Staxmaxing • (Esper Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $1.99

Zur the Enchanter

Flying
Whenever Zur attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$1.99 $1.53 $1.02

Commander

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Backup

Qty: 2 Price: $3.78

All That Glitters

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.79 $0.89 $0.36

The Master of Keys

Flying
When The Master of Keys enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it and mill twice X cards.
Each enchantment card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)

Legendary Creature Enchantment - Horror

$2.99 $2.82 $0.28

Backup

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Copy

Qty: 3 Price: $6.47

Copy Enchantment

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any enchantment on the battlefield.

Enchantment

$2.49 $1.70 $1.50

Estrid's Invocation

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of an enchantment you control, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile this enchantment. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Enchantment

$0.99 $1.01 $0.41

Mirrormade

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any artifact or enchantment on the battlefield.

Enchantment

$2.99 $2.96 $2.32

Copy

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Counters

Qty: 6 Price: $8.42

Countersquall

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant

$1.29 $0.53 $0.51

Dazzling Denial

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

. If you control a Bird, counter that spell unless its controller pays

instead.

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Dimir Charm

Choose one —
• Counter target sorcery spell.
• Destroy target creature with power 2 or less.
• Look at the top three cards of target player's library. Put one back and the rest into that player's graveyard.

Instant

$0.59 $0.47 $0.30

Disdainful Stroke

Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$5.49 $4.01 $2.91

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.37 $0.15

Counters

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Creature

Qty: 3 Price: $5.77

Eiganjo Dynastorian

Vigilance
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Advisor Fox

Eiganjo Dynastorian // Replenish (soc) 13

$0.99 $0.87 $0.26

Killian, Decisive Mentor

Whenever an enchantment you control enters, tap up to one target creature and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever one or more creatures that are enchanted by an Aura you control attack, draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Warlock

$1.99 $0.80 $0.15

Notion Thief

Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature - Human Rogue

$2.79 $3.61 $1.47

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Legendary Artifact Enchantment

$0.49 $0.47 $0.33

Draw

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $2.99

Steel of the Godhead

Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is white, it gets +1/+1 and has lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
As long as enchanted creature is blue, it gets +1/+1 and can't be blocked.

Enchantment - Aura

$2.99 $1.95 $1.66

Evasion

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Hatebears

Qty: 5 Price: $25.05

Aven Mindcensor

Flash
Flying
If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Creature - Wizard Bird

$14.99 $16.05 $10.68

Clarion Conqueror

Flying
Activated abilities of artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers can't be activated.

Creature - Dragon

$5.49 $2.05 $2.70

Hokori, Dust Drinker

Lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player untaps a land they control.

Legendary Creature - Spirit

$2.79 $1.87 $1.16

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

First strike
Noncreature spells cost

more to cast.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$1.29 $0.40 $0.29

Tocatli Honor Guard

Creatures entering don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Hatebears

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Land

Qty: 35 Price: $21.05

Adarkar Wastes

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$0.69 $0.38 $0.29

Ancient Spring

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Add

Land

$0.39 $0.20 $0.15

Arcane Sanctum

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$1.29 $0.46 $0.30

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.69 $0.36 $0.23

Darkwater Catacombs

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.28 $0.20

Desolate Mire

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.34 $0.15

Fetid Heath

: Add

, or

Land

$0.99 $0.43 $0.26

Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.36 $0.17

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.12 $0.15

Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.

: Add

Land

$1.29 $1.43 $0.65

Obscura Storefront

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Plains

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: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Prairie Stream

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Plains Island

$0.49 $0.27 $0.20

River of Tears

: Add

. If you played a land this turn, add

instead.

Land

$0.79 $0.79 $0.50

Seachrome Coast

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.

: Add

Land

$0.99 $0.37 $0.18

Skycloud Expanse

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.20 $0.15

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.13 $0.15

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

Land

$0.59 $0.34 $0.18

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

Land

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

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

Land

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Land

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Land Destruction

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Global Ruin

Each player chooses from the lands they control a land of each basic land type, then sacrifices the rest.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.38 $0.20

Land Destruction

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Locks

Qty: 2 Price: $3.08

Pariah

Enchant creature
All damage that would be dealt to you is dealt to enchanted creature instead.

Enchantment - Aura

$2.29 $2.16 $1.74

Solitary Confinement

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you discard a card.
Skip your draw step.
You have shroud. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

Enchantment

$0.79 $0.58 $0.34

Locks

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Protection

Qty: 6 Price: $39.84

Aegis of the Gods

You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature Enchantment - Human Soldier

$2.79 $1.00 $0.60

Diplomatic Immunity

Enchant creature
Shroud (A permanent with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Enchanted creature has shroud.

Enchantment - Aura

$1.79 $3.10 $0.97

Greater Auramancy

Other enchantments you control have shroud. (A permanent with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Enchanted creatures you control have shroud.

Enchantment

$24.99 $21.22 $20.73

Island Sanctuary

If you would draw a card during your draw step, instead you may skip that draw. If you do, until your next turn, you can't be attacked except by creatures with flying and/or islandwalk.

Enchantment

$4.49 $3.85 $1.46

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.99 $3.32 $2.90

Shielded by Faith

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has indestructible.
Whenever a creature enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.79 $0.39 $0.15

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 14 Price: $20.16

Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.79 $0.75 $0.50

Azorius Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.79 $0.32 $0.21

Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

Artifact

$1.49 $0.35 $0.30

Dimir Signet

: Add

Artifact

$2.49 $1.31 $1.22

Fellwar Stone

: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact

$1.99 $1.55 $1.17

Marble Diamond

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

Artifact

$0.59 $0.30 $0.25

Mind Stone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.49 $0.34

Obsidian Obelisk

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a multicolored spell.

Artifact

$1.29 $0.60 $0.19

Orzhov Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.99 $0.36 $0.31

Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

Artifact

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$3.49 $1.86 $1.76

Talisman of Dominance

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$2.79 $2.23 $1.82

Talisman of Hierarchy

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.49 $0.32

Talisman of Progress

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.47 $0.27

Ramp

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Removal

Qty: 6 Price: $4.26

Banishing Light

When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Darksteel Mutation

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature is an Insect artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/1 and has indestructible, and it loses all other abilities, card types, and creature types.

Enchantment - Aura

$1.79 $1.70 $0.93

Grasp of Fate

When this enchantment enters, for each opponent, exile up to one target nonland permanent that player controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. (Those permanents return under their owners' control.)

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.36 $0.25

Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "

: Add

" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.69 $0.34 $0.20

Minimus Containment

Enchant nonland permanent
Enchanted permanent is a Treasure artifact with "

, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color," and it loses all other abilities. (If it was a creature, it's no longer a creature.)

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Oblivion Ring

When this enchantment enters, exile another target nonland permanent.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.24 $0.15

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 14 Price: $39.62

Back to Basics

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Enchantment

$4.99 $3.05 $2.00

Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay

. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment

$6.49 $4.76 $4.27

Confounding Conundrum

When this enchantment enters, draw a card.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player had another land enter the battlefield under their control this turn, they return a land they control to its owner's hand.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.54 $0.35

Desolation

At the beginning of each end step, each player who tapped a land for mana this turn sacrifices a land of their choice. This enchantment deals 2 damage to each player who sacrificed a Plains this way.

Enchantment

$1.49 $1.26 $0.52

Drana and Linvala

Flying, vigilance
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Legendary Creature - Vampire Angel

$7.49 $6.08 $5.66

Lunar Force

When an opponent casts a spell, sacrifice this enchantment and counter that spell.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Mana Breach

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player returns a land they control to its owner's hand.

Enchantment

$1.29 $0.84 $0.40

Oppression

Whenever a player casts a spell, that player discards a card.

Enchantment

$3.99 $3.42 $2.21

Phyrexian Censor

Each player can't cast more than one non-Phyrexian spell each turn.
Non-Phyrexian creatures enter tapped.

Creature - Wizard Phyrexian

$0.39 $0.30 $0.15

Rest in Peace

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards.
If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment

$1.79 $0.86 $0.35

Rule of Law

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Enchantment

$0.79 $0.45 $0.15

Solemnity

Players can't get counters.
Counters can't be put on artifacts, creatures, enchantments, or lands.

Enchantment

$8.49 $9.23 $7.25

Spirit of the Labyrinth

Each player can't draw more than one card each turn.

Creature Enchantment - Spirit

$0.79 $0.73 $0.20

Suppression Field

Activated abilities cost

more to activate unless they're mana abilities.

Enchantment

$0.59 $0.64 $0.18

Stax

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Sideboard

Qty: 3 Price: $7.33

Curse of Verbosity

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, you draw a card. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.

Enchantment - Aura Curse

$0.99 $0.47 $0.19

Inevitable End

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has "At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature."

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

Enchantment

$5.99 $10.07 $5.06

Sideboard

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Maybeboard

Qty: 7 Price: $44.53

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant

$1.29 $0.63 $0.15

Collective Restraint

Domain — Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Enchantment

$11.99 $13.19 $11.46

Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact

$9.99 $9.55 $8.21

Gift of Immortality

Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Return this card to the battlefield attached to that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.79 $0.40 $0.15

Norn's Annex

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays

for each of those creatures.

Artifact

$6.99 $5.55 $4.38

Reconnaissance

: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. (If you activate during end of combat, the creature will untap after it deals combat damage.)

Enchantment

$7.49 $6.24 $4.61

Sphere of Safety

Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays

for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

Enchantment

$5.99 $4.67 $3.54

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $183.46

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.58Total Mana Value: 168.00

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Backup

Commander

Copy

Counters

Creature

Discard

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Evasion

Hatebears

Land

Land Destruction

Locks

Protection

Pump

Ramp

Removal

Stax

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37 pips - 32 cards

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30 mana - 28 cards

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23 pips - 21 cards

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27 mana - 27 cards

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11 pips - 9 cards

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27 mana - 25 cards

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10 mana - 9 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.58Total Mana Value: 168.00

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