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PhantomWizard

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Commander

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Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign
Flying, vigilance, menace
Whenever Yennett attacks, reveal the top card of your library. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if its mana value is odd. If you don't cast it, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign (cmm) 363

Commander

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Burn

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Baneful Omen
At the beginning of your end step, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.
Enchantment
Baneful Omen (roe) 96

Burn

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Copy

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Hulking Metamorph
Prototype
— 3/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of an artifact or creature you control, except it's an artifact creature in addition to its other types, and its power and toughness are equal to this creature's power and toughness.
Creature Artifact - Shapeshifter
Hulking Metamorph (bro) 79
Vesuvan Drifter
Flying
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
At the beginning of each combat, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you reveal a creature card this way, this creature becomes a copy of that card until end of turn, except it has flying.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Vesuvan Drifter (mat) 10

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Draw

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Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (tle) 155
Brilliant Ultimatum
Exile the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. You may play lands and cast spells from one of those piles. If you cast a spell this way, you cast it without paying its mana cost.
Sorcery
Brilliant Ultimatum (ala) 159
Cavalier of Gales
Flying
When this creature enters, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
When this creature dies, shuffle it into its owner's library, then scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Creature - Knight Elemental
Cavalier of Gales (j25) 296
Crystal Ball
,
: Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Artifact
Crystal Ball (plst) C18-201
Defiler of Dreams
Flying
As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost
less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of blue mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a blue permanent spell, draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx Phyrexian
Defiler of Dreams (dmu) 46
Dream Cache
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand both on top of your library or both on the bottom of your library.
Sorcery
Dream Cache (plst) C18-88
Enigma Sphinx
Flying
When this creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, put it into your library third from the top.
Cascade (When you cast this spell, 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 Artifact - Sphinx
Enigma Sphinx (c18) 178
Ethersworn Sphinx
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Ethersworn Sphinx (mh2) 195
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
Keen Duelist
At the beginning of your upkeep, you and target opponent each reveal the top card of your library. You each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. You each put the card you revealed into your hand.
Creature - Human Wizard
Keen Duelist (soc) 218
Lord of Change
Flying, ward

Architect of Deception — When this creature enters, draw three cards.
Creature - Demon
Lord of Change (40k) 24
Otherworldly Gaze
Surveil 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Otherworldly Gaze (dsc) 122
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (tdc) 159
Portent
Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle.
Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Sorcery
Portent (dsc) 74
Prognostic Sphinx
Flying
Discard a card: This creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.
Whenever this creature attacks, scry 3.
Creature - Sphinx
Prognostic Sphinx (dsc) 124
Serum Visions
Draw a card. Scry 2.
Sorcery
Serum Visions (otc) 112
Soothsaying
: Shuffle your library.
: Look at the top X cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
Enchantment
Soothsaying (plst) MMQ-104
Twilight Prophet
Flying
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
Ugin's Insight
Scry X, where X is the greatest mana value among permanents you control, then draw three cards.
Sorcery
Ugin's Insight (m3c) 196
Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
Flying
Sphinx spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever Unesh or another Sphinx you control enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Legendary Creature - Sphinx
Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign (hou) 52
Vega, the Watcher
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Bird Spirit
Vega, the Watcher (khm) 233
Windreader Sphinx
Flying
Whenever a creature with flying attacks, you may draw a card.
Creature - Sphinx
Windreader Sphinx (j25) 391

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Evasion

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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
Thassa, God of the Sea
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Thassa, God of the Sea (lcc) 176

Evasion

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Finisher

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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
Approach of the Second Sun (plst) AKH-4
Magister Sphinx
Flying
When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.
Creature Artifact - Sphinx
Magister Sphinx (2x2) 247

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Land

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Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (dsc) 259
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (eoc) 59
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (msc) 239
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
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (eoc) 159
Halimar Depths
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
: Add
.
Land
Halimar Depths (dsc) 282
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tla) 283
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (fic) 405
Mortuary Mire
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
: Add
.
Land
Mortuary Mire (clb) 900
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (tdc) 382
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tla) 282
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (tdc) 384
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (tdc) 386
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (fic) 415
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tla) 284
Temple of Deceit
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
or
.
Land
Temple of Deceit (fdn) 697
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
or
.
Land
Temple of Enlightenment (eoc) 186
Temple of Silence
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
or
.
Land
Temple of Silence (tdc) 406
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

Land

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Mill

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Chancellor of the Spires
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent mills seven cards.
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Sphinx Phyrexian
Chancellor of the Spires (nph) 31

Mill

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Protection

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Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (soc) 350
Sephara, Sky's Blade
You may pay
and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying, lifelink
Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Legendary Creature - Angel
Sephara, Sky's Blade (cmm) 54
Sphinx of the Final Word
This spell can't be countered.
Flying
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant and sorcery spells you control can't be countered.
Creature - Sphinx
Sphinx of the Final Word (fdn) 597
Whispersilk Cloak
Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Whispersilk Cloak (dsc) 257

Protection

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Ramp

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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
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
Azorius Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Azorius Signet (tdc) 312
Burnished Hart
, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature Artifact - Elk
Burnished Hart (fdn) 250
Chromatic Lantern
Lands you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (tmc) 58
Commander's Sphere
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Commander's Sphere (ecc) 139
Decanter of Endless Water
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
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 (fic) 344
Gilded Lotus
: Add three mana of any one color.
Artifact
Gilded Lotus (fdn) 725
Master of Predicaments
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, choose a card in your hand. That player guesses whether the card's mana value is greater than 4. If the player guessed wrong, you may cast the card without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Sphinx
Master of Predicaments (m15) 67
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
Thryx, the Sudden Storm
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Spells you cast with mana value 5 or greater cost
less to cast and can't be countered.
Legendary Creature - Elemental Giant
Thryx, the Sudden Storm (j25) 65
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
Flying, ward

Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token.
While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)
Legendary Creature - Rogue Sphinx
Tivit, Seller of Secrets (ncc) 10

Ramp

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Recursion

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Haunted Crossroads
: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Enchantment
Haunted Crossroads (mmq) 138
Scholar of the Lost Trove
Flying
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant, sorcery, or artifact card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Creature - Sphinx
Scholar of the Lost Trove (jmp) 14

Recursion

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Removal

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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
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fic) 267
Cleansing Nova
Choose one —
• Destroy all creatures.
• Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.
Sorcery
Cleansing Nova (fic) 235
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
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
Mortify
Destroy target creature or enchantment.
Instant
Mortify (fic) 327
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
Path to Exile (soc) 159
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (soc) 179
Vindicate
Destroy target permanent.
Sorcery
Vindicate (fic) 330
Void Rend
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target nonland permanent.
Instant
Void Rend (fic) 331

Removal

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Theft

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Dazzling Sphinx
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player puts the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Creature - Sphinx
Dazzling Sphinx (otc) 93

Theft

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Tutor

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Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
Deathtouch
Boast —
: Target player searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
Legendary Creature - Demon Rogue
Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire (khm) 115

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck stats

20 pips - 16 cards
25 mana - 22 cards
53 pips - 35 cards
27 mana - 24 cards
23 pips - 17 cards
26 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 9 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 9 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 3 cards
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