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{"ops":[{"insert":"Loot, the Pathfinder — Infinite Blink is built around the theme and commander shown in this list. Use enters-the-battlefield abilities and blink effects to generate value. Track which permanents return immediately and which wait until the end step.\n\nOpening hands should contain a workable mana plan and a meaningful play for the early turns. A hand full of expensive payoffs can look powerful but may accomplish very little before opponents establish their own engines. Use the free multiplayer mulligan when the hand cannot develop reliably, and consider both the colors and the timing of the mana available.\n\nDuring the middle turns, aim to establish a repeatable source of cards or other resources before spending the last useful cards in hand. Sequence mana development, card advantage, and interaction with the board state in mind. Avoid committing every important permanent into an obvious sweeper. When another player represents a win, prioritize an answer over an additional value play.\n\nBefore a decisive turn, count available mana, check relevant timing restrictions, and identify the pieces that must remain on the battlefield. Read triggered abilities carefully and distinguish cast triggers from enters-the-battlefield triggers. Make targets and choices clear, and allow opponents their normal opportunities to respond.\n\nIf an important engine is removed, use the remaining card access and recursion in the list where available to rebuild. Reassess the route to victory as the board changes. This guide describes the intended approach; actual opening-hand decisions and threat assessment depend on the opponents and the cards drawn. The deck’s bracket label should be discussed with the table before play.\n"}]}
Loot, the Pathfinder
Double strike, vigilance, haste
Exhaust —
,
: Add three mana of any one color. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Exhaust —
,
: Draw three cards.
Exhaust —
,
: Loot deals 3 damage to any target.
Legendary Creature - Beast Noble
Loot, the Pathfinder (dft) 404

Commander

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Agate Instigator
Offspring
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Rogue Lizard
Agate Instigator (blc) 21
Impact Tremors
Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Enchantment
Impact Tremors (fdn) 717

Burn

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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
Flusterstorm (plst) CMD-46
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) 284
Mental Misstep
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.
Instant
Mental Misstep (nph) 38
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 (tsr) 77

Counters

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Dryad Arbor
(This land isn't a spell, it's affected by summoning sickness, and it has "
: Add
.")
Creature Land - Dryad Forest
Dryad Arbor (dsc) 273

Creature

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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 (frc) 39
Gitaxian Probe
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
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 (dmr) 288
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (tdc) 159
Preordain
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Preordain (tdc) 161
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114

Draw

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
Arid Mesa
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 436
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 (mh3) 216
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (trk) 279
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 (frc) 22
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 436
Forbidden Orchard
: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.
Land
Forbidden Orchard (2x2) 323
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (trk) 326
Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add
. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Gemstone Caverns (tsr) 280
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (trk) 319
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 438
Otawara, Soaring City
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
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 (mh3) 438
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (msc) 260
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 (mh2) 439
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 (trk) 298
Stomping Ground
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Mountain Forest
Stomping Ground (trk) 299
Taiga
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Mountain Forest
Taiga (3ed) 287
Training Center
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
Tropical Island
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Forest
Tropical Island (3ed) 288
Verdant Catacombs
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 440
Volcanic Island
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Mountain
Volcanic Island (3ed) 291
Waterlogged Grove
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Waterlogged Grove (who) 331
Windswept Heath
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Windswept Heath (mh3) 235
Wooded Foothills
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Wooded Foothills (mh3) 236

Land

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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 (cmm) 214
Veil of Summer
Draw a card if an opponent has cast a blue or black spell this turn. Spells you control can't be countered this turn. You and permanents you control gain hexproof from blue and from black until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of blue or black spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Veil of Summer (plst) M20-198

Protection

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Arbor Elf
: Untap target Forest.
Creature - Elf Druid
Arbor Elf (ltc) 232
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (frc) 20
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (msc) 170
Bloom Tender
Vivid —
: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Creature - Elf Druid
Bloom Tender (ecl) 166
Carpet of Flowers
At the beginning of each of your main phases, if you haven't added mana with this ability this turn, you may add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of Islands target opponent controls.
Enchantment
Carpet of Flowers (who) 229
Chrome Mox
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.
: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.
Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 240
Delighted Halfling
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Delighted Halfling (ltr) 158
Elvish Mystic
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Elvish Mystic (hoc) 205
Elvish Spirit Guide
Exile this card from your hand: Add
.
Creature - Elf Spirit
Elvish Spirit Guide (dmr) 157
Fellwar Stone
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Artifact
Fellwar Stone (frc) 57
Food Chain
Exile a creature you control: Add X mana of any one color, where X is 1 plus the exiled creature's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells.
Enchantment
Food Chain (2x2) 147
Fyndhorn Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Fyndhorn Elves (fdc) 204
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Whenever you tap a nonland permanent for mana, add one mana of any type that permanent produced.
: Look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a non-Human creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Human Druid
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy (plst) IKO-192
Llanowar Elves
: Add
.
Creature - Elf Druid
Llanowar Elves (fdn) 227
Lotus Petal
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Lotus Petal (plst) TMP-294
Mana Vault
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay
. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add
.
Artifact
Mana Vault (2x2) 308
Mox Amber
: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Amber (dom) 224
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
Mox Opal
Metalcraft —
: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Legendary Artifact
Mox Opal (2xm) 275
Peregrine Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, untap up to five lands.
Creature - Drake
Peregrine Drake (dmr) 292
Simian Spirit Guide
Exile this card from your hand: Add
.
Creature - Ape Spirit
Simian Spirit Guide (tsr) 190
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (frc) 21
Talisman of Creativity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (frc) 61
Talisman of Curiosity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Curiosity (drc) 140
Training Grounds
Activated abilities of creatures you control cost
less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
Enchantment
Training Grounds (mat) 9
Wild Growth
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional
.
Enchantment - Aura
Wild Growth (pip) 208

Ramp

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Eternal Scourge
You may cast this card from exile.
When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, exile this creature.
Creature - Horror Eldrazi
Eternal Scourge (emn) 7
Eternal Witness
When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Human Shaman
Eternal Witness (m3c) 227
Noxious Revival
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Put target card from a graveyard on top of its owner's library.
Instant
Noxious Revival (onc) 110
Squee, the Immortal
You may cast this card from your graveyard or from exile.
Legendary Creature - Goblin
Squee, the Immortal (ncc) 275

Recursion

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Abrade
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Instant
Abrade (soc) 234
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 (fic) 267
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
Chain of Vapor (c16) 84
Endurance
Flash
Reach
When this creature enters, up to one target player puts all the cards from their graveyard on the bottom of their library in a random order.
Evoke—Exile a green card from your hand.
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Endurance (ecc) 51
Fierce Guardianship
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Gilded Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and up to one target creature an opponent controls. If you don't or can't make an exchange, sacrifice this creature. This ability still resolves if its target becomes illegal.
Creature - Drake
Gilded Drake (usg) 76
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Instant
Nature's Claim (plst) IMA-177
Pyroblast
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Instant
Pyroblast (ema) 142
Red Elemental Blast
Choose one —
• Counter target blue spell.
• Destroy target blue permanent.
Instant
Red Elemental Blast (a25) 147
Snap
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.
Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Swan Song
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Instant
Swan Song (eoc) 46

Removal

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Chord of Calling
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.)
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Chord of Calling (rvr) 345
Eldritch Evolution
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.
Sorcery
Eldritch Evolution (inr) 410
Fierce Empath
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Elf
Fierce Empath (fdn) 636
Finale of Devastation
Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle. If X is 10 or more, creatures you control get +X/+X and gain haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
Finale of Devastation (cmm) 289
Gamble
Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Gamble (dmr) 321
Green Sun's Zenith
Search your library for a green creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Shuffle Green Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.
Sorcery
Green Sun's Zenith (2x2) 150
Imperial Recruiter
When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Advisor
Imperial Recruiter (mh2) 281
Neoform
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Neoform (war) 206
Spellseeker
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Wizard
Spellseeker (cmm) 120
Survival of the Fittest
, Discard a creature card: Search your library for a creature card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Survival of the Fittest (exo) 129
Worldly Tutor
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.
Instant
Worldly Tutor (dmr) 185

Tutor

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Deck Info

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0 mana - 20 cards
28 pips - 25 cards
33 mana - 31 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 20 cards
12 pips - 11 cards
29 mana - 27 cards
32 pips - 26 cards
36 mana - 34 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
11 mana - 7 cards
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Loot, the Pathfinder — Infinite Blink is built around the theme and commander shown in this list. Use enters-the-battlefield abilities and blink effects to generate value. Track which permanents return immediately and which wait until the end step.\n\nOpening hands should contain a workable mana plan and a meaningful play for the early turns. A hand full of expensive payoffs can look powerful but may accomplish very little before opponents establish their own engines. Use the free multiplayer mulligan when the hand cannot develop reliably, and consider both the colors and the timing of the mana available.\n\nDuring the middle turns, aim to establish a repeatable source of cards or other resources before spending the last useful cards in hand. Sequence mana development, card advantage, and interaction with the board state in mind. Avoid committing every important permanent into an obvious sweeper. When another player represents a win, prioritize an answer over an additional value play.\n\nBefore a decisive turn, count available mana, check relevant timing restrictions, and identify the pieces that must remain on the battlefield. Read triggered abilities carefully and distinguish cast triggers from enters-the-battlefield triggers. Make targets and choices clear, and allow opponents their normal opportunities to respond.\n\nIf an important engine is removed, use the remaining card access and recursion in the list where available to rebuild. Reassess the route to victory as the board changes. This guide describes the intended approach; actual opening-hand decisions and threat assessment depend on the opponents and the cards drawn. The deck’s bracket label should be discussed with the table before play.\n"}]}
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