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{"ops":[{"insert":"Aces & Eights. The deadman's hand in poker. \n\nThis is a very slick little Grixis control deck with two possible win combos and a small anti-creature stax package.\n\nDeck stats: \n\n26\\99 cards can commit crimes. (27 if you are desperate and use Clout of Dominus on an opponents creature)\n\nAverage mana value 1.81 (after adjusting for overload costs and free mana spells)\n\n\nThe plan is simple.\n\n1. Ramp hard and fast.\n\n2. Get Marchesa out and a way to protect her. \n\n3. Snipe enemy commanders and key pieces of the opponents deck engines to slow the game down.\n\n4. Assemble one of your win cons and a big ol' hand of free or low cost counter magics. \n\n5. Win. \n\n\nSpecific tricks:\n\nYou can swing in with Eater of the dead, then before blockers you can hold priority and activate EotD's an infinite amount of time as long as there is at least one creature in any graveyard. Each activation is a crime. So if you can set it up so you have Mana Geyser in hand and Lightning Greaves on the board you can probably activate Marchesa's ability a dozen times or more early on in the game and rip through a quarter of your deck or more.\n\nYou can use Gifts ungiven or Intuition to pick a combination of other tutors and spell recursion cards to guarantee access to either of your combos. \n\nIf you use Marchesa's ability and get two parts of the same combo, it can be difficult to recover as you have to resolve underworld breach to bring back any of the artifacts or Thassa's Oracle if they end up in the graveyard. \n\n\n"}]}
Marchesa, Dealer of Death
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay
. If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Marchesa, Dealer of Death (otj) 220

Commander

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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
Cyclonic Rift (rtr) 35
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (msc) 161
Vandalblast
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Vandalblast (c15) 170

Board Wipe

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Basalt Monolith
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
: Add
.
: Untap this artifact.
Artifact
Basalt Monolith (cma) 210
Demonic Consultation
Choose a card name. Exile the top six cards of your library, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with the chosen name. Put that card into your hand and exile all other cards revealed this way.
Instant
Demonic Consultation (mb2) 181
Rings of Brighthearth
Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay
. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Artifact
Rings of Brighthearth (lrw) 259
Thassa's Oracle
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Thassa's Oracle (thb) 73
Walking Ballista
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Walking Ballista (fic) 371

Combos & wincons

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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
Copy Artifact (3ed) 53
Copy Enchantment
You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any enchantment on the battlefield.
Enchantment
Copy Enchantment (rvr) 39

Copy

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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
An Offer You Can't Refuse (plst) SNC-51
Deflecting Swat
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.
Instant
Deflecting Swat (c20) 50
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (c20) 35
Force of Negation
If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Force of Negation (2x2) 50
Force of Will
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Force of Will (dmr) 418
Mana Drain
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of
equal to that spell's mana value.
Instant
Mana Drain (otp) 11
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (ori) 65
Pact of Negation
Counter target spell.
At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay
. If you don't, you lose the game.
Instant
Pact of Negation (a25) 68
Stifle
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Instant
Stifle (cns) 108
Strix Serenade
Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Strix Serenade (mh3) 71
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (ths) 65
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

Countermagic

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Eater of the Dead
: If this creature is tapped, exile target creature card from a graveyard and untap this creature.
Creature - Horror
Eater of the Dead (mb2) 183
Liquimetal Torque
: Add
.
: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.
Artifact
Liquimetal Torque (brc) 145
Spellskite
: Change a target of target spell or ability to this creature. (
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Creature Artifact - Horror Phyrexian
Spellskite (clb) 873

Crimes

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Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (ice) 87
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (jmp) 169

Draw

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Badlands
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Swamp Mountain
Badlands (3ed) 282
Blood Crypt
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Mountain
Blood Crypt (rna) 245
Bloodstained Mire
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
Cascade Bluffs
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Cascade Bluffs (tdc) 345
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (tmc) 62
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (znc) 124
Dragonskull Summit
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dragonskull Summit (tdc) 357
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (frc) 69
Emergence Zone
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Land
Emergence Zone (war) 245
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (moc) 398
Graven Cairns
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Graven Cairns (fic) 401
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tmt) 316
Luxury Suite
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Luxury Suite (msc) 252
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (tmt) 318
Polluted Delta
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
Scalding Tarn
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Scalding Tarn (mm3) 244
Shivan Reef
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Shivan Reef (frc) 83
Spire of Industry
: Add
.
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.
Land
Spire of Industry (fic) 426
Steam Vents
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Mountain
Steam Vents (ecl) 267
Sulfurous Springs
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Sulfurous Springs (9ed) 325
Sunken Ruins
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Sunken Ruins (frc) 86
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (tmt) 317
Training Center
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (frc) 87
Underground Sea
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Swamp
Underground Sea (sum) 290
Volcanic Island
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Mountain
Volcanic Island (3ed) 291
Watery Grave
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Swamp
Watery Grave (peoe) 261p
Xander's Lounge
(
: Add
,
, or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Island Swamp Mountain
Xander's Lounge (snc) 260

Land

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Clout of the Dominus
Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is blue, it gets +1/+1 and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
As long as enchanted creature is red, it gets +1/+1 and has haste.
Enchantment - Aura
Clout of the Dominus (eve) 99
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (msc) 202

Protection

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (woc) 145
Birgi, God of Storytelling
Whenever you cast a spell, add
. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Creatures you control can boast twice during each of your turns rather than once.
Legendary Creature - God
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (itp) 19
Jeska's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add
for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Sorcery
Jeska's Will (cmr) 668
Mana Geyser
Add
for each tapped land your opponents control.
Sorcery
Mana Geyser (soc) 247
Mox Amber
: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Amber (brr) 35
Mox Diamond
If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Mox Diamond (sth) 138
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
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
Storm-Kiln Artist (soc) 255
Talisman of Creativity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (frc) 61
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (msc) 219
Talisman of Indulgence
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (frc) 63

Ramp

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Flashback
Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Flashback (sos) 115
Flood of Recollection
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Flood of Recollection.
Sorcery
Flood of Recollection (cmr) 61
Mission Briefing
Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Mission Briefing (grn) 44
Shreds of Sanity
Return up to one target instant card and up to one target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand, then discard a card. Exile Shreds of Sanity.
Sorcery
Shreds of Sanity (emn) 141
Underworld Breach
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
Underworld Breach (mb2) 200

Recursion

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Bedevil
Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.
Instant
Bedevil (msc) 182
Deadly Rollick
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.
Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 695
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (lcc) 198
Infernal Grasp
Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Infernal Grasp (mid) 389
Pongify
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.
Instant
Pongify (otc) 106
Rapid Hybridization
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.
Instant
Rapid Hybridization (gtc) 44
Smelt
Destroy target artifact.
Instant
Smelt (plst) M19-158

Removal

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Aether Barrier
Whenever a player casts a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay
.
Enchantment
Aether Barrier (nem) 27
Narset, Parter of Veils
Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Planeswalker - Narset
Narset, Parter of Veils (cmm) 853
Smoke
Players can't untap more than one creature during their untap steps.
Enchantment
Smoke (5ed) 268

Stax

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Demonic Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (sum) 105
Gifts Ungiven
Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle.
Instant
Gifts Ungiven (2x2) 51
Grim Tutor
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.
Sorcery
Grim Tutor (m21) 103
Intuition
Search your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle.
Instant
Intuition (tmp) 70
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (ema) 62
Vampiric Tutor
Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.
Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108

Tutor

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Deck Info

Deck stats

0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 10 cards
34 pips - 27 cards
35 mana - 31 cards
14 pips - 12 cards
33 mana - 27 cards
17 pips - 14 cards
32 mana - 28 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 10 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
18 mana - 15 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Aces & Eights. The deadman's hand in poker. \n\nThis is a very slick little Grixis control deck with two possible win combos and a small anti-creature stax package.\n\nDeck stats: \n\n26\\99 cards can commit crimes. (27 if you are desperate and use Clout of Dominus on an opponents creature)\n\nAverage mana value 1.81 (after adjusting for overload costs and free mana spells)\n\n\nThe plan is simple.\n\n1. Ramp hard and fast.\n\n2. Get Marchesa out and a way to protect her. \n\n3. Snipe enemy commanders and key pieces of the opponents deck engines to slow the game down.\n\n4. Assemble one of your win cons and a big ol' hand of free or low cost counter magics. \n\n5. Win. \n\n\nSpecific tricks:\n\nYou can swing in with Eater of the dead, then before blockers you can hold priority and activate EotD's an infinite amount of time as long as there is at least one creature in any graveyard. Each activation is a crime. So if you can set it up so you have Mana Geyser in hand and Lightning Greaves on the board you can probably activate Marchesa's ability a dozen times or more early on in the game and rip through a quarter of your deck or more.\n\nYou can use Gifts ungiven or Intuition to pick a combination of other tutors and spell recursion cards to guarantee access to either of your combos. \n\nIf you use Marchesa's ability and get two parts of the same combo, it can be difficult to recover as you have to resolve underworld breach to bring back any of the artifacts or Thassa's Oracle if they end up in the graveyard. \n\n\n"}]}
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