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Commander
Jegantha, the Wellspring
Companion — No card in your starting deck has more than one of the same mana symbol in its mana cost. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for as a sorcery.)
: Add . This mana can't be spent to pay generic mana costs.
: Add . This mana can't be spent to pay generic mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Elemental Elk
Commander
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Funny Names
Frantic Scapegoat
Haste
When this creature enters, suspect it. (It has menace and can't block.)
Whenever one or more other creatures you control enter, if this creature is suspected, you may suspect one of the other creatures. If you do, this creature is no longer suspected.
When this creature enters, suspect it. (It has menace and can't block.)
Whenever one or more other creatures you control enter, if this creature is suspected, you may suspect one of the other creatures. If you do, this creature is no longer suspected.
Creature - Goat
Funny Names
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Hybrid Animals
Elephant-Mandrill
Reach
When this creature enters, each player creates a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each artifact your opponents control.
When this creature enters, each player creates a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each artifact your opponents control.
Creature - Elephant Monkey
Keruga, the Macrosage
Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with mana value 3 or greater and land cards. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for as a sorcery.)
When Keruga enters, draw a card for each other permanent you control with mana value 3 or greater.
When Keruga enters, draw a card for each other permanent you control with mana value 3 or greater.
Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Hippo
Regal Leosaur
Mutate (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Whenever this creature mutates, other creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature mutates, other creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Dinosaur Cat
Sharktocrab
: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Crab Octopus Shark
Spider-Ham, Peter Porker
When Spider-Ham enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Animal May-Ham — Other Spiders, Boars, Bats, Bears, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Frogs, Jackals, Lizards, Mice, Otters, Rabbits, Raccoons, Rats, Squirrels, Turtles, and Wolves you control get +1/+1.
Animal May-Ham — Other Spiders, Boars, Bats, Bears, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Frogs, Jackals, Lizards, Mice, Otters, Rabbits, Raccoons, Rats, Squirrels, Turtles, and Wolves you control get +1/+1.
Legendary Creature - Spider Boar Hero
Unruly Krasis
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, you may have the base power and toughness of another target creature you control become X/X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.
: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you may have the base power and toughness of another target creature you control become X/X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.
: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
Creature - Lizard Octopus Shark
Hybrid Animals
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I just think it's neat
I just think it's neat
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Land
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.)
: 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
Land
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Unusual Critters
Flaming Tyrannosaurus
Menace
Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this creature deals 3 damage to any target. Then put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, this creature deals 3 damage to any target. Then put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
Creature - Dinosaur
Sabertooth Cobra
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player gets a poison counter. The player gets another poison counter at the beginning of their next upkeep unless they pay before that step. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
Creature - Snake
Unusual Critters
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Maybeboard
Hog-Monkey
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Exhaust — : Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Exhaust — : Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Creature - Boar Monkey
Mongoose Lizard
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.
Mountaincycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to any target.
Mountaincycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature - Lizard Mongoose
Maybeboard
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