Istvan • (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

$---- $3.27 $2.43

Commander

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact

$0.79 $---- $0.81

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

$4.99 $3.14 $2.52

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

$1.99 $1.23 $0.87

Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

Artifact

$0.69 $0.24 $0.15

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

$47.99 $36.64 $34.09

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

$34.99 $24.49 $20.37

Haunted Cloak

Equipped creature has vigilance, trample, and haste.
Equip

(

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

Artifact - Equipment

$0.49 $0.34 $0.15

Jet Medallion

Black spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$21.99 $16.21 $13.27

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

$7.49 $4.19 $4.06

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 $1.24 $0.78

Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact - Equipment

$5.99 $---- $6.23

Loxodon Warhammer

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

Artifact - Equipment

$2.29 $2.70 $1.36

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 $22.51 $19.96

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

$---- $---- $10.26

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

$44.99 $35.34 $33.37

Sol Ring

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Artifact

$2.29 $---- $2.37

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

$3.49 $---- $3.62

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

$4.99 $4.18 $3.04

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 $0.93 $0.38

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

$3.49 $2.59 $2.06

Artifact

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Accursed Marauder

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

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$2.99 $1.89 $1.05

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 $0.33 $0.25

Blood Artist

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

Creature - Vampire

$4.49 $3.50 $2.73

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 $15.89 $16.85

Demon's Disciple

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

Creature - Human Cleric

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

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 $4.16 $3.88

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

$9.49 $6.07 $5.64

Fleshbag Marauder

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

Creature - Warrior Zombie

$0.35 $0.33 $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

$0.49 $0.33 $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 $0.61 $0.66

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

$0.59 $0.50 $0.19

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

$---- $2.72 $2.80

Merciless Executioner

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

Creature - Warrior Orc

$2.29 $0.54 $----

Morbid Opportunist

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

Creature - Human Rogue

$0.69 $0.34 $0.19

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

$2.29 $1.31 $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 $9.16 $8.70

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

$0.79 $0.36 $0.27

Uncle Istvan

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

Creature - Human

$0.39 $0.26 $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

$7.49 $5.25 $4.35

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

$18.99 $13.32 $13.80

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

$0.69 $0.21 $0.15

Kaya's Ghostform

Enchant creature or planeswalker you control
When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment - Aura

$3.49 $1.93 $1.72

No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment

$23.99 $25.03 $21.39

Phyrexian Arena

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

Enchantment

$5.49 $2.86 $2.60

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

$32.99 $25.84 $23.73

Enchantment

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Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$12.99 $8.06 $7.92

Deadly Rollick

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

Instant

$37.99 $26.94 $26.13

Defile

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

Instant

$2.49 $2.22 $1.69

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

$7.99 $6.70 $6.06

Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant

$1.29 $0.40 $0.19

Imp's Mischief

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

Instant

$12.99 $9.54 $8.59

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$0.79 $0.27 $0.20

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

$2.49 $1.37 $0.52

Soul Shatter

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

Instant

$5.99 $3.81 $3.38

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

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Withering Torment

Destroy target creature or enchantment. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$2.29 $1.34 $1.27

Instant

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Bojuka Bog

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

: Add

Land

$2.99 $1.39 $1.42

Cabal Coffers

: Add

for each Swamp you control.

Land

$34.99 $29.22 $26.13

Cabal Stronghold

: Add

for each basic Swamp you control.

Land

$20.99 $13.98 $12.39

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 $57.57 $50.52

Rogue's Passage

: Add

: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land

$0.69 $3.45 $0.71

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

$32.99 $31.91 $29.64

Swamp

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: Add

Basic Land - Swamp

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

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

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

Legendary Land

$69.99 $52.21 $51.47

Witch's Cottage

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: 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

$0.79 $0.34 $0.25

Land

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Bubbling Muck

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

Sorcery

$5.49 $2.74 $2.52

Feed the Swarm

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

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.22 $0.15

Mandate of Abaddon

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

Sorcery

$4.99 $3.56 $2.82

Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.49 $---- $0.50

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

$0.49 $0.32 $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 $8.37 $7.43

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery

$0.59 $0.26 $0.22

Toxic Deluge

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

Sorcery

$4.99 $---- $5.18

Sorcery

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $755.86

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Avg Mana Value: 2.68Total Mana Value: 174.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.68Total Mana Value: 174.00

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