Reader of Ruins • (Mono-Red Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Mica, Reader of Ruins

Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.)
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may sacrifice an artifact. If you do, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.

Legendary Creature - Human Artificer

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Commander

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Burn

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Coruscation Mage

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 you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature - Wizard Otter

$2.99 $1.35 $1.40

Fiery Emancipation

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment

$14.99 $12.77 $8.33

Koth, the Geomancer

Reach
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, Koth deals 1 damage to each opponent. If that land is a Mountain, add

Legendary Creature - Human Warrior

$0.69 $0.26 $0.15

Magmakin Artillerist

Whenever you discard one or more cards, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature - Elemental Pirate

$0.99 $0.19 $0.15

Reckless Fireweaver

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature - Human Artificer

$1.29 $0.43 $0.33

Burn

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Counters

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Tackle Artist

Trample
Opus — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. If five or more mana was spent to cast that spell, put two +1/+1 counters on this creature instead.

Creature - Orc Sorcerer

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Counters

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Draw

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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 $0.55 $0.37

Breya's Apprentice

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one —
• Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
• Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact - Human Artificer

$0.49 $0.35 $0.15

Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justiciar

Haste
When Casey Jones enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Legendary Creature - Human Berserker

Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justiciar (tmt) 87

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Demand Answers

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

Instant

$1.49 $0.79 $0.46

Diary of Dreams

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a page counter on this artifact.

: Draw a card. This ability costs

less to activate for each page counter on this artifact.

Artifact - Book

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Flick a Coin

Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Instant

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Ichor Wellspring

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact

$1.29 $0.27 $0.19

Keeper of the Quiet Hour

When this creature enters, empower Jace 2. (Put two loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")

Creature Artifact - Chimera

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

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 $0.33 $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

$7.99 $4.79 $4.86

Draw

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Finisher

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Runaway Trash-Bot

Trample
This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact and/or enchantment card in your graveyard.

Creature Artifact - Construct

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Finisher

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Land

Qty: 38 Price: $45.78

Arcane Lighthouse

: Add

: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.

Land

$2.99 $1.86 $1.29

Buried Ruin

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land

$0.79 $0.40 $0.33

Deserted Temple

: Add

: Untap target land.

Land

$1.49 $0.83 $0.15

Emergence Zone

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land

$3.99 $4.13 $3.21

Forgotten Cave

This land enters tapped.

: Add

.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Guildless Commons

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

: Add

Land

$2.49 $1.38 $1.07

Hall of Echoes

: Add

: This land becomes a copy of target creature you control until end of turn. The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control this turn.

Land

$4.49 $2.57 $1.86

Lotus Field

Hexproof
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, sacrifice two lands.

: Add three mana of any one color.

Land

$4.49 $2.72 $2.29

Mountain

(

: Add

Basic Land - Mountain

$0.49 $0.16 $0.15

Snow-Covered Mountain

(

: Add

Basic Snow Land - Mountain

$1.49 $0.50 $0.40

Land

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Land Destruction

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Tectonic Rift

Destroy target land. Creatures without flying can't block this turn.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Land Destruction

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Protection

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Bolt Bend

This spell costs

less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant

$9.49 $4.97 $4.16

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 $11.77 $11.46

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 $0.69 $0.40

Protection

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Pump

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Electrostatic Infantry

Trample
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature - Wizard Dwarf

$0.49 $0.33 $0.15

Infuriate

Target creature gets +3/+2 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.37 $0.15

Run Amok

Target attacking creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Smaug's Fury

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains reach and first strike until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Sure Strike

Target creature gets +3/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. (It deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.07 $0.15

Pump

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Ramp

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Brass's Bounty

For each land you control, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.58 $0.15

Captain Lannery Storm

Haste
Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Human Pirate

$0.39 $0.28 $0.15

Cursed Mirror

: Add

.
As this artifact enters, you may have it become a copy of any creature on the battlefield until end of turn, except it has haste.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact

$1.49 $0.76 $0.67

Long-Bodied Grey Dog

Flash
Reach
When this creature enters, create a tapped Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Creature - Dog

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Open the Omenpaths

Choose one —
• Add two mana of any one color and two mana of any other color. Spend this mana only to cast creature or enchantment spells.
• Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Prized Statue

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

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

Artifact

$0.79 $0.34 $0.29

Ruby Medallion

Red spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$16.99 $14.05 $12.92

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $1.64 $1.35

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

$3.99 $1.91 $1.65

Tablet of Discovery

When this artifact enters, mill a card. You may play that card this turn. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

: Add

. Spend this mana only to cast instant and sorcery spells.

Artifact

$2.49 $1.05 $0.30

The Misty Mountains Cold

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III, IV — Create a Treasure token. Then if you control four or more Treasures, sacrifice this Saga. If you do, create a 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying. (A Treasure token is an artifact with "

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

Enchantment - Saga

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$3.99 $2.78 $2.60

Traxos, Scourge Eternal

Trample
Traxos doesn't untap during your untap step.
Whenever you cast an artifact or creature spell, untap Traxos.

Legendary Creature Artifact - Dragon Construct

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Ramp

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Recursion

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Mizzix's Mastery

Exile target card that's an instant or sorcery from your graveyard. For each card exiled this way, copy it, and you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Exile Mizzix's Mastery.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery

$8.99 $8.20 $6.44

Myr Retriever

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact - Myr

$1.29 $0.69 $0.32

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 12 Price: $10.80

Ajani's Anguish

When this enchantment enters, it deals X damage to any target.
Creatures you control have trample.

Enchantment

$1.29 $0.86 $0.51

Awaken the Inferno

Awaken the Inferno deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
Basic landcycling

(

, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Emeritus of Conflict

First strike
Whenever you cast your third spell each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

Creature - Human Wizard

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt (sos) 113

$2.79 $2.49 $0.92

Frost Bite

Frost Bite deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If you control three or more snow permanents, it deals 3 damage instead.

Snow Instant

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay deals X damage to target creature. Create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way.

Sorcery

$1.49 $1.20 $0.29

Jaya's Firenado

Jaya's Firenado deals 5 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant

$2.29 $0.86 $0.84

Living Library

, Sacrifice this creature: Choose target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. Its owner shuffles it into their library.

Creature Artifact - Illusion Book

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

No Admittance

No Admittance deals 3 damage to any target.
Empower Jace 1. (Put a loyalty counter on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Steel Wrecking Ball

When this artifact enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature.

, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Tundra Fumarole

Tundra Fumarole deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. Add

for each

spent to cast this spell. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end. (

is mana from a snow source.)

Snow Sorcery

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Violent Echoes

Violent Echoes deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If excess damage was dealt to that permanent this way, empower Jace X, where X is that excess damage. (Put that many loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")

Instant

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Removal

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Stax

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Weathered Runestone

Nonland permanent cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield.
Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

Artifact

$0.59 $0.33 $0.15

Stax

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Tokens

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Academy Manufactor

If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.

Creature Artifact - Assembly-Worker

$10.99 $8.52 $7.97

Draconic Visitor

Flying
If one or more artifact tokens would be created under your control, that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying are created instead.

Creature - Dragon

$3.49 $3.86 $2.59

Loyal Apprentice

Haste
Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. That token gains haste until end of turn.

Creature - Human Artificer

$0.59 $0.39 $0.18

Mouser Foundry

When this artifact enters or leaves the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Robot artifact creature token.

, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 3 damage to target creature.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Ravenous Robots

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Robot artifact creature token.

: Creature tokens you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact - Robot

$3.49 $1.33 $0.88

Weapons Manufacturing

Whenever a nontoken artifact you control enters, create a colorless artifact token named Munitions with "When this token leaves the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to any target."

Enchantment

$3.49 $2.10 $0.91

Tokens

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Tokens & Extras

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Coruscation Mage

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
(This token's mana cost is

Creature Token - Wizard Otter

$2.99 $2.33 $2.55

Dragon

Flying

Creature Token - Dragon

$0.35 $---- $0.15

Dragon

Flying

Creature Token - Dragon

$0.39 $---- $0.20

Jace

−1: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
−3: Draw a card.

Planeswalker Token - Jace

$0.35 $---- $0.15

Munitions

When this token leaves the battlefield, it deals 2 damage to any target.

Artifact Token

$0.69 $---- $1.74

Robot

Creature Artifact Token - Robot

$0.35 $---- $0.15

Thopter

Flying

Creature Artifact Token - Thopter

$0.35 $---- $0.15

Treasure

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

Artifact Token - Treasure

$0.35 $---- $0.15

Tokens & Extras

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Deck size: 100Est cost: $200.42

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Avg Mana Value: 2.79Total Mana Value: 173.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.79Total Mana Value: 173.00

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