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Commander
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Commander

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Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Flying
You may play lands from your graveyard.
Whenever you sacrifice another nontoken permanent during your turn, put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to Szarel's power on up to one other target creature.
Legendary Creature - Druid Insect
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd (eoc) 4

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additional land-drop enabler

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Exploration Broodship
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 8+.)
3+ | You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
8+ | Flying
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a permanent spell from your graveyard by sacrificing a land in addition to paying its other costs.
Artifact - Spacecraft
Exploration Broodship (eoc) 14
Oracle of Mul Daya
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Creature - Elf Shaman
Oracle of Mul Daya (eoc) 102

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Burn

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Gau, Feral Youth
Rage — Whenever Gau attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of each end step, if a card left your graveyard this turn, Gau deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
Legendary Creature - Human Berserker
Gau, Feral Youth (fic) 152
Mayhem Devil
Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature - Devil
Mayhem Devil (eoc) 121

Burn

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Counters

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Court of Garenbrig
When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, distribute two +1/+1 counters among up to two target creatures. Then if you're the monarch, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Enchantment
Court of Garenbrig (woc) 25
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
Flying
Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Insect
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest (soc) 319
Ouroboroid
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is this creature's power.
Creature - Plant Wurm
Ouroboroid (eoe) 201

Counters

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Land

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Cabaretti Courtyard
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Cabaretti Courtyard (eoc) 151
Cinder Glade
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Mountain Forest
Cinder Glade (eoc) 154
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (eoc) 59
Dakmor Salvage
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
Land
Dakmor Salvage (eoc) 156
Eumidian Hatchery
, Pay 1 life: Add
. Put a hatchling counter on this land.
When this land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, for each hatchling counter on it, create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
Land
Eumidian Hatchery (eoc) 20
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (eoc) 158
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (eoc) 60
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (tdm) 291
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (eoe) 266
Ghost Town
: Add
.
: Return this land to its owner's hand. Activate only if it's not your turn.
Land
Ghost Town (tmp) 318
Lotus Vale
If this land would enter, sacrifice two untapped lands instead. If you do, put this land onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add three mana of any one color.
Land
Lotus Vale (wth) 165
Maestros Theater
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Maestros Theater (eoc) 167
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (eoe) 265
Petrified Field
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Return target land card from your graveyard to your hand.
Land
Petrified Field (eos) 32
Riveteers Overlook
When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.
Land
Riveteers Overlook (eoc) 172
Smoldering Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Smoldering Marsh (eoc) 182
Stomping Ground
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Mountain Forest
Stomping Ground (eoe) 283
Sulfurous Springs
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Sulfurous Springs (eoc) 185
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (bro) 282
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (eoe) 369
Swarmyard
: Add
.
: Regenerate target Insect, Rat, Spider, or Squirrel. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
Land
Swarmyard (eos) 87
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (eoc) 62
Vernal Fen
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Forest
Vernal Fen (eoc) 44

Land

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land ETB untapped

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Spelunking
When this enchantment enters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put a Cave onto the battlefield this way, you gain 4 life.
Lands you control enter untapped.
Enchantment
Spelunking (lci) 213

land ETB untapped

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land recursion

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Ancient Greenwarden
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
You may play lands from your graveyard.
If a land entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
Creature - Elemental
Ancient Greenwarden (znr) 178
Soul of Windgrace
Whenever Soul of Windgrace enters or attacks, you may put a land card from a graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control.
, Discard a land card: You gain 3 life.
, Discard a land card: Draw a card.
, Discard a land card: Soul of Windgrace gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
Legendary Creature - Avatar Cat
Soul of Windgrace (eoc) 126
Will of the Sultai
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Target player mills three cards. Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
• Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is the number of lands you control. It gains trample until end of turn.
Sorcery
Will of the Sultai (tdc) 49

land recursion

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land sac outlet

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Braids, Arisen Nightmare
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (eoc) 82
Hearthhull, the Worldseed
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 8+.)
2+ |
,
, Sacrifice a land: Draw two cards. You may play an additional land this turn.
8+ | Flying, vigilance, haste
Whenever you sacrifice a land, each opponent loses 2 life.
Legendary Artifact - Spacecraft
Hearthhull, the Worldseed (eoc) 1
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
Flying
Whenever Korvold enters or attacks, sacrifice another permanent.
Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Korvold and draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Noble
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King (eoc) 120
Zuran Orb
Sacrifice a land: You gain 2 life.
Artifact
Zuran Orb (ice) 350

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Landfall

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Lotus Cobra
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color.
Creature - Snake
Lotus Cobra (znr) 307
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target player lose 3 life. If you do, put three +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilis.
Legendary Creature - Demon
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen (tdc) 192
Omnath, Locus of Rage
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 5/5 red and green Elemental creature token.
Whenever Omnath or another Elemental you control dies, Omnath deals 3 damage to any target.
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Omnath, Locus of Rage (ecc) 129
Scute Swarm
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If you control six or more lands, create a token that's a copy of this creature instead.
Creature - Insect
Scute Swarm (dsc) 197

Landfall

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Protection

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Frenzied Baloth
This spell can't be countered.
Trample, haste
Creature spells you control can't be countered.
Combat damage can't be prevented.
Creature - Beast
Frenzied Baloth (eoe) 183
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (aer) 109
Sylvan Safekeeper
Sacrifice a land: Target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Human Wizard
Sylvan Safekeeper (mh3) 287
Tangle
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Each attacking creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Instant
Tangle (plst) INV-213

Protection

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Pump

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Dragon Throne of Tarkir
Equipped creature has defender and "
,
: Other creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power."
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Dragon Throne of Tarkir (plst) KTK-219

Pump

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Ramp

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Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.
Creature Enchantment - Dryad Nymph
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (m3c) 225
Entish Restoration
Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Entish Restoration (ltr) 163
Famished Worldsire
Ward

Devour land 3 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of lands. It enters with three times that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is this creature's power. Put any number of land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Leviathan
Famished Worldsire (eoe) 182
Wrenn and Realmbreaker
Lands you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
+1: Up to one target land you control becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with vigilance, hexproof, and haste until your next turn. It's still a land.
−2: Mill three cards. You may put a permanent card from among the milled cards into your hand.
−7: You get an emblem with "You may play lands and cast permanent spells from your graveyard."
Legendary Planeswalker - Wrenn
Wrenn and Realmbreaker (mom) 217

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Recursion

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Evolution Witness
: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Elf Shaman Mutant
Evolution Witness (mh3) 151
Repopulate
Shuffle all creature cards from target player's graveyard into that player's library.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Instant
Repopulate (ulg) 111

Recursion

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Removal

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Collective Resistance
Escalate
(Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Collective Resistance (mh3) 147
Lignify
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is a Treefolk with base power and toughness 0/4 and loses all abilities.
Enchantment Kindred - Aura Treefolk
Lignify (ltc) 252
Rakdos Charm
Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.
Instant
Rakdos Charm (eoc) 125
Ram Through
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.
Instant
Ram Through (cmm) 314

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Tokens

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Avenger of Zendikar
When this creature enters, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token for each land you control.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on each Plant creature you control.
Creature - Elemental
Avenger of Zendikar (ddp) 1

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Tutor

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Worldly Tutor
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.
Instant
Worldly Tutor (mir) 255

Tutor

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Maybeboard

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Aftermath Analyst
When this creature enters, mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Elf Detective
Aftermath Analyst (eoc) 91
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Ashaya's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.
Nontoken creatures you control are Forest lands in addition to their other types. (They're still affected by summoning sickness.)
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild (dsc) 170
Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (eoc) 93
God-Eternal Bontu
Menace
When God-Eternal Bontu enters, sacrifice any number of other permanents, then draw that many cards.
When God-Eternal Bontu dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put her into her owner's library third from the top.
Legendary Creature - Zombie God
God-Eternal Bontu (eoc) 83
Groundskeeper
: Return target basic land card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Druid
Groundskeeper (eoc) 97
Harrow
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land.
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Harrow (eoc) 98
Loading Zone
If one or more counters would be put on a creature, Spacecraft, or Planet you control, twice that many of each of those kinds of counters are put on it instead.
Warp
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this enchantment at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Enchantment
Loading Zone (eoe) 196
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
Reach, trample
Multani gets +1/+1 for each land you control and each land card in your graveyard.
, Return two lands you control to their owner's hand: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature - Avatar Elemental
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar (eoc) 100
Tectonic Split
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice half the lands you control, rounded up.
Hexproof
Lands you control have "
: Add three mana of any one color."
Enchantment
Tectonic Split (tle) 208
Titania, Protector of Argoth
When Titania enters, return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Whenever a land you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 5/3 green Elemental creature token.
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Titania, Protector of Argoth (eoc) 111
World Shaper
Whenever this creature attacks, you may mill three cards.
When this creature dies, return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
World Shaper (rix) 151

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Description

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With Omnath, Avenger, Rampaging Baloths, and Scute Swarm all on the battlefield, a single big land drop turn generates enormous board presence and direct damage. Moraug adds extra combat steps per land drop, turning your suddenly massive board into a lethal attack.\n🏆 Secondary: Counter Accumulation"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Szarel's sac triggers stack quickly. With Mazirek amplifying every sacrifice, your creatures can grow to enormous sizes. Dragon Throne of Tarkir can then give your whole team trample by tapping your biggest creature, making the entire army lethal in one swing.\n🏆 Tertiary: Burn Out"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Ob Nixilis drains 3 per landfall. Omnath pings for 3 per landfall. Mayhem Devil pings for any sacrifice. Hearthhull and Gau can close out games where opponents are low. This damage accumulates faster than opponents expect.\nCards to Watch"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"These cards are stronger than they look — worth knowing their interactions in detail."},{"attributes":{"blockquote":true},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ghost Town"},{"insert":" — Before each opponent's turn, return Ghost Town to your hand. Replay it on your next turn for a free landfall trigger every single turn cycle. Costs no mana. Requires no setup. Just always do it.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ancient Greenwarden"},{"insert":" — Doubles ALL landfall triggers — everything fires twice. Also functions as Crucible of Worlds #3. One of the highest-impact cards in the deck.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Nahiri's Lithoforming"},{"insert":" — Sacrifice all lands, draw that many cards. With Szarel or Ramunap Excavator, replay them all immediately. 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Azusa, Oracle, Exploration Broodship, and Lotus Cobra all go down here. Get your mana base established with the fetchlands — each one is an early landfall trigger and seeds the graveyard. Szarel can come down as early as turn 4 to start enabling graveyard plays immediately.\nMid Game (Turns 5–8)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deploy your engine pieces: Gitrog Monster, Ramunap Excavator, Ancient Greenwarden, Omnath. Start the sacrifice loop with fetch lands and sac outlets. Each loop generates landfall triggers, counter distribution via Szarel, and draws via Gitrog or Korvold. Your board should be growing rapidly.\nLate Game (Turns 9+)"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Consolidate your board advantage. Set up a Nahiri's Lithoforming or Splendid Reclamation turn for maximum landfall output. Deploy your finishers — Moraug for extra combats, Dragon Throne for mass trample, Hearthhull or Gau for direct damage. 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