Istvan • (Mono-Black Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

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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

$---- $7.55 $6.27

Commander

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Copy

Qty: 1 Price: $0.99

The Masamune

As long as equipped creature is attacking, it has first strike and must be blocked if able.
Equipped creature has "If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of this creature or an emblem you own to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time."
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$0.99 $0.88 $0.38

Copy

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Counters

Qty: 3 Price: $94.97

Super Shredder

Menace
Whenever another permanent leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Super Shredder.

Legendary Creature - Human Mutant Ninja

$19.99 $16.27 $13.65

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

$4.99 $4.27 $3.14

The Ozolith

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

Legendary Artifact

$69.99 $63.96 $52.08

Counters

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Drain

Qty: 4 Price: $11.36

Blood Artist

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

Creature - Vampire

$4.49 $3.16 $2.83

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

$2.29 $5.25 $1.02

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.

: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

$1.79 $1.66 $1.18

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

$2.79 $1.44 $1.16

Drain

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Draw

Qty: 9 Price: $53.97

Ayara, First of Locthwain

Whenever Ayara or another black creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

, Sacrifice another black creature: Draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Elf Noble

$8.99 $6.08 $4.17

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

$18.99 $13.87 $13.07

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Legendary Creature - Nightmare

$7.49 $3.95 $3.92

Dread Presence

Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Creature - Nightmare

$7.99 $4.16 $3.89

Great Fierce Bee

Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures die, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature - Insect

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Morbid Opportunist

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

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.69 $0.26 $0.19

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$2.49 $6.42 $----

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment

$5.49 $2.94 $2.44

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$1.49 $3.49 $0.40

Draw

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Evasion

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Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip

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

Artifact - Equipment

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Evasion

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.32 $0.30

Vorpal Sword

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has deathtouch.

: Until end of turn, this Equipment gains "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$3.49 $2.65 $2.03

Finisher

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Land

Qty: 33 Price: $240.29

Bojuka Bog

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

: Add

Land

$2.99 $1.37 $1.49

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$34.99 $28.22 $26.13

Evolving Wilds

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

Land

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.59 $0.29 $0.25

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

$84.99 $57.39 $50.76

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $5.17 $3.90

Rogue's Passage

: Add

: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$2.79 $1.03 $5.26

Swamp

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: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $---- $0.40

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

$19.99 $11.30 $10.52

Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land

$0.35 $0.31 $0.15

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Legendary Land

$69.99 $51.75 $52.07

War Room

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

Land

$5.49 $3.67 $2.20

Witch's Cottage

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: 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

$0.99 $0.63 $0.36

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 1 Price: $44.99

Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink.

: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$44.99 $35.21 $33.71

Lifegain

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Protection

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Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$1.99 $1.02 $0.86

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

$47.99 $36.06 $36.31

Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant

$12.99 $9.60 $8.59

Mithril Coat

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

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

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

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

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

Artifact - Equipment

$3.99 $2.45 $2.11

Uncle Istvan

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

Creature - Human

$0.39 $0.26 $0.15

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 2 Price: $9.48

Blackblade Reforged

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

Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$3.99 $2.92 $2.76

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

$5.49 $8.88 $1.77

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 11 Price: $99.29

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.79 $0.43 $0.40

Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add

for each charge counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment

$7.49 $5.30 $4.37

Bontu's Monument

Black creature spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Legendary Artifact

$4.49 $2.95 $2.86

Bubbling Muck

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional

Sorcery

$4.99 $2.80 $2.54

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

$24.99 $17.69 $17.55

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$11.99 $8.05 $7.92

Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$21.99 $16.48 $13.27

Nirkana Revenant

Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional

: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature - Vampire Shade

$11.99 $6.99 $6.32

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $1.30 $1.32

Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact - Golem

$0.59 $0.46 $0.15

The Darkness Crystal

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.

: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.

Legendary Artifact

$6.99 $5.03 $3.68

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 3 Price: $46.97

Animate Dead

Enchant creature card in a graveyard
When this Aura enters, if it's on the battlefield, it loses "enchant creature card in a graveyard" and gains "enchant creature put onto the battlefield with this Aura." Return enchanted creature card to the battlefield under your control and attach this Aura to it. When this Aura leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller sacrifices it.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-0.

Enchantment - Aura

$8.99 $7.29 $5.73

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

$12.99 $8.29 $8.05

Sheoldred, Whispering One

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian

$24.99 $24.27 $20.82

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 21 Price: $159.36

Accursed Marauder

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

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$0.99 $0.29 $0.15

Archfiend of Depravity

Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Creature - Demon

$0.99 $0.32 $0.22

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

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

Artifact - Equipment

$4.99 $3.31 $2.59

Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$27.99 $21.22 $19.78

Defile

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

Instant

$2.49 $2.27 $1.65

Demon's Disciple

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

Creature - Human Cleric

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Dictate of Erebos

Flash
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment

$21.99 $16.46 $15.53

Feed the Swarm

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

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.22 $0.15

Fleshbag Marauder

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

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$0.35 $0.35 $0.15

Gisa's Favorite Shovel

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has menace.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they do, you create a Walker token.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$11.99 $13.28 $13.28

Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant

$0.99 $0.39 $0.20

Grave Pact

Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment

$37.99 $32.87 $28.27

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.79 $0.28 $0.20

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

$0.59 $0.48 $0.18

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

$---- $2.72 $2.80

Merciless Executioner

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

Creature - Warrior Orc

$1.99 $0.54 $----

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

$0.79 $0.33 $0.28

Sheoldred's Edict

Choose one —
• Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature token of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker of their choice.

Instant

$2.49 $1.33 $0.63

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

$29.99 $26.28 $23.74

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery

$8.49 $5.37 $5.12

Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$2.29 $1.32 $1.27

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 1 Price: $6.99

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

$6.99 $5.94 $4.17

Stax

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Tokens

Qty: 1 Price: $2.29

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

$2.29 $1.24 $1.03

Tokens

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $843.27

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.84Total Mana Value: 190.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.84Total Mana Value: 190.00

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