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The awkward conversation after a failed suicide... and Lethal Commander Damage
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Commander

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Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Arixmethes enters tapped with five slumber counters on it. As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it's a land. (It's not a creature.) Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Creature
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle (2xm) 189

Commander

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Counterspell

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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
Arcane Denial (voc) 102
Cryptic Command

Choose two — • Counter target spell. • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Tap all creatures your opponents control. • Draw a card.

Instant
Cryptic Command (ima) 48
Dismiss

Counter target spell. Draw a card.

Instant
Dismiss (cn2) 108
Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant
Rewind (m21) 63
Summary Dismissal

Exile all other spells and counter all abilities.

Instant
Summary Dismissal (emn) 75
Voidslime

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

Instant
Voidslime (gk2) 127

Counterspell

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Land

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Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (plst) C21-284
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (akr) 298
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (klr) 291
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (plst) C21-311
Urza's Mine

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Mine (j22) 829
Urza's Power Plant

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Power Plant (j22) 830

Land

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To be removed

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Bind

Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Draw a card.

Instant
Bind (inv) 182
Cartouche of Knowledge

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.

Enchantment
Cartouche of Knowledge (plst) AKH-45
Cartouche of Strength

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, you may have enchanted creature fight target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.

Enchantment
Cartouche of Strength (akh) 158
Chariot of Victory

Equipped creature has first strike, trample, and haste. Equip {1}

Artifact
Chariot of Victory (jou) 159
Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Haunted Cloak (cmr) 313
Murkfiend Liege

Other green creatures you control get +1/+1. Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1. Untap all green and/or blue creatures you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Murkfiend Liege (cmr) 448
Refocus

Untap target creature. Draw a card.

Instant
Refocus (plst) FRF-47
Refresh

Regenerate target creature. Draw a card.

Instant
Refresh (ody) 264
Ring of Evos Isle

{2}: Equipped creature gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's blue. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Ring of Evos Isle (m13) 211
Ring of Kalonia

Equipped creature has trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's green. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Ring of Kalonia (m13) 212
Simic Ascendancy

{1}{G}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on this enchantment. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

Enchantment
Simic Ascendancy (prna) 207
Squelch

Counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Draw a card.

Instant
Squelch (chk) 92
Visions of Beyond

Draw a card. If a graveyard has twenty or more cards in it, draw three cards instead.

Instant
Visions of Beyond (m12) 80

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Card Draw

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Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (40k) 192
Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (dmr) 51
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (nph) 35
Peek

Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Peek (10e) 94
Prime Speaker Zegana

Prime Speaker Zegana enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the greatest power among other creatures you control. When Prime Speaker Zegana enters, draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Prime Speaker Zegana (gtc) 188
Pull from Tomorrow

Draw X cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Pull from Tomorrow (akh) 65
Spy Network

Look at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures they control. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Instant
Spy Network (ons) 115
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (khc) 46

Card Draw

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Creature

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Kruphix, God of Horizons

Indestructible As long as your devotion to green and blue is less than seven, Kruphix isn't a creature. You have no maximum hand size. If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.

Creature Enchantment
Kruphix, God of Horizons (plst) JOU-152
Noble Benefactor

When this creature dies, each player may search their library for a card and put that card into their hand. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

Creature
Noble Benefactor (plst) WTH-44
Tidal Barracuda

Any player may cast spells as though they had flash. Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.

Creature
Tidal Barracuda (c20) 39
Triskaidekaphile

You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly thirteen cards in your hand, you win the game. {3}{U}: Draw a card.

Creature
Triskaidekaphile (dbl) 81

Creature

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Ramp

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Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (40k) 211
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (clb) 244
Tempt with Discovery

Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.

Sorcery
Tempt with Discovery (plst) C16-170
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (cmr) 261
Traverse the Outlands

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. Put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Traverse the Outlands (plst) C17-34

Ramp

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Unblockable

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Shadow Rift

Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Draw a card.

Instant
Shadow Rift (tmp) 86
Slip Through Space

Devoid (This card has no color.) Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Slip Through Space (plst) OGW-47

Unblockable

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Card Draw Plus

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Blink of an Eye

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.

Instant
Blink of an Eye (dom) 46
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
Dress Down (mh2) 39
Geistwave

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.

Instant
Geistwave (dbl) 56
Into the Roil

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, draw a card.

Instant
Into the Roil (cmr) 397
Kenrith's Transformation

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)

Enchantment
Kenrith's Transformation (eld) 164
Repulse

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Repulse (plst) CN2-119
Shielding Plax

({G/U} can be paid with either {G} or {U}.) Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.

Enchantment
Shielding Plax (afc) 192

Card Draw Plus

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Double Power

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Fireshrieker

Equipped creature has double strike. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Fireshrieker (nec) 151
Grappling Hook

Equipped creature has double strike. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may have target creature block it this turn if able. Equip {4}

Artifact
Grappling Hook (c17) 212
Hadana's Climb

Enchantment
Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (rix) 158Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (rix) 158
Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature {U}: Untap enchanted creature. {U}: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn. {U}: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {1}: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Pemmin's Aura (scg) 45
Unnatural Growth

At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.

Enchantment
Unnatural Growth (pmid) 206p

Double Power

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Recursion

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Bala Ged Recovery

Sorcery
Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary (znr) 180
Eternal Witness

When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Eternal Witness (scd) 181
Noxious Revival

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) Put target card from a graveyard on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Noxious Revival (plst) NPH-118
Reclaim

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

Instant
Reclaim (plst) ORI-195
Regrowth

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Regrowth (plst) A25-187

Recursion

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Untap Lands

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Early Harvest

Target player untaps all basic lands they control.

Instant
Early Harvest (plst) MIR-213
Seedborn Muse

Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Seedborn Muse (cc1) 4
Sphinx of the Second Sun

Flying At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, there is an additional beginning phase after this phase. (The beginning phase includes the untap, upkeep, and draw steps.)

Creature
Sphinx of the Second Sun (cmr) 99
Wilderness Reclamation

At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.

Enchantment
Wilderness Reclamation (c20) 196

Untap Lands

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Combat Tricks

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Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (znc) 23
Aetherspouts

For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

Instant
Aetherspouts (mic) 97
Charge Through

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Charge Through (stx) 124
Leap

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Leap (sth) 35
Snakeform

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Snake with base power and toughness 1/1. Draw a card.

Instant
Snakeform (c15) 242

Combat Tricks

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Instant

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Double Major

Copy target creature spell you control, except it isn't legendary if the spell is legendary. (A copy of a creature spell becomes a token.)

Instant
Double Major (stx) 179

Instant

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Sorcery

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Gaea's Blessing

Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library. Draw a card. When this card is put into your graveyard from your library, shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Sorcery
Gaea's Blessing (plst) DOM-161
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} 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
Rite of Replication (c21) 128

Sorcery

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Maybeboard

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Alchemist's Refuge

{T}: Add {C}. {G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Alchemist's Refuge (plst) AVR-225
Doppelgang

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

Sorcery
Doppelgang (mkm) 198
Enter the Enigma

Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Enter the Enigma (dsk) 52
Interdict

Counter target activated ability from an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land. That permanent's activated abilities can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Draw a card.

Instant
Interdict (tmp) 69
Legolas's Quick Reflexes

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Untap target creature. Until end of turn, it gains hexproof, reach, and "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals damage equal to its power to up to one target creature."

Instant
Legolas's Quick Reflexes (ltc) 493
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 {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Leyline Axe (fdn) 485
Mind's Eye

Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Mind's Eye (bbd) 240
Ram Through

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

Instant
Ram Through (j22) 91
Rishkar's Expertise

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Rishkar's Expertise (ncc) 306
Seasons Past

Return any number of cards with different mana values from your graveyard to your hand. Put Seasons Past on the bottom of its owner's library.

Sorcery
Seasons Past (soi) 226
Stroke of Genius

Target player draws X cards.

Instant
Stroke of Genius (dmr) 67
Traveler's Cloak

Enchant creature As this Aura enters, choose a land type. When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature has landwalk of the chosen type. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a land of that type.)

Enchantment
Traveler's Cloak (cns) 109
Trickbind

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Counter target activated or triggered ability. If a permanent's ability is countered this way, activated abilities of that permanent can't be activated this turn. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant
Trickbind (tsp) 88
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (plst) M11-221

Maybeboard

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Description

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