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Commander

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Zaxara, the Exemplary
Deathtouch
: Add two mana of any one color.
Whenever you cast a spell with
in its mana cost, create a 0/0 green Hydra creature token, then put X +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Hydra
Zaxara, the Exemplary (c20) 20

Commander

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Counters (Bonus)

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Branching Evolution
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Corpsejack Menace
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Creature - Fungus
Corpsejack Menace (cm2) 152
Growth Curve
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then double the number of +1/+1 counters on that creature.
Sorcery
Growth Curve (sos) 193
Hardened Scales
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Enchantment
Hardened Scales (soc) 272
Sage of the Fang
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Renew —
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature, then double the number of +1/+1 counters on that creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Human Druid
Sage of the Fang (tdm) 155
Winding Constrictor
If one or more counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters are put on that permanent instead.
If you would get one or more counters, you get that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters instead.
Creature - Snake
Winding Constrictor (aer) 140

Counters (Bonus)

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Counterspells

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Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (scd) 58
Repulsive Mutation
Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Then counter up to one target spell unless its controller pays mana equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
Instant
Repulsive Mutation (mkm) 227
Spectral Denial
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Spectral Denial (tdm) 58
Whirlwind Denial
For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Whirlwind Denial (thb) 81

Counterspells

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Draw

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Curiosity Crafter
Flying
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever a creature token you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Bird
Curiosity Crafter (soc) 191
Mind into Matter
Draw X cards. Then you may put a permanent card with mana value X or less from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Mind into Matter (sos) 202
Mind Spring
Draw X cards.
Sorcery
Mind Spring (blb) 389
Open into Wonder
X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
Sorcery
Open into Wonder (znc) 34
Pull from Tomorrow
Draw X cards, then discard a card.
Instant
Pull from Tomorrow (blc) 172
Silver Scrutiny
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if X is 3 or less.
Draw X cards.
Sorcery
Silver Scrutiny (dmu) 65

Draw

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Engine

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Geometer's Arthropod
Whenever you cast a spell with
in its mana cost, look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Creature - Crab Fractal
Geometer's Arthropod (sos) 191
Lattice Library
This enchantment enters with X study counters on it.
When this enchantment enters and whenever you cast your first spell with
in its mana cost each turn, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of study counters on this enchantment.
Enchantment
Lattice Library (soc) 40
Owlin Spiralmancer
Flying, vigilance
Whenever you cast your first spell with
in its mana cost each turn, you may copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Creature - Wizard Bird
Owlin Spiralmancer (soc) 22

Engine

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Evasion

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Driven
Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
Sorcery
Driven // Despair (hou) 157
Drix Fatemaker
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
Warp
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Wizard Drix
Drix Fatemaker (eoe) 178
Garruk's Uprising
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (ecc) 109

Evasion

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Hydras (And pretenders)

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Broodguard Elite
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, put its counters on target creature you control.
Warp
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Knight Insect
Broodguard Elite (eoe) 175
Capricopian
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then you may reselect which player this creature is attacking. Only the player this creature is attacking may activate this ability and only during the declare attackers step. (It can't attack its controller.)
Creature - Hydra Goat
Capricopian (c20) 58
Fractal Harness
When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it and attach this Equipment to it.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Fractal Harness (soc) 268
Hydroid Krasis
When you cast this spell, you gain half X life and draw half X cards. Round down each time.
Flying, trample
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Beast Jellyfish Hydra
Hydroid Krasis (soc) 315
Ingenious Prodigy
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, draw a card.
Creature - Human Wizard
Ingenious Prodigy (soc) 115
Nyxborn Hydra
Bestow
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Reach, trample
This permanent enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on this Aura and has reach and trample.
Creature Enchantment - Hydra
Nyxborn Hydra (mh3) 164
Pterafractyl
Flying
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life.
Creature - Dinosaur Fractal
Pterafractyl (sos) 215
Stonecoil Serpent
Reach, trample, protection from multicolored
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature Artifact - Snake
Stonecoil Serpent (soc) 356
The Goose Mother
Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.
Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Bird Hydra
The Goose Mother (soc) 312

Hydras (And pretenders)

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Land

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Blooming Marsh
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Blooming Marsh (otj) 266
Botanical Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Botanical Sanctum (otj) 267
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Darkslick Shores
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Darkslick Shores (otc) 281
Dismal Backwater
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dismal Backwater (tdm) 254
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (tdm) 255
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (ecl) 278
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (ecl) 275
Jungle Hollow
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Jungle Hollow (tdm) 258
Opulent Palace
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Opulent Palace (ecc) 157
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (soc) 400
Secret Tunnel
This land can't be blocked.
: Add
.
,
: Two target creatures you control that share a creature type can't be blocked this turn.
Land - Cave
Secret Tunnel (tla) 278
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (ecl) 276
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 Malady
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 Malady (soc) 413
Temple of Mystery
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 Mystery (soc) 414
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (ecc) 169
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (tdm) 269

Land

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Protection

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Revitalizing Repast
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove (mh3) 256Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove (mh3) 256
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 (soc) 286
Snakeskin Veil
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Snakeskin Veil (tdm) 159
Tyvar's Stand
Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Tyvar's Stand (soc) 291

Protection

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Protection (Proactive)

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Lavaspur Boots
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste and ward
. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lavaspur Boots (otj) 243
Leather Armor
Equipped creature gets +0/+1 and has ward
. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
. Activate only once each turn.
Artifact - Equipment
Leather Armor (afr) 248
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (tdc) 102
Siren Stormtamer
Flying
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.
Creature - Wizard Pirate Siren
Siren Stormtamer (lcc) 171
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 (Proactive)

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Ramp

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Animist's Awakening
Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put all land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap those lands.
Sorcery
Animist's Awakening (soc) 261
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
Elvish Mystic
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elvish Mystic (soc) 266
Explore
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Explore (j25) 146
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (eoc) 50
Growth Spiral
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Growth Spiral (dsc) 88
Llanowar Scout
: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Creature - Elf Scout
Llanowar Scout (dom) 170
Open the Way
X can't be greater than the number of players in the game.
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal X land cards. Put those land cards onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Open the Way (soc) 280
Planar Genesis
Look at the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't, put a card from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Instant
Planar Genesis (mh3) 198
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (tdc) 265
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Shaman Snake
Sakura-Tribe Elder (soc) 285
Shared Roots
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery - Lesson
Shared Roots (tla) 196
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (m3c) 305
Studious First-Year
This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Wizard Bear
Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth (sos) 162

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Removal

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Attempted Murder
Choose target creature. Roll X six-sided dice. For each even result, put two -1/-1 counters on that creature. For each odd result, create a 1/2 blue Bird creature token with flying named Storm Crow.
Sorcery
Attempted Murder (plst) UNF-66
Curse of the Swine
Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.
Sorcery
Curse of the Swine (m3c) 179
Entrancing Melody
Gain control of target creature with mana value X.
Sorcery
Entrancing Melody (soc) 196
Erebos's Intervention
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.
• Exile up to twice X target cards from graveyards.
Instant
Erebos's Intervention (thb) 94
Slice from the Shadows
This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Instant
Slice from the Shadows (mkm) 103
Zero Point Ballad
Destroy all creatures with toughness X or less. You lose X life. If X is 6 or more, return a creature card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Zero Point Ballad (eoe) 128

Removal

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Maybeboard

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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 (soc) 294
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
Combine Chrysalis
Creature tokens you control have flying.
,
, Sacrifice a token: Create a 4/4 green Beast creature token. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Combine Chrysalis (moc) 319
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Instant
Essence Scatter (fdn) 153
Inspiring Call
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Instant
Inspiring Call (fdn) 226

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Mathemagics
Target player draws 2ˣ cards. (2⁰ = 1, 2¹ = 2, 2² = 4, 2³ = 8, 2⁴ = 16, 2⁵ = 32, and so on.)
Sorcery
Mathemagics (sos) 58
Stroke of Genius
Target player draws X cards.
Instant
Stroke of Genius (soc) 203

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Bender's Waterskin
Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Bender's Waterskin (tla) 255
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Cultivate (soc) 265
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
Llanowar Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Llanowar Elves (j25) 149
Roamer's Routine
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Harmonize
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by
, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)
Sorcery
Roamer's Routine (tdm) 154

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Doom Blade
Destroy target nonblack creature.
Instant
Doom Blade (ima) 87
Duskshell Crawler
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Creature - Insect
Duskshell Crawler (clu) 161
Elementalist's Palette
Whenever you cast a spell with
in its mana cost, put two charge counters on this artifact.
: Add one mana of any color.
: Add
for each charge counter on this artifact. Spend this mana only on costs that contain
.
Artifact
Elementalist's Palette (soc) 346
Fangkeeper's Familiar
Flash
When this creature enters, choose one —
• You gain 3 life and 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.)
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Counter target creature spell.
Creature - Snake
Fangkeeper's Familiar (tdm) 183
Gnarlid Colony
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Creature - Beast
Gnarlid Colony (fdn) 224
Go for the Throat
Destroy target nonartifact creature.
Instant
Go for the Throat (moc) 250
Muldrotha, the Gravetide
During each of your turns, you may play a land and cast a permanent spell of each permanent type from your graveyard. (If a card has multiple permanent types, choose one as you play it.)
Legendary Creature - Avatar Elemental
Muldrotha, the Gravetide (ecc) 128
Multiple Choice
If X is 1, scry 1, then draw a card.
If X is 2, you may choose a player. They return a creature they control to its owner's hand.
If X is 3, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.
If X is 4 or more, do all of the above.
Sorcery
Multiple Choice (stx) 48
Pest Infestation
Destroy up to X target artifacts and/or enchantments. Create twice X 1/1 black and green Pest creature tokens with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Sorcery
Pest Infestation (soc) 282
Rakshasa's Bargain
Look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Instant
Rakshasa's Bargain (tdm) 214
Riverwalk Technique
Choose one —
• The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
• Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Riverwalk Technique (tdm) 54

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Deck Info

Deck stats

0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
29 pips - 23 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
10 pips - 9 cards
17 mana - 16 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 3 cards
41 pips - 37 cards
23 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
4 mana - 3 cards
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