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Federation Humans

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Federation Humans

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Inquisitor Greyfax

Vigilance
Unquestionable Wisdom — Other creatures you control get +1/+0 and have vigilance.
Hunt for Heresy —

: Tap target creature an opponent controls. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Legendary Creature - Human Inquisitor

$0.99 $0.69 $0.54

Commander

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For the Emperor!

Creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance and lifelink until end of turn.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.49 $0.45

Primaris Chaplain

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)
Rosarius — Whenever this creature attacks, it gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature - Cleric Astartes

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Syr Vondam, the Lucent

Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever Syr Vondam enters or attacks, other creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain deathtouch until end of turn.

Legendary Creature - Human Knight

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

The Flesh Is Weak

When this enchantment enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them are artifacts in addition to their other types.
Nonartifact creatures get -1/-1.

Enchantment

$0.59 $0.39 $0.25

Thunderwolf Cavalry

First strike
Crushing Teeth — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Creature - Warrior Astartes

$0.39 $0.31 $0.19

Anthem

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Exosuit Savior

Flying
When this creature enters, return up to one other target permanent you control to its owner's hand.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Bounce

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Hulking Metamorph

Prototype

— 3/3 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of an artifact or creature you control, except it's an artifact creature in addition to its other types, and its power and toughness are equal to this creature's power and toughness.

Creature Artifact - Shapeshifter

$0.39 $0.17 $0.15

Copy

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Gixian Skullflayer

At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature - Human Assassin Phyrexian

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Luxknight Breacher

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each other creature and/or artifact you control.

Creature - Human Knight

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

Counters

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Brightspear Zealot

Vigilance
This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you've cast two or more spells this turn.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.10 $0.15

Gravblade Heavy

As long as you control an artifact, this creature gets +1/+0 and has deathtouch.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.06 $0.15

Creature

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Oildeep Gearhulk

Lifelink, ward

When this creature enters, look at target player's hand. You may choose a card from it. If you do, that player discards that card, then draws a card.

Creature Artifact - Construct

$4.99 $3.11 $2.93

Ripclaw Wrangler

When this Vehicle enters, each opponent discards a card.
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Artifact - Vehicle

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Virus Beetle

When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card.

Creature Artifact - Insect

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Discard

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Coercive Portal

Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice this artifact and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

Artifact

$---- $3.57 $3.28

Cybernetica Datasmith

Protection from Robots
Field Reprogramming —

: Target player draws a card. Another target player creates a 4/4 colorless Robot artifact creature token with "This token can't block."

Creature Artifact - Human Artificer

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Enter the Enigma

Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Draw a card.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.38 $0.15

Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $1.06 $0.15

Morbid Opportunist

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

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.59 $0.40 $0.18

Scourgemark

Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+0.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.08 $0.15

Sister Repentia

Martyrdom — When this creature dies, you gain 2 life and draw two cards.
Miracle

(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Creature - Human Warrior

$0.49 $0.33 $0.22

Vanguard Suppressor

Squad

(As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay

any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
Flying
Suppressing Fire — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature - Warrior Astartes

$0.69 $0.66 $0.48

Draw

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Juggernaut

This creature attacks each combat if able.
This creature can't be blocked by Walls.

Creature Artifact - Juggernaut

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Evasion

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Emissary Escort

This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest mana value among other artifacts you control.

Creature Artifact - Soldier Robot

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

Redemptor Dreadnought

Fallen Warrior — As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard.
Trample
Plasma Incinerator — Whenever this creature attacks, if a card is exiled with it, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the power of the exiled card.

Creature Artifact - Dreadnought Astartes

$0.49 $0.31 $0.17

Finisher

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Artificial Anomaly

: Add

, Sacrifice this land: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Create a tapped Planet land token named New Planet with "

: Add one mana of any color."

Land

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Command Tower

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

Land

$0.59 $0.23 $0.21

Island

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Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Ni'Var Science Academy

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
When this land enters untapped, choose one —
• Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
• Surveil 1.

: Add

Land

$1.49 $0.73 $0.67

Plains

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Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.26 $0.15

Swamp

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Basic Land - Swamp

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Thriving Heath

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Thriving Moor

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than black.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Turbulent Shore

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: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.

Land - Plains Island

$2.79 $1.94 $1.84

Turbulent Wetlands

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: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless your opponents control eight or more lands.

Land - Island Swamp

$2.99 $3.08 $2.69

Land

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Assault Suit

Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has haste, can't attack you or planeswalkers you control, and can't be sacrificed.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may have that player gain control of equipped creature until end of turn. If you do, untap it.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$1.29 $0.38 $0.22

Protection

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Dual-Sun Adepts

Double strike

: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature - Human Soldier

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Squire's Lightblade

Flash
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains first strike until end of turn.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Pump

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.99 $0.25 $0.23

Beamsaw Prospector

When this creature dies, create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

Creature - Human Artificer

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Epistolary Librarian

Veil of Time — Whenever this creature attacks, you may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost, where X is the number of attacking creatures.

Creature - Wizard Astartes

$0.49 $0.34 $0.23

Everflowing Chalice

Multikicker

(You may pay an additional

any number of times as you cast this spell.)
This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked.

: Add

for each charge counter on this artifact.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.27 $0.23

Guidelight Optimizer

: Add

. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability.

Creature Artifact - Robot

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $1.00 $0.83

The Golden Throne

Arcane Life-support — If you would lose the game, instead exile The Golden Throne and your life total becomes 1.
A Thousand Souls Die Every Day —

, Sacrifice a creature: Add three mana in any combination of colors.

Legendary Artifact

$8.99 $7.38 $7.02

Unstable Obelisk

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, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target permanent.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.35 $0.15

Ramp

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Carrion Cruiser

When this Vehicle enters, mill two cards. Then return a creature or Vehicle card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill two cards, put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Artifact - Vehicle

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Fell Gravship

When this Spacecraft enters, mill three cards, then return a creature or Spacecraft card from your graveyard to your hand.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 8+.)
8+ | Flying, lifelink

Artifact - Spacecraft

$0.35 $1.03 $0.15

Neyam Shai Murad

Rogue Trader — Whenever Neyam Shai Murad deals combat damage to a player, you may have that player return target permanent card from their graveyard to their hand. If you do, that player chooses a permanent card in your graveyard, then you put it onto the battlefield under your control.

Legendary Creature - Human Rogue

$0.49 $0.34 $0.19

Zombify

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Recursion

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$3.99 $2.09 $1.96

Deny Reality

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Depressurize

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Then if that creature's power is 0 or less, destroy it.

Instant

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Divert Disaster

Counter target spell unless its controller pays

. If they do, you create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")

Instant

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Entrapment Maneuver

Target player sacrifices an attacking creature of their choice. You create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is that creature's toughness.

Instant

$0.49 $0.34 $0.23

Essence Scatter

Counter target creature spell.

Instant

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Grey Knight Paragon

Flash
Rites of Banishment — When this creature enters, destroy target attacking creature. If that creature is a Demon, exile it instead.

Creature - Knight Astartes

$0.49 $0.36 $0.20

Involuntary Cooldown

Tap up to two target artifacts and/or creatures. Put two stun counters on each of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Martial Coup

Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.36 $0.23

Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant

$0.39 $0.29 $0.23

Out Cold

This spell can't be countered. (This includes by the ward ability.)
Tap up to two target creatures and put a stun counter on each of them. Investigate. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Possession Engine

When this Vehicle enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls for as long as you control this Vehicle. That creature can't attack or block for as long as you control this Vehicle.
Crew 3

Artifact - Vehicle

$0.49 $0.40 $0.25

Sister of Silence

Flash
Psychic Abomination — When this creature enters, counter target instant spell, sorcery spell, activated ability, or triggered ability.

Creature - Human Knight

$0.49 $0.36 $0.27

Susurian Dirgecraft

When this Spacecraft enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 7+.)
7+ | Flying

Artifact - Spacecraft

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Toxin Analysis

Target creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Instant

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Removal

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Belisarius Cawl

Ultima Founding —

, Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance.
Master of Machines —

, Tap X untapped creatures you control: Look at the top X 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 Artifact - Human

$0.49 $0.38 $0.15

Defenders of Humanity

When this enchantment enters, create X 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.

, Exile this enchantment: Create X 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance. Activate only if you control no creatures and only during your turn.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.45 $0.33

Honored Knight-Captain

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for an Equipment card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature - Human Knight Advisor

$0.35 $0.24 $0.15

Inquisitor Eisenhorn

You may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, create Cherubael, a legendary 4/4 black Demon creature token with flying.
Whenever Inquisitor Eisenhorn deals combat damage to a player, investigate that many times. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Legendary Creature - Human Inquisitor

$0.49 $0.42 $0.28

Inquisitorial Rosette

Inquisition Agents — Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance that's attacking. Then attacking creatures gain menace until end of turn.
Equip

(

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

Artifact - Equipment

$2.99 $2.72 $2.05

Knight Luminary

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Warp

(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)

Creature - Human Knight

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Launch the Fleet

Strive — This spell costs

more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Until end of turn, any number of target creatures each gain "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token that's tapped and attacking."

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.40 $0.28

Zephyrim

Squad

(As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay

any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)
Flying, vigilance
Miracle

(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Creature - Human Warrior

$0.49 $0.41 $0.34

Tokens

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $73.69

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 3.34Total Mana Value: 214.00

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Bounce

Commander

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Protection

Pump

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24 pips - 23 cards

Production

18 mana - 16 cards

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23 pips - 21 cards

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18 mana - 16 cards

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25 pips - 23 cards

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19 mana - 17 cards

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0 pips - 0 cards

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0 mana - 4 cards

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0 mana - 4 cards

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5 mana - 4 cards

Avg Mana Value: 3.34Total Mana Value: 214.00

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