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0.33)","color":"#fcfcfe","bold":true},"insert":":"},{"attributes":{"background":"rgba(0, 0, 4, 0.33)","color":"inherit"},"insert":" Doubles life loss during your turn, turning Betor's half-life drain into an immediate lethal one-shot."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}

Commander

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Betor, Kin to All
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if creatures you control have total toughness 10 or greater, draw a card. Then if creatures you control have total toughness 20 or greater, untap each creature you control. Then if creatures you control have total toughness 40 or greater, each opponent loses half their life, rounded up.
Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Betor, Kin to All (tdm) 172

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Burn

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Blight Pile
Defender
,
: Each opponent loses X life, where X is the number of creatures with defender you control.
Creature - Phyrexian
Blight Pile (tdc) 174

Burn

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Counters

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Canopy Gargantuan
Flying, ward

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a number of +1/+1 counters on each other creature you control equal to that creature's toughness.
Creature - Dragon
Canopy Gargantuan (tdc) 45

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Drain

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Bloodletter of Aclazotz
Flying
If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Creature - Vampire Demon
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
Jaws of Defeat
Whenever a creature you control enters, target opponent loses life equal to the difference between that creature's power and its toughness.
Enchantment
Jaws of Defeat (tdc) 27
Tree of Perdition
Defender
: Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Perdition (ecc) 49

Drain

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Draw

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Beast Whisperer
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.
Creature - Elf Druid
Beast Whisperer (fdc) 189
Carven Caryatid
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Spirit
Carven Caryatid (tdc) 250
Fecund Greenshell
Reach
As long as you control ten or more lands, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control with toughness greater than its power enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
Creature - Elemental Turtle
Fecund Greenshell (blb) 171
Felothar the Steadfast
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender.
,
, Sacrifice another creature: Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness, then discard cards equal to its power.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Felothar the Steadfast (tdc) 4
Guardian Project
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guardian Project (pip) 199
Last March of the Ents
This spell can't be countered.
Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.
Sorcery
Last March of the Ents (ltr) 172
Wall of Blossoms
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Blossoms (tdc) 277
Wall of Omens
Defender
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Omens (tdc) 138
Welcoming Vampire
Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Vampire
Welcoming Vampire (tdc) 140

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Evasion

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Behind the Scenes
Creatures you control have skulk. (They can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Enchantment
Behind the Scenes (tdc) 172

Evasion

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Finisher

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Towering Titan
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total toughness of other creatures you control.
Sacrifice a creature with defender: All creatures gain trample until end of turn.
Creature - Giant
Towering Titan (tdc) 276

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Land

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Access Tunnel
: Add
.
,
: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Access Tunnel (tdc) 337
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Canopy Vista
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Forest
Canopy Vista (msc) 227
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (frc) 22
Deceptive Landscape
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Swamp, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Deceptive Landscape (tdc) 356
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (msc) 240
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (frc) 70
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mdd) 301
Fortified Village
As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Plains card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Fortified Village (msc) 245
Godless Shrine
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Swamp
Godless Shrine (trk) 285
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (frc) 74
Overgrown Farmland
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Overgrown Farmland (fra) 185
Overgrown Tomb
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Swamp Forest
Overgrown Tomb (trk) 289
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mdd) 292
Sandsteppe Citadel
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Sandsteppe Citadel (ecc) 164
Sunpetal Grove
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains.
: Add
or
.
Land
Sunpetal Grove (msc) 272
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mdd) 296
Temple Garden
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Plains Forest
Temple Garden (trk) 301
Twilight Mire
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Twilight Mire (soc) 418
Woodland Cemetery
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Cemetery (soc) 424
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (m3c) 409

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Lifegain

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Huatli, the Sun's Heart
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
−3: You gain life equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Huatli
Huatli, the Sun's Heart (war) 230
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
Menace
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you gain life equal to that creature's toughness.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Snake
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper (tdc) 100
Tree of Redemption
Defender
: Exchange your life total with this creature's toughness.
Creature - Plant
Tree of Redemption (tdc) 97

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Protection

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Bedrock Tortoise
During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof.
Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Creature - Turtle
Bedrock Tortoise (lci) 176
Crashing Drawbridge
Defender
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crashing Drawbridge (tdc) 316
Crystal Barricade
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to other creatures you control.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Crystal Barricade (fdn) 7
Dragonlord Dromoka
This spell can't be countered.
Flying, lifelink
Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
Dragonlord Dromoka (tdc) 286
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (pip) 202
Indomitable Ancients
Creature - Warrior Treefolk
Indomitable Ancients (tdc) 121
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Flying
You, planeswalkers you control, and other creatures you control have hexproof.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Angel
Shalai, Voice of Plenty (tdc) 130
Stoneskin
Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+10.
Enchantment - Aura
Stoneskin (clb) 45
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
Swiftfoot Boots (msc) 216
The Walls of Ba Sing Se
Defender
Other permanents you control have indestructible.
Legendary Creature Artifact - Wall
The Walls of Ba Sing Se (tla) 261
Weathered Sentinels
Defender, reach, vigilance, trample
This creature can attack players who attacked you during their last turn as though it didn't have defender.
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Weathered Sentinels (tdc) 336

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Pump

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Assault Formation
Each creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
: Target creature with defender can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender.
: Creatures you control get +0/+1 until end of turn.
Enchantment
Assault Formation (tdc) 246
Baldin, Century Herdmaster
During your turn, each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Whenever Baldin attacks, up to one hundred target creatures each get +0/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Baldin, Century Herdmaster (tdc) 110
Doran, Besieged by Time
Each creature spell you cast with toughness greater than its power costs
less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control attacks or blocks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the difference between its power and toughness.
Legendary Creature - Druid Treefolk
Doran, Besieged by Time (ecl) 215
Doran, the Siege Tower
Each creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Treefolk
Doran, the Siege Tower (2x2) 201
Ghalta the Immovable
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the greatest toughness among creatures you control.
Creatures you control can attack as though they didn't have defender.
Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
Ghalta the Immovable (fra) 197
Tower Defense
Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain reach until end of turn.
Instant
Tower Defense (tdc) 275
Unnatural Growth
At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.
Enchantment
Unnatural Growth (inr) 223
Walking Bulwark
Defender
: Until end of turn, target creature with defender gains haste, can attack as though it didn't have defender, and assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Walking Bulwark (tdc) 334

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Ramp

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Arbor Adherent
: Add one mana of any color.
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the greatest toughness among other creatures you control.
Creature - Druid Dog
Arbor Adherent (tdc) 42
Arboreal Grazer
Reach
When this creature enters, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Creature - Beast Sloth
Arboreal Grazer (tdc) 245
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (frc) 20
Axebane Guardian
Defender
: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the number of creatures you control with defender.
Creature - Human Druid
Axebane Guardian (tdc) 248
Birds of Paradise
Flying
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Bird
Birds of Paradise (msc) 170
Faeburrow Elder
Vigilance
This creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control.
: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Creature - Druid Treefolk
Faeburrow Elder (ecc) 53
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (msc) 173
Great Forest Druid
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Druid Treefolk
Great Forest Druid (ecl) 178
Overgrown Battlement
Defender
: Add
for each creature you control with defender.
Creature - Wall
Overgrown Battlement (tdc) 264
Rampart Architect
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a 1/3 white Wall creature token with defender.
Whenever a creature you control with defender dies, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Creature - Advisor Elephant
Rampart Architect (tdc) 47
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (frc) 21
Sylvan Caryatid
Defender, hexproof
: Add one mana of any color.
Creature - Plant
Sylvan Caryatid (tdc) 272
Wall of Roots
Defender
Put a -0/-1 counter on this creature: Add
. Activate only once each turn.
Creature - Plant Wall
Wall of Roots (tdc) 278

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Recursion

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Colfenor's Urn
Whenever a creature with toughness 4 or greater is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may exile it.
At the beginning of the end step, if three or more cards have been exiled with this artifact, sacrifice it. If you do, return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.
Artifact
Colfenor's Urn (tdc) 315
Reunion of the House
Return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Reunion of the House.
Sorcery
Reunion of the House (tdc) 15

Recursion

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Removal

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Anguished Unmaking
Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.
Instant
Anguished Unmaking (soc) 293
Assassin's Trophy
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Assassin's Trophy (soc) 294
Despark
Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Despark (frc) 50
Expel the Interlopers
Choose a number between 0 and 10. Destroy all creatures with power greater than or equal to the chosen number.
Sorcery
Expel the Interlopers (tdc) 115
Fell the Mighty
Destroy all creatures with power greater than target creature's power.
Sorcery
Fell the Mighty (mkc) 65
Fell the Profane
Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Path to Exile (frc) 30
Slaughter the Strong
Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.
Sorcery
Slaughter the Strong (tdc) 131
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (frc) 37
Tip the Scales
Sacrifice a creature. When you do, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.
Sorcery
Tip the Scales (tdc) 29

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Thousand-Year Elixir
You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste.
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Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271

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Deck Info

Deck stats

28 pips - 23 cards
24 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 9 cards
18 pips - 15 cards
23 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 9 cards
42 pips - 33 cards
31 mana - 28 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 4 cards
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