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Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
Flying, lifelink
Ward—Discard a card.
Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that's a copy of that permanent attached to that creature.
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain (mh3) 371

Commander

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Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.
: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Heliod, Sun-Crowned (cmm) 29
Walking Ballista
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Walking Ballista (fic) 371

Combo

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Combat Research
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward
. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Enchantment - Aura
Combat Research (dmu) 44
Esper Sentinel
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays
, where X is this creature's power.
Creature Artifact - Human Soldier
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 328
Herald of Amity
Flying
When this creature enters, exile the top eight cards of your library. You may cast an Aura spell from among them without paying its mana cost. Then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Auras you control.
Creature - Griffin
Herald of Amity (soc) 65
Kor Spiritdancer
This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.
Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Kor
Kor Spiritdancer (soc) 152
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (wot) 25
Sage's Reverie
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card for each Aura you control that's attached to a creature.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura you control that's attached to a creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Sage's Reverie (soc) 165
Songbirds' Blessing
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an Aura card. You may put that card onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Enchantment - Aura
Songbirds' Blessing (woc) 43
Sram, Senior Edificer
Whenever you cast an Aura, Equipment, or Vehicle spell, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Dwarf
Sram, Senior Edificer (soc) 176
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 451

Draw

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Eriette of the Charmed Apple
Each creature that's enchanted by an Aura you control can't attack you or planeswalkers you control.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of Auras you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Eriette of the Charmed Apple (woe) 299
Heavenly Blademaster
Flying, double strike
When this creature enters, you may attach any number of Auras and Equipment you control to it.
Other creatures you control get +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to this creature.
Creature - Angel
Heavenly Blademaster (cmm) 461
Medomai the Ageless
Flying
Whenever Medomai deals combat damage to a player, take an extra turn after this one.
Medomai can't attack during extra turns.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Medomai the Ageless (ths) 196

Finisher

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Academy Ruins
: Add
.
,
: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Legendary Land
Academy Ruins (sld) 1506
Adarkar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Adarkar Wastes (dmu) 377
Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (ltc) 357
Arcane Lighthouse
: Add
.
,
: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.
Land
Arcane Lighthouse (soc) 361
Caves of Koilos
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 378
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (2x2) 403
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (pmei) 2026-13
Deserted Beach
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 281
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 353
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (unf) 282
Hall of Heliod's Generosity
: Add
.
,
: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Legendary Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (dsc) 283
Hallowed Fountain
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (unf) 277
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (ust) 213
Kor Haven
: Add
.
,
: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by target attacking creature this turn.
Legendary Land
Kor Haven (ltc) 398
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Marsh Flats
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 476
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 603
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 414
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (ust) 212
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 356
Raffine's Tower
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Plains Island Swamp
Raffine's Tower (snc) 292
Scrubland
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Plains Swamp
Scrubland (3ed) 286
Sea of Clouds
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 605
Serra's Sanctum
: Add
for each enchantment you control.
Legendary Land
Serra's Sanctum (usg) 325
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (vow) 283
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (ust) 214
Tundra
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Plains Island
Tundra (3ed) 289
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (bro) 300
Underground Sea
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (3ed) 290
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (ltc) 375
Vault of Champions
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 667
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (unf) 278

Land

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Brilliant Wings
Flash
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature has flying and hexproof.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may pay
. If you do, attach this Aura to that creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Brilliant Wings (fic) 454
Flawless Maneuver
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Flawless Maneuver (sld) 1728
Flickering Ward
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove this Aura.
: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.
Enchantment - Aura
Flickering Ward (soc) 109
Grand Abolisher
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Creature - Human Cleric
Grand Abolisher (big) 2
Greater Auramancy
Other enchantments you control have shroud. (A permanent with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Enchanted creatures you control have shroud.
Enchantment
Greater Auramancy (wot) 4
Kaya's Ghostform
Enchant creature or planeswalker you control
When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.
Enchantment - Aura
Kaya's Ghostform (plst) WAR-94
Loran's Escape
Target artifact or creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.
Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
Rebuff the Wicked
Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
Instant
Rebuff the Wicked (tsr) 35
Silence
Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.
Instant
Silence (m14) 35
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.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (sld) 606
Teferi's Protection
Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.
Instant
Teferi's Protection (sld) 1691
Timely Ward
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if it targets a commander.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has indestructible.
Enchantment - Aura
Timely Ward (dsc) 107

Protection

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All That Glitters
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.
Enchantment - Aura
All That Glitters (cmm) 622
Auramancer's Guise
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it and has vigilance.
Enchantment - Aura
Auramancer's Guise (plst) PLC-34
Eldrazi Conscription
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +10/+10 and has trample and annihilator 2. (Whenever it attacks, defending player sacrifices two permanents of their choice.)
Enchantment Kindred - Aura Eldrazi
Eldrazi Conscription (soc) 131
Ethereal Armor
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control and has first strike.
Enchantment - Aura
Ethereal Armor (q06) 2
Light of Promise
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."
Enchantment - Aura
Light of Promise (m21) 25
Rashel, Fist of Torm
Double strike
Auras you control have exalted. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Rashel, Fist of Torm (slx) 24
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.
Legendary Enchantment - Aura
Super State (sld) 2081

Pump

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (sld) 1641
Archaeomancer's Map
When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Artifact
Archaeomancer's Map (lcc) 101
Chrome Mox
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.
: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.
Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 358
Danitha Capashen, Paragon
First strike, vigilance, lifelink
Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Danitha Capashen, Paragon (sld) 1031
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (sld) 1040
Hero of Iroas
Aura spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Soldier
Hero of Iroas (uma) 20
Killian, Ink Duelist
Lifelink
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Spells you cast that target a creature cost
less to cast.
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Killian, Ink Duelist (soc) 317
Mana Vault
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add
.
Artifact
Mana Vault (2x2) 308
Mox Amber
: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Amber (hoc) 96
Mox Diamond
If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Mox Diamond (v10) 10
Ornithopter of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Thopter
Ornithopter of Paradise (drc) 133
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 1988
Starfield Mystic
Enchantment spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever an enchantment you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Cleric
Starfield Mystic (pm20) 39p

Ramp

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Argivian Find
Return target artifact or enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.
Instant
Argivian Find (plst) WTH-6
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.
Enchantment - Aura
Mantle of the Ancients (afc) 277
Replenish
Return all enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Auras with nothing to enchant remain in your graveyard.)
Sorcery
Replenish (uds) 15
Retether
Return each Aura card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Only creatures can be enchanted this way. (Aura cards that can't enchant a creature on the battlefield remain in your graveyard.)
Sorcery
Retether (woc) 72

Recursion

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Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (sld) 1800
Cyclonic Rift
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Instant
Cyclonic Rift (sld) 1869
Farewell
Choose one or more —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all graveyards.
Sorcery
Farewell (fic) 242
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of
equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 348
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (pmei) 2026-4

Removal

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Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (sld) 1856
Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 412
Grim Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.
Sorcery
Grim Tutor (m21) 103
Idyllic Tutor
Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Idyllic Tutor (sld) 1636★
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
Whenever an Aura you control enters, if you cast it, you may search your library for an Aura card with mana value less than or equal to that Aura and with a different name than each Aura you control, put that card onto the battlefield attached to Light-Paws, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Fox
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice (sld) 1877
Open the Armory
Search your library for an Aura or Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Open the Armory (cmr) 34
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 430
Zur the Enchanter
Flying
Whenever Zur attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Zur the Enchanter (dmr) 206

Tutor

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Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may attach any number of Auras and Equipment you control to target permanent or player.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Scout Kor
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist (cmr) 10
Armored Skyhunter
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, look at the top six cards of your library. You may put an Aura or Equipment card from among them onto the battlefield. If an Equipment is put onto the battlefield this way, you may attach it to a creature you control. Put the rest of those cards on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Creature - Knight Cat
Armored Skyhunter (cmr) 617
Bastion Protector
Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.
Creature - Human Soldier
Bastion Protector (msc) 296
Benevolent Blessing
Flash
Enchant creature
As this Aura enters, choose a color.
Enchanted creature has protection from the chosen color. This effect doesn't remove Auras and Equipment you control that are already attached to it.
Enchantment - Aura
Benevolent Blessing (cmr) 13
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (sld) 2491
Darkness
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Instant
Darkness (40k) 197
Darksteel Mutation
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is an Insect artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/1 and has indestructible, and it loses all other abilities, card types, and creature types.
Enchantment - Aura
Darksteel Mutation (cmm) 623
Dawn's Truce
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.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Dawn's Truce (blb) 9
Eidolon of Countless Battles
Bestow
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
This creature and enchanted creature each get +1/+1 for each creature you control and +1/+1 for each Aura you control.
Creature Enchantment - Spirit
Eidolon of Countless Battles (soc) 144
Eiganjo Dynastorian
Vigilance
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Advisor Fox
Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish (soc) 63
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, then transform it.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound (v17) 8Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound (v17) 8
Gift of Immortality
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Return this card to the battlefield attached to that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Enchantment - Aura
Gift of Immortality (msc) 306
Giver of Runes
: Another target creature you control gains protection from colorless or from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Creature - Cleric Kor
Giver of Runes (h1r) 3
Glistening Oil
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has infect.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.
Enchantment - Aura
Glistening Oil (nph) 62
Heliod's Pilgrim
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Cleric
Heliod's Pilgrim (thb) 20
Idolized
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature attacks alone, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of nonland permanents you control."
Enchantment - Aura
Idolized (pip) 17
Mesa Enchantress
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.
Creature - Human Druid
Mesa Enchantress (sld) 282
Mother of Runes
: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Creature - Human Cleric
Mother of Runes (sld) 298
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
Ondu Spiritdancer
Whenever an enchantment you control enters, you may create a token that's a copy of it. Do this only once each turn.
Creature - Cleric Kor
Ondu Spiritdancer (cmm) 756
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
Lifelink
Enchantment spells you cast have affinity for Auras. (They cost
less to cast for each Aura you control.)
Whenever you cast an Aura spell that targets a modified permanent you control, draw a card. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Legendary Creature - Advisor Fox
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor (mh3) 363
Shielded by Faith
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has indestructible.
Whenever a creature enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Shielded by Faith (ss2) 5
Sunbond
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature."
Enchantment - Aura
Sunbond (bng) 28
Umbra Mystic
Auras attached to permanents you control have umbra armor. (If an enchanted permanent you control would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy an Aura attached to it.)
Creature - Human Wizard
Umbra Mystic (woc) 82
Winds of Abandon
Exile target creature you don't control. For each creature exiled this way, its controller searches their library for a basic land card. Those players put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Winds of Abandon (sld) 882

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Deck stats

47 pips - 43 cards
24 mana - 24 cards
11 pips - 9 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
10 pips - 9 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 10 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 10 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
15 mana - 11 cards
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