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Commander
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Commander

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Nine-Fingers Keene
Menace
Ward—Pay 9 life.
Whenever Nine-Fingers Keene deals combat damage to a player, look at the top nine cards of your library. You may put a Gate card from among them onto the battlefield. Then if you control nine or more Gates, put the rest into your hand. Otherwise, put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Nine-Fingers Keene (clb) 546

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Backup Commander

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Blossoming Tortoise
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, mill three cards, then return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Activated abilities of lands you control cost
less to activate.
Land creatures you control get +1/+1.
Creature - Turtle
Blossoming Tortoise (woe) 163
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth
Trample
Whenever Ojer Kaslem deals combat damage to a player, reveal that many cards from the top of your library. You may put a creature card and/or a land card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.
When Ojer Kaslem dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
Legendary Creature - God
Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation (lci) 204Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation (lci) 204

Backup Commander

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Combo

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Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
As long as Archelos is tapped, other permanents enter tapped.
As long as Archelos is untapped, other permanents enter untapped.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Turtle
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic (dmc) 140
Maze's End
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Return this land to its owner's hand: Search your library for a Gate card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game.
Land
Maze's End (rvr) 465
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
Tiller Engine
Whenever a land you control enters tapped, choose one —
• Untap that land.
• Tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Tiller Engine (dmc) 20

Combo

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Draw

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Augur of Autumn
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Coven — As long as you control three or more creatures with different powers, you may cast creature spells from the top of your library.
Creature - Human Druid
Augur of Autumn (dsc) 171
Courser of Kruphix
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands from the top of your library.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature Enchantment - Centaur
Courser of Kruphix (cmm) 888
Eureka Moment
Draw two cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Eureka Moment (dsc) 216
Glissa Sunslayer
First strike, deathtouch
Whenever Glissa Sunslayer deals combat damage to a player, choose one —
• You draw a card and lose 1 life.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Remove up to three counters from target permanent.
Legendary Creature - Elf Zombie Phyrexian
Glissa Sunslayer (one) 202
Guild Summit
When this enchantment enters, you may tap any number of untapped Gates you control. Draw a card for each Gate tapped this way.
Whenever a Gate you control enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guild Summit (grn) 41
Mask of Memory
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Mask of Memory (onc) 136
Rogue's Gloves
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Rogue's Gloves (m19) 243
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Druid Merfolk
Tatyova, Benthic Druid (fdn) 247
Urban Evolution
Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn.
Sorcery
Urban Evolution (m3c) 276

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Evasion

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Alpha Authority
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has hexproof and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Alpha Authority (gtc) 114
Aqueous Form
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Enchantment - Aura
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Brotherhood Regalia
Equipped creature has ward
, is an Assassin in addition to its other types, and can't be blocked.
Equip legendary creature

Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Brotherhood Regalia (acr) 71
Fleetfeather Sandals
Equipped creature has flying and haste.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Fleetfeather Sandals (ths) 216
Winged Boots
Equipped creature has flying and ward
. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Winged Boots (otc) 124

Evasion

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Land

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Baldur's Gate
: Add
.
,
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.
Legendary Land - Gate
Baldur's Gate (clb) 345
Basilisk Gate
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land - Gate
Basilisk Gate (m3c) 320
Black Dragon Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than black.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land - Gate
Black Dragon Gate (clb) 347
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (tdc) 341
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (tdc) 107
Dimir Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Dimir Guildgate (fdn) 688
Echoing Deeps
You may have this land enter tapped as a copy of any land card in a graveyard, except it's a Cave in addition to its other types.
: Add
.
Land - Cave
Echoing Deeps (lci) 271
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (tdc) 360
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (tdm) 285
Gateway Plaza
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay
.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land - Gate
Gateway Plaza (war) 246
Golgari Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Golgari Guildgate (fdn) 689
Gond Gate
Gates you control enter untapped.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color that a Gate you control could produce.
Land - Gate
Gond Gate (clb) 353
Heap Gate
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
,
, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Land - Gate
Heap Gate (clb) 354
Horizon of Progress
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.
,
: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Horizon of Progress (m3c) 130
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tdm) 279
Manor Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than green.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land - Gate
Manor Gate (clb) 356
Opulent Palace
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Opulent Palace (otc) 307
Planar Nexus
This land is every nonbasic land type. (Nonbasic land types include Cave, Desert, Gate, Lair, Locus, Mine, Power-Plant, Sphere, Tower, and Urza's.)
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Planar Nexus (m3c) 132
Plaza of Harmony
When this land enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 3 life.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any type that a Gate you control could produce.
Land
Plaza of Harmony (rna) 254
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) 224
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (fdn) 264
Sea Gate
This land enters tapped.
As this land enters, choose a color other than blue.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land - Gate
Sea Gate (clb) 359
Simic Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Simic Guildgate (fdn) 695
Sunken Citadel
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
: Add two mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to activate abilities of land sources.
Land - Cave
Sunken Citadel (lci) 285
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tdm) 281
Talon Gates of Madara
When this land enters, up to one target creature phases out.
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
: Put this card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Land - Gate
Talon Gates of Madara (m3c) 134
The Black Gate
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Legendary Land - Gate
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
Thran Portal
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
As this land enters, choose a basic land type.
This land is the chosen type in addition to its other types.
Mana abilities of this land cost an additional 1 life to activate.
Land - Gate
Thran Portal (dmu) 259
Urza's Cave
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land - Urza's Cave
Urza's Cave (mh3) 234
Verdant Catacombs
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
Witch's Clinic
: Add
.
,
: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.
Land
Witch's Clinic (dsc) 325
Zagoth Triome
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp Forest
Zagoth Triome (iko) 259

Land

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Land Tutor

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Circuitous Route
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Circuitous Route (fdn) 635
District Guide
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Elf Scout
District Guide (grn) 128
Expedition Map
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifact
Expedition Map (m3c) 292
Explore the Underdark
Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
You take the initiative.
Sorcery
Explore the Underdark (clb) 232
Gatecreeper Vine
Defender
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Plant
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
Navigation Orb
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifact
Navigation Orb (clb) 329
Open the Gates
Search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Open the Gates (rvr) 151
Sylvan Scrying
Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Sylvan Scrying (m3c) 248

Land Tutor

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Lifegain

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Druid Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
: Level 2
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, target land you control becomes a creature with haste and "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control." It's still a land.
Enchantment - Class
Druid Class (afr) 180

Lifegain

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Mass Removal

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Casualties of War
Choose one or more —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target creature.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Destroy target land.
• Destroy target planeswalker.
Sorcery
Casualties of War (tdc) 98
In Garruk's Wake
Destroy all creatures you don't control and all planeswalkers you don't control.
Sorcery
In Garruk's Wake (clb) 759

Mass Removal

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Protection

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Darksteel Plate
Indestructible
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Darksteel Plate (2x2) 304
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
Silkguard
Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures you control.
Auras, Equipment, and modified creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Instant
Silkguard (nec) 29
Soul of New Phyrexia
Trample
: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Avatar Phyrexian
Soul of New Phyrexia (cmm) 974
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 (tdc) 328

Protection

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Pump

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Blackblade Reforged
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control.
Equip legendary creature

Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Blackblade Reforged (dmc) 178
Brass Knuckles
When you cast this spell, copy it. (The copy becomes a token.)
Equipped creature has double strike as long as two or more Equipment are attached to it.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Brass Knuckles (cmm) 372
Fireshrieker
Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Fireshrieker (fdn) 674
Glaive of the Guildpact
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each Gate you control and has vigilance and menace. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Glaive of the Guildpact (grn) 236
Inquisitor's Flail
If equipped creature would deal combat damage, it deals double that damage instead.
If another creature would deal combat damage to equipped creature, it deals double that damage to equipped creature instead.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Inquisitor's Flail (isd) 227
Nettlecyst
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Nettlecyst (mkc) 233
Thran Power Suit
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it and has ward
. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Thran Power Suit (bro) 253

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tdc) 105
Dowsing Dagger
When this Equipment enters, target opponent creates two 0/2 green Plant creature tokens with defender.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may transform this Equipment.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (xln) 235Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale (xln) 235
Explorer's Scope
Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Explorer's Scope (cmm) 380
Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (lcc) 273
Sage of the Maze
: Add two mana in any combination of colors.
: Until end of turn, target land you control becomes an X/X Citizen creature with haste in addition to its other types, where X is twice the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Tap an untapped Gate you control: Untap this creature.
Creature - Wizard Elf
Sage of the Maze (m3c) 119

Ramp

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Recursion

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Ramunap Excavator
You may play lands from your graveyard.
Creature - Cleric Snake
Ramunap Excavator (m3c) 241

Recursion

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Removal

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Abrupt Decay
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent with mana value 3 or less.
Instant
Abrupt Decay (gk1) 57
Argentum Armor
Equipped creature gets +6/+6.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, destroy target permanent.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Argentum Armor (afc) 198
Assassin's Trophy
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Assassin's Trophy (mkm) 187
Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (tdc) 249
Broken Bond
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Sorcery
Broken Bond (dom) 157
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Instant
Nature's Claim (ima) 177
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Tear Asunder
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Exile target artifact or enchantment. If this spell was kicked, exile target nonland permanent instead.
Instant
Tear Asunder (tdc) 273

Removal

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Threat

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Gate Colossus
Affinity for Gates (This spell costs
less to cast for each Gate you control.)
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Whenever a Gate you control enters, you may put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Gate Colossus (fdn) 675
Gatebreaker Ram
This creature gets +1/+1 for each Gate you control.
As long as you control two or more Gates, this creature has vigilance and trample.
Creature - Sheep
Gatebreaker Ram (rna) 126
Wrenn and Seven
+1: Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
0: Put any number of land cards from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
−3: Create a green Treefolk creature token with reach and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control."
−8: Return all permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size."
Legendary Planeswalker - Wrenn
Wrenn and Seven (inr) 226

Threat

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28 mana - 22 cards
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29 mana - 23 cards
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