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Commander

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Magar of the Magic Strings
: Note the name of target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard and put it onto the battlefield face down. It's a 3/3 creature with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may create a copy of the card with the noted name. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost" and "If this creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else."
Legendary Creature - Minotaur Performer
Magar of the Magic Strings (unf) 263

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Burn

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Guttersnipe
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Goblin Shaman
Guttersnipe (tdc) 217

Burn

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Copy

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Dualcaster Mage
Flash
When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Creature - Human Wizard
Dualcaster Mage (c21) 165

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Draw

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Anje's Ravager
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Whenever this creature attacks, discard your hand, then draw three cards.
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 - Vampire Berserker
Anje's Ravager (j25) 517
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 (msc) 802
Bitter Reunion
When this enchantment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Enchantment
Bitter Reunion (otc) 156
Cathartic Reunion
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards.
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Cathartic Reunion (ecc) 91
Conspiracy Theorist
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay
and discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
Whenever you discard one or more nonland cards, you may exile one of them from your graveyard. If you do, you may cast it this turn.
Creature - Human Shaman
Conspiracy Theorist (soc) 240
Deadly Dispute
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Deadly Dispute (msc) 794
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
Dragon's Rage Channeler
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.
Creature - Human Shaman
Dragon's Rage Channeler (h2r) 9
Faithless Looting
Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Faithless Looting (soc) 244
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
Trample
Whenever Neheb deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much
. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Minotaur Zombie
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (dmc) 125
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
Thrill of Possibility
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Thrill of Possibility (fdn) 210
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 (pip) 193
Village Rites
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Village Rites (inr) 137
Voldaren Epicure
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Creature - Vampire
Voldaren Epicure (inr) 182
Wheel of Misfortune
Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Sorcery
Wheel of Misfortune (cmr) 211

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Evasion

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Dauthi Embrace
: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Enchantment
Dauthi Embrace (plst) TMP-120
Filth
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control a Swamp, creatures you control have swampwalk.
Creature - Incarnation
Filth (plst) JUD-66
Goblin War Drums
Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Enchantment
Goblin War Drums (a25) 133
Key to the City
, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever this artifact becomes untapped, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Artifact
Key to the City (fic) 348
War Cadence
: This turn, creatures can't block unless their controller pays
for each blocking creature they control.
Enchantment
War Cadence (c13) 128

Evasion

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Finisher

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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
Cruel Entertainment (c16) 11
Worst Fears
You control target player during that player's next turn. Exile Worst Fears. (You see all cards that player could see and make all decisions for them.)
Sorcery
Worst Fears (jou) 87

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Land

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Access Tunnel
: Add
.
,
: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Access Tunnel (tdc) 337
Blackcleave Cliffs
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Blackcleave Cliffs (dsc) 263
Blightstep Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 252
Blood Crypt
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Blood Crypt (ecl) 262
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (mh3) 216
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Canyon Slough
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Swamp Mountain
Canyon Slough (msc) 228
Castle Locthwain
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card, then you lose life equal to the number of cards in your hand.
Land
Castle Locthwain (clb) 884
Command Beacon
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Land
Command Beacon (tdc) 352
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (msc) 233
Den of the Bugbear
If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped.
: Add
.
: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/2 red Goblin creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking." It's still a land.
Land
Den of the Bugbear (afr) 254
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (msc) 238
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
Fabled Passage (msc) 242
Foreboding Ruins
As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Foreboding Ruins (msc) 244
Geier Reach Sanitarium
: Add
.
,
: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.
Legendary Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (lcc) 335
Graven Cairns
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Graven Cairns (fic) 401
Haunted Ridge
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Haunted Ridge (inr) 280
Hive of the Eye Tyrant
If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped.
: Add
.
: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/3 black Beholder creature with menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, exile target card from defending player's graveyard." It's still a land.
Land
Hive of the Eye Tyrant (afr) 258
Luxury Suite
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Luxury Suite (msc) 252
Marsh Flats
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Marsh Flats (mh2) 437
Mount Doom
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
: Mount Doom deals 1 damage to each opponent.
,
, Sacrifice Mount Doom and a legendary artifact: Choose up to two creatures, then destroy the rest. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Land
Mount Doom (ltr) 258
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (msh) 294
Phyrexian Tower
: Add
.
, Sacrifice a creature: Add
.
Legendary Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 303
Prismatic Vista
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Prismatic Vista (h1r) 40
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (soc) 400
Shadowblood Ridge
,
: Add
.
Land
Shadowblood Ridge (fic) 421
Smoldering Marsh
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Smoldering Marsh (msc) 266
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
Sulfurous Springs
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Sulfurous Springs (eoc) 185
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (msh) 292
Tainted Peak
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Activate only if you control a Swamp.
Land
Tainted Peak (dsc) 304
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
Temple of Malice
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
or
.
Land
Temple of Malice (fdn) 701
War Room
: Add
.
,
, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Land
War Room (soc) 422

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Mill

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Breach the Multiverse
Each player mills ten cards. For each player, choose a creature or planeswalker card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. Then each creature you control becomes a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Breach the Multiverse (mom) 94

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Protection

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Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (msc) 202
Malakir Rebirth
Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."
Instant
Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire (znr) 111
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
Swiftfoot Boots (msc) 216

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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 (msc) 191
Brass's Bounty
For each land you control, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Sorcery
Brass's Bounty (fdn) 190
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Create a 2/2 red Goblin Shaman creature token with "Whenever this token attacks, create a Treasure token."
II — You may discard up to two cards. If you do, draw that many cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki (neo) 141Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki (neo) 141
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (msc) 285
Hit the Mother Lode
Discover 10. If the discovered card's mana value is less than 10, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the difference. (To discover 10, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 10 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Sorcery
Hit the Mother Lode (lci) 153
Jeska's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add
for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Sorcery
Jeska's Will (mkc) 156
Mind Stone
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Mind Stone (soc) 352
Professional Face-Breaker
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Creature - Human Warrior
Professional Face-Breaker (fic) 296
Rakdos Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 212
Storm-Kiln Artist
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Shaman Dwarf
Storm-Kiln Artist (soc) 255
Talisman of Indulgence
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (msc) 220
Wayfarer's Bauble
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (fic) 372

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Recursion

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Bloodthirsty Adversary
Haste
When this creature enters, you may pay
any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then exile up to that many target instant and/or sorcery cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard and copy them. You may cast any number of the copies without paying their mana costs.
Creature - Vampire
Bloodthirsty Adversary (otc) 157
Past in Flames
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Past in Flames (40k) 206
Rise of the Dark Realms
Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Rise of the Dark Realms (fic) 283

Recursion

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Removal

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Bedevil
Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.
Instant
Bedevil (msc) 182
Cathartic Pyre
Choose one —
• Cathartic Pyre deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
• Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.
Instant
Cathartic Pyre (ecc) 90
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 (msc) 164
Decree of Pain
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Sorcery
Decree of Pain (dsc) 136
Din of the Fireherd
Create a 5/5 black and red Elemental creature token. Target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each black creature you control, then sacrifices a land of their choice for each red creature you control.
Sorcery
Din of the Fireherd (shm) 184
Disrupt Decorum
Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (mkc) 151
In Garruk's Wake
Destroy all creatures you don't control and all planeswalkers you don't control.
Sorcery
In Garruk's Wake (clb) 759
Plague Wind
Destroy all creatures you don't control. They can't be regenerated.
Sorcery
Plague Wind (a25) 102
Rakdos Charm
Choose one —
• Exile target player's graveyard.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.
Instant
Rakdos Charm (eoc) 125
Rise of the Eldrazi
This spell can't be countered.
Destroy target permanent. Target player draws four cards. Take an extra turn after this one.
Exile Rise of the Eldrazi.
Sorcery
Rise of the Eldrazi (cmm) 716
Terminate
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.
Instant
Terminate (msc) 189

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Stax

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Dauthi Voidwalker
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Rogue Dauthi
Dauthi Voidwalker (tdc) 176

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Theft

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Fevered Suspicion
Each opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast any number of spells from among those nonland cards without paying their mana costs.
Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Fevered Suspicion (afc) 47
Insurrection
Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Insurrection (cmm) 236

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Tokens

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Army of the Damned
Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Army of the Damned (j25) 399

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Tutor

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Entomb
Search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Instant
Entomb (dmr) 304
Gamble
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Gamble (dmr) 321
Oriq Loremage
: Search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. If it's an instant or sorcery card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Warlock
Oriq Loremage (stx) 80

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38 mana - 35 cards
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33 mana - 31 cards
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