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Commander
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Commander

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Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one —
• Cloak a card from your hand. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
• Put a +1/+1 counter on each colorless creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Ooze Elf
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma (mkm) 323

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Anthem

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Beastmaster Ascension
Whenever a creature you control attacks, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment.
As long as this enchantment has seven or more quest counters on it, creatures you control get +5/+5.
Enchantment
Beastmaster Ascension (zen) 159
Ixidor, Reality Sculptor
Face-down creatures get +1/+1.
: Turn target face-down creature face up.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Ixidor, Reality Sculptor (plst) ONS-89

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Counters

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Cryptid Inspector
Vigilance
Whenever a face-down permanent you control enters and whenever this creature or another permanent you control is turned face up, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Warrior Elf
Cryptid Inspector (dsk) 174
Curator Beastie
Reach
Colorless creatures you control enter with two additional +1/+1 counters on them.
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Creature - Beast
Curator Beastie (dsc) 30
Growing Dread
Flash
When this enchantment enters, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Whenever you turn a permanent face up, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Enchantment
Growing Dread (dsk) 216
Hardened Scales
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Enchantment
Hardened Scales (2x2) 151
Master Biomancer
Each other creature you control enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to this creature's power and as a Mutant in addition to its other types.
Creature - Wizard Elf
Master Biomancer (clu) 200
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate
Omarthis enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on another colorless creature, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Omarthis.
When Omarthis dies, manifest a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the number of counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Spirit Snake
Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate (cmm) 708
Warden of the Grove
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, it endures X, where X is the number of counters on this creature. (Put X +1/+1 counters on the creature that entered or create an X/X white Spirit creature token.)
Creature - Hydra
Warden of the Grove (tdm) 351

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Creature

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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.)
Creature - Human Bard
Starfield Vocalist (eoe) 359

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Draw

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Defiant Survivor
Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Creature - Human Survivor
Defiant Survivor (dsk) 175
Disciple of Freyalise
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
Creature - Elf Druid
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise (mh3) 250
Dour Port-Mage
Whenever one or more other creatures you control leave the battlefield without dying, draw a card.
,
: Return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.
Creature - Wizard Frog
Dour Port-Mage (blb) 303
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (cmm) 632
Glitch Interpreter
When this creature enters, if you control no face-down permanents, return this creature to its owner's hand and manifest dread.
Whenever one or more colorless creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Human Wizard
Glitch Interpreter (dsc) 13
Guardian Project
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guardian Project (rvr) 433
Hauntwoods Shrieker
Whenever this creature attacks, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
: Reveal target face-down permanent. If it's a creature card, you may turn it face up.
Creature - Beast Mutant
Hauntwoods Shrieker (dsk) 349
Hide in Plain Sight
Look at the top five cards of your library, cloak two of them, and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Sorcery
Hide in Plain Sight (pmkm) 166s
Lonis, Cryptozoologist
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate.
, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Elf Scout Snake
Lonis, Cryptozoologist (mh2) 204
Oblivious Bookworm
At the beginning of your end step, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card unless a permanent entered the battlefield face down under your control this turn or you turned a permanent face up this turn.
Creature - Human Wizard
Oblivious Bookworm (dsk) 300
Paranormal Analyst
Whenever you manifest dread, put a card you put into your graveyard this way into your hand.
Creature - Human Detective
Paranormal Analyst (dsk) 69
Primordial Mist
At the beginning of your end step, you may manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Exile a face-down permanent you control face up: You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Enchantment
Primordial Mist (dsc) 123
Season of Growth
Whenever a creature you control enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, draw a card.
Enchantment
Season of Growth (wot) 61
Sylvan Library
At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.
Enchantment
Sylvan Library (dmr) 441
They Came from the Pipes
When this enchantment enters, manifest dread twice. (To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
They Came from the Pipes (dsc) 14
Tribute to the World Tree
Whenever a creature you control enters, draw a card if its power is 3 or greater. Otherwise, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
Enchantment
Tribute to the World Tree (pmom) 211p

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Enchantment

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A Realm Reborn
Other permanents you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
Enchantment
A Realm Reborn (fin) 344

Enchantment

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Evasion

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Archetype of Imagination
Creatures you control have flying.
Creatures your opponents control lose flying and can't have or gain flying.
Creature Enchantment - Human Wizard
Archetype of Imagination (dsc) 111
Wonder
Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.
Creature - Incarnation
Wonder (mh2) 271

Evasion

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Finisher

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Craterhoof Behemoth
Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Creature - Beast
Craterhoof Behemoth (tdm) 404
Valgavoth's Onslaught
Manifest dread X times, then put X +1/+1 counters on each of those creatures. (To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library, then put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Sorcery
Valgavoth's Onslaught (dsk) 324

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Land

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Bant Panorama
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Bant Panorama (ncc) 387
Barkchannel Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 290Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 290
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Botanical Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Botanical Sanctum (otj) 267
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (eoe) 278
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Dreamroot Cascade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dreamroot Cascade (tdc) 358
Evendo, Waking Haven
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Planet. Station only as a sorcery.)
12+ |
,
: Add
for each creature you control.
Land - Planet
Evendo, Waking Haven (eoe) 253
Flooded Grove
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Flooded Grove (tdc) 364
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (9ed) 349★
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (tdc) 371
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (td2) 47
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (spg) 111
Mystic Sanctuary
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Island
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Overflowing Basin
,
: Add
.
Land
Overflowing Basin (drc) 165
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 662
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (tdc) 386
Shifting Woodland
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest.
: Add
.
Delirium —
: This land becomes a copy of target permanent card in your graveyard until end of turn. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Land
Shifting Woodland (mh3) 357
Vineglimmer Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (drc) 183
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (tdc) 413

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Landfall

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Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, manifest dread if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. Otherwise, you may turn a permanent you control face up. (To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler (dsc) 8

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Mill

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Abhorrent Oculus
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile six cards from your graveyard.
Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Creature - Eye
Abhorrent Oculus (dsk) 344

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Protection

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Akroma's Memorial
Creatures you control have flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, haste, and protection from black and from red.
Legendary Artifact
Akroma's Memorial (spg) 81
Become Anonymous
Exile target nontoken creature you own and the top two cards of your library in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then cloak those cards. They enter tapped. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Instant
Become Anonymous (acr) 14
Release to the Wind
Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Instant
Release to the Wind (rix) 46
Saryth, the Viper's Fang
Other tapped creatures you control have deathtouch.
Other untapped creatures you control have hexproof.
,
: Untap another target creature or land you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Saryth, the Viper's Fang (mkc) 185
Whisperwood Elemental
At the beginning of your end step, manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Sacrifice this creature: Until end of turn, face-up nontoken creatures you control gain "When this creature dies, manifest the top card of your library."
Creature - Elemental
Whisperwood Elemental (dsc) 204

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Pump

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Experiment Twelve
Trample
Whenever this creature or another creature you control is turned face up, put +1/+1 counters on that creature equal to its power.
Disguise
(You may cast this card face down for
as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
Creature - Warrior Elf Lizard
Experiment Twelve (mkc) 37

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Ramp

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Cryptolith Rite
Creatures you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
Enchantment
Cryptolith Rite (inr) 316
Gala Greeters
Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
• Create a tapped Treasure token.
• You gain 2 life.
Creature - Elf Druid
Gala Greeters (snc) 450
Overgrown Zealot
: Add one mana of any color.
: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to turn permanents face up.
Creature - Elf Druid
Overgrown Zealot (dsk) 193
Prosperous Innkeeper
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever another creature you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Prosperous Innkeeper (slp) 40
Scroll of Fate
: Manifest a card from your hand. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Artifact
Scroll of Fate (dsc) 251
Threats Around Every Corner
When this enchantment enters, manifest dread.
Whenever a face-down permanent you control enters, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Threats Around Every Corner (dsk) 200
Trail of Mystery
Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, if it's a creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Enchantment
Trail of Mystery (dsc) 203

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Recursion

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Bala Ged Recovery
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (plst) ZNR-180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (plst) ZNR-180
Den Protector
Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it.
Megamorph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Warrior
Den Protector (mkc) 169
Under the Skin
Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
You may return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Under the Skin (dsk) 203

Recursion

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Removal

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Ixidron
As this creature enters, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They're 2/2 creatures.)
Ixidron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.
Creature - Illusion
Ixidron (c19) 87
Kadena's Silencer
When this creature is turned face up, counter all abilities your opponents control.
Megamorph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Creature - Wizard Snake
Kadena's Silencer (c19) 8
Mausoleum Wanderer
Flying
Whenever another Spirit you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
, where X is this creature's power.
Creature - Spirit
Mausoleum Wanderer (inr) 305
Sink into Stupor
Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Stratus Dancer
Flying
Megamorph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, counter target instant or sorcery spell.
Creature - Djinn Monk
Stratus Dancer (c19) 96
Temur War Shaman
When this creature enters, manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, if it's a creature, you may have it fight target creature you don't control.
Creature - Human Shaman
Temur War Shaman (dsc) 200
Unnerving Grasp
Return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Sorcery
Unnerving Grasp (dsk) 80
Voidmage Apprentice
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, counter target spell.
Creature - Human Wizard
Voidmage Apprentice (jvc) 4

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Tokens

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Printlifter Ooze
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature or another creature you control is turned face up, create a 0/0 green Ooze creature token with trample. The token enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of other creatures you control.
Disguise
Creature - Ooze
Printlifter Ooze (mkc) 350

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Maybeboard

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Spore Frog
Sacrifice this creature: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Creature - Frog
Spore Frog (blc) 238

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Deck Info

Deck stats

0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
40 pips - 34 cards
28 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
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48 pips - 36 cards
32 mana - 27 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
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Description

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