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{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is all about dumping permanents onto the battlefield to be sacrificed with the commander, Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked. Mono-red tends to run out of cards in hand quickly, so we'll be relying on eggs with card draw ETB effects to continue filling our hand while acting as permanents to be sacrificed. \n\nThe deck wins either through combat damage with a massively pumped up Shimatsu or non-combat damage through the deck's best cards, which are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Havoc Jester"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Weapons Manufacturing"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chandra's Ignition"}},{"insert":" . Since we have a lot of non-creatures in this deck, there are some non-creature synergies, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coruscation Mage"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Longshot, Rebel Bowman"}},{"insert":" , to whittle our opponents down while we try to draw into our win conditions. \n\nOhter big hitters include:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skittering Precursor"}},{"insert":", which combos really well with Havoc Jester and gives us a ton of spawns if we decide we want to sacrifice everything."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cori-Steel Cutter"}},{"insert":", enabling both the commander damage and token sacrifice strategies."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inspiring Statuary"}},{"insert":", allowing us to tap our eggs to help cast non-artifact spells. This is especially useful for our X cost spells."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Seize the Spotlight"}},{"insert":", which ordinarily is simply a good card, is massively powerful in our Shimatsu deck for enabling both card draw + token creation or creature theft for sacrifice."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nSome fun cards are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Insurrection"}},{"insert":", where we can steal our opponent's cards and play Shimatsu to sacrifice them, and - my personal favorite - "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spiteful Repossession"}},{"insert":", which allows us to sacrifice all our lands, burn players, and make treasures equal to the damage dealt.\n\nSome potential includes are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Warstorm Surge"}},{"insert":", more card draw effects like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faithless Looting"}},{"insert":", or effects synergistic with counters like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Uncivil Unrest"}},{"insert":". More ways to enable haste, like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rising of the Day"}},{"insert":", could be handy for strategies that rely on slamming with big damage. Otherwise, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fling"}},{"insert":" effects are great for non-combat damage. These go really well with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Ooze"}},{"insert":" , which can generate you more tokens as you sacrifice Shimatsu for damage.\n"}]}

Commander

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Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked
As Shimatsu enters, sacrifice any number of permanents. Shimatsu enters with that many +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Demon Spirit
Shimatsu the Bloodcloaked (chk) 186

Commander

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Artifact

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Alchemist's Vial
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature can't attack or block this turn.
Artifact
Alchemist's Vial (ori) 220
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
When Brass's Tunnel-Grinder enters, discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards plus one.
At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a bore counter on Brass's Tunnel-Grinder. Then if there are three or more bore counters on it, remove those counters and transform it. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)
Legendary Artifact
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift (lci) 135Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift (lci) 135
Cloud Key
As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery.
Spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Cloud Key (eoc) 54
Cori-Steel Cutter
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and haste.
Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess. You may attach this Equipment to it. (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, the token gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Cori-Steel Cutter (tdm) 103
Dreamstone Hedron
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw three cards.
Artifact
Dreamstone Hedron (m3c) 289
Elsewhere Flask
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
Sacrifice this artifact: Choose a basic land type. Each land you control becomes that type until end of turn.
Artifact
Elsewhere Flask (brr) 78
Endless Atlas
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if you control three or more lands with the same name.
Artifact
Endless Atlas (cmm) 947
Energy Refractor
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Energy Refractor (bro) 234
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (tdc) 318
Genji Glove
Equipped creature has double strike.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap it. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Genji Glove (fin) 258
Golden Egg
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
Artifact - Food
Golden Egg (eld) 220
Guidelight Matrix
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
: Target Mount you control becomes saddled until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
,
: Target Vehicle you control becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.
Artifact
Guidelight Matrix (dft) 233
Guild Globe
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of different colors.
Artifact
Guild Globe (war) 239
Haunted Cloak
Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Haunted Cloak (cmm) 389
Hedron Archive
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.
Artifact
Hedron Archive (fdn) 726
Ichor Wellspring
When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.
Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (mbs) 110
Inspiring Statuary
Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for
.)
Artifact
Inspiring Statuary (moc) 361
Instant Ramen
Flash
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
Artifact - Food
Instant Ramen (fin) 259
Lembas
When this artifact enters, scry 1, then draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner shuffles it into their library.
Artifact - Food
Lembas (ltr) 243
Omni-Cheese Pizza
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
Artifact - Food
Omni-Cheese Pizza (tmt) 176
Prismatic Lens
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Prismatic Lens (ema) 230
Prophetic Prism
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Prophetic Prism (j25) 758
Puca's Eye
When this artifact enters, draw a card, then choose a color. This artifact becomes the chosen color.
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if there are five colors among permanents you control.
Artifact
Puca's Eye (ecl) 259
Sleeper Dart
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Artifact
Sleeper Dart (iko) 240
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106
Spare Supplies
This artifact enters tapped.
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Spare Supplies (znr) 254
The Ooze
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it leaves the battlefield, create a Mutagen token for each +1/+1 counter on it. (A Mutagen token is an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.")
: Exile target card from a graveyard. Create a Mutagen token.
Legendary Artifact
The Ooze (tmt) 177
Thran Dynamo
: Add
.
Artifact
Thran Dynamo (plst) IMA-230
Wedding Invitation
When this artifact enters, draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. If it's a Vampire, it also gains lifelink until end of turn.
Artifact
Wedding Invitation (vow) 260

Artifact

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Creature

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Coruscation Mage
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Wizard Otter
Coruscation Mage (blb) 131
Havoc Jester
Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature - Devil
Havoc Jester (clu) 138
Ingenious Artillerist
Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.
Creature - Human Artificer
Ingenious Artillerist (clb) 182
Jhoira's Familiar
Flying
Historic spells you cast cost
less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Creature Artifact - Bird
Jhoira's Familiar (dom) 220
Longshot, Rebel Bowman
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Noncreature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Longshot deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Legendary Creature - Human Ally Rebel
Longshot, Rebel Bowman (tle) 120
Skittering Precursor
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Menace
Whenever you sacrifice a nontoken permanent, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add
."
Creature - Eldrazi Drone
Skittering Precursor (mh3) 137

Creature

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Enchantment

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Artist's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Noncreature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
: Level 3
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.
Enchantment - Class
Artist's Talent (blb) 124
Curse of Opulence
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Curse of Opulence (tdc) 209
Spiked Corridor
When you unlock this door, create three 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
(You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)
Enchantment - Room
Spiked Corridor // Torture Pit (dsc) 28
Tectonic Reformation
Each land card in your hand has cycling
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Enchantment
Tectonic Reformation (mh1) 149
Valakut Exploration
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.
At the beginning of your end step, if there are cards exiled with this enchantment, put them into their owner's graveyard, then this enchantment deals that much damage to each opponent.
Enchantment
Valakut Exploration (znr) 175
Weapons Manufacturing
Whenever a nontoken artifact you control enters, create a colorless artifact token named Munitions with "When this token leaves the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to any target."
Enchantment
Weapons Manufacturing (eoe) 168

Enchantment

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Instant

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Big Score
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Big Score (tdc) 206
Chaos Warp
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Instant
Chaos Warp (soc) 239
Demand Answers
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Demand Answers (mkm) 122
Kazuul's Fury
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Kazuul's Fury deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.
Instant
Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146
Kozilek's Command
Choose two —
• Target player creates X 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens with "Sacrifice this token: Add
."
• Target player scries X, then draws a card.
• Exile target creature with mana value X or less.
• Exile up to X target cards from graveyards.
Instant Kindred - Eldrazi
Kozilek's Command (mh3) 11
Unexpected Windfall
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Unexpected Windfall (afr) 164
Valakut Awakening
Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.
Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (plst) ZNR-174

Instant

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Land

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Arena of Glory
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
: Add
.
,
, Exert this land: Add
. If any of that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)
Land
Arena of Glory (mh3) 215
Demolition Field
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Demolition Field (fic) 385
Dwarven Mine
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Mountains.
When this land enters untapped, create a 1/1 red Dwarf creature token.
Land - Mountain
Dwarven Mine (plst) ELD-243
Forgotten Cave
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Forgotten Cave (j25) 766
Hall of the Bandit Lord
Hall of the Bandit Lord enters tapped.
, Pay 3 life: Add
. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste.
Legendary Land
Hall of the Bandit Lord (plst) CHK-277
Mines of Moria
Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.
Legendary Land
Mines of Moria (ltr) 257
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (sos) 270
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (fdn) 264
War Room
: Add
.
,
, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Land
War Room (soc) 422

Land

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Sorcery

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Chandra's Ignition
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.
Sorcery
Chandra's Ignition (lcc) 220
Embrace the Unknown
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Sorcery
Embrace the Unknown (otc) 28
Empty the Warrens
Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
Sorcery
Empty the Warrens (soa) 43
Hordeling Outburst
Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Sorcery
Hordeling Outburst (j22) 552
Ignite the Future
Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may play cards this way without paying their mana costs.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Ignite the Future (afc) 129
Inspired Tinkering
Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Create three Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Inspired Tinkering (clb) 183
Insurrection
Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Insurrection (ons) 213
Light Up the Stage
Spectacle
(You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Sorcery
Light Up the Stage (plst) RNA-107
Pirate's Pillage
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Pirate's Pillage (2x2) 120
Reckless Impulse
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Sorcery
Reckless Impulse (j25) 589
Season of the Bold
Choose up to five
worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once.
— Create a tapped Treasure token.
— Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play them.
— Until the end of your next turn, whenever you cast a spell, Season of the Bold deals 2 damage to up to one target creature.
Sorcery
Season of the Bold (blb) 152
Seize the Spoils
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Seize the Spoils (sos) 129
Seize the Spotlight
Each opponent chooses fame or fortune. For each player who chose fame, gain control of a creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures and they gain haste until end of turn. For each player who chose fortune, you draw a card and create a Treasure token.
Sorcery
Seize the Spotlight (ncc) 52
Song of Totentanz
Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens with "This token can't block." Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Song of Totentanz (woe) 150
Spiteful Repossession
Spiteful Repossession deals damage to each opponent who controls more lands than you equal to the difference. Then create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the damage dealt this way.
Sorcery
Spiteful Repossession (ncc) 90
Tempt with Vengeance
Tempting offer — Create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Each opponent may create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. For each opponent who does, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste.
Sorcery
Tempt with Vengeance (tdc) 239
Will of the Jeskai
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Each player may discard their hand and draw five cards.
• Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Sorcery
Will of the Jeskai (tdc) 40
Wrenn's Resolve
Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
Sorcery
Wrenn's Resolve (mom) 173

Sorcery

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