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21 Zedruu - "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
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Commander

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Zedruu the Greathearted

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is the number of permanents you own that your opponents control. {U}{R}{W}: Target opponent gains control of target permanent you control.

Creature
Zedruu the Greathearted (cmd) 240

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Floodgates

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Arcane Laboratory

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

Enchantment
Arcane Laboratory (usg) 60
Eidolon of Rhetoric

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

Creature Enchantment
Eidolon of Rhetoric (jou) 10
High Noon

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn. {4}{R}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 5 damage to any target.

Enchantment
High Noon (otj) 15
Overburden

Whenever a player puts a nontoken creature onto the battlefield, that player returns a land they control to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Overburden (pcy) 39
Rule of Law

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

Enchantment
Rule of Law (m20) 35
Smoke

Players can't untap more than one creature during their untap steps.

Enchantment
Smoke (5ed) 268

Floodgates

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Gifts

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Illusions of Grandeur

Cumulative upkeep {2} (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.) When this enchantment enters, you gain 20 life. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose 20 life.

Enchantment
Illusions of Grandeur (ice) 79
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire

When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards. You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.

Artifact
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire (dsk) 64
Nine Lives

Hexproof If a source would deal damage to you, prevent that damage and put an incarnation counter on this enchantment. When there are nine or more incarnation counters on this enchantment, exile it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

Enchantment
Nine Lives (sld) 793
Statecraft

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by creatures you control.

Enchantment
Statecraft (mmq) 106
Steel Golem

You can't cast creature spells.

Creature Artifact
Steel Golem (wth) 157

Gifts

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Removal (Mass)

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Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (mkc) 64
Sculpted Sunburst

Choose a creature you control, then each opponent chooses a creature they control with equal or lesser power. If you chose a creature this way, exile each creature not chosen by any player this way.

Sorcery
Sculpted Sunburst (clb) 42
Unstable Glyphbridge

Artifact
Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph (lci) 41Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph (lci) 41

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Win Con

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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
Felidar Sovereign (j25) 198
Laboratory Maniac

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.

Creature
Laboratory Maniac (plst) UMA-61
Paradox Haze

Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's first upkeep each turn, that player gets an additional upkeep step after this step.

Enchantment
Paradox Haze (tsp) 71
Reins of Power

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Instant
Reins of Power (c15) 103
Solemnity

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

Enchantment
Solemnity (hou) 22
Thought Lash

Cumulative upkeep—Exile the top card of your library. (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.) When a player doesn't pay this enchantment's cumulative upkeep, that player exiles all cards from their library. Exile the top card of your library: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to you this turn.

Enchantment
Thought Lash (all) 39

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Copy

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Fractured Identity

Exile target nonland permanent. Each player other than its controller creates a token that's a copy of it.

Sorcery
Fractured Identity (who) 236

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Fog

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Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (cn2) 86
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
Island Sanctuary (5ed) 39
Magus of the Moat

Creatures without flying can't attack.

Creature
Magus of the Moat (plst) FUT-12
Orzhov Advokist

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. If a player does, creatures that player controls can't attack you or planeswalkers you control until your next turn.

Creature
Orzhov Advokist (mic) 91
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (acr) 85
Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Creature Artifact
Silent Arbiter (5dn) 150
Sphere of Safety

Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

Enchantment
Sphere of Safety (dsc) 104
The Second Doctor

Players have no maximum hand size. How Civil of You — At the beginning of your end step, each player may draw a card. Each opponent who does can't attack you or permanents you control during their next turn.

Creature
The Second Doctor (who) 156
Windborn Muse

Flying Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Creature
Windborn Muse (voc) 101

Fog

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Land

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Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (m3c) 316
Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (m3c) 321
Clifftop Retreat

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (pip) 258
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (scd) 297
Glacial Chasm

Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (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.) When this land enters, sacrifice a land. Creatures you control can't attack. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.

Land
Glacial Chasm (ice) 353
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (blc) 307
Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (mh1) 241
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rtr) 241
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (otj) 273
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (otj) 275
Nimbus Maze

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land
Nimbus Maze (afc) 252
Perilous Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Mountain, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {U}{R}{W} ({U}{R}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Perilous Landscape (mh3) 223
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (otj) 272
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. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (voc) 178
Rainbow Vale

{T}: Add one mana of any color. An opponent gains control of this land at the beginning of the next end step.

Land
Rainbow Vale (fem) 99
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (con) 143
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (dmu) 255
Spectator Seating

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Spectator Seating (cmr) 356
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (rtr) 247
Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (dmr) 258
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.) {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (voc) 185
Temple of Epiphany

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.) {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (m20) 253
Temple of Triumph

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.) {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Triumph (m21) 256
Training Center

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Training Center (cmr) 358

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Removal (Single)

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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 (lcc) 221
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (plst) C16-78

Removal (Single)

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Counters

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Perplexing Chimera

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may exchange control of this creature and that spell. If you do, you may choose new targets for the spell. (If the spell becomes a permanent, you control that permanent.)

Creature Enchantment
Perplexing Chimera (bng) 48
Sudden Substitution

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Exchange control of target noncreature spell and target creature. Then the spell's controller may choose new targets for it.

Instant
Sudden Substitution (c19) 11

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Gift Control

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Amphibian Downpour

Flash Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copies become tokens.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1.

Enchantment
Amphibian Downpour (mh3) 51
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
Darksteel Mutation (c13) 9
Detention Sphere

When this enchantment enters, you may exile target nonland permanent not named Detention Sphere and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Enchantment
Detention Sphere (gk2) 10
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
Grasp of Fate (plst) C15-3
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (fdn) 156
In Too Deep

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 creature, planeswalker, or Clue Enchanted permanent is a colorless Clue artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card" and loses all other abilities. (It's no longer a creature or planeswalker.)

Enchantment
In Too Deep (ncc) 27
Prison Term

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.

Enchantment
Prison Term (shm) 18
Sheltered by Ghosts

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this Aura leaves the battlefield. Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has lifelink and ward {2}.

Enchantment
Sheltered by Ghosts (dsk) 30
Sugar Coat

Flash Enchant creature or Food Enchanted permanent is a colorless Food artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Sugar Coat (blb) 76
Touch the Spirit Realm

When this enchantment enters, exile up to one target artifact or creature until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. Channel — {1}{W}, Discard this card: Exile target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Touch the Spirit Realm (neo) 40
Unable to Scream

Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a Toy artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/2 in addition to its other types. As long as enchanted creature is face down, it can't be turned face up.

Enchantment
Unable to Scream (dsk) 78

Gift Control

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Protection

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Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (c16) 185
Clout of the Dominus

Enchant creature As long as enchanted creature is blue, it gets +1/+1 and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) As long as enchanted creature is red, it gets +1/+1 and has haste.

Enchantment
Clout of the Dominus (eve) 99
Dawn's Truce

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Dawn's Truce (blb) 9
Eel Umbra

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Eel Umbra (2x2) 48
Everybody Lives!

All creatures gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Players gain hexproof until end of turn. Players can't lose life this turn and players can't lose the game or win the game this turn.

Instant
Everybody Lives! (who) 18
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (dde) 19
Swift Reconfiguration

Flash Enchant creature or Vehicle Enchanted permanent is a Vehicle artifact with crew 5 and it loses all other card types. (It's not a creature unless it's crewed.)

Enchantment
Swift Reconfiguration (nec) 10
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 {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (m12) 219

Protection

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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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Gifters

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Akroan Horse

Defender When this creature enters, an opponent gains control of it. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Creature Artifact
Akroan Horse (plst) C16-241
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

Trample Alexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos (acr) 33
Bazaar Trader

{T}: Target player gains control of target artifact, creature, or land you control.

Creature
Bazaar Trader (wwk) 72
Coveted Falcon

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, gain control of target permanent you own but don't control. Disguise {1}{U} When this creature is turned face up, target opponent gains control of any number of target permanents you control. Draw a card for each one they gained control of this way.

Creature Artifact
Coveted Falcon (mkm) 48
Khârn the Betrayer

Berzerker — Khârn the Betrayer attacks or blocks each combat if able. Sigil of Corruption — When you lose control of Khârn the Betrayer, draw two cards. The Betrayer — If damage would be dealt to Khârn the Betrayer, prevent that damage and an opponent of your choice gains control of it.

Creature
Khârn the Betrayer (40k) 79
Puca's Mischief

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exchange control of target nonland permanent you control and target nonland permanent an opponent controls with equal or lesser mana value.

Enchantment
Puca's Mischief (plst) SHM-47
Shifting Grift

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Exchange control of two target creatures. + {1} — Exchange control of two target artifacts. + {1} — Exchange control of two target enchantments.

Sorcery
Shifting Grift (otj) 66
Vedalken Plotter

When this creature enters, exchange control of target land you control and target land an opponent controls.

Creature
Vedalken Plotter (gpt) 41
Volatile Stormdrake

Flying, hexproof from activated and triggered abilities When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and target creature an opponent controls. If you do, you get {E}{E}{E}{E}, then sacrifice that creature unless you pay an amount of {E} equal to its mana value.

Creature
Volatile Stormdrake (mh3) 79
Yes Man, Personal Securitron

{T}: Target opponent gains control of Yes Man. When they do, you draw two cards and put a quest counter on Yes Man. Activate only during your turn. Wild Card — When Yes Man leaves the battlefield, its owner creates a tapped 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each quest counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Yes Man, Personal Securitron (pip) 29

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (onc) 125
Bucknard's Everfull Purse

{1}, {T}: Roll a d4 and create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result. The player to your right gains control of this artifact.

Artifact
Bucknard's Everfull Purse (afc) 57
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (m3c) 285
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 444
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
Hithlain Rope

This artifact can't be sacrificed. {1}, {T}: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. The player to your right gains control of this artifact. {2}, {T}: Draw a card. The player to your right gains control of this artifact.

Artifact
Hithlain Rope (ltc) 486
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140
Starfield Mystic

Enchantment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever an enchantment you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Starfield Mystic (j25) 260
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (mh1) 231
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (mrd) 256
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (mkc) 245

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Token Generation

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Assemble the Legion

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a muster counter on this enchantment. Then create a 1/1 red and white Soldier creature token with haste for each muster counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment
Assemble the Legion (rvr) 163
Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature
Chasm Skulker (moc) 218
The Locust God

Flying Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste. {2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
The Locust God (moc) 335

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Maybeboard

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Trade the Helm

Exchange control of target artifact or creature you control and target artifact or creature an opponent controls. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Trade the Helm (dft) 69

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Deck Info

Deck stats

41 pips - 33 cards
25 mana - 24 cards
36 pips - 30 cards
25 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
12 pips - 11 cards
19 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
13 mana - 12 cards
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