Butcher • (Mono-Black Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.00

Istvan, Butcher of Eln

Istvan attacks each combat if able.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Istvan by creatures.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Istvan.

Legendary Creature - Human

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

Commander

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Counters

Qty: 1 Price: $5.49

Tarrian's Soulcleaver

Equipped creature has vigilance.
Whenever another artifact or creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$5.49 $3.88 $2.57

Counters

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Drain

Qty: 4 Price: $38.32

Battlefield Butcher

: Each opponent loses 2 life. This ability costs

less to activate for each creature card in your graveyard.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Vampire

$5.99 $4.42 $3.20

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each

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

Creature - Zombie

$10.99 $8.66 $7.02

Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Human Rogue Ally

$20.99 $16.18 $17.75

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 10 Price: $144.20

Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Enchantment

$22.99 $18.36 $15.88

Fell Stinger

Deathtouch
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Creature - Zombie Scorpion

$0.49 $0.40 $0.31

Greed

, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment

$1.79 $2.02 $0.91

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

When you cast this spell, draw four cards.
Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.)
When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.

Legendary Creature - Eldrazi

$64.99 $57.41 $56.26

Morbid Opportunist

Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature - Human Rogue

$20.99 $17.25 $15.34

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$8.49 $5.49 $4.58

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (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

$5.99 $5.64 $3.20

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$3.99 $4.14 $2.22

Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$11.99 $6.85 $6.65

Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.

Instant

$2.49 $1.23 $0.67

Draw

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.59

Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.59 $0.39 $0.15

Evasion

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Finisher

Qty: 1 Price: $5.99

Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery

$5.99 $3.26 $2.95

Finisher

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Infect

Qty: 1 Price: $3.99

Tainted Strike

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Instant

$3.99 $2.88 $2.11

Infect

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Land

Qty: 34 (37 w/ MDFC)Price: $273.26

Bojuka Bog

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

: Add

Land

$3.49 $1.69 $1.56

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$32.99 $21.37 $22.66

Cabal Stronghold

: Add

for each basic Swamp you control.

Land

$22.99 $21.91 $21.62

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

: Add

: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Legendary Land

$74.99 $57.16 $52.07

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $6.00 $4.09

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$1.79 $1.51 $0.57

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Legendary Land

$69.99 $61.49 $60.87

War Room

: Add

, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land

$13.99 $12.32 $11.94

Witch's Cottage

(

: Add

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

Land - Swamp

$1.79 $1.08 $0.51

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Butcher's Cleaver

Equipped creature gets +3/+0.
As long as equipped creature is a Human, it has lifelink.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 8 Price: $152.15

Butcher's Glee

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains lifelink until end of turn. Regenerate it. (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.34 $0.15

Commander's Plate

Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from each color that's not in your commander's color identity.
Equip commander

Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$74.99 $52.37 $53.14

Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant

$27.99 $23.90 $16.97

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) 111

$20.99 $14.30 $12.87

Mithril Coat

Flash
Indestructible
When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control.
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

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

No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment

$21.99 $17.91 $16.81

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

$5.49 $3.30 $3.10

Uncle Istvan

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by creatures.

Creature - Human

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 3 Price: $21.97

Blackblade Reforged

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control.
Equip legendary creature

Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$3.99 $4.92 $3.33

Leyline Axe

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike and trample.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$11.99 $7.79 $7.29

Nightmare Lash

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Swamp you control.
Equip—Pay 3 life. (Pay 3 life: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$5.99 $8.12 $1.77

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 12 Price: $396.49

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$84.99 $49.32 $47.15

Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add

Artifact

$22.99 $16.99 $17.64

Cabal Ritual

Add

.
Threshold — Add

instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Instant

$19.99 $15.65 $12.80

Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

Artifact

$0.79 $0.31 $0.28

Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay

. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional

Creature - Spirit

$21.99 $15.16 $14.05

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$6.49 $5.45 $3.04

Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$29.99 $23.28 $20.82

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Lifelink
For each

in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana.
Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on K'rrik.

Legendary Creature - Horror Minion Phyrexian

$37.99 $49.70 $46.87

Mind Stone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

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

Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$84.99 $75.83 $76.71

Shambling Ghast

When this creature dies, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Creature - Zombie

$1.29 $0.36 $0.15

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$84.99 $61.99 $51.47

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 3 Price: $62.33

Agadeem's Awakening

Return from your graveyard to the battlefield any number of target creature cards that each have a different mana value X or less.

Sorcery

Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt (znr) 336

$44.99 $34.14 $34.97

Butcher Ghoul

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature - Zombie

$0.35 $0.35 $0.15

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

$16.99 $11.87 $9.51

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 16 Price: $211.04

Accursed Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$2.99 $1.36 $0.92

Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$44.99 $40.67 $43.47

Deadly Rollick

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

Instant

$54.99 $35.78 $36.47

Defile

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Instant

$5.49 $4.06 $3.09

Demon's Disciple

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.

Creature - Human Cleric

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Dismember

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Instant

$3.99 $3.52 $2.15

Fell the Profane

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant

$7.99 $5.28 $4.44

Fleshbag Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$2.99 $3.65 $1.96

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$1.99 $1.00 $0.57

Massacre Girl

Menace
When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

$1.79 $0.70 $0.52

Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature - Wurm Phyrexian

$12.99 $9.67 $7.37

Meathook Massacre II

When Meathook Massacre II enters, each player sacrifices X creatures of their choice.
Whenever a creature you control dies, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, they may pay 3 life. If they don't, return that card under your control with a finality counter on it.

Legendary Enchantment

$5.99 $2.38 $2.55

Merciless Executioner

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature - Warrior Orc

$0.79 $0.37 $0.34

Murder

Destroy target creature.

Instant

$0.59 $0.44 $0.16

Plaguecrafter

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature - Human Shaman

$27.99 $27.28 $28.01

The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Legendary Enchantment

$34.99 $25.60 $24.79

Removal

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Sac Outlet

Qty: 1 Price: $4.49

Viscera Seer

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

Creature - Wizard Vampire

$4.49 $5.04 $4.10

Sac Outlet

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Tokens

Qty: 1 Price: $5.49

Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature - Human Shaman

$5.49 $4.79 $4.73

Tokens

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Tutor

Qty: 2 Price: $189.98

Demonic Tutor

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

Sorcery

$79.99 $66.98 $60.84

Grim Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.

Sorcery

$109.99 $100.57 $72.92

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $1,516.13

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.74Total Mana Value: 181.00

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Pump

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Removal

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Tokens

Tutor

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Avg Mana Value: 2.74Total Mana Value: 181.00

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