Virtue Control • (Azorius Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Control Counterspells

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Control Counterspells

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $7.99

Absolute Virtue

This spell can't be countered.
Flying
You have protection from each of your opponents. (You can't be dealt damage, enchanted, or targeted by anything controlled by your opponents.)

Legendary Creature - Warrior Avatar

$7.99 $5.61 $4.88

Commander

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Anthem

Qty: 1 Price: $29.99

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +2/+2.
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian

$29.99 $21.11 $21.72

Anthem

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Blink

Qty: 1 Price: $6.99

Ephemerate

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
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.)

Instant

$6.99 $5.51 $5.62

Blink

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Clones

Qty: 2 Price: $10.98

Clever Impersonator

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

Creature - Shapeshifter

$4.99 $2.57 $2.08

Phantasmal Image

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Creature - Illusion

$5.99 $5.60 $4.29

Clones

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Copy

Qty: 3 Price: $21.47

Helm of the Host

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of equipped creature, except the token isn't legendary. That token gains haste.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$8.99 $6.74 $5.25

Rite of Replication

Kicker

(You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell.)
Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.37 $0.15

Spark Double

You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.

Creature - Illusion

$11.99 $9.68 $8.10

Copy

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Draw

Qty: 8 Price: $202.72

Archivist of Oghma

Flash
Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature - Cleric Halfling

$8.49 $6.69 $6.41

Brainstorm

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

Instant

$2.79 $1.37 $1.27

Consecrated Sphinx

Flying
Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature - Sphinx

$34.99 $24.73 $31.26

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

$79.99 $58.97 $58.24

Faerie Mastermind

Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.

: Each player draws a card.

Creature - Rogue Faerie

$16.99 $12.57 $10.15

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

$14.99 $10.99 $11.35

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

$1.49 $0.62 $0.66

Sensei's Divining Top

: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.

Artifact

$42.99 $39.76 $36.47

Draw

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Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $7.99

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

$7.99 $6.07 $6.16

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $234.24

Academy Ruins

: Add

: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Legendary Land

$6.99 $4.42 $3.38

City of Brass

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$15.99 $10.97 $10.93

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.69 $0.28 $0.22

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

$24.99 $16.24 $12.49

Glacial Fortress

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

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Land

$0.59 $0.31 $0.15

Hallowed Fountain

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

Land - Plains Island

$14.99 $7.13 $7.29

Island

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Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.08 $0.15

Mana Confluence

, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$47.99 $36.62 $33.34

Maze of Ith

: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land

$12.99 $9.16 $8.84

Meticulous Archive

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This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land - Plains Island

$29.99 $16.19 $14.58

Mystic Sanctuary

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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

$2.79 $1.43 $1.01

Plains

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Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.11 $0.15

Prairie Stream

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

Land - Plains Island

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Prismatic Vista

, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land

$39.99 $31.28 $29.15

Reflecting Pool

: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land

$17.99 $15.22 $9.61

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $4.41 $4.37

Seachrome Coast

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.

: Add

Land

$0.99 $0.37 $0.15

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 1 Price: $6.99

Authority of the Consuls

Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment

$6.99 $3.80 $4.16

Lifegain

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Mill

Qty: 1 Price: $29.99

Helm of Obedience

: Target opponent mills a card, then repeats this process until a creature card or X cards have been put into their graveyard this way, whichever comes first. If one or more creature cards were put into that graveyard this way, sacrifice this artifact and put one of them onto the battlefield under your control. X can't be 0.

Artifact

$29.99 $26.23 $16.75

Mill

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Protection

Qty: 12 Price: $190.68

Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant

$21.99 $22.87 $13.85

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$7.99 $5.83 $5.56

Giver of Runes

: Another target creature you control gains protection from colorless or from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature - Cleric Kor

$12.99 $13.42 $12.76

Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature - Human Cleric

$27.99 $18.20 $18.78

Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact - Equipment

$5.99 $3.79 $4.03

Mother of Runes

: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature - Human Cleric

$12.99 $12.26 $5.21

Pippin, Guard of the Citadel

Vigilance, ward

: Another target creature you control gains protection from the card type of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that type.)

Legendary Creature - Soldier Halfling

$0.79 $0.84 $0.25

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.49 $3.66 $3.13

Silence

Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.

Instant

$16.99 $8.13 $7.75

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

$4.49 $2.23 $2.07

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

$59.99 $44.09 $32.77

Vexilus Praetor

Flash
Vigilance
Aegis of the Emperor — Commanders you control have protection from everything.

Creature - Warrior Custodes

$13.99 $12.83 $11.56

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 10 Price: $767.30

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$1.79 $0.68 $0.41

Azorius Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.59 $0.28 $0.19

Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$4.99 $4.30 $2.51

Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact

$1.49 $1.26 $0.78

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost

more to cast.

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

$19.99 $18.48 $16.96

Grim Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.

: Add

: Untap this artifact.

Artifact

$599.99 $476.08 $376.15

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

$129.99 $114.37 $112.52

Mind Stone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.69 $0.42 $0.15

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.79 $1.42

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$4.99 $2.79 $2.80

Ramp

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Removal

Qty: 13 Price: $232.13

Condemn

Put target attacking creature on the bottom of its owner's library. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.

Instant

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$4.49 $2.80 $2.38

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

$39.99 $39.16 $39.33

Fierce Guardianship

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

Instant

$79.99 $61.21 $64.52

Jester's Cap

, Sacrifice this artifact: Search target player's library for three cards and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

Artifact

$4.49 $3.07 $1.86

Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance
When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.

: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Artificer

$7.99 $5.39 $5.05

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

$69.99 $51.54 $52.75

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant

$2.79 $1.32 $1.04

Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Foretell

(During your turn, you may pay

and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

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 $0.26 $0.17

Reflector Mage

When this creature enters, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. That creature's owner can't cast spells with the same name as that creature until your next turn.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.69 $0.40 $0.15

Swan Song

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

Instant

$17.99 $10.84 $11.20

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$2.49 $1.47 $1.45

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 5 Price: $20.15

Aven Mindcensor

Flash
Flying
If an opponent would search a library, that player searches the top four cards of that library instead.

Creature - Wizard Bird

$0.69 $0.42 $0.40

Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay

. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment

$8.99 $5.13 $3.89

Fatespinner

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player chooses draw step, main phase, or combat phase. The player skips each instance of the chosen step or phase this turn.

Creature - Human Wizard

$6.49 $7.63 $3.52

Rest in Peace

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards.
If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment

$1.49 $0.76 $0.41

Thalia, Heretic Cathar

First strike
Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$2.49 $0.94 $0.79

Stax

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Tokens

Qty: 1 Price: $27.99

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

$27.99 $19.53 $19.26

Tokens

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Tutor

Qty: 4 Price: $85.46

Enlightened Tutor

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

Instant

$42.99 $32.65 $34.64

Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$11.99 $7.53 $7.59

Mystical Tutor

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

Instant

$22.99 $18.33 $15.81

Personal Tutor

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

Sorcery

$7.49 $5.93 $4.28

Tutor

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Sideboard

Qty: 3 Price: $93.97

Concerted Effort

At the beginning of each upkeep, creatures you control gain flying until end of turn if a creature you control has flying. The same is true for fear, first strike, double strike, landwalk, protection, trample, and vigilance.

Enchantment

$2.99 $7.21 $2.53

Rhystic Study

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

Enchantment

$84.99 $69.95 $66.44

Spectra Ward

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from each color. This effect doesn't remove Auras. (It can't be blocked, targeted, or dealt damage by anything that's white, blue, black, red, or green.)

Enchantment - Aura

$5.99 $2.38 $2.26

Sideboard

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Maybeboard

Qty: 18 Price: $159.81

Archway of Innovation

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.

: Add

: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for

Land

$2.99 $1.12 $1.02

Cast Out

Flash
When this enchantment enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature - Human Wizard

$17.99 $12.34 $10.61

Farewell

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

Sorcery

$6.99 $5.21 $4.68

Idyllic Beachfront

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This land enters tapped.

Land - Plains Island

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Minamo, School at Water's Edge

: Add

: Untap target legendary permanent.

Legendary Land

Minamo, School at Water's Edge (chk) 279

$84.99 $58.35 $49.79

Mirror Gallery

The "legend rule" doesn't apply.

Artifact

$8.99 $11.17 $8.73

Mystic Gate

: Add

, or

Land

$4.49 $5.62 $3.01

Nimbus Maze

: Add

. Activate only if you control an Island.

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land

$9.49 $6.79 $5.38

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

$1.29 $0.67 $0.33

Razortide Bridge

This land enters tapped.
Indestructible

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Artifact Land

$0.79 $0.36 $0.15

Restoration Angel

Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, you may exile target non-Angel creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Creature - Angel

$0.79 $0.32 $0.28

Solemnity

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

Enchantment

$9.49 $9.12 $6.46

Sphinx's Revelation

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Instant

$0.99 $1.12 $0.38

Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered.
Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery

$3.99 $2.78 $2.58

Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.

: Add

Land

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Tundra

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Land - Plains Island

$---- $---- $----

Wrath of God

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$5.49 $3.50 $3.00

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $1,977.03

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.47Total Mana Value: 158.00

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Anthem

Blink

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30 pips - 28 cards

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31 pips - 25 cards

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23 mana - 23 cards

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0 mana - 7 cards

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0 mana - 7 cards

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13 mana - 8 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.47Total Mana Value: 158.00

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