Hostage Situation • (Esper Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit doesn't untap during your untap step.

: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Merieke Ri Berit. When Merieke Ri Berit leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Legendary Creature - Human

$49.99 $33.80 $23.65

Commander

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Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$7.49 $6.00 $4.85

Marvin, Murderous Mimic

Marvin has all activated abilities of creatures you control that don't have the same name as this creature.

Legendary Creature Artifact - Toy

$6.99 $5.24 $4.27

Mirage Mirror

: This artifact becomes a copy of target artifact, creature, enchantment, or land until end of turn.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.38 $0.15

Mirrormade

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

Enchantment

$4.49 $3.46 $2.10

Rings of Brighthearth

Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay

. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact

$9.49 $6.45 $5.04

Copy

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Arcanis the Omnipotent

: Draw three cards.

: Return Arcanis to its owner's hand.

Legendary Creature - Wizard

$0.49 $0.20 $0.15

Archivist

: Draw a card.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.59 $0.30 $0.21

Dig Through Time

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for

.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant

$0.69 $0.24 $0.15

Forbidden Alchemy

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Legendary Planeswalker - Narset

$2.29 $1.23 $0.89

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment

$5.49 $2.65 $2.29

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

$139.99 $106.66 $102.81

Unctus, Grand Metatect

Other blue creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, draw a card, then discard a card."
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

: Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue artifact in addition to its other colors and types. Activate only as a sorcery. (

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)

Legendary Creature Artifact - Vedalken Phyrexian

$0.59 $0.38 $0.15

Draw

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Cruel Entertainment

Choose target player and another target player. The first player controls the second player during the second player's next turn, and the second player controls the first player during the first player's next turn.

Sorcery

$10.99 $8.20 $6.80

Doctor Doom, Unrivaled

Lifelink

: You draw a card and lose 1 life. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game. (You win even if you have 0 life or didn't draw a card.)

Legendary Creature - Human Villain Sorcerer

$54.99 $42.31 $42.25

Finisher

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Arcane Lighthouse

: Add

: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.

Land

$2.99 $1.91 $1.29

Arcane Sanctum

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.69 $0.31 $0.19

Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$2.99 $1.58 $1.51

Caves of Koilos

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$0.99 $0.62 $0.26

Cephalid Coliseum

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —

, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Land

$0.39 $0.32 $0.15

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.59 $0.33 $0.18

Desolate Mire

: Add

Land

$0.69 $0.22 $0.15

Detection Tower

: Add

: Until end of turn, your opponents and creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.

Land

$4.49 $2.56 $1.92

Evolving Wilds

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Exotic Orchard

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

Land

$0.59 $0.34 $0.16

Fabled Passage

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land

$1.49 $1.12 $0.98

Fetid Heath

: Add

, or

Land

$0.49 $0.34 $0.16

Glacial Fortress

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

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Godless Shrine

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Swamp

$14.99 $8.98 $8.31

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Isolated Chapel

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

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.37 $0.20

Mystic Sanctuary

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land - Island

$2.99 $1.35 $1.01

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.15 $0.15

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

Land

$0.69 $0.33 $0.15

River of Tears

: Add

. If you played a land this turn, add

instead.

Land

$0.49 $0.36 $0.19

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.20 $0.15

Tainted Field

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land

$1.29 $0.40 $0.38

Terramorphic Expanse

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Watery Grave

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Island Swamp

$15.99 $11.25 $9.29

Land

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Adept Watershaper

Other tapped creatures you control have indestructible.

Creature - Cleric Merfolk

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Flare of Fortitude

You may sacrifice a nontoken white creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Until end of turn, your life total can't change, and permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible.

Instant

$8.99 $5.49 $5.31

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$6.49 $4.84 $4.20

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

$3.49 $2.64 $2.14

Protection

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.41 $0.43

Basalt Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.

: Add

: Untap this artifact.

Artifact

$6.49 $5.25 $3.83

Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "

: Add one mana of any color."

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$0.99 $1.19 $0.45

Chromatic Orrery

You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color.

: Add

: Draw a card for each color among permanents you control.

Legendary Artifact

$49.99 $34.51 $33.33

Patriar's Seal

: Add one mana of any color.

: Untap target legendary creature you control.

Artifact

$7.49 $3.84 $3.34

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.42 $1.37

Talisman of Dominance

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$1.99 $0.97 $0.68

Weathered Wayfarer

: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if an opponent controls more lands than you.

Creature - Human Cleric Nomad

$4.49 $1.85 $1.71

Ramp

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$4.49 $2.50 $2.07

Blue Sun's Twilight

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.53 $0.15

Control Magic

Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$1.99 $0.74 $0.52

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$4.49 $4.14 $2.88

Drown in the Loch

Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.
• Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.

Instant

$2.79 $1.50 $1.12

Flare of Denial

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$4.99 $3.77 $2.08

Flare of Malice

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant

$8.49 $5.66 $5.62

Get Lost

Destroy target creature, enchantment, or planeswalker. Its controller creates two Map tokens. (They're artifacts with "

, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Instant

$5.99 $3.27 $2.35

Hostage Taker

When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Creature - Human Pirate

$0.49 $0.37 $0.22

Hour of Revelation

This spell costs

less to cast if there are ten or more nonland permanents on the battlefield.
Destroy all nonland permanents.

Sorcery

$1.29 $1.28 $0.95

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

$11.99 $5.51 $5.99

In Bolas's Clutches

Enchant permanent
You control enchanted permanent.
Enchanted permanent is legendary.

Legendary Enchantment - Aura

$0.39 $0.23 $0.15

Lullmage's Domination

This spell costs

less to cast if it targets a creature whose controller has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Gain control of target creature with mana value X.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.10 $0.15

Merciless Eviction

Choose one —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all planeswalkers.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.58 $0.30

Soul Transfer

Choose one. If you control an artifact and an enchantment as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Exile target creature or planeswalker.
• Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant

$2.49 $1.57 $1.35

Take Possession

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Enchant permanent
You control enchanted permanent.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

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

$10.99 $5.34 $4.66

Removal

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Acquire

Search target opponent's library for an artifact card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery

$2.79 $3.08 $1.15

Corrupted Conscience

Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Enchantment - Aura

$1.79 $0.81 $0.56

Dominating Licid

: This creature loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay

to end this effect.
You control enchanted creature.

Creature - Licid

$1.49 $1.61 $0.66

Memory Plunder

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

Instant

$2.79 $1.46 $1.15

Tempted by the Oriq

For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls with mana value 3 or less.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Theft

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Vedalken Aethermage

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, return target Sliver to its owner's hand.
Wizardcycling

(

, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature - Wizard Vedalken

$0.69 $0.42 $0.19

Tutor

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Aphetto Alchemist

: Untap target artifact or creature.
Morph

(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for

. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature - Human Wizard

$4.49 $2.35 $2.02

Captain America, Living Legend

Vigilance
Whenever a creature you control becomes tapped during your turn, if it's the first time that creature has become tapped this turn, untap it.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier Hero

Captain America, Living Legend (msh) 210

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Fatestitcher

: You may tap or untap another target permanent.
Unearth

(

: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature - Wizard Zombie

$1.29 $0.73 $0.25

Freed from the Real

Enchant creature

: Tap enchanted creature.

: Untap enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$7.99 $5.05 $4.15

Intruder Alarm

Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures.

Enchantment

$5.49 $5.65 $4.04

Ioreth of the Healing House

: Untap another target permanent.

: Untap two other target legendary creatures.

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

$0.39 $0.32 $0.15

Kelpie Guide

: Untap another target permanent you control.

: Tap target permanent. Activate only if you control eight or more lands.

Creature - Beast

$0.79 $0.32 $0.15

Mind Over Matter

Discard a card: You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Enchantment

$69.99 $48.95 $34.07

Norritt

: Untap target blue creature.

: Choose target non-Wall creature the active player has controlled continuously since the beginning of the turn. That creature attacks this turn if able. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step if it didn't attack this turn. Activate only before attackers are declared.

Creature - Imp

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature

: Untap enchanted creature.

: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn.

: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment - Aura

$9.99 $8.21 $5.24

Second Wind

Enchant creature

: Tap enchanted creature.

: Untap enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.49 $1.01 $0.19

Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.

: Untap target creature.

Artifact

$24.99 $17.68 $14.05

To Arms!

Untap all creatures you control.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.39 $0.30 $0.15

Umbral Mantle

Equipped creature has "

: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn." (

is the untap symbol.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$10.99 $8.64 $8.13

Untap

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Lotus Field

Hexproof
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice two lands.

: Add three mana of any one color.

Land

$3.99 $2.67 $2.06

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $4.92 $3.09

Sideboard

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant

$4.99 $3.07 $3.03

Fumigate

Destroy all creatures. You gain 1 life for each creature destroyed this way.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.32 $0.15

The Trickster-God's Heist

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — You may exchange control of two target creatures.
II — You may exchange control of two target nonbasic, noncreature permanents that share a card type.
III — Target player loses 3 life and you gain 3 life.

Enchantment - Saga

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Willbender

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, change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $673.30

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.42Total Mana Value: 226.00

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13 pips - 10 cards

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20 mana - 17 cards

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63 pips - 35 cards

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21 mana - 20 cards

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18 pips - 11 cards

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22 mana - 19 cards

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0 mana - 5 cards

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16 mana - 9 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.42Total Mana Value: 226.00

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