Groodle
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Welcome to my submission for this month's deck building challenge.\nAfter scouring page after page of EDHREC's unwanted commanders I found the one that best suited my taste: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gwendlyn Di Corci"}},{"insert":". She currently holds 383 decks to her name, most of which revolve around decimating your opponents hands and tearing apart their resources. But Gwendlyn doesn't specify whether we have to make an "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"opponent "},{"insert":"discard a card.\nThis deck turns the tables on usual Gwendlyn decks - this time, we're forcing ourselves to discard random cards.\nHowever, unlike most decks, this deck came prepared to the discarding party. We have the perfect line-up of cards to make discarding cards into a game-winning move. \nWe have multiple cards that trigger off us discarding cards, including "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magmakin Artillerist"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rielle, the Everwise"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Monument to Endurance"}},{"insert":". \nHowever, the problem with discarding cards is that we immediately lose value from it - that card just disappears - "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"poof! "},{"insert":"- straight into our graveyard.\nExcept we've include cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Containment Construct"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conspiracy Theorist"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer"}},{"insert":" to turn our discarded cards straight back into playable spells. We've even included "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Library of Leng"}},{"insert":" to return useful pieces that were accidentally thrown away straight to the top of our library - but we still get the discard trigger!\nHowever, due to Gwendlyn's repetitive discarding, we sometimes end up with an empty hand - but that's not always a bad thing! Once our hand has been emptied into our graveyard we can use cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phial of Galadriel"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blood Scrivener"}},{"insert":" to quickly restock our hand and catch back up.\nAdditionally, we can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marvin, Murderous Mimic"}},{"insert":" to double Gwendlyn's activated ability! And, paired with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ioreth of the Healing House"}},{"insert":", we can turn every turn into a repeatable 'everyone discards their entire hand' cycle - which sucks for everyone else as their synergies crumble into their graveyard, but doesn't change a thing for me as I ride high on graveyard value and discard trigger!\nThis deck'll keep opponents guessing our motives till the very end - and by then it'll be far too late to stop our "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"hellbent rage ;)"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Elrond, Moon-Reader
Whenever you activate an ability of a creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Exile up to two other target nonland permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
: Exile up to two other target nonland permanents you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - Elf Noble
Activated Abilities
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Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
When Brass's Tunnel-Grinder enters, discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards plus one.
At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a bore counter on Brass's Tunnel-Grinder. Then if there are three or more bore counters on it, remove those counters and transform it. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)
At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, put a bore counter on Brass's Tunnel-Grinder. Then if there are three or more bore counters on it, remove those counters and transform it. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)
Legendary Artifact
Doctor Doom, King of Latveria
Whenever you discard one or more land cards, each opponent loses 2 life.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn. It connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn. It connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.)
Legendary Creature - Human Villain Noble
Discard Outlet
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Currency Converter
Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard.
, : Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Put a card exiled with this artifact into its owner's graveyard. If it's a land card, create a Treasure token. If it's a nonland card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token.
, : Draw a card, then discard a card.
: Put a card exiled with this artifact into its owner's graveyard. If it's a land card, create a Treasure token. If it's a nonland card, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token.
Artifact
Doom's Time Platform
Whenever you attack, exile target nonland card from your graveyard with two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)
Artifact
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn can't be blocked.
Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist Villain
Sedris, the Traitor King
Each creature card in your graveyard has unearth . (: Return the card to the battlefield. The creature gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Legendary Creature - Warrior Zombie
Discard Recursion
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Brallin, Skyshark Rider
Partner with Shabraz, the Skyshark (When this creature enters, target player may put Shabraz into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you discard a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Brallin and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Target Shark gains trample until end of turn.
Whenever you discard a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Brallin and it deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Target Shark gains trample until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Cool but Rude
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Whenever you discard a card, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random.
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.
: Level 2
Whenever you discard a card, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, shuffle, then discard a card at random.
Enchantment - Class
Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
Whenever you attack, you may discard a card. When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn.
Whenever you discard one or more cards, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until your next end step.
Whenever you discard one or more cards, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card until your next end step.
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Ivora, Insatiable Heir
Trample
When Ivora enters and whenever it deals combat damage to a player, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you discard a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Ivora.
When Ivora enters and whenever it deals combat damage to a player, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", , Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you discard a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Ivora.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Warrior
Kefka, Court Mage
Whenever Kefka enters or attacks, each player discards a card. Then you draw a card for each card type among cards discarded this way.
: Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. Transform Kefka. Activate only as a sorcery.
: Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. Transform Kefka. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Surly Badgersaur
Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, this creature fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, this creature fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Creature - Dinosaur Badger
Typhoid Mary, Fractured
Whenever Typhoid Mary attacks, choose one at random. If you discarded a card this turn, you choose one instead.
• Mary — Create a Treasure token.
• Typhoid Mary — Draw a card.
• Bloody Mary — Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
• Mary — Create a Treasure token.
• Typhoid Mary — Draw a card.
• Bloody Mary — Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Mutant Villain
Discard Trigger
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Bloodhall Priest
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, if you have no cards in hand, this creature deals 2 damage to any target.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Vampire Cleric
Empty-Hand Trigger
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Spymaster's Vault
This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp.
: Add .
, : Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
: Add .
, : Target creature you control connives X, where X is the number of creatures that died this turn. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)
Land
Land
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Carnage, Crimson Chaos
Trample
When Carnage enters, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains "This creature attacks each combat if able" and "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it."
Mayhem
When Carnage enters, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains "This creature attacks each combat if able" and "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, sacrifice it."
Mayhem
Legendary Creature - Villain Symbiote
Chameleon, Master of Disguise
You may have Chameleon enter as a copy of a creature you control, except his name is Chameleon, Master of Disguise.
Mayhem (You may cast this card from your graveyard for if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)
Mayhem (You may cast this card from your graveyard for if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)
Legendary Creature - Human Shapeshifter Villain
Shadowgrange Archfiend
When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. You gain life equal to the greatest power among creatures sacrificed this way.
Madness—, Pay 8 life. (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Madness—, Pay 8 life. (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Demon
Welcome to the Fold
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Gain control of target creature if its toughness is 2 or less. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead gain control of that creature if its toughness is X or less.
Gain control of target creature if its toughness is 2 or less. If this spell's madness cost was paid, instead gain control of that creature if its toughness is X or less.
Sorcery
Madness
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Ramp
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Description
{"ops":[{"insert":"Welcome to my submission for this month's deck building challenge.\nAfter scouring page after page of EDHREC's unwanted commanders I found the one that best suited my taste: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gwendlyn Di Corci"}},{"insert":". She currently holds 383 decks to her name, most of which revolve around decimating your opponents hands and tearing apart their resources. But Gwendlyn doesn't specify whether we have to make an "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"opponent "},{"insert":"discard a card.\nThis deck turns the tables on usual Gwendlyn decks - this time, we're forcing ourselves to discard random cards.\nHowever, unlike most decks, this deck came prepared to the discarding party. We have the perfect line-up of cards to make discarding cards into a game-winning move. \nWe have multiple cards that trigger off us discarding cards, including "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Magmakin Artillerist"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rielle, the Everwise"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Monument to Endurance"}},{"insert":". \nHowever, the problem with discarding cards is that we immediately lose value from it - that card just disappears - "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"poof! "},{"insert":"- straight into our graveyard.\nExcept we've include cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Containment Construct"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Conspiracy Theorist"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer"}},{"insert":" to turn our discarded cards straight back into playable spells. We've even included "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Library of Leng"}},{"insert":" to return useful pieces that were accidentally thrown away straight to the top of our library - but we still get the discard trigger!\nHowever, due to Gwendlyn's repetitive discarding, we sometimes end up with an empty hand - but that's not always a bad thing! Once our hand has been emptied into our graveyard we can use cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phial of Galadriel"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blood Scrivener"}},{"insert":" to quickly restock our hand and catch back up.\nAdditionally, we can use "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marvin, Murderous Mimic"}},{"insert":" to double Gwendlyn's activated ability! And, paired with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ioreth of the Healing House"}},{"insert":", we can turn every turn into a repeatable 'everyone discards their entire hand' cycle - which sucks for everyone else as their synergies crumble into their graveyard, but doesn't change a thing for me as I ride high on graveyard value and discard trigger!\nThis deck'll keep opponents guessing our motives till the very end - and by then it'll be far too late to stop our "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"hellbent rage ;)"},{"insert":"\n"}]}