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Ashaya's Enduring Bond
(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Discover X, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Ashaya's Enduring Bond can be your commander.
Legendary Sorcery
Ashaya's Enduring Bond (mbc) 34

Commander

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Bonus Round
Until end of turn, whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player copies it and may choose new targets for the copy.
Sorcery
Bonus Round (plst) BBD-56
Chandra, Hope's Beacon
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. This ability triggers only once each turn.
+2: Add two mana in any combination of colors.
+1: Exile the top five cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from among those exiled cards.
−X: Chandra deals X damage to each of up to two targets.
Legendary Planeswalker - Chandra
Chandra, Hope's Beacon (mom) 134
Fury Storm
When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Instant
Fury Storm (c18) 22
Nalfeshnee
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell from exile, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy. If it's a permanent spell, the copy gains haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this permanent." (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Creature - Beast Demon
Nalfeshnee (clb) 678

Copy

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Sweet-Gum Recluse
Flash
Cascade
Reach
When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on each of any number of target creatures that entered this turn.
Creature - Spider
Sweet-Gum Recluse (clb) 835

Counters

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Apex Devastator
Cascade, cascade, cascade, 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. Multiple instances of cascade each trigger separately.)
Creature - Hydra Chimera
Apex Devastator (m3c) 220
Aurora Phoenix
Flying
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.)
Whenever you cast a spell with cascade, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Phoenix
Aurora Phoenix (clb) 778
Chimil, the Inner Sun
Spells you control can't be countered.
At the beginning of your end step, discover 5. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 5 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Legendary Artifact
Chimil, the Inner Sun (ecc) 137
Curator of Sun's Creation
Whenever you discover, discover again for the same value. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Human Artificer
Curator of Sun's Creation (lci) 141
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Trample
When Etali enters, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast any number of spells from among the nonland cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
: Transform Etali. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness (mom) 137Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness (mom) 137
Genesis Storm
When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game.
Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland permanent card. You may put that card onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Genesis Storm (c18) 30
Glimpse of Tomorrow
Suspend 3—

Shuffle all permanents you own into your library, then reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put all non-Aura permanent cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then do the same for Aura cards, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Glimpse of Tomorrow (mh2) 129
Monstrous Vortex
Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Enchantment
Monstrous Vortex (mh3) 162
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
Trample, haste
Whenever Raph & Mikey attack, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield tapped and attacking and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Mutant Ninja Turtle
Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers (tmt) 167
The Great Henge
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
: Add
. You gain 2 life.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.
Legendary Artifact
The Great Henge (cmm) 294
Trumpeting Carnosaur
Trample
When this creature enters, discover 5.
, Discard this card: It deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
Creature - Dinosaur
Trumpeting Carnosaur (lci) 171
Wild-Magic Sorcerer
The first spell you cast from exile each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell from exile, 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.)
Creature - Shaman Orc Sorcerer
Wild-Magic Sorcerer (clb) 816

Draw

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
Arena of Glory
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
: Add
.
,
, Exert this land: Add
. If any of that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)
Land
Arena of Glory (mh3) 215
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Cavern of Souls
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.
Land
Cavern of Souls (lci) 269
Cinder Glade
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Mountain Forest
Cinder Glade (msc) 230
City of Brass
Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
Land
City of Brass (tmc) 62
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (trc) 521
Commercial District
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land - Mountain Forest
Commercial District (mkm) 259
Copperline Gorge
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Copperline Gorge (blc) 301
Cragcrown Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (plst) ZNR-261Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway (plst) ZNR-261
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (trc) 529
Fire-Lit Thicket
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Fire-Lit Thicket (fic) 392
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mdd) 301
Gaea's Cradle
: Add
for each creature you control.
Legendary Land
Gaea's Cradle (usg) 321
Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add
. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Gemstone Caverns (tsr) 280
Grove of the Burnwillows
: Add
.
: Add
or
. Each opponent gains 1 life.
Land
Grove of the Burnwillows (ima) 238
Hanweir Battlements
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
,
: If you both own and control this land and a creature named Hanweir Garrison, exile them, then meld them into Hanweir, the Writhing Township.
Land
Hanweir Battlements (inr) 279
Karplusan Forest
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Karplusan Forest (eoc) 164
Kessig Wolf Run
: Add
.
,
: Target creature gets +X/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Land
Kessig Wolf Run (tdc) 375
Mana Confluence
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.
Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Mossfire Valley
,
: Add
.
Land
Mossfire Valley (fic) 407
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (mdd) 298
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
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
Prismatic Vista
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Prismatic Vista (h1r) 40
Rockfall Vale
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rockfall Vale (fra) 186
Rootbound Crag
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rootbound Crag (msc) 261
Sheltered Thicket
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land - Mountain Forest
Sheltered Thicket (ecc) 167
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
Spire Garden
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Spire Garden (tmc) 75
Stomping Ground
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Mountain Forest
Stomping Ground (trk) 299
Taiga
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Mountain Forest
Taiga (3ed) 287
Treasure Vault
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.
Artifact Land
Treasure Vault (drc) 180
Wooded Foothills
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Wooded Foothills (mh3) 441
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (m3c) 409

Land

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Xenagos, God of Revels
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Xenagos, God of Revels (lcc) 295

Pump

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Bigger on the Inside
Enchant artifact or land
Enchanted permanent has "
: Target player adds two mana of any one color. The next spell they cast this turn has cascade." (When they cast their next spell, they exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card that costs less. They may cast it without paying its mana cost. They put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Enchantment - Aura
Bigger on the Inside (who) 115
Birgi, God of Storytelling
Whenever you cast a spell, add
. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Creatures you control can boast twice during each of your turns rather than once.
Legendary Creature - God
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123
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
Brass's Bounty (fdn) 190
Bugenhagen, Wise Elder
Reach
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a creature with power 7 or greater, draw a card.
: Add one mana of any color.
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Bugenhagen, Wise Elder (fic) 66
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
Captain Lannery Storm (otc) 158
Cavern-Hoard Dragon
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the greatest number of artifacts an opponent controls.
Flying, trample, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you create a Treasure token for each artifact that player controls.
Creature - Dragon
Cavern-Hoard Dragon (ltc) 31
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
Cursed Mirror (frc) 49
Domri, Anarch of Bolas
Creatures you control get +1/+0.
+1: Add
or
. Creature spells you cast this turn can't be countered.
−2: Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control.
Legendary Planeswalker - Domri
Domri, Anarch of Bolas (war) 191
Electro, Assaulting Battery
Flying
You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, add
.
When Electro leaves the battlefield, you may pay
. When you do, he deals X damage to target player.
Legendary Creature - Human Villain
Electro, Assaulting Battery (spm) 76
Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
When you cast this spell, untap all lands you control.
Flying, trample
Ward—Sacrifice three permanents.
, Exile this card from your hand: Target land gains "
: Add
" until this card is cast from exile. You may cast this card for as long as it remains exiled.
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Emrakul, the Exigent Doom (fra) 1
Goldspan Dragon
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token.
Treasures you control have "
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
Creature - Dragon
Goldspan Dragon (soc) 245
Hit the Mother Lode
Discover 10. If the discovered card's mana value is less than 10, create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the difference. (To discover 10, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 10 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Sorcery
Hit the Mother Lode (fdc) 161
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Tokens you control have "
: Add
."
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Druid
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest (clb) 237
Jeska's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add
for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Sorcery
Jeska's Will (mkc) 156
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
Whenever a player attacks one or more of your opponents, that attacking player creates a Treasure token.
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Put five +1/+1 counters on Jolene.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior
Jolene, the Plunder Queen (ncc) 73
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
Flying, haste
Whenever Klauth attacks, add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the total power of attacking creatures. Spend this mana only to cast spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient (afc) 50
Kodama of the East Tree
Reach
Whenever another permanent you control enters, if it wasn't put onto the battlefield with this ability, you may put a permanent card with equal or lesser mana value from your hand onto the battlefield.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Spirit
Kodama of the East Tree (blc) 227
Loot, Exuberant Explorer
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
,
: Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control from among them and put it onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Beast Noble
Loot, Exuberant Explorer (fdn) 106
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Other Dwarves you control get +1/+0.
Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Legendary Creature - Berserker Dwarf
Magda, Brazen Outlaw (khm) 142
Mana Geyser
Add
for each tapped land your opponents control.
Sorcery
Mana Geyser (soc) 247
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (trc) 467
Nyxbloom Ancient
Trample
If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces three times as much of that mana instead.
Creature Enchantment - Elemental
Nyxbloom Ancient (thb) 190
Old Gnawbone
Flying
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create that many Treasure tokens.
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Old Gnawbone (afr) 197
Pyromancer's Goggles
: Add
. When that mana is spent to cast a red instant or sorcery spell, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Artifact
Pyromancer's Goggles (fdn) 677
Rain of Riches
When this enchantment enters, create two Treasure tokens.
The first spell you cast each turn that mana from a Treasure was spent to cast has cascade. (When you cast the 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.)
Enchantment
Rain of Riches (blc) 200
Relic of Legends
: Add one mana of any color.
Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Relic of Legends (msc) 209
Roxanne, Starfall Savant
Whenever Roxanne enters or attacks, create a tapped colorless artifact token named Meteorite with "When this token enters, it deals 2 damage to any target" and "
: Add one mana of any color."
Whenever you tap an artifact token for mana, add one mana of any type that artifact token produced.
Legendary Creature - Druid Cat
Roxanne, Starfall Savant (otj) 228
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Haste (This creature can attack and
as soon as it comes under your control.)
Whenever Ruby attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, Ruby gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
: Add
or
.
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Ruby, Daring Tracker (fdn) 245
Rude Awakening
Choose one —
• Untap all lands you control.
• Until end of turn, lands you control become 2/2 creatures that are still lands.
Entwine
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Sorcery
Rude Awakening (gvl) 22
Seething Song
Add
.
Instant
Seething Song (c21) 179
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Whenever another creature enters, its controller may draw a card if its power is greater than each other creature's power.
,
: Add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Legendary Creature - Elf Scout
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds (ecc) 116
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (trc) 499
Thran Dynamo
: Add
.
Artifact
Thran Dynamo (msc) 290
Through the Forest Gate
Look at the top twenty cards of your library, put any number of land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. You gain 8 life.
Sorcery
Through the Forest Gate (hob) 137
Treasonous Ogre
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Pay 3 life: Add
.
Creature - Shaman Ogre
Treasonous Ogre (plst) CNS-36
World War Hulk
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — The next red or green creature spell you cast this turn can be cast without paying its mana cost.
II — Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.
III — Choose target creature you control. Until end of turn, double its power and toughness and it gains trample.
Enchantment - Saga
World War Hulk (msh) 304
Xenagos, the Reveler
+1: Add X mana in any combination of
and/or
, where X is the number of creatures you control.
0: Create a 2/2 red and green Satyr creature token with haste.
−6: Exile the top seven cards of your library. You may put any number of creature and/or land cards from among them onto the battlefield.
Legendary Planeswalker - Xenagos
Xenagos, the Reveler (clb) 853

Ramp

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Goblin Dark-Dwellers
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Creature - Goblin
Goblin Dark-Dwellers (j25) 556
Underworld Breach
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
Underworld Breach (thb) 161

Recursion

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Call Forth the Tempest
Cascade, 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 of your library in a random order. Then do it again.)
Call Forth the Tempest deals damage to each creature your opponents control equal to the total mana value of other spells you've cast this turn.
Sorcery
Call Forth the Tempest (hoc) 22
Portal to Phyrexia
When this artifact enters, each opponent sacrifices three creatures of their choice.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Phyrexian in addition to its other types.
Artifact
Portal to Phyrexia (bro) 240

Removal

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Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.
: Create a 5/5 red Dragon Spirit creature token with flying. Activate only if you control an attacking modified creature. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Legendary Creature - Goblin Samurai
Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei (neo) 145

Tokens

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Worldly Tutor
Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.
Instant
Worldly Tutor (dmr) 185

Tutor

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When casting your commander, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ashaya's Enduring Bond"},{"insert":", the total mana spent includes both its base mana cost and the accumulated commander tax.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Base Mana Value:"},{"insert":" The baseline casting cost of Ashaya."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Commander Tax:"},{"insert":" Equals 2 times n, where n is the number of times cast from the command zone."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Total Cost Formula:"},{"insert":" Total Cost = Base Mana Value + (2 times n)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Because Discover scales linearly with the total mana spent to cast the spell, each subsequent casting pushes your Discover value higher:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Discover Value Formula:"},{"insert":" Discover Value (X) = Base Mana Value + (2 times n)"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"When this Discover value resolves, it triggers a cascade into any spell in your library with a mana value less than or equal to that number, allowing you to immediately hit explosive ritual or payoff spells for free.\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Commander Tax & Discover Scaling Reference Table"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cast Count (n)"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Commander Tax"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Total Mana Spent (Assuming Base Cost)"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Discover Value (X) Unlocked"},{"attributes":{"table":"1"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"n = 0"},{"insert":" (First Cast)"},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"0"},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost"},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost"},{"attributes":{"table":"2"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"n = 1"},{"insert":" (Second Cast)"},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2"},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 2"},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 2"},{"attributes":{"table":"3"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"n = 2"},{"insert":" (Third Cast)"},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"4"},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 4"},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 4"},{"attributes":{"table":"4"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"n = 3"},{"insert":" (Fourth Cast)"},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"6"},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 6"},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 6"},{"attributes":{"table":"5"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"n = 4"},{"insert":" (Fifth Cast)"},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"8"},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 8"},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Base Cost + 8"},{"attributes":{"table":"6"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The Loop & Mana-Positive Arithmetic"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"To keep the recursion engine moving without stalling out, your net mana generated per ritual loop must be strictly greater than zero.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Formula:"},{"insert":" Net Mana = Mana Generated - Total Cost"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Condition:"},{"insert":" Net Mana > 0"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"How the Loop Operates:"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Accumulation Phase:"},{"insert":" Tap down your artifact token generators ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Jolene, the Plunder Queen"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Magda, Brazen Outlaw"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Tireless Provisioner"},{"insert":") and ramp creatures."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Explosive Multiplier:"},{"insert":" Cast a mass ritual like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mana Geyser"},{"insert":". If there are 15 tapped nonland permanents controlled by opponents, "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Mana Geyser"},{"insert":" generates 15 red mana."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Recast:"},{"insert":" Pay the escalating commander tax to recast Ashaya. Because your pool is net-positive, you repeat the loop, incrementing n to n plus 1, pushing your Discover value higher on the next iteration."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Strategy & Playbook"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Early Game (Turns 1 to 3):"},{"insert":" Prioritize fast mana artifacts ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Sol Ring"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Arcane Signet"},{"insert":") and token/treasure generators ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Ragavan"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Tireless Provisioner"},{"insert":") to build your nonland permanent board state."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mid-Game (The Scaling Threshold):"},{"insert":" Cast Ashaya for the first time. 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