Balin on a Budget • (Mono-Red Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Balin, Loremaster

Storied (If you control three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas, you have an enduring story for the rest of the game.)
Whenever Balin or another Dwarf you control enters, you may discard your hand. Draw X cards, where X is the number of cards discarded this way. If you have an enduring story, Balin deals X damage to each opponent.

Legendary Creature - Dwarf Bard

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Commander

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Burn

Qty: 3 Price: $21.33

City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for

or one mana of that creature's color.)
If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment

$14.99 $10.85 $10.37

Gimli, Counter of Kills

Trample
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, Gimli deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Legendary Creature - Warrior Dwarf

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

If a red source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

Legendary Creature - Dwarf Noble

$5.99 $4.58 $4.15

Burn

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Copy

Qty: 8 Price: $32.22

Devastating Onslaught

Create X tokens that are copies of target artifact or creature you control. Those tokens gain haste until end of turn. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery

$5.49 $3.16 $2.81

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 $3.63

Flare of Duplication

You may sacrifice a nontoken red creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant

$2.79 $2.49 $1.19

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 $0.86 $0.57

Peter Parker's Camera

This artifact enters with three film counters on it.

, Remove a film counter from this artifact: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact

$1.99 $1.35 $0.15

Reverberate

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant

$4.49 $2.92 $2.50

Strionic Resonator

: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Artifact

$9.49 $6.70 $6.09

Twinflame

Strive — This spell costs

more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery

$1.49 $0.88 $0.78

Copy

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Creature

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Blazing Firesinger

This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Dwarf Bard

Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song (sos) 109

$0.69 $0.32 $0.15

Dori, Bearer of Friends

Trample
When Dori enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Legendary Creature - Warrior Dwarf

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Dwarven Mauler

Equip abilities you activate that target this creature cost

less to activate.

Creature - Warrior Dwarf

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Fíli and Kíli, Joyous

Haste

: Add

. Spend this mana only to cast Dwarf, Equipment, and Saga spells.

Legendary Creature - Dwarf Bard

$4.99 $3.92 $2.77

Glóin the Mighty

At the beginning of your first main phase, add

Legendary Creature - Warrior Dwarf

Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings (hob) 99

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Hawkeye, Young Avenger

Reach
If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, instead it deals that much damage plus X, where X is Hawkeye's power.

Legendary Creature - Human Archer Hero

$0.79 $0.37 $0.15

Naktamun Lorespinner

At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has one or fewer cards in hand, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Wizard Jackal

Naktamun Lorespinner // Wheel of Fortune (soc) 33

$1.99 $1.33 $0.83

Rubble Rouser

When this creature enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

, Exile a card from your graveyard: Add

. When you do, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature - Dwarf Sorcerer

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 12 Price: $77.84

Big Score

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

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

Instant

$1.49 $0.43 $0.38

Change of Fortune

Discard your hand, then draw a card for each card you've discarded this turn.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.46 $0.17

Demand Answers

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.
Draw two cards.

Instant

$1.79 $0.71 $0.40

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

$1.29 $0.50 $0.48

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

When you cast this spell, if you have fewer than seven cards in hand, draw cards equal to the difference.
Menace
Discard a card with mana value X: Counter target spell with mana value X.

Legendary Creature - Eldrazi

$8.49 $6.03 $5.14

Magus of the Wheel

, Sacrifice this creature: Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Creature - Human Wizard

$2.49 $1.12 $0.72

Monument to Endurance

Whenever you discard a card, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token.
• Each opponent loses 3 life.

Artifact

$22.99 $16.41 $13.20

Pirate's Pillage

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

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

Sorcery

$1.49 $0.56 $0.57

Seize the Spoils

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

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

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Unexpected Windfall

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "

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

Instant

$4.99 $3.69 $3.12

Valakut Awakening

Put any number of cards from your hand on the bottom of your library, then draw that many cards plus one.

Instant

Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174

$21.99 $15.80 $14.58

Wheel of Misfortune

Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery

$9.99 $7.23 $6.25

Draw

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Evasion

Qty: 1 Price: $0.69

Dwarven Grunt

Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Creature - Dwarf

$0.69 $0.24 $0.15

Evasion

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Land

Qty: 31 (35 w/ MDFC)Price: $26.27

Geier Reach Sanitarium

: Add

: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Legendary Land

$2.79 $2.92 $1.51

Mirrorpool

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.

, Sacrifice this land: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.

Land

$4.49 $2.07 $1.87

Mountain

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Basic Land - Mountain

$---- $0.11 $0.15

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

This land enters tapped.
Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target.

: Add

Land

$18.99 $13.42 $14.36

Land

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Proliferate

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Staff of Compleation

, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own.

, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color.

, Pay 3 life: Proliferate.

, Pay 4 life: Draw a card.

: Untap this artifact.

Artifact

$6.49 $3.81 $3.04

Proliferate

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Protection

Qty: 4 Price: $25.32

Insufferable Balladeer

Vicious Mockery — When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn. Goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature - Dwarf Bard

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Redirect Lightning

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay

.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant - Lesson

$18.99 $11.05 $9.88

Return the Favor

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+

— Copy target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
+

— Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant

$1.49 $0.59 $0.19

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

$4.49 $1.88 $2.01

Protection

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Pump

Qty: 7 Price: $4.83

Seven Dwarves

This creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature named Seven Dwarves you control.
A deck can have up to seven cards named Seven Dwarves.

Creature - Dwarf

$0.69 $0.64 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

Qty: 11 Price: $61.45

Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.47 $0.40

Battle Hymn

Add

for each creature you control.

Instant

$2.79 $1.81 $1.50

Glóin, Dwarf Emissary

Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

, Sacrifice a Treasure: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Legendary Creature - Advisor Dwarf

$7.99 $---- $----

Infernal Plunge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Add

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.42 $0.15

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Other Dwarves you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Legendary Creature - Berserker Dwarf

$9.49 $7.97 $7.68

Phial of Galadriel

If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, draw two cards instead.
If you would gain life while you have 5 or less life, you gain twice that much life instead.

: Add one mana of any color.

Legendary Artifact

$1.99 $0.79 $0.48

Ruby Medallion

Red spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$17.99 $14.69 $13.73

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.79 $1.43

Storm-Kiln Artist

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Creature - Shaman Dwarf

$4.49 $1.86 $1.55

The Fire Crystal

Red spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Creatures you control have haste.

: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Legendary Artifact

$11.99 $6.75 $6.19

Vault Robber

, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Creature - Rogue Dwarf

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 1 Price: $3.49

Pinnacle Monk

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature - Djinn Monk

$3.49 $2.02 $1.37

Recursion

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Removal

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Abrade

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Dwarven Miner

: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Creature - Dwarf

$0.99 $0.37 $0.15

Electrodominance

Electrodominance deals X damage to any target. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Instant

$1.49 $0.64 $0.56

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant

$2.29 $0.73 $0.65

Plundering Barbarian

When this creature enters, choose one —
• Smash the Chest — Destroy target artifact.
• Pry It Open — Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Creature - Barbarian Dwarf

$0.49 $0.19 $0.15

Shatterskull Smashing

Shatterskull Smashing deals X damage divided as you choose among up to two target creatures and/or planeswalkers. If X is 6 or more, Shatterskull Smashing deals twice X damage divided as you choose among them instead.

Sorcery

Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass (znr) 161

$10.99 $8.19 $7.28

Spikefield Hazard

Spikefield Hazard deals 1 damage to any target. If a permanent dealt damage this way would die this turn, exile it instead.

Instant

Spikefield Hazard // Spikefield Cave (znr) 166

$0.35 $0.34 $0.15

Tibalt's Trickery

Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant

$17.99 $10.11 $10.98

Untimely Malfunction

Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.

Instant

$13.99 $8.46 $7.82

Removal

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Stax

Qty: 1 Price: $2.99

Vexing Bauble

Whenever a player casts a spell, if no mana was spent to cast it, counter that spell.

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$2.99 $2.15 $1.04

Stax

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Tutor

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Gamble

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

Sorcery

$23.99 $16.07 $16.55

Reckless Handling

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random. If an artifact card was discarded this way, Reckless Handling deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.33 $0.15

Tutor

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Deck size: 100Est cost: $346.68

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Avg Mana Value: 2.64Total Mana Value: 182.00

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4 mana - 3 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.64Total Mana Value: 182.00

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