art of War when building this deck. Yes, you could just say it will end up as \"Voltron deck #385106\", but some deck building attempts are someone's first.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true},"insert":"August 6th, 2025"},{"insert":"\nAfter reviewing the other games, I evaluated the makeup of my Blue-Eyes deck in Yu-Gi-Oh, and am using that as a template for the first iteration of this EDH deck: roughly 50% resource gathering, roughly 25% interaction, roughly 15% protection, and the rest was open. Copying this template into EDH after lands, this leaves me with 30 draw/ramp/tutor cards (includes the commander), 14 interaction (both single and mass), 11 protection, and the rest was filled in with pet cards that work with the rest of the deck to sone degree. This deck will likely evolve as time goes on, but at least I now have a starting point for a deck.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true},"insert":"January 10th, 2026"},{"insert":"\nFor the most part, I have a deck that I am content with. It may not have gone on paper the way I was originally thinking when planning the deck, but it is my deck and I am glad it at least meets the theme I was looking for. I still have some tweaking to do, yet the deck is able to put in some work. While gold-fishing, I managed to get the commander well over one-hundred power and toughness on several occasions using a combination of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thran Power Suit"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Strong Back"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Machinist's Arsenal"}},{"insert":". Besides tweaking the lands to better fit the theme and a small handful of cards I am considering to add, I am happy with how the deck has turned out.\n"}]}