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Commander

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Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
Flying
When Jeleva enters, each player exiles the top X cards of their library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast Jeleva.
Whenever Jeleva attacks, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among cards exiled with Jeleva without paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Vampire
Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge (c13) 194

Commander

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Artifact

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Relic of Sauron
: Add two mana in any combination of
,
, and/or
.
,
: Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Artifact
Relic of Sauron (ltc) 79
Wand of Wonder
,
: Roll a d20. Each opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card, then shuffles the rest into their library. You may cast up to X instant and/or sorcery spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
1—9 | X is one.
10—19 | X is two.
20 | X is three.
Artifact
Wand of Wonder (clb) 204

Artifact

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Cipher

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Arcane Heist
You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into their graveyard, exile it instead.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Arcane Heist (otc) 13
Call of the Nightwing
Create a 1/1 blue and black Horror creature token with flying.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Call of the Nightwing (plst) GK1-8
Hands of Binding
Tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Hands of Binding (gtc) 37
Hidden Strings
You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Hidden Strings (dgm) 12
Last Thoughts
Draw a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Last Thoughts (gtc) 40
Mental Vapors
Target player discards a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Mental Vapors (gtc) 72
Midnight Recovery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Midnight Recovery (gtc) 73
Paranoid Delusions
Target player mills three cards.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Paranoid Delusions (gtc) 186
Shadow Slice
Target opponent loses 3 life.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Shadow Slice (gtc) 77
Stolen Identity
Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Stolen Identity (ncc) 233
Trait Doctoring
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Trait Doctoring (dgm) 18
Undercity Plague
Target player loses 1 life, discards a card, then sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Undercity Plague (gtc) 83
Voidwalk
Exile target creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Voidwalk (gtc) 55
Whispering Madness
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Whispering Madness (c16) 229
Writ of Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Writ of Return (ncc) 42

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Copy-cats

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Arcane Bombardment
Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, exile an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard. Then copy each card exiled with this enchantment. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs.
Enchantment
Arcane Bombardment (otc) 154
Double Vision
Whenever you cast your first instant or sorcery spell each turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Enchantment
Double Vision (ncc) 267
Dualcaster Mage
Flash
When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Creature - Human Wizard
Dualcaster Mage (c21) 165
Fire Lord Azula
Firebending 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, add
. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Whenever you cast a spell while Fire Lord Azula is attacking, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
Fire Lord Azula (tla) 220
Mizzix, Replica Rider
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, you may pay
. If you do, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy. If the copy is a permanent spell, it gains haste and "At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice this permanent." (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Goblin
Mizzix, Replica Rider (j22) 35
Mnemonic Deluge
Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Copy that card three times. You may cast the copies without paying their mana costs. Exile Mnemonic Deluge.
Sorcery
Mnemonic Deluge (cmr) 82
Nalfeshnee
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell from exile, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. If it's a permanent spell, the copy gains haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this permanent." (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Creature - Beast Demon
Nalfeshnee (clb) 678

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Cost Reduction

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Arcane Melee
Instant and sorcery spells cost
less to cast.
Enchantment
Arcane Melee (plst) C13-29
Goblin Electromancer
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Goblin
Goblin Electromancer (tdc) 99
Mindsplice Apparatus
Flash
At the beginning of your upkeep, put an oil counter on this artifact.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast for each oil counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Mindsplice Apparatus (one) 63
Nightscape Familiar
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost
less to cast.
: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Nightscape Familiar (dmr) 94
Stormcatch Mentor
Haste
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Stormcatch Mentor (soc) 331

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Creature

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Baleful Strix
Flying, deathtouch
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Bird
Baleful Strix (fic) 318
Cormela, Glamour Thief
Haste
,
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast instant and/or sorcery spells.
When Cormela dies, return up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Rogue
Cormela, Glamour Thief (snc) 177
Diluvian Primordial
Flying
When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Creature - Avatar
Diluvian Primordial (otc) 96
Etali, Primal Storm
Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
Etali, Primal Storm (fdn) 194
Galvanoth
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if it's an instant or sorcery spell.
Creature - Beast
Galvanoth (ddj) 10
Harmonic Prodigy
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
If a triggered ability of a Shaman or another Wizard you control triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.
Creature - Human Wizard
Harmonic Prodigy (mh2) 132
Hidetsugu and Kairi
Flying
When Hidetsugu and Kairi enters, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
When Hidetsugu and Kairi dies, exile the top card of your library. Target opponent loses life equal to its mana value. If it's an instant or sorcery card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Demon Dragon Ogre
Hidetsugu and Kairi (mom) 228
Wild-Magic Sorcerer
The first spell you cast from exile each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell from exile, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Creature - Shaman Orc Sorcerer
Wild-Magic Sorcerer (clb) 816

Creature

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Instant

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Blood for the Blood God!
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature that died this turn.
Discard your hand, then draw eight cards. Blood for the Blood God! deals 8 damage to each opponent. Exile Blood for the Blood God!
Instant
Blood for the Blood God! (40k) 108
Dig Through Time
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for
.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Instant
Dig Through Time (soc) 195
Memory Plunder
You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.
Instant
Memory Plunder (clb) 849
Mystic Confluence
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.
Instant
Mystic Confluence (cmm) 108

Instant

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Land

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Blood Crypt
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Blood Crypt (ecl) 262
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (mh3) 216
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Crumbling Necropolis
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Crumbling Necropolis (lcc) 326
Dimir Aqueduct
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (tmc) 64
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (fic) 388
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (sos) 274
Izzet Boilerworks
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Izzet Boilerworks (m3c) 350
Luxury Suite
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
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
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (sos) 278
Mystic Sanctuary
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Island
Mystic Sanctuary (soc) 388
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
Rakdos Carnarium
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Rakdos Carnarium (ecc) 161
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Scalding Tarn
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
Steam Vents
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Mountain
Steam Vents (ecl) 267
Sulfur Falls
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sulfur Falls (soc) 408
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (sos) 276
Training Center
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
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 (eoe) 261
Xander's Lounge
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp Mountain
Xander's Lounge (snc) 260

Land

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On Cast

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Ancient Cellarspawn
Each spell you cast that's a Demon, Horror, or Nightmare costs
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast it was less than its mana value, target opponent loses life equal to the difference.
Creature Enchantment - Horror
Ancient Cellarspawn (dsc) 16
Archmage Emeritus
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Creature - Human Wizard
Archmage Emeritus (soc) 188
Archmage of Runes
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Giant
Archmage of Runes (fdn) 30
Guttersnipe
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Goblin Shaman
Guttersnipe (tdc) 217
Jace's Sanctum
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.
Enchantment
Jace's Sanctum (c19) 88
Keeper of Secrets
First strike, haste
Symphony of Pain — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this creature deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to target opponent.
Creature - Demon
Keeper of Secrets (40k) 78
Passionate Archaeologist
Commander creatures you own have "Whenever you cast a spell from exile, this creature deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to target opponent."
Legendary Enchantment - Background
Passionate Archaeologist (clb) 656

On Cast

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Sorcery

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Aminatou's Augury
Exile the top eight cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield. Until end of turn, for each nonland card type, you may cast a spell of that type from among the exiled cards without paying its mana cost.
Sorcery
Aminatou's Augury (dsc) 71
Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Breach the Multiverse (mom) 94
Cruel Ultimatum
Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice, discards three cards, then loses 5 life. You return a creature card from your graveyard to your hand, draw three cards, then gain 5 life.
Sorcery
Cruel Ultimatum (e01) 82
Fevered Suspicion
Each opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast any number of spells from among those nonland cards without paying their mana costs.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Fevered Suspicion (afc) 47

Sorcery

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Token Generators

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Army of the Damned
Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Army of the Damned (j25) 399
Magma Opus
Magma Opus deals 4 damage divided as you choose among any number of targets. Tap two target permanents. Create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token. Draw two cards.
, Discard this card: Create a Treasure token.
Instant
Magma Opus (soc) 318
Metallurgic Summonings
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value.
, Exile this enchantment: Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control six or more artifacts.
Enchantment
Metallurgic Summonings (c21) 122
Murmuring Mystic
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird Illusion creature token with flying.
Creature - Human Wizard
Murmuring Mystic (j25) 107
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Flying
Ward—
, Pay 3 life.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens, where X is the mana value of that spell. They gain haste until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Phyrexian
Ovika, Enigma Goliath (fdn) 663
Prosper, Tome-Bound
Deathtouch
Mystic Arcanum — At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Pact Boon — Whenever you play a card from exile, create a Treasure token.
Legendary Creature - Warlock Tiefling
Prosper, Tome-Bound (afc) 2
Shark Typhoon
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying, where X is that spell's mana value.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying.
Enchantment
Shark Typhoon (dsc) 127
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Talrand, Sky Summoner (otc) 116
Young Pyromancer
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.
Creature - Human Shaman
Young Pyromancer (tdc) 95

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0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
52 pips - 35 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
34 pips - 22 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
31 pips - 25 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 1 card
0 pips - 0 cards
1 mana - 1 card
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