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Stax Counterspells

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Stax Counterspells

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Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

Each opponent can't cast noncreature spells with mana value greater than the number of lands that player controls.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$0.79 $0.29 $0.15

Commander

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant

$4.99 $3.01 $2.98

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$4.49 $1.99 $1.93

Delay

Counter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

Instant

$2.79 $2.86 $1.56

Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$5.99 $3.85 $2.86

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$84.99 $65.16 $62.55

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

$69.99 $52.67 $50.73

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

Permission Denied

Counter target noncreature spell. Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Instant

$17.99 $14.08 $13.20

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$15.99 $12.82 $12.36

Counter Spells

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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

$74.99 $55.77 $53.75

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$74.99 $67.49 $67.73

Draw

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Weftwalking

When this enchantment enters, if you cast it, shuffle your hand and graveyard into your library, then draw seven cards.
The first spell each player casts during each of their turns may be cast without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment

$0.99 $0.30 $0.15

Enchantment

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Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery

$8.99 $6.28 $5.82

Azor's Elocutors

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a filibuster counter on this creature. Then if this creature has five or more filibuster counters on it, you win the game.
Whenever a source deals damage to you, remove a filibuster counter from this creature.

Creature - Human Advisor

$1.29 $0.38 $0.15

Finisher

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Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.69 $0.35 $0.19

Deserted Beach

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $5.35 $3.10

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

: Add

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Channel —

, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs

less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Legendary Land

$11.99 $6.94 $7.06

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

$21.99 $15.63 $15.10

Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.27 $0.18

Hallowed Fountain

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As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Island

$10.99 $7.44 $7.29

Island

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Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.23 $0.15

Mistrise Village

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.

: Add

: The next spell you cast this turn can't be countered.

Land

$10.99 $5.85 $5.73

Otawara, Soaring City

: Add

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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

$44.99 $28.73 $29.32

Plains

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Basic Land - Plains

$---- $0.17 $0.15

Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

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Land

$0.69 $0.29 $0.15

Prairie Stream

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This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Plains Island

$0.59 $0.24 $0.15

Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$29.99 $19.93 $17.57

Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Land

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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

$11.99 $8.02 $7.02

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$7.49 $6.55 $5.35

Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature - Human Cleric

$37.99 $30.70 $31.66

Orim's Chant

Kicker

(You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell.)
Target player can't cast spells this turn. If this spell was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.

Instant

$8.49 $5.81 $4.86

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$3.99 $2.22 $2.28

Silence

Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.

Instant

$16.99 $11.98 $8.31

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

$57.99 $47.19 $43.02

Teferi's Time Twist

Exile target permanent you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If it enters as a creature, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant

$0.49 $0.30 $0.19

Protection

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Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.58 $0.39

Azorius Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.59 $0.31 $0.15

Fellwar Stone

: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact

$1.79 $2.07 $0.77

Helm of Awakening

Spells cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$3.49 $2.66 $2.08

Mind Stone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.79 $0.34 $0.26

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $2.06 $1.51

Ramp

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Calamity's Wake

Exile all graveyards. Players can't cast noncreature spells this turn. Exile Calamity's Wake.

Instant

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

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

$42.99 $38.41 $32.14

Emergency Eject

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant

$2.29 $1.75 $1.11

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant

$2.79 $1.28 $1.22

Soul Partition

Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast by an opponent this way costs

more to cast.

Instant

$1.79 $0.53 $0.15

Suspend

Exile target creature and put two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

Instant

$0.69 $0.47 $0.15

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant

$2.49 $1.95 $1.29

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

$7.99 $7.71 $6.89

Removal

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Energy Field

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you by sources you don't control.
When a card is put into your graveyard from anywhere, sacrifice this enchantment.

Enchantment

$1.29 $1.64 $0.77

Helm of Obedience

: Target opponent mills a card, then repeats this process until a creature card or X cards have been put into their graveyard this way, whichever comes first. If one or more creature cards were put into that graveyard this way, sacrifice this artifact and put one of them onto the battlefield under your control. X can't be 0.

Artifact

$32.99 $26.61 $18.23

Rest in Peace

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards.
If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment

$1.99 $0.62 $0.15

Web of Inertia

At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, that player may exile a card from their graveyard. If the player doesn't, creatures they control can't attack you this turn.

Enchantment

$1.29 $0.44 $0.15

Rest in peace combo

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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

$79.99 $60.31 $58.99

Stasis

Players skip their untap steps.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay

Enchantment

$14.99 $9.61 $7.21

Vedalken Mastermind

: Return target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

Creature - Wizard Vedalken

$0.35 $0.39 $0.15

Winter Orb

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.

Artifact

$17.99 $22.25 $12.97

Stasis combo

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Confounding Conundrum

When this enchantment enters, draw a card.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player had another land enter the battlefield under their control this turn, they return a land they control to its owner's hand.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Containment Priest

Flash
If a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Creature - Human Cleric

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Fatespinner

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player chooses draw step, main phase, or combat phase. The player skips each instance of the chosen step or phase this turn.

Creature - Human Wizard

$6.49 $7.58 $3.51

Hushbringer

Flying, lifelink
Creatures entering or dying don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature - Faerie

$0.59 $0.39 $0.15

Overburden

Whenever a player puts a nontoken creature onto the battlefield, that player returns a land they control to its owner's hand.

Enchantment

$17.99 $13.64 $8.71

Spelltithe Enforcer

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay

Creature - Wizard Elephant

$4.49 $5.84 $3.33

Strict Proctor

Flying
Whenever a permanent entering causes a triggered ability to trigger, counter that ability unless its controller pays

Creature - Cleric Spirit

$0.59 $0.41 $0.15

Wandering Archaic

Whenever an opponent casts an instant or sorcery spell, they may pay

. If they don't, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature - Avatar

Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands (stx) 6

$12.99 $8.80 $6.86

Stax

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Boromir, Warden of the Tower

Vigilance
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.
Sacrifice Boromir: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$7.99 $4.41 $3.70

Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature - Human Wizard

$15.99 $11.74 $10.56

Knowledge Pool

Imprint — When this artifact enters, each player exiles the top three cards of their library.
Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it. If the player does, they may cast a spell from among other cards exiled with this artifact without paying its mana cost.

Artifact

$1.79 $1.09 $1.03

Omen Machine

Players can't draw cards.
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a land card, the player puts it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, the player casts it without paying its mana cost if able.

Artifact

$1.99 $2.90 $0.62

Teferi, Time Raveler

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
+1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
−3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi

$8.49 $5.14 $5.62

Stax combo

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Enlightened Tutor

Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant

$44.99 $37.66 $33.56

Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$9.99 $7.46 $7.04

Idyllic Tutor

Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$16.99 $12.06 $10.94

Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant

$20.99 $17.49 $16.09

Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$4.99 $3.32 $2.18

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $1,063.00

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.52Total Mana Value: 161.00

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Rest in peace combo

Stasis combo

Stax

Stax combo

Tutor

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33 pips - 30 cards

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27 mana - 27 cards

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4 mana - 3 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.52Total Mana Value: 161.00

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