Itsvan • (Mono-Black Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Istvan, Butcher of Eln

Istvan attacks each combat if able.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Istvan by creatures.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Istvan.

Legendary Creature - Human

$6.99 $9.77 $5.21

Commander

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Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$0.99 $0.66 $0.46

Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$4.49 $3.29 $2.86

Champion's Helm

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.
As long as equipped creature is legendary, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$2.29 $0.98 $0.86

Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

Artifact

$0.69 $0.30 $0.17

Gisa's Favorite Shovel

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has menace.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice. If they do, you create a Walker token.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$32.99 $24.57 $21.90

Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.39 $0.36 $0.15

Infiltration Lens

Whenever equipped creature becomes blocked by a creature, you may draw two cards.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$2.49 $2.44 $1.89

Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$20.99 $17.20 $15.63

Leyline Axe

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike and trample.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$6.99 $2.86 $2.64

Lich's Relic

When this Equipment enters, you may pay

. When you do, for each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$1.99 $1.36 $0.84

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$5.99 $3.88 $3.43

Loxodon Warhammer

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$2.29 $2.73 $1.42

Mask of Griselbrand

Equipped creature has flying and lifelink.
Whenever equipped creature dies, you may pay X life, where X is its power. If you do, draw X cards.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$0.99 $0.75 $0.41

Mithril Coat

Flash
Indestructible
When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control.
Equipped creature has indestructible.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$32.99 $22.92 $19.20

Nemesis Mask

All creatures able to block equipped creature do so.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$---- $4.06 $3.52

Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink.

: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$42.99 $35.03 $28.65

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.79 $1.62 $1.39

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

$2.99 $2.52 $2.30

Tarrian's Soulcleaver

Equipped creature has vigilance.
Whenever another artifact or creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature.
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$4.49 $3.58 $3.12

The Masamune

As long as equipped creature is attacking, it has first strike and must be blocked if able.
Equipped creature has "If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of this creature or an emblem you own to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time."
Equip

Legendary Artifact - Equipment

$1.29 $1.15 $0.35

Artifact

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Accursed Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$3.49 $1.58 $0.92

Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Vampire

$4.99 $3.44 $2.80

Crypt Ghast

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay

. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever you tap a Swamp for mana, add an additional

Creature - Spirit

$21.99 $15.94 $15.84

Demon's Disciple

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.

Creature - Human Cleric

$0.59 $0.40 $0.15

Fleshbag Marauder

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$0.39 $0.36 $0.15

Gravelighter

Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card if a creature died this turn. Otherwise, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature - Spirit

$0.59 $0.36 $0.15

Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each

in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature - Zombie

$1.29 $0.68 $0.67

Magus of the Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Creature - Human Wizard

$7.99 $4.64 $4.27

Massacre Girl

Menace
When Massacre Girl enters, each other creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Whenever a creature dies this turn, each creature other than Massacre Girl gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Human Assassin

$0.69 $0.48 $0.23

Massacre Wurm

When this creature enters, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.

Creature - Wurm Phyrexian

$---- $2.79 $2.86

Merciless Executioner

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature - Warrior Orc

$2.49 $---- $1.12

Morbid Opportunist

Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.59 $0.62 $0.15

Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature - Human Shaman

$2.49 $1.38 $1.03

Phyrexian Obliterator

Trample
Whenever a source deals damage to this creature, that source's controller sacrifices that many permanents of their choice.

Creature - Horror Phyrexian

$12.99 $9.82 $8.60

Plaguecrafter

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature - Human Shaman

$0.69 $0.37 $0.28

Uncle Istvan

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by creatures.

Creature - Human

$0.59 $0.25 $0.15

Creature

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Black Market

Whenever a creature dies, put a charge counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your first main phase, add

for each charge counter on this enchantment.

Enchantment

$6.99 $5.25 $4.11

Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more —
• Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life.
• Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life.
• Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Enchantment

$19.99 $13.85 $14.90

Eternal Thirst

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has lifelink and "Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." (Damage dealt by a creature with lifelink also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Enchantment - Aura

$0.49 $0.21 $0.15

Grave Pact

Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment

$39.99 $30.57 $29.07

No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment

$24.99 $24.53 $21.19

Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and lose 1 life.

Enchantment

$5.49 $2.82 $2.64

The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Legendary Enchantment

$34.99 $26.63 $24.58

Enchantment

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Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$12.99 $9.26 $8.46

Defile

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Instant

$2.49 $2.22 $1.46

Flare of Malice

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant

$8.99 $6.53 $5.62

Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant

$0.69 $0.26 $0.25

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.99 $0.36 $0.20

Liliana's Triumph

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you control a Liliana planeswalker, each opponent also discards a card.

Instant

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Sheoldred's Edict

Choose one —
• Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature token of their choice.
• Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker of their choice.

Instant

$2.29 $1.68 $0.57

Soul Shatter

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant

$6.49 $4.25 $3.90

Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant

$1.79 $0.43 $0.18

Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$2.49 $1.58 $1.30

Instant

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$3.49 $1.70 $1.44

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$37.99 $31.56 $26.15

Command Beacon

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land

$5.99 $5.42 $5.17

Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped.

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land

$0.69 $0.32 $0.19

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

: Add

: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Legendary Land

$84.99 $57.03 $55.90

Rogue's Passage

: Add

: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$3.49 $1.10 $1.12

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

: Add

: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Legendary Land

$29.99 $32.39 $29.45

Swamp

(

: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

$---- $---- $----

Witch's Clinic

: Add

: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land

$4.99 $6.04 $4.68

Witch's Cottage

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land - Swamp

$0.69 $0.34 $0.36

Land

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Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant

$17.99 $13.37 $11.98

Protection

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Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$23.99 $20.73 $18.58

Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.23 $0.15

Mandate of Abaddon

Choose target creature you control. Destroy all creatures with power less than that creature's power.

Sorcery

$5.49 $3.45 $2.64

Mire in Misery

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or enchantment of their choice.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.58 $0.30

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$3.49 $7.15 $7.81

Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (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

$0.39 $0.34 $0.15

Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to that card's mana value.

Sorcery

$12.99 $8.67 $8.35

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.30 $0.26

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery

$8.49 $5.55 $5.10

Sorcery

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Archfiend of Depravity

Flying
At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player chooses up to two creatures they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Creature - Demon

$0.99 $0.31 $0.25

Bubbling Muck

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps a Swamp for mana, that player adds an additional

Sorcery

$4.99 $2.33 $2.20

Cabal Stronghold

: Add

for each basic Swamp you control.

Land

$19.99 $13.96 $11.82

Commander's Plate

Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from each color that's not in your commander's color identity.
Equip commander

Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$44.99 $37.83 $36.09

Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Exile target creature.

Instant

$39.99 $28.33 $25.99

Dread Presence

Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one —
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Creature - Nightmare

$7.99 $4.12 $3.79

Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. (

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)

Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian

$8.99 $6.34 $6.04

Field of Ruin

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land

$0.39 $0.33 $0.15

Force of Despair

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

Instant

$7.49 $6.70 $6.06

Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant

$11.99 $9.81 $8.63

Short Bow

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has reach and vigilance.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant

$8.49 $5.40 $4.61

The Darkness Crystal

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and you gain 2 life.

: Put target creature card exiled with The Darkness Crystal onto the battlefield tapped under your control with two additional +1/+1 counters on it.

Legendary Artifact

$6.99 $5.07 $3.81

The Ozolith

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

Legendary Artifact

$74.99 $56.62 $58.82

Underworld Connections

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "

, Pay 1 life: Draw a card."

Enchantment - Aura

$0.59 $0.44 $0.20

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Legendary Land

$74.99 $56.40 $52.10

Vorpal Sword

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has deathtouch.

: Until end of turn, this Equipment gains "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game."
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$3.99 $2.41 $2.24

Sideboard

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Blade of the Bloodchief

Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature. If equipped creature is a Vampire, put two +1/+1 counters on it instead.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$6.49 $6.83 $5.40

Bladed Bracers

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
As long as equipped creature is a Human or an Angel, it has vigilance.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Brass Squire

: Attach target Equipment you control to target creature you control.

Creature Artifact - Myr

$2.49 $1.26 $1.00

Butcher's Cleaver

Equipped creature gets +3/+0.
As long as equipped creature is a Human, it has lifelink.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Cabal Ritual

Add

.
Threshold — Add

instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Instant

$18.99 $19.62 $11.34

Consuming Corruption

Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Instant

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact

$11.99 $9.14 $8.05

Crude Bent Blade

When this Equipment enters, target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Dismember

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.

Instant

$4.99 $4.14 $2.86

Expedition Map

, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact

$2.49 $2.04 $1.23

Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.35 $0.23

Gaius van Baelsar

When Gaius van Baelsar enters, choose one —
• Each player sacrifices a creature token of their choice.
• Each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
• Each player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

Legendary Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Genji Glove

Equipped creature has double strike.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap it. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$11.99 $7.66 $5.99

Grappling Hook

Equipped creature has double strike.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may have target creature block it this turn if able.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.59 $1.46 $0.46

Harvester of Souls

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature - Demon

$1.79 $0.75 $0.65

In Garruk's Wake

Destroy all creatures you don't control and all planeswalkers you don't control.

Sorcery

$3.49 $3.03 $2.39

Innocent Blood

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.50 $0.31

Kusari-Gama

Equipped creature has "

: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
Whenever equipped creature deals damage to a blocking creature, this Equipment deals that much damage to each other creature defending player controls.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$10.99 $6.66 $4.66

Leaden Myr

: Add

Creature Artifact - Myr

$0.39 $0.64 $0.15

Malicious Affliction

Morbid — When you cast this spell, if a creature died this turn, you may copy Malicious Affliction and may choose a new target for the copy.
Destroy target nonblack creature.

Instant

$2.99 $2.99 $1.56

Mutilate

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.29 $0.19

Overkill

Target creature gets -0/-9999 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.69 $0.36 $0.15

Reaper's Talisman

Whenever equipped creature attacks, it gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, defending player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Equip

(

: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.34 $0.15

Rise of the Dark Realms

Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery

$4.99 $3.09 $3.05

Rise of the Deathbringer

Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You lose life equal to the number of cards drawn this way.
• All creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Instant

$0.49 $0.32 $0.15

Sadistic Glee

Enchant creature
Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$---- $0.62 $0.97

Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat.
No more than one creature can block each combat.

Creature Artifact - Construct

$13.99 $9.77 $9.75

Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant

$5.49 $5.13 $4.12

The Eldest Reborn

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.
II — Each opponent discards a card.
III — Put target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment - Saga

$0.39 $0.35 $0.19

Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$2.29 $1.14 $1.00

Withering Boon

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life.
Counter target creature spell.

Instant

$12.99 $11.58 $6.72

Zulaport Cutthroat

Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature - Human Rogue Ally

$2.99 $1.57 $1.19

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $978.04

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.70Total Mana Value: 173.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.70Total Mana Value: 173.00

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