ManaShelf Kess • (Grixis Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $4.49

Kess, Dissident Mage

Flying
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$4.49 $3.74 $3.43

Commander

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Board Wipe

Qty: 2 Price: $9.34

Barter in Blood

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Force of Despair

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

Instant

$8.99 $6.44 $6.46

Board Wipe

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Draw / Resources

Qty: 8 Price: $122.44

Brainstorm

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

Instant

$3.49 $1.73 $1.42

Burning Prophet

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn, then scry 1.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Instant

$0.99 $0.29 $0.15

Demonic Tutor

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

Sorcery

$89.99 $67.92 $62.52

Everdream

Draw a card.
Splice onto instant or sorcery

(As you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.38 $0.31

Frantic Search

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

Instant

$2.29 $2.22 $1.03

Gamble

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

Sorcery

$23.99 $19.05 $16.24

Draw / Resources

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Finisher

Qty: 2 Price: $1.78

Desperate Gambit

Choose a source you control and flip a coin. If you win the flip, the next time that source would deal damage this turn, it deals double that damage instead. If you lose the flip, the next time it would deal damage this turn, prevent that damage.

Instant

$0.99 $0.61 $0.15

Exsanguinate

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

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.32 $0.23

Finisher

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Interaction

Qty: 14 Price: $104.52

Abrade

Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.

Instant

$0.39 $0.31 $0.15

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

$5.99 $3.04 $2.85

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

$4.49 $1.84 $2.06

Beacon Bolt

Beacon Bolt deals damage to target creature equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Chain Lightning

Chain Lightning deals 3 damage to any target. Then that player or that permanent's controller may pay

. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.33 $0.19

Chain of Vapor

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that permanent's controller may sacrifice a land of their choice. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Instant

$14.99 $16.03 $9.36

Countersquall

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller loses 2 life.

Instant

$1.29 $0.49 $0.50

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

$47.99 $39.43 $40.57

Dire Fleet Daredevil

First strike
When this creature enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature - Human Pirate

$0.49 $0.39 $0.15

Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam

: Return target artifact you control to its owner's hand.

: Copy target artifact spell you control. (The copy becomes a token.)

Legendary Creature - Human Artificer Advisor

$0.49 $0.38 $0.15

Feed the Swarm

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

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.24 $0.15

Flusterstorm

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays

.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Instant

$14.99 $13.87 $11.06

Glen Elendra Archmage

Flying

, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell.
Persist (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 - Wizard Faerie

$10.99 $11.29 $10.05

Izzet Chemister

Haste

: Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.

, Sacrifice this creature: Cast any number of cards exiled with this creature without paying their mana costs.

Creature - Wizard Goblin

$0.49 $0.25 $0.15

Interaction

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Land

Qty: 37 Price: $58.03

Aether Hub

When this land enters, you get

(an energy counter).

: Add

, Pay

: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Blackcleave Cliffs

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

: Add

Land

$3.49 $2.61 $2.43

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 $0.20

Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, or

Land

$0.79 $0.34 $0.28

Darkwater Catacombs

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.32 $0.21

Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.45 $0.45

Drowned Catacomb

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

: Add

Land

$2.29 $1.03 $0.94

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

Exotic Orchard

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

Land

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Fiery Islet

, Pay 1 life: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land

$5.99 $4.39 $3.84

Frostboil Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Gateway Plaza

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay

: Add one mana of any color.

Land - Gate

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Graven Cairns

: Add

, or

Land

$3.49 $1.56 $1.44

Haunted Ridge

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

: Add

Land

$10.99 $9.32 $7.78

Highland Lake

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

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

Izzet Boilerworks

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.39 $0.15

Izzet Guildgate

This land enters tapped.

: Add

Land - Gate

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Mountain

(

: Add

Basic Land - Mountain

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

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

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

Land

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Protection / Recursion

Qty: 2 Price: $0.94

Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.59 $0.37 $0.31

Flood of Recollection

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Flood of Recollection.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Protection / Recursion

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Ramp / Fixing

Qty: 9 Price: $29.79

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.52 $0.42

Arcum's Astrolabe

(

can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
When this artifact enters, draw a card.

: Add one mana of any color.

Snow Artifact

$0.35 $0.50 $0.32

Carnival of Souls

Whenever a creature enters, you lose 1 life and add

Enchantment

$22.99 $22.20 $12.10

Commander's Sphere

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Dimir Signet

: Add

Artifact

$1.79 $1.28 $0.40

Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact

$1.49 $0.92 $0.91

Goblin Electromancer

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Wizard Goblin

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Haughty Djinn

Flying
Haughty Djinn's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Djinn

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Izzet Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.99 $0.43 $0.27

Ramp / Fixing

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Theme Engine

Qty: 9 Price: $7.77

Archmage Emeritus

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

Creature - Human Wizard

$1.49 $0.74 $0.67

Aria of Flame

When this enchantment enters, each opponent gains 10 life.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a verse counter on this enchantment, then it deals damage equal to the number of verse counters on it to target player or planeswalker.

Enchantment

$1.29 $0.65 $0.17

Cecily, Haunted Mage

Your maximum hand size is eleven.
Whenever Cecily, Haunted Mage attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. Then if you have eleven or more cards in your hand, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$0.49 $0.40 $0.15

Chaos Wand

: Target opponent exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then put the exiled cards that weren't cast this way on the bottom of that library in a random order.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.40 $0.15

Don Andres, the Renegade

Each creature you control but don't own gets +2/+2, has menace and deathtouch, and is a Pirate in addition to its other types.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell you don't own, create two tapped Treasure tokens.

Legendary Creature - Vampire Pirate

$1.99 $0.42 $0.20

Firemind's Research

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a charge counter on this enchantment.

, Remove two charge counters from this enchantment: Draw a card.

, Remove five charge counters from this enchantment: It deals 5 damage to any target.

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Goblinslide

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay

. If you do, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Judith, Carnage Connoisseur

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, choose one —
• That spell gains deathtouch and lifelink.
• Create a 2/2 red Imp creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 2 damage to each opponent."

Legendary Creature - Human Shaman

$0.59 $0.38 $0.15

Keldon Flamesage

Enlist
Whenever this creature attacks, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is this creature's power. You may exile an instant or sorcery card with mana value X or less from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Creature - Human Shaman

$0.49 $0.16 $0.15

Theme Engine

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Theme Payoff

Qty: 3 Price: $2.27

Dreadhorde Arcanist

Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature - Wizard Zombie

$0.49 $0.34 $0.15

Goblin Dark-Dwellers

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature - Goblin

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Guttersnipe

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature - Goblin Shaman

$1.29 $---- $----

Theme Payoff

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Theme Support

Qty: 8 Price: $28.64

Academy Elite

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in all graveyards.

, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.49 $0.40 $0.17

Bonus Round

Until end of turn, whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player copies it and may choose new targets for the copy.

Sorcery

$4.49 $3.74 $2.79

Chain of Smog

Target player discards two cards. That player may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Sorcery

$6.49 $6.41 $4.32

Cyclops Electromancer

When this creature enters, it deals X damage to target creature an opponent controls, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.

Creature - Wizard Cyclops

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Doublecast

When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.26 $0.16

Dualcaster Mage

Flash
When this creature enters, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature - Human Wizard

$4.49 $4.10 $3.70

Fury Storm

When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant

$9.99 $6.17 $3.63

Increasing Vengeance

Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant

$1.99 $1.00 $0.68

Theme Support

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Utility

Qty: 5 Price: $45.45

Blasphemous Act

This spell costs

less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery

$1.99 $0.86 $0.78

Cabal Ritual

Add

.
Threshold — Add

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

Instant

$20.99 $16.64 $11.72

Chandra's Ignition

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each other creature and each opponent.

Sorcery

$10.99 $6.96 $3.76

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$10.99 $7.55 $7.30

Gruesome Fate

Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature you control.

Sorcery

$0.49 $2.29 $0.50

Utility

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $415.46

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Avg Mana Value: 2.65Total Mana Value: 167.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.65Total Mana Value: 167.00

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