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{"ops":[{"insert":"TL;DR: Halfdane copies P/T. We copy P/Ts of creatures that can't attack, buffing them with bad pump, P/Ts of creatures that can attack, buffing those creatures to make multiple big swingers, and P/Ts of other peoples stuff, so crimes are guaranteed, which is something we can exploit.\n\nI had a much longer explainer that was on this, but I accidentally deleted it like a fool. The deck is a Voltron/Combat focused deck, using the above tricks to make Halfdane a lot more of a threat on the field. It might be better to use graveyard recursion a bit more as well, but that may end up spreading things too thin. Has a lot of evasion to ensure shots get through as well, which I also use with effects like Curiosity to help encourage card draw.\n\nBracket 2 for sure, I tried as much as possible to have the deck be a bit cheaper, there are some more expensive pieces if I couldn't find an effect that is similar for cheap, or had too many downsides.\n\nPrimary weaknesses are possibly a bit too little removal, and a reliance on mana rocks and ramp, especially if some of the cheaper big boys don't come out. There are a few funny combinations I found when making the deck, like Willbreaker stealing other peoples creatures when you copy the P/Ts. \n\nHopefully you enjoy! \n"}]}
Halfdane
At the beginning of your upkeep, Halfdane's base power and toughness become equal to the power and toughness of target creature other than Halfdane until the end of your next upkeep.
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter
Halfdane (leg) 229

Commander

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Ember Island Production
Choose one —
• Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except it's not legendary and it's a 4/4 Hero in addition to its other types.
• Create a token that's a copy of target creature an opponent controls, except it's not legendary and it's a 2/2 Coward in addition to its other types.
Sorcery
Ember Island Production (tla) 48

Copy

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Mana Leak
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Mana Leak (2x2) 58

Counters

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Bident of Thassa
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
,
: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
Curiosity
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Curiosity (plst) 8ED-72
Enter the Enigma
Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Enter the Enigma (dsk) 52
Mask of Memory
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw two cards. If you do, discard a card.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Mask of Memory (fic) 350
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
Read the Bones (j25) 479
Reconnaissance Mission
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (msc) 153
Sign in Blood
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
Sorcery
Sign in Blood (fdc) 125
Stock Up
Look at the top five cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Sorcery
Stock Up (dft) 67
Tome of Legends
This artifact enters with a page counter on it.
Whenever your commander enters or attacks, put a page counter on this artifact.
,
, Remove a page counter from this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact - Book
Tome of Legends (msc) 223

Draw

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Artful Dodge
Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Artful Dodge (dka) 27
Key to the City
, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever this artifact becomes untapped, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Artifact
Key to the City (fic) 348
Prowler's Helm
Equipped creature can't be blocked except by Walls.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Prowler's Helm (ths) 219
Shadow Rift
Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Shadow Rift (plst) TMP-86
Suspicious Bookcase
Defender
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Artifact - Wall
Suspicious Bookcase (tle) 170
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
Trailblazer's Boots (fic) 370
Vorrac Battlehorns
Equipped creature has trample and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Vorrac Battlehorns (mrd) 271

Evasion

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Ayara's Oathsworn
Menace
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it has fewer than four +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then if it has exactly four +1/+1 counters on it, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Knight
Ayara's Oathsworn (mat) 11
Noble Benefactor
When this creature dies, each player may search their library for a card and put that card into their hand. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.
Creature - Human Cleric
Noble Benefactor (plst) WTH-44

Interesting Tutors for Just in Case

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Adarkar Wastes
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Adarkar Wastes (eoc) 147
Arcane Sanctum
This land enters tapped.
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Arcane Sanctum (trc) 513
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Bonders' Enclave
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Land
Bonders' Enclave (fic) 376
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (trc) 521
Deserted Beach
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Deserted Beach (fra) 176
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (trc) 527
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (trc) 528
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
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mdd) 294
Isolated Chapel
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Isolated Chapel (trc) 539
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
Myriad Landscape (eoc) 169
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (mdd) 292
Prairie Stream
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Plains Island
Prairie Stream (trc) 548
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (trc) 552
Shattered Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Shattered Sanctum (sos) 260
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mdd) 296
Temple of Deceit
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Deceit (drc) 176
Tyrite Sanctum
: Add
.
,
: Target legendary creature becomes a God in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on it.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Put an indestructible counter on target God.
Land
Tyrite Sanctum (cmm) 1049
Underground River
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Underground River (trc) 575

Land

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Bandit's Haul
Whenever you commit a crime, put a loot counter on this artifact. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
: Add one mana of any color.
,
, Remove two loot counters from this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Bandit's Haul (otj) 240
Duelist of the Mind
Flying, vigilance
Duelist of the Mind's power is equal to the number of cards you've drawn this turn.
Whenever you commit a crime, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Human Advisor
Duelist of the Mind (otj) 45
Rattleback Apothecary
Deathtouch
Whenever you commit a crime, target creature you control gains your choice of menace or lifelink until end of turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Creature - Gorgon Warlock
Rattleback Apothecary (otj) 100
Servant of the Stinger
Deathtouch
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if you've committed a crime this turn, you may sacrifice this creature. If you do, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Creature - Human Warlock
Servant of the Stinger (otj) 105
Willbreaker
Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes the target of a spell or ability you control, gain control of that creature for as long as you control this creature.
Creature - Human Wizard
Willbreaker (ori) 84

Making Crimes Pay

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Bastion Protector
Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.
Creature - Human Soldier
Bastion Protector (msc) 122
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
Champion's Helm (fic) 337
Gods Willing
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that color.)
Scry 1.
Instant
Gods Willing (clu) 63
Hydroelectric Specimen
Flash
When this creature enters, you may change the target of target instant or sorcery spell with a single target to this creature.
Creature - Weird
Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240
Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
Vigilance, ward

: Another target creature you control gains protection from the card type of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that type.)
Legendary Creature - Soldier Halfling
Pippin, Guard of the Citadel (ltr) 218
Plate Armor
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has ward
. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
. This ability costs
less to activate for each other Equipment you control. (
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Plate Armor (j25) 100
Shelter
Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Instant
Shelter (cmm) 56
Siren Stormtamer
Flying
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.
Creature - Wizard Pirate Siren
Siren Stormtamer (lcc) 171
Spirit Mantle
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has protection from creatures.
Enchantment - Aura
Spirit Mantle (soc) 175
Unbreakable Formation
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
Instant
Unbreakable Formation (rvr) 32

Protection

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Cement Shoes
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has "At the beginning of your end step, tap this creature."
Equipped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Cement Shoes (snc) 235
Dark Favor
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, you lose 1 life.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+1.
Enchantment - Aura
Dark Favor (m14) 92
Glasswing Grace
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and lifelink.
Enchantment - Aura
Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel (mh3) 254Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel (mh3) 254
Vulshok Battlegear
Equipped creature gets +3/+3.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Vulshok Battlegear (cmm) 418

Pump

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Azorius Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Azorius Signet (frc) 53
Bender's Waterskin
Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Bender's Waterskin (tla) 255
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (frc) 56
Orzhov Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Orzhov Signet (tdc) 323
Talisman of Dominance
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (trc) 505
Talisman of Hierarchy
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (trc) 506
Talisman of Progress
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Progress (trc) 508

Ramp

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
Decree of Pain
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
Sorcery
Decree of Pain (dsc) 136
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tle) 257
Imprisoned in the Moon
Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "
: Add
" and loses all other card types and abilities.
Enchantment - Aura
Imprisoned in the Moon (inr) 69
Promise of Loyalty
Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.
Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (trc) 426
Reprieve
Return target spell to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 26

Removal

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Anointer of Champions
: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Human Cleric
Anointer of Champions (e01) 3
Blinkmoth Well
: Add
.
,
: Tap target noncreature artifact.
Land
Blinkmoth Well (mrd) 279
Codex Shredder
: Target player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Artifact
Codex Shredder (cmr) 304
Desert
: Add
.
: This land deals 1 damage to target attacking creature. Activate only during the end of combat step.
Land - Desert
Desert (afc) 233
Victory Chimes
Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.
: A player of your choice adds
.
Artifact
Victory Chimes (c21) 274

Slightly Illegal activities

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Clackbridge Troll
Trample, haste
When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.
Creature - Troll
Clackbridge Troll (eld) 84
Colossus of Akros
Defender, indestructible
: Monstrosity 10. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put ten +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has trample and can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Colossus of Akros (ths) 214
Dark Depths
Dark Depths enters with ten ice counters on it.
: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths.
When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.
Legendary Snow Land
Dark Depths (m3c) 334
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
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 20+.)
10+ | Whenever you attack, Dawnsire deals 100 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
20+ | Flying
Legendary Artifact - Spacecraft
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought (eoe) 238
Elbrus, the Binding Blade
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, then transform it.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound (plst) DKA-147Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound (plst) DKA-147
Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant
Legendary Creature - Crocodile
Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant (dft) 93
Ludevic's Test Subject
Defender
: Put a hatchling counter on this creature. Then if there are five or more hatchling counters on it, remove all of them and transform it.
Creature - Lizard Egg
Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination (isd) 64Ludevic's Test Subject // Ludevic's Abomination (isd) 64
The Ancient One
Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard.
: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.
Legendary Creature - Spirit God
The Ancient One (lci) 222
The Watcher in the Water
The Watcher in the Water enters tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.
Legendary Creature - Kraken
The Watcher in the Water (ltr) 75
Thespian's Stage
: Add
.
,
: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.
Land
Thespian's Stage (m3c) 395
Yargle, Glutton of Urborg
Legendary Creature - Spirit Frog
Yargle, Glutton of Urborg (fra) 241

We Can't Trust the Opponents to Have Big Things

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Deck Info

Deck stats

13 pips - 12 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
26 pips - 21 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
19 pips - 14 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
13 mana - 13 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"TL;DR: Halfdane copies P/T. We copy P/Ts of creatures that can't attack, buffing them with bad pump, P/Ts of creatures that can attack, buffing those creatures to make multiple big swingers, and P/Ts of other peoples stuff, so crimes are guaranteed, which is something we can exploit.\n\nI had a much longer explainer that was on this, but I accidentally deleted it like a fool. The deck is a Voltron/Combat focused deck, using the above tricks to make Halfdane a lot more of a threat on the field. It might be better to use graveyard recursion a bit more as well, but that may end up spreading things too thin. Has a lot of evasion to ensure shots get through as well, which I also use with effects like Curiosity to help encourage card draw.\n\nBracket 2 for sure, I tried as much as possible to have the deck be a bit cheaper, there are some more expensive pieces if I couldn't find an effect that is similar for cheap, or had too many downsides.\n\nPrimary weaknesses are possibly a bit too little removal, and a reliance on mana rocks and ramp, especially if some of the cheaper big boys don't come out. There are a few funny combinations I found when making the deck, like Willbreaker stealing other peoples creatures when you copy the P/Ts. \n\nHopefully you enjoy! \n"}]}
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