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Commander

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Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings
First strike
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Shang-Chi.
When the tenth +1/+1 counter is put on Shang-Chi, you draw five cards and gain 5 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Hero
Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings (msc) 94

Commander

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Artifact

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The Arkenstone
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card.
Legendary Artifact
The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart (hob) 170

Artifact

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Counters

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Force of Negation
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Force of Negation (2x2) 50
Force of Will
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Force of Will (dmr) 284
Pact of Negation
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay
. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Pact of Negation (tsr) 77
The Ozolith
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.
Legendary Artifact
The Ozolith (iko) 237

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Creature

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King T'Challa
Flash
Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
: Transform King T'Challa. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Hero Noble
King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring (msh) 219King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring (msh) 219
The Queen of Dale
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, you recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.)
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
The Queen of Dale (hob) 24
Willie Lumpkin, Postman
Willie Lumpkin can't be blocked.
Whenever Willie Lumpkin deals combat damage to an opponent, you draw a card and that player may draw a card. If they do, that player can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Citizen
Willie Lumpkin, Postman (msc) 101

Creature

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Archivist of Oghma
Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Creature - Cleric Halfling
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Consider
Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Consider (tle) 157
Drogskol Reaver
Flying
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, draw a card.
Creature - Spirit
Drogskol Reaver (fdn) 655
Esper Sentinel
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays
, where X is this creature's power.
Creature Artifact - Human Soldier
Esper Sentinel (h2r) 2
Forgotten Creation
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may discard all the cards in your hand. If you do, draw that many cards.
Creature - Horror Zombie
Forgotten Creation (drc) 77
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (tle) 159
Gitaxian Probe
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 288
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Opt (tdc) 158
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (tdc) 159
Preordain
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Preordain (tdc) 161
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (wot) 25
Serum Visions
Draw a card. Scry 2.
Sorcery
Serum Visions (otc) 112
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 246
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
Flash
Flying, vigilance
When Wan Shi Tong enters, put X +1/+1 counters on him. Then draw half X cards, rounded down.
Whenever an opponent searches their library, put a +1/+1 counter on Wan Shi Tong and draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Bird Spirit
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian (tla) 78
Windfall
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

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Evasion

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Wonder
Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.
Creature - Incarnation
Wonder (tdc) 170

Evasion

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Finisher

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Approach of the Second Sun
If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.
Sorcery
Approach of the Second Sun (plst) AKH-4

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Land

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Adarkar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Adarkar Wastes (m3c) 316
Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 234
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 436
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (msc) 248
Hall of Storm Giants
If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped.
: Add
.
: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 7/7 blue Giant creature with ward
. It's still a land. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Land
Hall of Storm Giants (afr) 257
Hallowed Fountain
(
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or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Island
Hallowed Fountain (trk) 286
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mh2) 483
Otawara, Soaring City
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.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Plains
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.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mh2) 482
Port Town
As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Port Town (msc) 256
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (msc) 257
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (m3c) 368
Sea of Clouds
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
All creatures have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay
."
Legendary Land
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale (leg) 307
Tundra
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Land - Plains Island
Tundra (vma) 322

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Aetherflux Reservoir
Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.
Artifact
Aetherflux Reservoir (plst) KLD-192
Children of Korlis
Sacrifice this creature: You gain life equal to the life you've lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Human Cleric Rebel
Children of Korlis (tsr) 14
Felidar Sovereign
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 40 or more life, you win the game.
Creature - Beast Cat
Felidar Sovereign (j25) 198
Heliod, Sun-Crowned
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to white is less than five, Heliod isn't a creature.
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or enchantment you control.
: Another target creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Heliod, Sun-Crowned (sld) 2165
Oketra's Last Mercy
Your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. Lands you control don't untap during your next untap step.
Sorcery
Oketra's Last Mercy (hou) 18
Shabraz, the Skyshark
Partner with Brallin, Skyshark Rider
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Shabraz and you gain 1 life.
: Target Human gains flying until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Bird Shark
Shabraz, the Skyshark (c20) 14
Soul Warden
Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.
Creature - Human Cleric
Soul Warden (plst) MM3-24

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The Theorist, Jace Beleren
At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, you draw a card.
+1: Create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token.
−2: For each opponent, return up to one target artifact or creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
−6: Draw three cards. Then put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
The Theorist, Jace Beleren (fra) 43

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Protection

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Galadriel's Dismissal
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Target creature phases out. If this spell was kicked, each creature target player controls phases out instead. (Treat phased-out creatures and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Instant
Galadriel's Dismissal (hoc) 16
Orim's Chant
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Target player can't cast spells this turn. If this spell was kicked, creatures can't attack this turn.
Instant
Orim's Chant (mh3) 265
Silence
Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.
Instant
Silence (m14) 35
Teferi's Protection
Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.
Instant
Teferi's Protection (sld) 1691

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (pf25) 10
Chrome Mox
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.
: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.
Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 240
Grim Monolith
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Add
.
: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Grim Monolith (ulg) 126
Mana Vault
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add
.
Artifact
Mana Vault (2x2) 308
Mox Diamond
If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Mox Diamond (sth) 138
Mox Opal
Metalcraft —
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Opal (2xm) 275
Ornithopter of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature Artifact - Thopter
Ornithopter of Paradise (drc) 133
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (msc) 221
Tataru Taru
When Tataru Taru enters, you draw a card and target opponent may draw a card.
Scions' Secretary — Whenever an opponent draws a card, if it isn't that player's turn, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Dwarf
Tataru Taru (fic) 30
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
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Artifact
Thought Vessel (msc) 222

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Snapcaster Mage
Flash
When this creature enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Creature - Human Wizard
Snapcaster Mage (inr) 478
Torrential Gearhulk
Flash
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Torrential Gearhulk (fic) 272

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Aang, Swift Savior
Flash
Flying
When Aang enters, airbend up to one other target creature or spell. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for
rather than its mana cost.)
Waterbend
: Transform Aang.
Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Ally
Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury (tla) 204Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury (tla) 204
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Declaration of Naught
As this enchantment enters, choose a card name.
: Counter target spell with the chosen name.
Enchantment
Declaration of Naught (mor) 29
Disallow
Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Instant
Disallow (drc) 74
Dovin's Veto
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Instant
Essence Scatter (sos) 47
Fumigate
Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.
Sorcery
Fumigate (eoc) 65
Hullbreaker Horror
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Creature - Horror Kraken
Hullbreaker Horror (inr) 357
Solitude
Flash
Lifelink
When this creature enters, exile up to one other target creature. That creature's controller gains life equal to its power.
Evoke—Exile a white card from your hand.
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Solitude (h2r) 3
Subtlety
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature spell or planeswalker spell. Its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Evoke—Exile a blue card from your hand.
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Subtlety (h2r) 6
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
When you cast this spell, destroy target permanent.
Indestructible
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Ulamog is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (2x2) 3
Walking Ballista
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Walking Ballista (fic) 371

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Teferi, Time Raveler
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
+1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
−3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi
Teferi, Time Raveler (rvr) 232

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Voice of Victory
Mobilize 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, create two tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature tokens. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.)
Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Creature - Human Bard
Voice of Victory (tdm) 33

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Tutor

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Enlightened Tutor
Search your library for an artifact or enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Enlightened Tutor (tle) 305
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 289
Solve the Equation
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Solve the Equation (stx) 54

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23 mana - 23 cards
50 pips - 39 cards
29 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
14 mana - 8 cards
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