Nymris, Oona's Trickster

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Nymris, Oona's Trickster

Flash
Flying
Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of those cards into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Legendary Creature - Knight Faerie

$0.49 $0.39 $0.25

Commander

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Copy

Qty: 2 Price: $20.48

Aboleth Spawn

Flash
Ward

Probing Telepathy — Whenever a creature entering under an opponent's control causes a triggered ability of that creature to trigger, you may copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature - Horror Fish

$11.99 $7.34 $7.17

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

$8.49 $6.46 $5.21

Copy

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Counters

Qty: 2 Price: $139.98

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

$64.99 $53.31 $51.05

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

$74.99 $59.93 $58.35

Counters

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Creature

Qty: 1 Price: $2.29

Grave Researcher

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Troll Warlock

$2.29 $1.78 $0.93

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 15 Price: $182.55

Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant

$4.49 $1.55 $1.40

Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.99 $0.29 $0.19

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

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$2.79 $2.07 $1.04

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Legendary Planeswalker - Jace

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries (plst) WAR-54

$14.99 $10.66 $9.23

Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur

Flash
At the beginning of your end step, draw seven cards.
Each opponent's maximum hand size is reduced by seven.

Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian

$13.99 $12.51 $11.58

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

$16.99 $10.20 $10.62

Notion Thief

Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature - Human Rogue

$3.99 $4.50 $1.67

Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.39 $0.27 $0.15

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$89.99 $70.87 $66.67

Slitherwisp

Flash
Whenever you cast another spell that has flash, you draw a card and each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature - Elemental Nightmare

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Teferi's Ageless Insight

If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Legendary Enchantment

$6.49 $4.50 $4.16

Thassa's Oracle

When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each

in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$24.99 $23.45 $18.75

Wavebreak Hippocamp

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment - Fish Horse

$0.99 $0.61 $0.57

Draw

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49

Wonder

Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Creature - Incarnation

$3.49 $3.03 $2.08

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 3 Price: $46.07

Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.44 $0.26

Laboratory Maniac

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

Creature - Human Wizard

$2.29 $1.92 $0.76

Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Sorcery

$42.99 $41.34 $37.51

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $1755.94

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$39.99 $31.16 $23.72

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.69 $0.29 $0.20

Drowned Catacomb

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

: Add

Land

$2.79 $0.87 $0.90

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $---- $----

Morphic Pool

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$42.99 $28.92 $27.01

Otawara, Soaring City

: Add

.
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

$39.99 $26.36 $27.39

Polluted Delta

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$37.99 $28.33 $20.82

Sunken Hollow

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land - Island Swamp

$0.79 $0.38 $0.22

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $---- $----

Underground River

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$3.49 $1.67 $1.57

Underground Sea

(

: Add

Land - Island Swamp

$1499.99 $1081.09 $729.40

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Legendary Land

$64.99 $57.00 $55.44

Watery Grave

(

: Add

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

Land - Island Swamp

$9.99 $---- $----

Land

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Planeswalker

Qty: 1 Price: $21.99

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

$21.99 $36.74 $20.61

Planeswalker

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Protection

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Leyline of Anticipation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Enchantment

$6.99 $6.57 $5.19

Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Flash
Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash.
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$1.79 $3.17 $1.01

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.79 $0.47 $0.52

Basalt Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.

: Add

: Untap this artifact.

Artifact

$5.49 $4.82 $3.16

Cunning Nightbonder

Flash
Spells with flash you cast cost

less to cast and can't be countered.

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$11.99 $6.67 $5.73

Dimir Signet

: Add

Artifact

$1.99 $1.52 $0.96

Grand Architect

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.

: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.
Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add

. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.

Creature - Artificer Vedalken

$1.29 $1.10 $0.61

Magus of the Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Creature - Human Wizard

$6.99 $4.93 $3.67

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$3.49 $2.21 $1.68

Talisman of Dominance

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$2.79 $0.96 $1.03

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 4 Price: $41.66

Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Sorcery

$13.99 $7.44 $7.46

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

$20.99 $16.73 $15.63

The Scarab God

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses X life and you scry X, where X is the number of Zombies you control.

: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
When The Scarab God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Legendary Creature - God

$5.99 $3.01 $2.69

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

$0.69 $0.27 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 20 Price: $304.76

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant

$1.49 $0.63 $0.15

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

$6.49 $3.18 $3.05

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$3.99 $3.51 $2.98

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant

$47.99 $39.32 $38.30

Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.

Instant

$42.99 $29.64 $28.08

Dress Down

Flash
When this enchantment enters, draw a card.
Creatures lose all abilities.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.

Enchantment

$2.29 $1.31 $0.63

Ertai Resurrected

Flash
When Ertai Resurrected enters, choose up to one —
• Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. Its controller draws a card.
• Destroy another target creature or planeswalker. Its controller draws a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard Phyrexian

$0.99 $1.18 $0.38

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery

$0.39 $0.21 $0.15

Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$79.99 $64.89 $62.50

Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant

$1.29 $0.40 $0.32

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

$9.49 $6.13 $5.74

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.69 $0.35 $0.15

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of

equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant

$74.99 $56.47 $53.14

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant

$4.49 $2.69 $2.13

Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant

$1.99 $0.83 $0.50

Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant

$0.39 $0.34 $0.15

Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant

$4.99 $3.88 $3.64

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$16.99 $9.55 $9.82

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Instant

$2.49 $1.49 $0.83

Removal

(CTRL to add secondary)

Stax

Qty: 1 Price: $24.99

Opposition Agent

Flash
You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries.
While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Creature - Human Rogue

$24.99 $21.03 $17.70

Stax

(CTRL to add secondary)

Tutor

Qty: 3 Price: $166.97

Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$84.99 $67.63 $61.47

Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant

$21.99 $18.67 $17.19

Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$59.99 $54.98 $52.53

Tutor

(CTRL to add secondary)

Untap

Qty: 2 Price: $13.78

Pili-Pala

Flying

: Add one mana of any color. (

is the untap symbol.)

Creature Artifact - Scarecrow

$2.79 $3.97 $2.29

Umbral Mantle

Equipped creature has "

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

is the untap symbol.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$10.99 $11.85 $8.20

Untap

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck size: 103Est cost: $2,769.53

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.90Total Mana Value: 194.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.90Total Mana Value: 194.00

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