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Arni Metalbrow
Whenever a creature you control attacks or enters attacking, you may pay
. If you do, you may put a creature card with mana value less than that creature's mana value from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Legendary Creature - Human Berserker
Arni Metalbrow (mat) 16

Commander

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Curse of Opulence
Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment - Aura Curse
Curse of Opulence (tdc) 209
Generous Plunderer
Menace
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token.
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.
Creature - Human Rogue
Generous Plunderer (big) 11
Quark, Humble Proprietor
You can't sacrifice Treasure tokens.
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Legendary Creature - Rogue Ferengi
Quark, Humble Proprietor (trk) 166
Ravenous Robots
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Robot artifact creature token.
,
: Creature tokens you control gain haste until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Robot
Ravenous Robots (tmt) 106
Shiny Impetus
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment - Aura
Shiny Impetus (tdc) 231
Sticky Fingers
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Sticky Fingers (pip) 191

Affinity engine

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Gilded Pinions
When this Equipment enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equipped creature has flying.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Gilded Pinions (snc) 238
Gleaming Barrier
Defender
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature Artifact - Wall
Gleaming Barrier (fdn) 252
Junk Jet
When this Equipment enters, create a Junk token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")
, Sacrifice another artifact: Double equipped creature's power until end of turn.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Junk Jet (pip) 588
Prized Statue
When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Artifact
Prized Statue (clb) 334

Affinity fodder

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Alchemist's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
When this Class enters, create two tapped Treasure tokens.
: Level 2
Treasures you control have "
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
: Level 3
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, this Class deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to each opponent.
Enchantment - Class
Alchemist's Talent (blc) 22
Bag End Banquet
When this artifact enters, create three Food tokens.
: Add
for each Food you control.
Artifact
Bag End Banquet (hoc) 5
Shuri's Fabricator
When this artifact enters, create two tapped Vibranium tokens. (They're artifacts with indestructible and "
: Add
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
,
: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a permanent with a finality counter on it would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.)
Artifact
Shuri's Fabricator (msc) 114
Skyclave Relic
Kicker

Indestructible
When this artifact enters, if it was kicked, create two tapped tokens that are copies of this artifact.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Skyclave Relic (moc) 380
The Brothers' War
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create two tapped Powerstone tokens.
II — Choose two target players. Until your next turn, each creature they control attacks the other chosen player each combat if able.
III — This Saga deals X damage to any target and X damage to any other target, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
Enchantment - Saga
The Brothers' War (brc) 22

Affinity ramp

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Angrath's Marauders
If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.
Creature - Human Pirate
Angrath's Marauders (otc) 153
Balefire Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.
Creature - Dragon
Balefire Dragon (inr) 479
Craterclaw Colossus
Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
Creature Artifact - Beast Construct
Craterclaw Colossus (fra) 78
Dragon Mage
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Creature - Wizard Dragon
Dragon Mage (fdn) 621
Impulsivity
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Encore
(
, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Elemental Incarnation
Impulsivity (ecc) 13
Platinum Angel
Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.
Creature Artifact - Angel
Platinum Angel (plst) CN2-214
Terror of Mount Velus
Flying
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn.
Creature - Dragon
Terror of Mount Velus (fdc) 179

Arni payoffs 7

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Akroma, Angel of Fury
This spell can't be countered.
Flying, trample, protection from white and from blue
: Akroma gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Morph
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for
. Turn her face up any time for her morph cost.)
Legendary Creature - Angel
Akroma, Angel of Fury (frc) 19
Avatar of Slaughter
All creatures have double strike and attack each combat if able.
Creature - Avatar
Avatar of Slaughter (cmm) 206
Breaker of Armies
All creatures able to block this creature do so.
Creature - Eldrazi
Breaker of Armies (plst) BFZ-3
Magmatic Force
At the beginning of each upkeep, this creature deals 3 damage to any target.
Creature - Elemental
Magmatic Force (scd) 150
Planet Killer
Flying, indestructible
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each land that player controls.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Planet Killer (trc) 117
Platinum Emperion
Your life total can't change. (You can't gain or lose life. You can't pay any amount of life except 0.)
Creature Artifact - Golem
Platinum Emperion (uma) 233

Arni payoffs 8

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Ancient Stone Idol
Flash
This spell costs
less to cast for each attacking creature.
Trample
When this creature dies, create a 6/12 colorless Construct artifact creature token with trample.
Creature Artifact - Golem
Ancient Stone Idol (mkc) 222
Bygone Colossus
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 Artifact - Giant Robot
Bygone Colossus (eoe) 235
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
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying, haste
Whenever Chiss-Goria attacks, exile the top five cards of your library. You may cast an artifact spell from among them this turn. If you do, it has affinity for artifacts.
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant (onc) 25
Greater Gargadon
Suspend 10—

Sacrifice an artifact, creature, or land: Remove a time counter from this card. Activate only if this card is suspended.
Creature - Beast
Greater Gargadon (2x2) 111
Metalwork Colossus
This spell costs
less to cast, where X is the total mana value of noncreature artifacts you control.
Sacrifice two artifacts: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Metalwork Colossus (msc) 204
Mycosynth Golem
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Artifact creature spells you cast have affinity for artifacts. (They cost
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Creature Artifact - Golem
Mycosynth Golem (plst) 5DN-137
Panther Robot
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Reach, trample
Creature Artifact - Cat Robot
Panther Robot (msc) 113

Big boys

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Big Score
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Big Score (msc) 802
Bomat Courier
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, exile the top card of your library face down. (You can't look at it.)
, Discard your hand, Sacrifice this creature: Put all cards exiled with this creature into their owners' hands.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Bomat Courier (kld) 199
Daily Bugle Newspaper
,
: Draw a card, then discard a card. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Artifact
Daily Bugle Newspaper (msc) 749
Demand Answers
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Demand Answers (mkm) 122
Melded Moxite
When this artifact enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a tapped 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token.
Artifact
Melded Moxite (eoe) 143
Ragged Short Spear
When this Equipment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Equipped creature gets +2/+0.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Ragged Short Spear (hob) 108
Slagdrill Scrapper
,
, Sacrifice another artifact or land: Draw a card.
Creature Artifact - Scout Robot
Slagdrill Scrapper (eoe) 160
Unexpected Windfall
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Unexpected Windfall (fdc) 184
Vision of Love
You may sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. If you do, draw two cards.
Instant
Vision of Love (msh) 158

Draw

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Boots of Speed
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Boots of Speed (afr) 133
Crimson Wisps
Target creature becomes red and gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and
this turn.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Crimson Wisps (j25) 533
Lavaspur Boots
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste and ward
. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lavaspur Boots (otj) 243
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (trc) 496
Samut, Hazoret's Champion
Creatures you control have haste.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Cleric
Samut, Hazoret's Champion (fra) 251
Skateboard
When this Equipment enters, tap target permanent.
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has haste.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Skateboard (tmt) 178
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
Swiftfoot Boots (trc) 501

Haste enablers

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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
Darksteel Citadel
Indestructible
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (fdc) 300
Fire Nation Palace
This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.
: Add
.
,
: Target creature you control gains firebending 4 until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, add
. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Land
Fire Nation Palace (tla) 268
Fountainport
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
,
, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token.
,
: Create a Treasure token.
Land
Fountainport (blb) 253
Great Furnace
: Add
.
Artifact Land
Great Furnace (eoc) 161
Hall of Tagsin
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
,
: Create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "
: Add
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
Land
Hall of Tagsin (bro) 263
Mines of Moria
Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.
Legendary Land
Mines of Moria (ltr) 257
Mountain
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Mountain
Mountain (mdd) 298
Power Depot
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Modular 1
Artifact Land
Power Depot (mh2) 251
Scene of the Crime
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Artifact Land - Clue
Scene of the Crime (mkm) 267
Secluded Starforge
: Add
.
,
, Tap X untapped artifacts you control: Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
,
: Create a 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token.
Land
Secluded Starforge (eoe) 257
The Great Mound
: Add
.
,
: Create a tapped Vibranium token. (It's an artifact with indestructible and "
: Add
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
,
: Draw a card.
Land
The Great Mound (msc) 120
Treasure Vault
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.
Artifact Land
Treasure Vault (drc) 180

Land

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Fire Nation Turret
At the beginning of combat on your turn, up to one target creature gets +2/+0 and gains firebending 2 until end of turn.
: Put a charge counter on this artifact.
Remove fifty charge counters from this artifact: It deals 50 damage to any target.
Artifact
Fire Nation Turret (tle) 64
Guild Artisan
Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, you create two Treasure tokens." (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Legendary Enchantment - Background
Guild Artisan (clb) 179
Iroh, Dragon of the West
Haste
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each creature you control with a counter on it gains firebending 2 until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, add
. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Legendary Creature - Human Ally Noble
Iroh, Dragon of the West (tle) 119
Rough Rhino Cavalry
Firebending 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, add
. This mana lasts until end of combat.)
Exhaust —
: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. It gains trample until end of turn. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Creature - Human Mercenary
Rough Rhino Cavalry (tla) 152

Ramp

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Abrade
Choose one —
• Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
Instant
Abrade (trc) 449
Blasphemous Act
This spell costs
less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.
Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (msc) 163
Bumbleflower's Sharepot
When this artifact enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Bumbleflower's Sharepot (blb) 244
Chaos Warp
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Instant
Chaos Warp (msc) 164
Untimely Malfunction
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
• One or two target creatures can't block this turn.
Instant
Untimely Malfunction (dsk) 161
Vandalblast
Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Sorcery
Vandalblast (msc) 168

Removal

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Dargo, the Shipwrecker
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of artifacts and/or creatures. This spell costs
less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this way and
less to cast for each other artifact or creature you've sacrificed this turn.
Trample
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Legendary Creature - Giant Pirate
Dargo, the Shipwrecker (cmr) 172
Furnace Hellkite
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature Artifact - Dragon
Furnace Hellkite (mh3) 121
Gargadon
Trample
Suspend 4—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Creature - Beast
Gargadon (cmm) 226
Myr Enforcer
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Creature Artifact - Myr
Myr Enforcer (j25) 756
Slag Strider
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
, Sacrifice an artifact: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature - Elemental
Slag Strider (mh2) 141
Sojourner's Companion
Affinity for artifacts
Artifact landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for an artifact land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature Artifact - Salamander
Sojourner's Companion (mh2) 235

7-Cheaper-than-mv

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Bonehoard Dracosaur
Flying, first strike
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top two cards of your library. You may play them this turn. If you exiled a land card this way, create a 3/1 red Dinosaur creature token. If you exiled a nonland card this way, create a Treasure token.
Creature - Dragon Dinosaur
Bonehoard Dracosaur (lci) 134
Port Razer
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
This creature can't attack a player it has already attacked this turn.
Creature - Orc Pirate
Port Razer (lcc) 230
Ran and Shaw
Flying, firebending 2
When Ran and Shaw enter, if you cast them and there are three or more Dragon and/or Lesson cards in your graveyard, create a token that's a copy of Ran and Shaw, except it's not legendary.
: Dragons you control get +2/+0 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Ran and Shaw (tla) 150
Scourge of Valkas
Flying
Whenever this creature or another Dragon you control enters, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of Dragons you control.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Creature - Dragon
Scourge of Valkas (fdc) 174
Terror of the Peaks
Flying
Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost an additional 3 life to cast.
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.
Creature - Dragon
Terror of the Peaks (otj) 149
Thundermaw Hellkite
Flying
Haste (This creature can attack and
as soon as it comes under your control.)
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each creature with flying your opponents control. Tap those creatures.
Creature - Dragon
Thundermaw Hellkite (scd) 164
Twinflame Tyrant
Flying
If a source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage instead.
Creature - Dragon
Twinflame Tyrant (fdn) 97
Wrathful Red Dragon
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target that isn't a Dragon.
Creature - Dragon
Wrathful Red Dragon (clb) 207

Arni-Payoffs-5

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Combustible Gearhulk
First strike
When this creature enters, target opponent may have you draw three cards. If the player doesn't, you mill three cards, then this creature deals damage to that player equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Combustible Gearhulk (fic) 292
Fiendish Duo
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
If a source would deal damage to an opponent, it deals double that damage to that player instead.
Creature - Devil
Fiendish Duo (j25) 545
Hellkite Tyrant
Flying, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Creature - Dragon
Hellkite Tyrant (fic) 295
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Flying
Whenever another nontoken Dragon you control enters, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
: Dragons you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Lathliss, Dragon Queen (tdc) 219
Oliphaunt
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.
Mountaincycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature - Elephant
Oliphaunt (hoc) 199
Red Dragon
Flying
Fire Breath — When this creature enters, it deals 4 damage to each opponent.
Creature - Dragon
Red Dragon (afr) 160
Ruin Grinder
Menace
When this creature dies, each player may discard their hand and draw seven cards.
Mountaincycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature Artifact - Construct
Ruin Grinder (fic) 297
Summon: Kujata
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Lightning — This creature deals 3 damage to each of up to two target creatures.
II — Ice — Up to three target creatures can't block this turn.
III — Fire — Discard a card, then draw two cards. When you discard a card this way, this creature deals damage equal to that card's mana value to each opponent.
Trample, haste
Creature Enchantment - Saga Ox
Summon: Kujata (fic) 61
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

Arni-Payoffs-6

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Arni likes expensive creatures. But he doesn't like paying for them.\nAffinity can help. Affinity creatures can come down faster than their high mana values might have you expect. Of course, affinity is not the only mechanic we can leverage for this effect. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Greater Gargadon"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Bygone Colossus"}},{"insert":" will use different mechanics for a similar outcome. Now, an 8/8 with trample or a vanilla 10/10 might cut it for 60- and 40-card folks, but they aren't especially threatening in commander land. Arni helps us convert these dumb big mana guys into a winning board state. Once one of them starts swinging we can get down to business cheating out 8 and 7 mana creatures that are actually worth the cost and setup.\nThe game plan is pretty straightforward. The early turns are just focused on ramp and some tools for upping artifact count. We're not running too many creatures, so engines like"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sticky Fingers"}},{"insert":" don't have many good targets on our side. But, even if the aura is enchanting an enemy's creature the treasures will still spend. Pieces like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gilded Pinions"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Junk Jet"}},{"insert":" add to our affinity count early and then become mana or damage after our big affinity creature hits the board.\nThis isn't the kind of deck where you are trying to cast the commander asap, he doesn't need to attack for the ability to trigger. But, once one of the big boys is on the table and Arni is around it's pretty obvious what is about to go down. Either of the creatures can quickly become a removal magnet. So, the safest way to do it is keep Arni or the big boy off the board until you're ready to attack. I think the best move is to run out Arni first to save on mana. He doesn't seem terribly threatening on his own. Then, on the next turn, if you can play a big boy and give it haste you'll hopefully dodge a lot of removal.\nMy favorite thing about Arni is that the creatures that enter because of his ability trigger it again. With a high enough affinity count you can drop a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Panther Robot"}},{"insert":" and give it haste for 1 mana with any of a number of equipments. Then you can attack with it and chain an "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Avatar of Slaughter"}},{"insert":" into a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Craterclaw Colossus"}},{"insert":" or the like, getting 15 mana of creatures on the board for the low price of 2 and 2 red. It doesn't always happen with there being fewer 8 mana payoffs than 7, but it feels sweet when it does.\nA good hand to keep will most likely already have one of the big boys in it. Some of them require you to play in different ways to get them out. The payoffs are all fairly interchangeable good-stuff. So, as long as you have a big boy, a plan to play it, and something to dig with, the hand is a pretty decent one to keep.\nHave fun, play big creatures, and never pay full price.\nP.S. You can see in the maybeboard a slightly misguided earlier attempt at the deck. I like the affinity creatures at 7 mana, but the payoffs at 6 and 5 just never really feel worth the trouble.\n"}]}
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