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Silas Artifactocrats
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $447.94
Salt Sum: 37.87
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Commander

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Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor

{T}, Sacrifice three other artifacts and/or creatures: Look at the top three cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Keskit, the Flesh Sculptor (cmr) 565
1
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept

Deathtouch Whenever Silas Renn, Seeker Adept deals combat damage to a player, choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature Artifact
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept (cmr) 536
1

Draw

Quantity: 12Price: $16.06
Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost. {T}, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Artifact
Bolas's Citadel (plg21) 3
1
Brainstone

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Brainstone: Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Artifact
Brainstone (mh2) 223
1
Chromatic Star

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Chromatic Star: Add one mana of any color. When Chromatic Star is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Chromatic Star (brr) 74
1
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (afr) 94
1
Farsight Ritual

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Look at the top four cards of your library. If this spell was bargained, look at the top eight cards of your library instead. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Instant
Farsight Ritual (woe) 332
1
Ichor Wellspring

When Ichor Wellspring enters the battlefield or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (brr) 21
1
Mephitic Draught

When Mephitic Draught enters the battlefield or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Artifact
Mephitic Draught (lci) 112
1
Mishra's Bauble

{T}, Sacrifice Mishra's Bauble: Look at the top card of target player's library. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Artifact
Mishra's Bauble (brr) 34
1
Mystic Forge

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library. {T}, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.

Artifact
Mystic Forge (40k) 246
1
Rowan's Grim Search

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) If this spell was bargained, look at the top four cards of your library, then put up to two of them back on top of your library in any order and the rest into your graveyard. You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Instant
Rowan's Grim Search (woe) 104
1
The Everflowing Well

Artifact
The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools (lci) 56The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools (lci) 56
1
Thought Monitor

Affinity for artifacts Flying When Thought Monitor enters the battlefield, draw two cards.

Creature Artifact
Thought Monitor (mh2) 341
1

Evasion

Quantity: 2Price: $0.84
Flight Spellbomb

{T}, Sacrifice Flight Spellbomb: Target creature gains flying until end of turn. When Flight Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {U}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Flight Spellbomb (som) 155
1
Zephyr Boots

Equipped creature has flying. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Zephyr Boots (stx) 261
1

GY Fillers

Quantity: 3Price: $37.97
Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (mh1) 218
1
Mesmeric Orb

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

Artifact
Mesmeric Orb (mrd) 204
1
Out of the Tombs

At the beginning of your upkeep, put two eon counters on Out of the Tombs, then mill cards equal to the number of eon counters on it. If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, instead return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If you can't, you lose the game.

Enchantment
Out of the Tombs (40k) 46
1

Interaction

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
1
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
Arcane Denial (c13) 28
1
Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
1
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (znr) 102
1
Necron Deathmark

Flash Synaptic Disintegrator — When Necron Deathmark enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target creature and target player mills three cards.

Creature Artifact
Necron Deathmark (40k) 42
1
Nihil Spellbomb

{T}, Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb: Exile target player's graveyard. When Nihil Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Nihil Spellbomb (a25) 226
1
Phyrexian Scriptures

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. II — Destroy all nonartifact creatures. III — Exile all opponents' graveyards.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Scriptures (dom) 100
1
Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Instant
Resculpt (stx) 51
1
Swan Song

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

Instant
Swan Song (ths) 65
1
Ugin, the Ineffable

Colorless spells you cast cost {2} less to cast. +1: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand. −3: Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors.

Planeswalker
Ugin, the Ineffable (war) 2
1

Land

Quantity: 35Price: $147.01
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (c21) 281
1
Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Buried Ruin: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (m12) 224
1
Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 286Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 286
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (c20) 264
1
Darkslick Shores

Darkslick Shores enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Darkslick Shores (one) 250
1
Darksteel Citadel

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (dst) 164
1
Darkwater Catacombs

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (c20) 265
1
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (xln) 253
1
Ghost Quarter

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice Ghost Quarter: Destroy target land. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Ghost Quarter (isd) 240
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (bro) 281
7
Mistvault Bridge

Mistvault Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Artifact Land
Mistvault Bridge (mh2) 249
1
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
1
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Seat of the Synod

{T}: Add {U}.

Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (mrd) 283
1
Shipwreck Marsh

Shipwreck Marsh enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (mid) 267
1
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (c19) 278
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (bro) 282
6
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (tor) 141
1
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard Takenuma, Abandoned Mire: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 505
1
Temple of Deceit

Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (thb) 245
1
Treasure Vault

{T}: Add {C}. {X}{X}, {T}, Sacrifice Treasure Vault: Create X Treasure tokens.

Artifact Land
Treasure Vault (afr) 261
1
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (bro) 267
1
Vault of Whispers

{T}: Add {B}.

Artifact Land
Vault of Whispers (mrd) 286
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (sld) 124
1

Payoffs

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Disciple of the Vault

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may have target opponent lose 1 life.

Creature
Disciple of the Vault (2xm) 86
1
Marionette Master

Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters the battlefield, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.) Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to Marionette Master's power.

Creature
Marionette Master (afc) 102
1
Pitiless Plunderer

Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Pitiless Plunderer (rix) 81
1
Psychomancer

Flying Harbinger of Despair — Whenever Psychomancer or another nontoken artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield or is put into exile from the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychomancer (40k) 51
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (p30m) 1F
1
Cloud Key

As Cloud Key enters the battlefield, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Cloud Key (brr) 12
1
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (znc) 112
1
Etherium Sculptor

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Etherium Sculptor (c18) 90
1
Foundry Inspector

Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Artifact
Foundry Inspector (brr) 79
1
Liquimetal Torque

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Artifact
Liquimetal Torque (mh2) 428
1
Millikin

{T}, Mill a card: Add {C}. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature Artifact
Millikin (mh2) 297
1
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (afc) 211
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (40k) 252
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (40k) 262
1

Recursion

Quantity: 8Price: $34.64
Dross Skullbomb

{1}, Sacrifice Dross Skullbomb: Draw a card. {2}{B}, Sacrifice Dross Skullbomb: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Dross Skullbomb (one) 225
1
Emry, Lurker of the Loch

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control. When Emry, Lurker of the Loch enters the battlefield, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Creature
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (mul) 9
1
Junk Diver

Flying When Junk Diver dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Junk Diver (cm2) 195
1
Myr Retriever

When Myr Retriever dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Myr Retriever (2xm) 277
1
Salvaging Station

{T}: Return target noncreature artifact card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Whenever a creature dies, you may untap Salvaging Station.

Artifact
Salvaging Station (5dn) 148
1
Scrap Trawler

Whenever Scrap Trawler or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.

Creature Artifact
Scrap Trawler (c21) 260
1
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge

Creature and planeswalker spells you cast have affinity for artifacts. (They cost {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) +2: Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of artifacts you control. You gain X life. −3: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. −8: Exile the top ten cards of your library. Put all artifact cards from among them onto the battlefield.

Planeswalker
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge (war) 275
1
Workshop Assistant

When Workshop Assistant dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Workshop Assistant (cmr) 348
1

Sac Outlet

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Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (brr) 4
1
Blasting Station

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: Blasting Station deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you may untap Blasting Station.

Artifact
Blasting Station (5dn) 107
1
Grinding Station

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Target player mills three cards. Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield, you may untap Grinding Station.

Artifact
Grinding Station (5dn) 127
1
Krark-Clan Ironworks

Sacrifice an artifact: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Krark-Clan Ironworks (5dn) 134
1
Time Sieve

{T}, Sacrifice five artifacts: Take an extra turn after this one.

Artifact
Time Sieve (plst) ARB-31
1

Tokens

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Biotransference

Creatures you control are artifacts in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you lose 1 life and create a 2/2 black Necron Warrior artifact creature token.

Enchantment
Biotransference (40k) 30
1
Imotekh the Stormlord

Phaeron — Whenever one or more artifact cards leave your graveyard, create two 2/2 black Necron Warrior artifact creature tokens. Grand Strategist — At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target artifact creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains menace until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Imotekh the Stormlord (40k) 5
1
Mirrodin Besieged

As Mirrodin Besieged enters the battlefield, choose Mirran or Phyrexian. • Mirran — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token. • Phyrexian — At the beginning of your end step, draw a card, then discard a card. Then if there are fifteen or more artifact cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses the game.

Enchantment
Mirrodin Besieged (mh1) 57
1
Sai, Master Thopterist

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. {1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.

Creature
Sai, Master Thopterist (m19) 69
1
Summoning Station

{T}: Create a 2/2 colorless Pincher creature token. Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may untap Summoning Station.

Artifact
Summoning Station (5dn) 158
1

Tutors

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Beseech the Mirror

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. If this spell was bargained, you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost if that spell's mana value is 4 or less. Put the exiled card into your hand if it wasn't cast this way.

Sorcery
Beseech the Mirror (woe) 82
1
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Expedition Map: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (zen) 201
1
Moonsilver Key

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Moonsilver Key: Search your library for an artifact card with a mana ability or a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Moonsilver Key (mid) 255
1
Whir of Invention

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Whir of Invention (aer) 49
1

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Description

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Artifact creatures ETB'ing untap [Blasting]/[Grinding]; Artifact creatures dying untap [Salvaging]/[Summoning].\n\nKeep an eye out for little loop-trains that can happen, especially with [Salvaging] or [Summoning] that end up creating value.\n\nRecursion Fodder"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"There are some cards that can be used turn after turn with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Silas Renn, Seeker Adept"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Emry, Lurker of the Loch"}},{"insert":"; here is a cheat sheet with their effects.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"0MV"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mishra's Bauble"}},{"insert":" - Draw Card delayed (selfsac)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"1MV"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chromatic Star"}},{"insert":" - Draw Card (selfsac {1})"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Nihil Spellbomb"}},{"insert":" - {B} to Draw Card (selfsac)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flight Spellbomb"}},{"insert":" - {U} to Draw Card (selfsac)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brainstone"}},{"insert":" - Super-Draw Card (selfsac {2})"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wayfarer's Bauble"}},{"insert":" - Rampant Growth (selfsac {2})"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thought Monitor"}},{"insert":" - Draw Two Cards (assuming affinity)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Expedition Map"}},{"insert":" - Search out a land (selfsac {2})"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dross Skullbomb"}},{"insert":" - {1} to Draw Card (selfsac)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"2MV"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ichor Wellspring"}},{"insert":" - Draw Two Cards"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mind Stone"}},{"insert":" - Draw Card (selfsac {1})"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Moonsilver Key"}},{"insert":" - Tutor Land, Rock, or Altar (selfsac {1})"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Myr Retriever"}},{"insert":" - Recur Artifact to Hand"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nPayoffs"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"ETB"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grinding Station"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasting Station"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Death"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Summoning Station"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Salvaging Station"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scrap Trawler"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Disciple of the Vault"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pitiless Plunderer"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marionette Master"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cast"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sai, Master Thopterist"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirrodin Besieged"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Combat Damage"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zephyr Boots"}},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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