Cephalid • (Mono-Blue Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.49

Aboshan, Cephalid Emperor

Tap an untapped Octopus you control: Tap target permanent.

: Tap all creatures without flying.

Legendary Creature - Octopus Noble

$0.49 $0.44 $0.15

Commander

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Artifact

Qty: 10 Price: $524.41

Basalt Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.

: Add

: Untap this artifact.

Artifact

$5.49 $4.91 $3.08

Chrome Mox

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.

: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

Artifact

$199.99 $166.69 $151.09

Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.

: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact

$12.99 $16.68 $9.84

Mox Diamond

If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard.

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

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

Mox Opal

Metalcraft —

: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Legendary Artifact

$249.99 $241.15 $231.40

Nyx Lotus

Nyx Lotus enters tapped.

: 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 Artifact

$6.99 $5.07 $4.12

Sapphire Medallion

Blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Artifact

$18.99 $15.39 $13.80

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$3.99 $3.87 $3.10

Static Orb

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.

Artifact

$7.99 $14.53 $8.90

Winter Orb

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.

Artifact

$17.99 $22.63 $13.09

Artifact

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Creature

Qty: 19 Price: $81.32

Callous Oppressor

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
As this creature enters, an opponent chooses a creature type.

: Gain control of target creature that isn't of the chosen type for as long as this creature remains tapped.

Creature - Octopus

$2.29 $1.68 $0.77

Cephalid Aristocrat

Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, mill two cards.

Creature - Octopus Noble

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Cephalid Broker

: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.

Creature - Octopus

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Cephalid Constable

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, return up to that many target permanents that player controls to their owner's hand.

Creature - Wizard Octopus

$3.99 $5.52 $3.03

Cephalid Facetaker

This creature can't be blocked.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have this creature become a copy of another target creature until end of turn, except it's 1/4 and has "This creature can't be blocked."

Creature - Rogue Octopus

$4.49 $4.29 $3.80

Cephalid Illusionist

Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, mill three cards.

: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target creature you control this turn.

Creature - Wizard Octopus

$0.99 $1.18 $0.39

Cephalid Inkshrouder

Discard a card: This creature gains shroud until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. (A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature - Octopus

$0.79 $0.39 $0.23

Cephalid Looter

: Target player draws a card, then discards a card.

Creature - Rogue Octopus

$0.35 $0.10 $0.15

Cephalid Pathmage

This creature can't be blocked.

, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature - Wizard Octopus

$0.35 $0.09 $0.15

Giant Oyster

You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.

: For as long as this creature remains tapped, target tapped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step, and at the beginning of each of your draw steps, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, remove all -1/-1 counters from the creature.

Creature - Oyster

$0.35 $0.29 $0.15

Hullbreaker Horror

Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature - Horror Kraken

$8.99 $6.48 $4.98

Llawan, Cephalid Empress

When Llawan enters, return all blue creatures your opponents control to their owners' hands.
Your opponents can't cast blue creature spells.

Legendary Creature - Octopus Noble

$1.29 $1.17 $0.68

Omen Hawker

: Add

. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

Creature - Advisor Octopus

$0.69 $0.37 $0.15

Spellseeker

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature - Human Wizard

$23.99 $17.92 $10.69

Stormtide Leviathan

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.
Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

Creature - Leviathan

$1.79 $2.14 $0.50

Thassa's Oracle

When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each

in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$24.99 $21.94 $18.70

Tribute Mage

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature - Human Wizard

$2.29 $0.93 $0.56

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

$2.99 $1.95 $1.03

Wonder

Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Creature - Incarnation

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

Creature

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Enchantment

Qty: 10 Price: $173.41

Back to Basics

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Enchantment

$5.99 $6.39 $4.01

Leyline of Anticipation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Enchantment

$6.49 $5.88 $3.64

Mind Over Matter

Discard a card: You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

Enchantment

$54.99 $48.29 $31.54

Mist of Stagnation

Permanents don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses a permanent for each card in their graveyard, then untaps those permanents.

Enchantment

$0.69 $0.50 $0.22

Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep

(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

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

Opposition

Tap an untapped creature you control: Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Enchantment

$3.49 $1.67 $1.56

Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature

: Untap enchanted creature.

: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn.

: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment - Aura

$11.99 $10.35 $6.51

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$84.99 $65.36 $61.99

Soothsaying

: Shuffle your library.

: Look at the top X cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Enchantment

$2.49 $1.51 $1.44

Verity Circle

Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, if it isn't being declared as an attacker, you may draw a card.

: Tap target creature without flying.

Enchantment

$2.29 $1.04 $0.52

Enchantment

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Instant

Qty: 16 Price: $393.45

Blustersquall

Tap target creature you don't control.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant

$0.69 $0.42 $0.26

Chain of Vapor

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that permanent's controller may sacrifice a land of their choice. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Instant

$14.99 $15.95 $9.83

Deluge

Tap all creatures without flying.

Instant

$0.49 $0.34 $0.19

Dramatic Reversal

Untap all nonland permanents you control.

Instant

$0.59 $0.45 $0.17

Fierce Guardianship

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

Instant

$84.99 $62.95 $60.18

Flusterstorm

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays

.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Instant

$8.99 $8.41 $6.14

Force of Negation

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$69.99 $51.80 $51.04

Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$69.99 $60.05 $57.22

High Tide

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

Instant

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

Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of

equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant

$74.99 $57.19 $53.14

Mana Short

Tap all lands target player controls and that player loses all unspent mana.

Instant

$2.29 $2.74 $1.76

Mental Misstep

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Counter target spell with mana value 1.

Instant

$11.99 $7.53 $5.04

Muddle the Mixture

Counter target instant or sorcery spell.
Transmute

(

, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant

$3.99 $2.37 $1.82

Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant

$22.99 $19.46 $17.90

Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant

$4.49 $2.27 $2.66

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$21.99 $14.32 $11.42

Instant

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Land

Qty: 30 Price: $529.20

Ancient Tomb

: Add

. This land deals 2 damage to you.

Land

$199.99 $127.56 $132.53

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

$64.99 $52.21 $50.00

Cephalid Coliseum

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Threshold —

, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Land

$4.99 $3.19 $2.13

Island

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: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Minamo, School at Water's Edge

: Add

: Untap target legendary permanent.

Legendary Land

Minamo, School at Water's Edge (chk) 279

$79.99 $58.63 $46.46

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

: Add

Legendary Land

$74.99 $57.16 $52.07

Otawara, Soaring City

: Add

.
Channel —

, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs

less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Legendary Land

$39.99 $26.41 $18.75

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$8.49 $5.55 $5.23

Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "

: Add

."
II — This Saga gains "

: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost

, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment - Saga Urza's

$44.99 $37.42 $34.90

Land

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Planeswalker

Qty: 1 Price: $1.29

Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Legendary Planeswalker - Narset

$1.29 $1.19 $0.26

Planeswalker

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Ramp

Qty: 2 Price: $177.98

Lotus Petal

, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$47.99 $40.88 $35.53

Mana Vault

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay

. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

: Add

Artifact

$129.99 $117.20 $109.59

Ramp

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Removal

Qty: 2 Price: $317.98

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant

$37.99 $30.68 $29.16

Gilded Drake

Flying
When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and up to one target creature an opponent controls. If you don't or can't make an exchange, sacrifice this creature. This ability still resolves if its target becomes illegal.

Creature - Drake

$279.99 $210.14 $152.13

Removal

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Sorcery

Qty: 6 Price: $20.11

Borrowing 100,000 Arrows

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.41 $0.39

Gitaxian Probe

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.

Sorcery

$5.99 $6.97 $5.42

Mana Vapors

Lands target player controls don't untap during their next untap step.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.33 $0.15

Merchant Scroll

Search your library for a blue instant card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$5.49 $5.01 $3.37

Theft of Dreams

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Sorcery

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

Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery

$7.49 $5.45 $4.41

Sorcery

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $399.99

Intuition

Search your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle.

Instant

$399.99 $357.85 $265.24

Tutor

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Deck size: 98Est cost: $2,619.63

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Avg Mana Value: 2.68Total Mana Value: 182.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.68Total Mana Value: 182.00

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