BengisBongis
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{"ops":[{"insert":"My take on a politics deck. My goal is to play cards that allow my opponents to make decisions, and not just between two things that are both bad for them. No forced attacks, and no punisher effects (except for Killing Wave, that one's a pet card).\n\nThe largest and most emblematic category of this deck are the \"Go Attack That Guy\" cards. The majority of these cards offer some sort of benefit to my opponents for attacking someone other than me. Scriv embodies this idea as well. This category also includes Monarch and Initiative cards. These inevitably get people to attack me at least, but they overall encourage people to attack whomever has those two designations. And if I just so happen to avoid having the Monarchy or the Initiative, that's more damage aimed at my opponents. Finally, I have a few cards that discourage (but not prevent) people from attacking me. \n\nCards I have labeled \"Spice Things Up\" introduce something that my opponents can use against each other, whether or not it benefits me. Some provide threats, some provide information, and some provide other resources like cards or mana.\n\nThis is an early draft. The current priority is to identify cards I don't like, cut them, and add cards that make the deck more traditionally functional. I would certainly like all of my cards to feel on-theme, but I'll consider adding more generically good cards if I feel the deck will benefit from it.\nCan this deck win? Unclear right now, but that's the goal. It's hard to predict from goldfishing, given that my whole game plan is for my opponents to eliminate each other.\nI have also yet to fully add categories for every card, but I'd still recommend viewing this deck with the Categories (Multiple) option.\n\nCards in the Maybeboard were cut from the original draft. They're unlikely to come back in, but they're additional examples of the kinds of cards this deck wants.\n"}]}
Commander
Scriv, the Obligator
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever Scriv enters or attacks, create a white Aura enchantment token named Contract attached to target creature an opponent controls. The token has enchant creature and "Whenever enchanted creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn if it's attacking one of your opponents. Otherwise, its controller loses 2 life."
Whenever Scriv enters or attacks, create a white Aura enchantment token named Contract attached to target creature an opponent controls. The token has enchant creature and "Whenever enchanted creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn if it's attacking one of your opponents. Otherwise, its controller loses 2 life."
Legendary Creature - Bird Inkling
Commander
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Card Selection
Coercive Portal
Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice this artifact and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.
Artifact
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Gonti, Night Minister
Whenever a player casts a spell they don't own, that player creates a Treasure token.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller looks at the top card of that opponent's library and exiles it face down. They may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Mana of any type can be spent to cast a spell this way.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller looks at the top card of that opponent's library and exiles it face down. They may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Mana of any type can be spent to cast a spell this way.
Legendary Creature - Rogue Aetherborn
Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
Jump — During your turn, Kain has flying.
Whenever Kain deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of Kain. If they do, you draw that many cards, create that many tapped Treasure tokens, then lose that much life.
Whenever Kain deals combat damage to a player, that player gains control of Kain. If they do, you draw that many cards, create that many tapped Treasure tokens, then lose that much life.
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Master of Ceremonies
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent chooses money, friends, or secrets. For each player who chose money, you and that player each create a Treasure token. For each player who chose friends, you and that player each create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. For each player who chose secrets, you and that player each draw a card.
Creature - Druid Rhino
Oft-Nabbed Goat
: Draw a card. Gain control of this creature and put a -1/-1 counter on it. Only your opponents may activate this ability and only as a sorcery.
When this creature dies, if it had one or more -1/-1 counters on it, its owner draws that many cards and each other player loses that much life.
When this creature dies, if it had one or more -1/-1 counters on it, its owner draws that many cards and each other player loses that much life.
Creature - Goat
Card Selection
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Go Attack That Guy
Seasoned Dungeoneer
When this creature enters, you take the initiative.
Whenever you attack, target attacking Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, or Wizard gains protection from creatures until end of turn. It explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever you attack, target attacking Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, or Wizard gains protection from creatures until end of turn. It explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Human Warrior
Starscream, Power Hungry
More Than Meets the Eye (You may cast this card converted for .)
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, if you're the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life.
Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, convert Starscream.
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, if you're the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life.
Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, convert Starscream.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Robot
Go Attack That Guy
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Land
Land
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Ramp
Pendant of Prosperity
This artifact enters under the control of an opponent of your choice.
, : Draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. This artifact's owner draws a card, then that player may put a land card from their hand onto the battlefield.
, : Draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. This artifact's owner draws a card, then that player may put a land card from their hand onto the battlefield.
Artifact
Sarevok's Tome
When this artifact enters, you take the initiative.
: Add . If you have the initiative, add instead.
, : Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if you've completed a dungeon.
: Add . If you have the initiative, add instead.
, : Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if you've completed a dungeon.
Artifact - Book
Ramp
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Removal
The Legend of Yangchen
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Starting with you, each player chooses up to one permanent with mana value 3 or greater from among permanents your opponents control. Exile those permanents.
II — You may have target opponent draw three cards. If you do, draw three cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
I — Starting with you, each player chooses up to one permanent with mana value 3 or greater from among permanents your opponents control. Exile those permanents.
II — You may have target opponent draw three cards. If you do, draw three cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
Trial of a Time Lord
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III — Exile target nontoken creature an opponent controls until this Saga leaves the battlefield.
IV — Starting with you, each player votes for innocent or guilty. If guilty gets more votes, the owner of each card exiled with this Saga puts that card on the bottom of their library.
I, II, III — Exile target nontoken creature an opponent controls until this Saga leaves the battlefield.
IV — Starting with you, each player votes for innocent or guilty. If guilty gets more votes, the owner of each card exiled with this Saga puts that card on the bottom of their library.
Enchantment - Saga
Removal
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Spice Things Up
Magister of Worth
Flying
Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than this creature.
Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than this creature.
Creature - Angel
Miss Highwater
Menace
Whenever Miss Highwater deals combat damage to a player who doesn't have a contract counter, they may discard their hand. If they do, they draw seven cards and get a contract counter. For as long as they have a contract counter, when they lose the game, for each artifact and creature they controlled, create a token that's a copy of it.
Whenever Miss Highwater deals combat damage to a player who doesn't have a contract counter, they may discard their hand. If they do, they draw seven cards and get a contract counter. For as long as they have a contract counter, when they lose the game, for each artifact and creature they controlled, create a token that's a copy of it.
Legendary Creature - Demon Advisor
Neyam Shai Murad
Rogue Trader — Whenever Neyam Shai Murad deals combat damage to a player, you may have that player return target permanent card from their graveyard to their hand. If you do, that player chooses a permanent card in your graveyard, then you put it onto the battlefield under your control.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Spice Things Up
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Maybeboard
Assault Suit
Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has haste, can't attack you or planeswalkers you control, and can't be sacrificed.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may have that player gain control of equipped creature until end of turn. If you do, untap it.
Equip
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may have that player gain control of equipped creature until end of turn. If you do, untap it.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Burning-Rune Demon
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for exactly two cards not named Burning-Rune Demon that have different names. If you do, reveal those cards. An opponent chooses one of them. Put the chosen card into your hand and the other into your graveyard, then shuffle.
When this creature enters, you may search your library for exactly two cards not named Burning-Rune Demon that have different names. If you do, reveal those cards. An opponent chooses one of them. Put the chosen card into your hand and the other into your graveyard, then shuffle.
Creature - Demon Berserker
Deliver Unto Evil
Choose up to four target cards in your graveyard. If you control a Bolas planeswalker, return those cards to your hand. Otherwise, an opponent chooses two of them. Leave the chosen cards in your graveyard and put the rest into your hand.
Exile Deliver Unto Evil.
Exile Deliver Unto Evil.
Sorcery
Fraying Line
When this artifact enters, put a rope counter on target creature you control.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may pay . If they do, they put a rope counter on a creature they control. Otherwise, exile this artifact and each creature without a rope counter on it, then remove all rope counters from all creatures.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may pay . If they do, they put a rope counter on a creature they control. Otherwise, exile this artifact and each creature without a rope counter on it, then remove all rope counters from all creatures.
Artifact
From the Catacombs
Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control with a corpse counter on it. You take the initiative. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else.
Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Sorcery
Hostile Negotiations
Exile the top three cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top three cards of your library in another face-down pile. Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Karn, Scion of Urza
+1: Reveal the top two cards of your library. An opponent chooses one of them. Put that card into your hand and exile the other with a silver counter on it.
−1: Put a card you own with a silver counter on it from exile into your hand.
−2: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
−1: Put a card you own with a silver counter on it from exile into your hand.
−2: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Legendary Planeswalker - Karn
Tempt with Immortality
Tempting offer — Return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Each opponent may return a creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. For each opponent who does, return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Maybeboard
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{"ops":[{"insert":"My take on a politics deck. My goal is to play cards that allow my opponents to make decisions, and not just between two things that are both bad for them. No forced attacks, and no punisher effects (except for Killing Wave, that one's a pet card).\n\nThe largest and most emblematic category of this deck are the \"Go Attack That Guy\" cards. The majority of these cards offer some sort of benefit to my opponents for attacking someone other than me. Scriv embodies this idea as well. This category also includes Monarch and Initiative cards. These inevitably get people to attack me at least, but they overall encourage people to attack whomever has those two designations. And if I just so happen to avoid having the Monarchy or the Initiative, that's more damage aimed at my opponents. Finally, I have a few cards that discourage (but not prevent) people from attacking me. \n\nCards I have labeled \"Spice Things Up\" introduce something that my opponents can use against each other, whether or not it benefits me. Some provide threats, some provide information, and some provide other resources like cards or mana.\n\nThis is an early draft. The current priority is to identify cards I don't like, cut them, and add cards that make the deck more traditionally functional. I would certainly like all of my cards to feel on-theme, but I'll consider adding more generically good cards if I feel the deck will benefit from it.\nCan this deck win? Unclear right now, but that's the goal. It's hard to predict from goldfishing, given that my whole game plan is for my opponents to eliminate each other.\nI have also yet to fully add categories for every card, but I'd still recommend viewing this deck with the Categories (Multiple) option.\n\nCards in the Maybeboard were cut from the original draft. They're unlikely to come back in, but they're additional examples of the kinds of cards this deck wants.\n"}]}