Jayyingze
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{"ops":[{"insert":"With this deck, I wanted to build a cycling deck, because of how simple and elegant the mechanic is, but my aim was to not just build a boring, generic Gavi deck where I just cycle cards for free. From this idea, I landed upon Astral Slide (and Drift and Escape Protocol) which combine another excellent gameplan, blink. These cards form the core engine of the deck, with a ton of great ETB effects and a toolbox package, including cards like Imperial Recruiter which can be repeatedly blinked to multiply its value. Then, I needed to find the right commander, first of all, they had to include blue and white for the blink cards and just generically the best colours for cycling and then I landed on either Esper or Jeskai, with black having a few good cycling cards like Street Wraith and Archfiend of Ifnir and more graveyard interaction than anyone could handle. However, I chose to go with Jeskai, despite red being by far the worst colour in magic, it has some nice pinging creatures and arguably better cycling cards, such as Tectonic Reformation. Another huge reason why I chose to go down the Jeskai path was to use Shiko, a dragon which makes a copy of a <=3 mana spell in your graveyard and lets you play it for free. This fitted perfectly into my deck since it becomes one of my best blink targets and fills the slot of graveyard interaction that I lost by not using black. With Shiko being able to grab the majority of my cycling cards, this deck has evolved into a pile of cycling and ETB cards which uses Astral Slide to provide a slough of value, not only re-triggering ETBs, but also acting as protection, turning all of my cycling cards into so much more than just a single draw. I didn't want to pick too obvious of a commander, so nothing that mentioned cycling or discarding but having a great ETB, and also recursion fitted great. I also considered Sharuum, the Hegemon, however as I was already inspired by Salubrious Snail's Sharuum Slide deck, I didn't want it to be an exact clone. For similar reasons, Kroxa and Kunaros became another option, however by removing blue, I lost access to Escape Protocol, meaning I become much more vulnerable to exile based removal such as Farewell, by virtue of only having 2 copies of Astral Slide, as this is one of the greatest weaknesses of any hidden commander deck. This deck has now resulted in being an incredible value generating machine and can quickly close out the game with a combo of Archaeomancer (or Pinnacle Monk), Escape Protocol, any way to cycle an instant or sorcery for 0 mana, and any payoff for cycling cards or creatures entering (e.g. Impact Tremors). I won't go fully in depth, but this will essentially result in you having a spell that says X mana: Draw X cards and trigger your payoff card X times since you can essentially cycle the card for 1 mana an unlimited number of times. (Can also go infinite if you have a second copy of Escape Protocol and Cloud Of Fairies.\n"}]}
Commander
Commander
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Astral Slide
Astral Drift
Whenever you cycle this card or cycle another card while this enchantment is on the battlefield, you may exile target creature. If you do, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Enchantment
Astral Slide
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Burn
Weftstalker Ardent
Whenever another creature or artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Artificer Drix
Burn
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Copy
Ephemerate
Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Instant
Starfield Vocalist
If a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Human Bard
Copy
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Draw
Extraordinary Journey
When this enchantment enters, exile up to X target creatures. For each of those cards, its owner may play it for as long as it remains exiled.
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures enter, if one or more of them entered from exile or was cast from exile, you draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more nontoken creatures enter, if one or more of them entered from exile or was cast from exile, you draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Enchantment
Draw
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Land
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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Lifegain
Guide of Souls
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life and get (an energy counter).
Whenever you attack, you may pay . When you do, put two +1/+1 counters and a flying counter on target attacking creature. It becomes an Angel in addition to its other types.
Whenever you attack, you may pay . When you do, put two +1/+1 counters and a flying counter on target attacking creature. It becomes an Angel in addition to its other types.
Creature - Human Cleric
Lifegain
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Protection
Protection
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Pump
Pump
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Ramp
Currency Converter
Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard.
, : Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Put a card exiled with this artifact into its owner's graveyard. If it's a land card, create a Treasure token. If it's a nonland card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token.
, : Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Put a card exiled with this artifact into its owner's graveyard. If it's a land card, create a Treasure token. If it's a nonland card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token.
Artifact
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has an activated ability. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for as a sorcery.)
Abilities you activate that aren't mana abilities cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
, : Target creature can't block this turn.
Abilities you activate that aren't mana abilities cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
, : Target creature can't block this turn.
Legendary Creature - Elemental Fox
Ramp
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Recursion
Recursion
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Removal
Parting Gust
Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token before its other effects.)
Exile target nontoken creature. If the gift wasn't promised, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
Exile target nontoken creature. If the gift wasn't promised, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it at the beginning of the next end step.
Instant
Riptide Gearhulk
Double strike
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, for each opponent, put up to one target nonland permanent that player controls into its owner's library third from the top.
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, for each opponent, put up to one target nonland permanent that player controls into its owner's library third from the top.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Removal
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Tokens
Luminarch Ascension
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, if you didn't lose life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if this enchantment has four or more quest counters on it.
: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if this enchantment has four or more quest counters on it.
Enchantment
Tokens
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Tutor
Vedalken Aethermage
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.
Wizardcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
When this creature enters, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.
Wizardcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature - Wizard Vedalken
Wild Research
: Search your library for an enchantment card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle.
: Search your library for an instant card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle.
: Search your library for an instant card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle.
Enchantment
Tutor
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Maybeboard
All-Fates Stalker
When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Assassin creature until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Assassin Drix
All-Seeing Arbiter
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Whenever you discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-0 until your next turn, where X is the number of different mana values among cards in your graveyard.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, draw two cards, then discard a card.
Whenever you discard a card, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-0 until your next turn, where X is the number of different mana values among cards in your graveyard.
Creature - Avatar
Niko, Light of Hope
When Niko enters, create two Shard tokens. (They're enchantments with ", Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.")
, : Exile target nonlegendary creature you control. Shards you control become copies of it until the next end step. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
, : Exile target nonlegendary creature you control. Shards you control become copies of it until the next end step. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Sevinne's Reclamation
Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Touch the Spirit Realm
When this enchantment enters, exile up to one target artifact or creature until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Channel — , Discard this card: Exile target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Channel — , Discard this card: Exile target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Enchantment
Unpredictable Cyclone
If a cycling ability of another nonland card would cause you to draw a card, instead exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a card that shares a card type with the cycled card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Enchantment
Unstable Amulet
When this artifact enters, you get (two energy counters).
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to each opponent.
, Pay : Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until you exile another card with this artifact.
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this artifact deals 1 damage to each opponent.
, Pay : Exile the top card of your library. You may play it until you exile another card with this artifact.
Artifact
Maybeboard
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Too Espensive
Minn, Wily Illusionist
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with "This token gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control."
Whenever an Illusion you control dies, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's power from your hand onto the battlefield.
Whenever an Illusion you control dies, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's power from your hand onto the battlefield.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Gnome
Surly Badgersaur
Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, this creature fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, this creature fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Creature - Dinosaur Badger
Too Espensive
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Description
{"ops":[{"insert":"With this deck, I wanted to build a cycling deck, because of how simple and elegant the mechanic is, but my aim was to not just build a boring, generic Gavi deck where I just cycle cards for free. From this idea, I landed upon Astral Slide (and Drift and Escape Protocol) which combine another excellent gameplan, blink. These cards form the core engine of the deck, with a ton of great ETB effects and a toolbox package, including cards like Imperial Recruiter which can be repeatedly blinked to multiply its value. Then, I needed to find the right commander, first of all, they had to include blue and white for the blink cards and just generically the best colours for cycling and then I landed on either Esper or Jeskai, with black having a few good cycling cards like Street Wraith and Archfiend of Ifnir and more graveyard interaction than anyone could handle. However, I chose to go with Jeskai, despite red being by far the worst colour in magic, it has some nice pinging creatures and arguably better cycling cards, such as Tectonic Reformation. Another huge reason why I chose to go down the Jeskai path was to use Shiko, a dragon which makes a copy of a <=3 mana spell in your graveyard and lets you play it for free. This fitted perfectly into my deck since it becomes one of my best blink targets and fills the slot of graveyard interaction that I lost by not using black. With Shiko being able to grab the majority of my cycling cards, this deck has evolved into a pile of cycling and ETB cards which uses Astral Slide to provide a slough of value, not only re-triggering ETBs, but also acting as protection, turning all of my cycling cards into so much more than just a single draw. I didn't want to pick too obvious of a commander, so nothing that mentioned cycling or discarding but having a great ETB, and also recursion fitted great. I also considered Sharuum, the Hegemon, however as I was already inspired by Salubrious Snail's Sharuum Slide deck, I didn't want it to be an exact clone. For similar reasons, Kroxa and Kunaros became another option, however by removing blue, I lost access to Escape Protocol, meaning I become much more vulnerable to exile based removal such as Farewell, by virtue of only having 2 copies of Astral Slide, as this is one of the greatest weaknesses of any hidden commander deck. This deck has now resulted in being an incredible value generating machine and can quickly close out the game with a combo of Archaeomancer (or Pinnacle Monk), Escape Protocol, any way to cycle an instant or sorcery for 0 mana, and any payoff for cycling cards or creatures entering (e.g. Impact Tremors). I won't go fully in depth, but this will essentially result in you having a spell that says X mana: Draw X cards and trigger your payoff card X times since you can essentially cycle the card for 1 mana an unlimited number of times. (Can also go infinite if you have a second copy of Escape Protocol and Cloud Of Fairies.\n"}]}