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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $1.49

Sokrates, Athenian Teacher

Defender
Sokrates has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Sokratic Dialogue —

: Until end of turn, target creature gains "If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, prevent that damage. This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down."

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

$1.49 $1.17 $0.20

Commander

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Burn

Qty: 1 Price: $11.99

Iron Maiden

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact

$11.99 $12.56 $6.35

Burn

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Counters

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Dissipate

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Counters

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Draw

Qty: 17 Price: $157.43

Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature - Human Wizard

$1.49 $0.57 $0.47

Archmage of Runes

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature - Wizard Giant

$5.49 $3.36 $2.59

Brainstorm

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

Instant

$4.49 $1.59 $1.40

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 $60.54 $63.29

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

$17.99 $11.50 $11.22

Flumph

Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature - Jellyfish

$3.99 $2.29 $2.05

Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size.

: Each player draws X cards.

: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Artifact - Book

$2.49 $2.95 $1.42

Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact

$6.99 $9.77 $8.50

Kami of the Crescent Moon

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Legendary Creature - Spirit

$13.99 $7.98 $6.77

Kiora, the Rising Tide

When Kiora enters, draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Threshold — Whenever Kiora attacks, if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may create Scion of the Deep, a legendary 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.

Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble

$0.69 $0.40 $0.15

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

: Each player may draw a card, then each player who drew a card this way gains 1 life.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Rabbit

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Sorcery

$4.49 $4.32 $2.34

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

$1.29 $0.75 $0.52

Proft's Eidetic Memory

When Proft's Eidetic Memory enters, draw a card.
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've drawn more than one card this turn, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the number of cards you've drawn this turn minus one.

Legendary Enchantment

$4.49 $3.41 $2.59

Prosperity

Each player draws X cards.

Sorcery

$4.49 $12.01 $2.22

Wavebreak Hippocamp

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

Creature Enchantment - Fish Horse

$0.99 $0.60 $0.57

Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
You have no maximum hand size.

: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards.

: Level 3
Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment - Class

$3.49 $3.46 $2.83

Draw

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Land

Qty: 34 Price: $1077.12

Adarkar Wastes

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$0.69 $0.32 $0.25

Arcane Lighthouse

: Add

: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.

Land

$2.99 $1.76 $0.93

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.79 $0.31 $0.17

Deserted Beach

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

: Add

Land

$9.99 $6.24 $4.93

Floodfarm Verge

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.

Land

$14.99 $10.35 $7.22

Glacial Fortress

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

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.34 $0.17

Hallowed Fountain

(

: Add

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

Land - Plains Island

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

Island

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: Add

Basic Land - Island

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

Kor Haven

: Add

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

Legendary Land

$27.99 $17.71 $10.68

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 $9.74 $8.66

Mystic Sanctuary

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: Add

.)
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

$2.29 $1.10 $0.96

Nimbus Maze

: Add

. Activate only if you control an Island.

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land

$9.99 $7.28 $6.24

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 $26.44 $26.05

Plains

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Basic Land - Plains

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

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $3.95 $4.05

Sea of Clouds

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

: Add

Land

$27.99 $20.50 $19.27

Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Trenzalore Clocktower

: Add

. Put a time counter on Trenzalore Clocktower.

, Remove twelve time counters from Trenzalore Clocktower and exile it: Shuffle your graveyard and hand into your library, then draw seven cards. Activate only if you control a Time Lord.

Legendary Land

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Tundra

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: Add

Land - Plains Island

$899.99 $685.83 $401.17

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49

Ivory Tower

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.

Artifact

$3.49 $2.00 $0.78

Lifegain

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Protection

Qty: 10 Price: $19.56

Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$7.99 $6.16 $4.86

Gold-Forged Thopteryx

Flying, lifelink
Each legendary permanent you control has ward

. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays

Creature Artifact - Dinosaur Thopter

$0.39 $0.35 $0.19

Nils, Discipline Enforcer

At the beginning of your end step, for each player, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature that player controls.
Each creature with one or more counters on it can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless its controller pays

, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

Legendary Creature - Human Cleric

$0.59 $0.35 $0.15

Noble Heritage

Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. For each opponent who does, you gain protection from that player until your next turn." (You can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)

Legendary Enchantment - Background

$0.99 $0.50 $0.16

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 - Human Advisor

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

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

$1.49 $0.85 $0.26

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$4.49 $1.90 $2.18

Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Wall of Denial

Defender, flying
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature - Wall

$0.99 $0.49 $0.34

Windborn Muse

Flying
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Creature - Spirit

$1.79 $0.83 $0.65

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 5 Price: $111.45

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.48 $0.52

Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$5.99 $3.24 $3.05

Copy Artifact

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield, except it's an enchantment in addition to its other types.

Enchantment

$94.99 $64.32 $35.37

Eluge, the Shoreless Sea

Eluge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Islands you control.
Whenever Eluge enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. It's an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
The first instant or sorcery spell you cast each turn costs

(or

) less to cast for each land you control with a flood counter on it.

Legendary Creature - Elemental Fish

$6.49 $5.07 $4.30

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $1.26 $1.46

Ramp

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Removal

Qty: 22 Price: $181.72

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 $3.06 $3.09

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$3.99 $1.57 $1.74

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$3.99 $3.40 $2.95

Cowed by Wisdom

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block unless its controller pays

for each card in your hand.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.39 $0.17 $0.15

Disallow

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant

$0.79 $0.40 $0.15

Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered.
Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$5.49 $4.18 $2.74

Ertai's Scorn

This spell costs

less to cast if an opponent cast two or more spells this turn.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Farewell

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

Sorcery

$6.49 $4.84 $3.75

Fierce Guardianship

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

Instant

$84.99 $64.73 $62.50

Flare of Denial

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$5.49 $3.69 $3.02

Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant

$1.99 $0.71 $0.81

Hindering Light

Counter target spell that targets you or a permanent you control.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

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 $1.02 $1.17

Permission Denied

Counter target noncreature spell. Your opponents can't cast noncreature spells this turn.

Instant

$17.99 $16.86 $14.78

Pongify

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

Instant

$4.49 $2.81 $2.45

Refute

Counter target spell. Draw a card, then discard a card.

Instant

$0.35 $---- $----

Soul Tithe

Enchant nonland permanent
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted permanent's controller, that player sacrifices it unless they pay

, where X is its mana value.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Strix Serenade

Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$3.99 $2.97 $1.45

Swan Song

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

Instant

$17.99 $9.81 $9.36

Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant

$3.49 $1.41 $1.52

Three Steps Ahead

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+

— Counter target spell.
+

— Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+

— Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant

$8.99 $5.76 $4.86

Removal

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Theft

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79

Guile

This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature - Elemental Incarnation

$0.79 $0.84 $0.47

Theft

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Tokens

Qty: 4 Price: $5.76

Emrakul's Messenger

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token with "Sacrifice this token: Add

Creature - Rogue Faerie Eldrazi

$1.29 $0.28 $0.15

Homunculus Horde

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

Creature - Homunculus

$2.49 $1.36 $0.35

Mischievous Mystic

Flying
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.69 $0.27 $0.15

Talrand, Sky Summoner

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$1.29 $1.60 $0.45

Tokens

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Tutor

Qty: 3 Price: $75.97

Enlightened Tutor

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

Instant

$42.99 $36.46 $34.34

Fabricate

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

Sorcery

$10.99 $7.44 $8.26

Mystical Tutor

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

Instant

$21.99 $17.69 $15.89

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $1,647.12

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.29Total Mana Value: 151.00

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23 pips - 22 cards

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61 pips - 47 cards

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8 mana - 7 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.29Total Mana Value: 151.00

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