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Anthem

Qty: 2 Price: $0.84
Dralnu's Crusade
All Goblins get +1/+1.
All Goblins are black and are Zombies in addition to their other creature types.
Enchantment
Dralnu's Crusade (dmr) 189
Valor
First strike
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Plains, creatures you control have first strike.
Creature - Incarnation
Valor (jud) 32

Anthem

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Burn

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35
Aether Charge
Whenever a Beast you control enters, you may have it deal 4 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Enchantment
Aether Charge (ons) 184

Burn

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Counters

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Energy Chamber
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact creature.
• Put a charge counter on target noncreature artifact.
Artifact
Energy Chamber (ddf) 64
Gainsay
Counter target blue spell.
Instant
Gainsay (ths) 49
Unspeakable Symbol
Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (plst) SCG-79

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Creature

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Arc-Slogger
, Exile the top ten cards of your library: This creature deals 2 damage to any target.
Creature - Beast
Arc-Slogger (mrd) 85
Atogatog
Sacrifice an Atog creature: Atogatog gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Legendary Creature - Atog
Atogatog (ody) 286
Pardic Miner
Sacrifice this creature: Target player can't play lands this turn.
Creature - Dwarf
Pardic Miner (ody) 212
Proteus Machine
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, it becomes the creature type of your choice. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Creature Artifact - Shapeshifter
Proteus Machine (scg) 141
Skyshroud Cutter
If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have each other player gain 5 life.
Creature - Beast
Skyshroud Cutter (nem) 118
Spiteful Bully
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 3 damage to target creature you control.
Creature - Zombie Mercenary Phyrexian
Spiteful Bully (nem) 72
Vermiculos
Whenever an artifact enters, this creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Creature - Horror
Vermiculos (mrd) 80

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Cycling

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Gempalm Avenger
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, Soldier creatures get +1/+1 and gain first strike until end of turn.
Creature - Human Soldier
Gempalm Avenger (ddo) 9

Cycling

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Discard

Qty: 4 Price: $13.04
Basking Rootwalla
: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
Madness
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Lizard
Basking Rootwalla (plst) DDD-2
Mind Swords
If you control a Swamp, you may sacrifice a creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each player exiles two cards from their hand.
Sorcery
Mind Swords (nem) 60
Psychatog
Discard a card: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Exile two cards from your graveyard: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Atog
Psychatog (ody) 292
Wrench Mind
Target player discards two cards unless they discard an artifact card.
Sorcery
Wrench Mind (plst) IMA-115

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Drain

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Disciple of the Vault
Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may have target opponent lose 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Disciple of the Vault (2xm) 86
Shepherd of Rot
: Each player loses 1 life for each Zombie on the battlefield.
Creature - Cleric Zombie
Shepherd of Rot (plst) ONS-168

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Draw

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Airborne Aid
Draw a card for each Bird on the battlefield.
Sorcery
Airborne Aid (ons) 62
Commune with Nature
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Sorcery
Commune with Nature (woe) 166
Deep Analysis
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—
, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Deep Analysis (soc) 194
Excavation
, Sacrifice a land: Draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.
Enchantment
Excavation (pcy) 33
Future Sight
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.
Enchantment
Future Sight (mh1) 53
Information Dealer
: Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of Wizards on the battlefield, then put them back in any order.
Creature - Human Wizard
Information Dealer (ons) 88
Liar's Pendulum
,
: Choose a card name. Target opponent guesses whether a card with that name is in your hand. You may reveal your hand. If you do and your opponent guessed wrong, draw a card.
Artifact
Liar's Pendulum (mrd) 196
Machinate
Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Instant
Machinate (dst) 24
Primitive Etchings
Reveal the first card you draw each turn. Whenever you reveal a creature card this way, draw a card.
Enchantment
Primitive Etchings (scg) 126
Riptide Director
,
: Draw a card for each Wizard you control.
Creature - Human Wizard
Riptide Director (plst) LGN-50
Slate of Ancestry
,
, Discard your hand: Draw a card for each creature you control.
Artifact
Slate of Ancestry (ons) 310
Spy Network
Look at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures they control. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
Instant
Spy Network (ons) 115
Whirlpool Rider
When this creature enters, shuffle the cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.
Creature - Merfolk
Whirlpool Rider (apc) 35
Words of Wisdom
You draw two cards, then each other player draws a card.
Instant
Words of Wisdom (ody) 114
Worldly Counsel
Domain — Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Instant
Worldly Counsel (con) 39
Zoologist
,
: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.
Creature - Human Druid
Zoologist (ody) 285

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Evasion

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Dance of Shadows
Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain fear until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Sorcery - Arcane
Dance of Shadows (chk) 108
Dwarven Grunt
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
Creature - Dwarf
Dwarven Grunt (plst) ODY-185

Evasion

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Finisher

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Nim Shrieker
Flying
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Creature - Zombie
Nim Shrieker (mrd) 73
Silvos, Rogue Elemental
Trample
: Regenerate Silvos.
Legendary Creature - Elemental
Silvos, Rogue Elemental (plst) ONS-282

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Land

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Contested Cliffs
: Add
.
,
: Target Beast creature you control fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Land
Contested Cliffs (c13) 282
Grand Coliseum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Grand Coliseum (ons) 319
Mirrodin's Core
: Add
.
: Put a charge counter on this land.
, Remove a charge counter from this land: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mirrodin's Core (plst) DST-165
Riftstone Portal
: Add
.
As long as this card is in your graveyard, lands you control have "
: Add
or
."
Land
Riftstone Portal (jud) 143
Terrain Generator
: Add
.
,
: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Land
Terrain Generator (clb) 926
Unholy Grotto
: Add
.
,
: Put target Zombie card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land
Unholy Grotto (drc) 182

Land

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Land Destruction

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Bend or Break
Each player separates all nontoken lands they control into two piles. For each player, one of their piles is chosen by one of their opponents of their choice. Destroy all lands in the chosen piles. Tap all lands in the other piles.
Sorcery
Bend or Break (inv) 137
Trench Wurm
,
: Destroy target nonbasic land.
Creature - Wurm
Trench Wurm (inv) 127

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Mill

Qty: 4 Price: $4.12
Cephalid Vandal
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a shred counter on this creature. Then mill a card for each shred counter on this creature.
Creature - Rogue Octopus
Cephalid Vandal (tor) 31
False Memories
Mill seven cards. At the beginning of the next end step, exile seven cards from your graveyard.
Instant
False Memories (tor) 37
Leveler
When this creature enters, exile all cards from your library.
Creature Artifact - Juggernaut
Leveler (plst) MRD-195
Think Tank
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Enchantment
Think Tank (ody) 104

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Protection

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Aboshan's Desire
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Threshold — Enchanted creature has shroud as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Enchantment - Aura
Aboshan's Desire (ody) 59
Alexi's Cloak
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Enchantment - Aura
Alexi's Cloak (pcy) 29
Coalition Flag
Enchant creature you control
Enchanted creature is a Flagbearer.
While an opponent is choosing targets as part of casting a spell they control or activating an ability they control, that player must choose at least one Flagbearer on the battlefield if able.
Enchantment - Aura
Coalition Flag (apc) 2
Divine Light
Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to creatures you control.
Sorcery
Divine Light (apc) 8
Earnest Fellowship
Each creature has protection from its colors.
Enchantment
Earnest Fellowship (plst) ODY-21
Ethereal Haze
Prevent all damage that would be dealt by creatures this turn.
Instant - Arcane
Ethereal Haze (chk) 9
Hallow
Prevent all damage target spell would deal this turn. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.
Instant
Hallow (dst) 4
Hold the Line
Blocking creatures get +7/+7 until end of turn.
Instant
Hold the Line (ddn) 66
Karmic Justice
Whenever a spell or ability an opponent controls destroys a noncreature permanent you control, you may destroy target permanent that opponent controls.
Enchantment
Karmic Justice (c15) 72
Obstinate Familiar
If you would draw a card, you may skip that draw instead.
Creature - Lizard
Obstinate Familiar (ody) 210
Sivvi's Ruse
If an opponent controls a Mountain and you control a Plains, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn to creatures you control.
Instant
Sivvi's Ruse (nem) 21
Slagwurm Armor
Equipped creature gets +0/+6.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature leaves.)
Artifact - Equipment
Slagwurm Armor (mrd) 243
Snag
You may discard a Forest card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt by unblocked creatures this turn.
Instant
Snag (pcy) 124
Spore Frog
Sacrifice this creature: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Creature - Frog
Spore Frog (blc) 238
Welding Jar
Sacrifice this artifact: Regenerate target artifact.
Artifact
Welding Jar (2xm) 307

Protection

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Pump

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Astral Steel
Target creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Instant
Astral Steel (scg) 2
Downhill Charge
You may sacrifice a Mountain rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Mountains you control.
Instant
Downhill Charge (ddi) 69
Lashknife
If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has first strike.
Enchantment - Aura
Lashknife (nem) 9
Nim Lasher
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Creature - Zombie
Nim Lasher (mrd) 71
Vigilance
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has vigilance. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)
Enchantment - Aura
Vigilance (chk) 49

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Ramp

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Annex
Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. This card enters attached to that land.)
You control enchanted land.
Enchantment - Aura
Annex (plst) ONS-63
Brightstone Ritual
Add
for each Goblin on the battlefield.
Instant
Brightstone Ritual (plst) ONS-191
Charmed Pendant
, Mill a card: For each colored mana symbol in the milled card's mana cost, add one mana of that color. Activate only as an instant. (For example, if the card's mana cost is
, you add
.)
Artifact
Charmed Pendant (ody) 298
Cryptic Gateway
Tap two untapped creatures you control: You may put a creature card from your hand that shares a creature type with each creature tapped this way onto the battlefield.
Artifact
Cryptic Gateway (dmr) 218
Daru Warchief
Soldier spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Soldier creatures you control get +1/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Daru Warchief (scg) 6
Desperate Ritual
Add
.
Splice onto Arcane
(As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)
Instant - Arcane
Desperate Ritual (uma) 127
Dream Chisel
Face-down creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Dream Chisel (ons) 308
Edgewalker
Cleric spells you cast cost
less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay. (For example, if you cast a Cleric spell with mana cost
, it costs
to cast.)
Creature - Human Cleric
Edgewalker (plst) SCG-137
Elfhame Sanctuary
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. If you do, you skip your draw step this turn.
Enchantment
Elfhame Sanctuary (inv) 185
Elvish Pioneer
When this creature enters, you may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elvish Pioneer (8ed) 243
Firebrand Ranger
,
: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Creature - Human Soldier Ranger
Firebrand Ranger (inv) 143
Goblin Clearcutter
, Sacrifice a Forest: Add three mana in any combination of
and/or
.
Creature - Goblin
Goblin Clearcutter (lgn) 96
Honor-Worn Shaku
: Add
.
Tap an untapped legendary permanent you control: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Honor-Worn Shaku (chk) 254
Krark-Clan Stoker
, Sacrifice an artifact: Add
.
Creature - Goblin Shaman
Krark-Clan Stoker (dst) 65
Krosan Warchief
Beast spells you cast cost
less to cast.
: Regenerate target Beast.
Creature - Beast
Krosan Warchief (c13) 155
Mana Cache
At the beginning of each player's end step, put a charge counter on this enchantment for each untapped land that player controls.
Remove a charge counter from this enchantment: Add
. Any player may activate this ability but only during their turn before the end step.
Enchantment
Mana Cache (nem) 92
Mana Seism
Sacrifice any number of lands, then add that much
.
Sorcery
Mana Seism (chk) 179
Mistform Warchief
Creature spells you cast that share a creature type with this creature cost
less to cast.
: This creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn.
Creature - Illusion
Mistform Warchief (scg) 43
Scouting Trek
Search your library for any number of basic land cards, reveal those cards, then shuffle and put them on top.
Sorcery
Scouting Trek (inv) 210
Sprouting Vines
Search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
Instant
Sprouting Vines (c13) 173
Tangleroot
Whenever a player casts a creature spell, that player adds
.
Artifact
Tangleroot (mrd) 259

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Recursion

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Endless Whispers
Each creature has "When this creature dies, choose target opponent. That player puts this card from its owner's graveyard onto the battlefield under their control at the beginning of the next end step."
Enchantment
Endless Whispers (5dn) 49
Gravespawn Sovereign
Tap five untapped Zombies you control: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Creature - Zombie
Gravespawn Sovereign (scd) 79
Life
All lands you control become 1/1 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.
Sorcery
Life // Death (dmr) 216
Nim Devourer
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then sacrifice a creature. Activate only during your upkeep.
Creature - Zombie
Nim Devourer (mrd) 70
Roar of Reclamation
Each player returns all artifact cards from their graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Roar of Reclamation (5dn) 14
Shaman's Trance
Other players can't play lands or cast spells from their graveyards this turn. You may play lands and cast spells from other players' graveyards this turn as though those cards were in your graveyard.
Instant
Shaman's Trance (jud) 98
Stitch Together
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Threshold — Return that card from your graveyard to the battlefield instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Sorcery
Stitch Together (fic) 286
Yawgmoth's Agenda
You can't cast more than one spell each turn.
You may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard.
If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
Enchantment
Yawgmoth's Agenda (plst) INV-135

Recursion

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Removal

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Abolish
You may discard a Plains card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Abolish (plst) PCY-1
Assert Authority
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Assert Authority (mrd) 30
Aura Fracture
Sacrifice a land: Destroy target enchantment.
Enchantment
Aura Fracture (pcy) 2
Avenger en-Dal
,
, Discard a card: Exile target attacking creature. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.
Creature - Human Spellshaper
Avenger en-Dal (nem) 2
Balancing Act
Each player chooses a number of permanents they control equal to the number of permanents controlled by the player who controls the fewest, then sacrifices the rest. Each player discards cards the same way.
Sorcery
Balancing Act (ody) 10
Bloodthirsty Ogre
: Put a devotion counter on this creature.
: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of devotion counters on this creature. Activate only if you control a Demon.
Creature - Warrior Shaman Ogre
Bloodthirsty Ogre (chk) 104
Circular Logic
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
for each card in your graveyard.
Madness
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Instant
Circular Logic (dmr) 42
Deconstruct
Destroy target artifact. Add
.
Sorcery
Deconstruct (mrd) 118
Denying Wind
Search target player's library for up to seven cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
Sorcery
Denying Wind (plst) PCY-32
Devour in Shadow
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. You lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Instant
Devour in Shadow (5dn) 46
Do or Die
Separate all creatures target player controls into two piles. Destroy all creatures in the pile of that player's choice. They can't be regenerated.
Sorcery
Do or Die (inv) 102
Massacre
If an opponent controls a Plains and you control a Swamp, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Sorcery
Massacre (plst) NEM-58
Mogg Salvage
If an opponent controls an Island and you control a Mountain, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Destroy target artifact.
Instant
Mogg Salvage (mh2) 282
Override
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
for each artifact you control.
Instant
Override (mrd) 45
Proteus Staff
,
: Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library. That creature's controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. The player puts that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in any order. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Proteus Staff (mrd) 230
Rout
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay
more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
Sorcery
Rout (c21) 101
Shrapnel Blast
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact.
Shrapnel Blast deals 5 damage to any target.
Instant
Shrapnel Blast (ddu) 48
Skirk Fire Marshal
Protection from red
Tap five untapped Goblins you control: This creature deals 10 damage to each creature and each player.
Creature - Goblin
Skirk Fire Marshal (plst) ONS-229
Terminate
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Terminate (ecc) 134
Wash Out
Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Wash Out (2x2) 67
Wax
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Instant
Wax // Wane (dmr) 211

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Sac Outlet

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Fanatical Devotion
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate target creature.
Enchantment
Fanatical Devotion (plst) NEM-8
Lithatog
Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Sacrifice a land: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Atog
Lithatog (ody) 289
Megatog
Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.
Creature - Atog
Megatog (mrd) 100
Nim Shambler
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate this creature.
Creature - Zombie
Nim Shambler (mrd) 72
Phantatog
Sacrifice an enchantment: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Discard a card: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Atog
Phantatog (ody) 291
Sarcatog
Exile two cards from your graveyard: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Atog
Sarcatog (ody) 293
Thaumatog
Sacrifice a land: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Sacrifice an enchantment: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Atog
Thaumatog (ody) 295

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Stronghold Gambit
Each player chooses a card in their hand. Then each player reveals their chosen card. The owner of each creature card revealed this way with the lowest mana value puts it onto the battlefield.
Sorcery
Stronghold Gambit (nem) 100
Tombfire
Target player exiles all cards with flashback from their graveyard.
Sorcery
Tombfire (ody) 165

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Stax

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Damping Matrix
Activated abilities of artifacts and creatures can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Artifact
Damping Matrix (mm3) 218
Fatespinner
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player chooses draw step, main phase, or combat phase. The player skips each instance of the chosen step or phase this turn.
Creature - Human Wizard
Fatespinner (plst) MRD-36
Ground Seal
When this enchantment enters, draw a card.
Cards in graveyards can't be the targets of spells or abilities.
Enchantment
Ground Seal (c18) 149
Hum of the Radix
Each artifact spell costs
more to cast for each artifact its controller controls.
Enchantment
Hum of the Radix (mrd) 122
Ice Cave
Whenever a player casts a spell, any other player may pay that spell's mana cost. If a player does, counter the spell. (Mana cost includes color.)
Enchantment
Ice Cave (plst) APC-24
Imi Statue
Players can't untap more than one artifact during their untap steps.
Artifact
Imi Statue (chk) 255
Pale Moon
Until end of turn, if a player taps a nonbasic land for mana, it produces colorless mana instead of any other type.
Instant
Pale Moon (nem) 36
Temporal Distortion
Whenever a creature or land becomes tapped, put an hourglass counter on it.
Each permanent with an hourglass counter on it doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, remove all hourglass counters from permanents that player controls.
Enchantment
Temporal Distortion (inv) 79

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Theft

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Phyrexian Infiltrator
: Exchange control of this creature and target creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Creature - Minion Phyrexian
Phyrexian Infiltrator (plst) INV-116
Planeswalker's Mischief
: Target opponent reveals a card at random from their hand. If it's an instant or sorcery card, exile it. You may cast it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. At the beginning of the next end step, if you haven't cast it, return it to its owner's hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
Enchantment
Planeswalker's Mischief (pls) 29

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Tokens

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Angelic Favor
If you control a Plains, you may tap an untapped creature you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Cast this spell only during combat.
Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.
Instant
Angelic Favor (plst) NEM-1
Dual Nature
Whenever a nontoken creature enters, its controller creates a token that's a copy of that creature.
Whenever a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield, exile all tokens with the same name as that creature.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, exile all tokens created with this enchantment.
Enchantment
Dual Nature (pcy) 112
Meloku the Clouded Mirror
Flying
, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Moonfolk
Meloku the Clouded Mirror (cmr) 399
Nuisance Engine
,
: Create a 0/1 colorless Pest artifact creature token.
Artifact
Nuisance Engine (plst) HOP-121

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Blood Speaker
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice this creature. If you do, search your library for a Demon card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a Demon you control enters, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Shaman Ogre
Blood Speaker (plst) CHK-103
Corpse Harvester
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a Zombie card and a Swamp card, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Corpse Harvester (plst) LGN-62
Divining Witch
,
, Discard a card: Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Creature - Human Spellshaper
Divining Witch (plst) NEM-57
Dwarven Recruiter
When this creature enters, search your library for any number of Dwarf cards, reveal them, then shuffle and put those cards on top in any order.
Creature - Dwarf
Dwarven Recruiter (plst) ODY-186
Eerie Procession
Search your library for an Arcane card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery - Arcane
Eerie Procession (chk) 58
Extract
Search target player's library for a card and exile it. Then that player shuffles.
Sorcery
Extract (ody) 85
Long-Term Plans
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card third from the top.
Instant
Long-Term Plans (plst) SCG-38
Spoils of the Vault
Choose a card name. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with that name, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.
Instant
Spoils of the Vault (uma) 116
Steelshaper Apprentice
,
, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Search your library for an Equipment card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Soldier
Steelshaper Apprentice (dst) 15
Taj-Nar Swordsmith
When this creature enters, you may pay
. If you do, search your library for an Equipment card with mana value X or less, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Soldier Cat
Taj-Nar Swordsmith (c17) 77
Time of Need
Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Time of Need (chk) 247

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Call to Glory
Untap all creatures you control. Samurai creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Instant
Call to Glory (chk) 4

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Deck Info

Deck stats

39 pips - 31 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
46 pips - 36 cards
5 mana - 3 cards
46 pips - 34 cards
4 mana - 3 cards
30 pips - 26 cards
10 mana - 7 cards
28 pips - 23 cards
8 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
9 mana - 9 cards
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