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Hidden Strings - Spellweaver Helix
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Commander

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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.

Creature
Magda, Brazen Outlaw (khm) 142
1

(Commander)

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Spellweaver Helix

Imprint — When Spellweaver Helix enters the battlefield, you may exile two target sorcery cards from a single graveyard. Whenever a player casts a card, if it has the same name as one of the cards exiled with Spellweaver Helix, you may copy the other. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Spellweaver Helix (mrd) 247
1

Approach

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Dragon's Approach

Dragon's Approach deals 3 damage to each opponent. You may exile Dragon's Approach and four cards named Dragon's Approach from your graveyard. If you do, search your library for a Dragon creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. A deck can have any number of cards named Dragon's Approach.

Sorcery
Dragon's Approach (stx) 97
20

Dragons

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Backdraft Hellkite

Flying Whenever Backdraft Hellkite attacks, each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

Creature
Backdraft Hellkite (2x2) 103
1
Capricious Hellraiser

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you have nine or more cards in your graveyard. Flying When Capricious Hellraiser enters the battlefield, exile three cards at random from your graveyard. Choose a noncreature, nonland card from among them and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Capricious Hellraiser (one) 125
1
Knollspine Dragon

Flying When Knollspine Dragon enters the battlefield, you may discard your hand and draw cards equal to the damage dealt to target opponent this turn.

Creature
Knollspine Dragon (plst) SHM-98
1
Worldgorger Dragon

Flying, trample When Worldgorger Dragon enters the battlefield, exile all other permanents you control. When Worldgorger Dragon leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.

Creature
Worldgorger Dragon (dmr) 148
1

Fireworks

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Change of Fortune

Discard your hand, then draw a card for each card you've discarded this turn.

Sorcery
Change of Fortune (vow) 150
1
Creative Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.) Shuffle your library, then reveal cards from the top of it until you reveal a nonland card. Exile that card and put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Creative Technique (c21) 49
1
Fervent Mastery

You may pay {2}{R}{R} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {2}{R}{R} cost was paid, an opponent discards any number of cards, then draws that many cards. Search your library for up to three cards, put them into your hand, shuffle, then discard three cards at random.

Sorcery
Fervent Mastery (stx) 101
1
Hazoret's Undying Fury

Shuffle your library, then exile the top four cards. You may cast any number of spells with mana value 5 or less from among them without paying their mana costs. Lands you control don't untap during your next untap step.

Sorcery
Hazoret's Undying Fury (hou) 96
1
Inspired Tinkering

Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. Create three Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Inspired Tinkering (clb) 183
1
Mana Geyser

Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.

Sorcery
Mana Geyser (scd) 151
1
Past in Flames

Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. Flashback {4}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Past in Flames (ss3) 4
1
Path of the Pyromancer

Discard all the cards in your hand. Add {R} for each card discarded this way, then draw that many cards plus one. Will of the Planeswalkers — Starting with you, each player votes for planeswalk or chaos. If planeswalk gets more votes, planeswalk. If chaos gets more votes or the vote is tied, chaos ensues.

Sorcery
Path of the Pyromancer (moc) 34
1
Soulfire Eruption

Choose any number of target creatures, planeswalkers, and/or players. For each of them, exile the top card of your library, then Soulfire Eruption deals damage equal to that card's mana value to that permanent or player. You may play the exiled cards until the end of your next turn.

Sorcery
Soulfire Eruption (cmr) 201
1

Interaction

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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 (moc) 273
1
Plundering Barbarian

When Plundering Barbarian enters the battlefield, choose one — • Smash the Chest — Destroy target artifact. • Pry It Open — Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Plundering Barbarian (afr) 158
1
Reckless Endeavor

Roll two d12 and choose one result. Reckless Endeavor deals damage equal to that result to each creature. Then create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the other result.

Sorcery
Reckless Endeavor (afc) 33
1
Stoke the Flames

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Stoke the Flames deals 4 damage to any target.

Instant
Stoke the Flames (mom) 166
1
Visions of Ruin

Each opponent sacrifices an artifact. For each artifact sacrificed this way, you create a Treasure token. Flashback {8}{R}{R}. This spell costs {X} less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Visions of Ruin (mic) 36
1
Wild Magic Surge

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Wild Magic Surge (clb) 206
1

Land

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Barbarian Ring

{T}: Add {R}. Barbarian Ring deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice Barbarian Ring: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Barbarian Ring (plst) ODY-313
1
Dwarven Mine

({T}: Add {R}.) Dwarven Mine enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other Mountains. When Dwarven Mine enters the battlefield untapped, create a 1/1 red Dwarf creature token.

Land
Dwarven Mine (eld) 243
1
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (dmc) 213
1
Holdout Settlement

{T}: Add {C}. ({C} represents colorless mana.) {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Holdout Settlement (scd) 305
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
27
Spinerock Knoll

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Spinerock Knoll enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if an opponent was dealt 7 or more damage this turn.

Land
Spinerock Knoll (clb) 916
1
Survivors' Encampment

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Survivors' Encampment (hou) 184
1

Looting

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Burning Inquiry

Each player draws three cards, then discards three cards at random.

Sorcery
Burning Inquiry (plst) M10-128
1
Cathartic Reunion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Cathartic Reunion (2xm) 121
1
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (brc) 116
1
Goblin Lore

Draw four cards, then discard three cards at random.

Sorcery
Goblin Lore (plst) P02-99
1
Hangar Scrounger

Backup 1 (When this creature enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Hangar Scrounger (mom) 142
1
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Trample Whenever Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (dmc) 125
1
Pirate's Pillage

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Pirate's Pillage (2x2) 120
1
Shriekhorn

Shriekhorn enters the battlefield with three charge counters on it. {T}, Remove a charge counter from Shriekhorn: Target player mills two cards.

Artifact
Shriekhorn (mbs) 130
1
Vindictive Flamestoker

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on Vindictive Flamestoker. {6}{R}, Sacrifice Vindictive Flamestoker: Discard your hand, then draw four cards. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each oil counter on Vindictive Flamestoker.

Creature
Vindictive Flamestoker (one) 154
1

Resonators

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Containment Construct

Whenever you discard a card, you may exile that card from your graveyard. If you do, you may play that card this turn.

Creature Artifact
Containment Construct (neo) 243
1
Dragon's Rage Channeler

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, Dragon's Rage Channeler gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.

Creature
Dragon's Rage Channeler (mh2) 121
1
Locket of Yesterdays

Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each card with the same name as that spell in your graveyard.

Artifact
Locket of Yesterdays (tsp) 258
1
Runaway Steam-Kin

Whenever you cast a red spell, if Runaway Steam-Kin has fewer than three +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on Runaway Steam-Kin. Remove three +1/+1 counters from Runaway Steam-Kin: Add {R}{R}{R}.

Creature
Runaway Steam-Kin (grn) 115
1
Sculpting Steel

You may have Sculpting Steel enter the battlefield as a copy of any artifact on the battlefield.

Artifact
Sculpting Steel (moc) 374
1
Xorn

If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.

Creature
Xorn (afr) 167
1

Treasure

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Bloodfire Dwarf

{R}, Sacrifice Bloodfire Dwarf: It deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

Creature
Bloodfire Dwarf (apc) 56
1
Dwarven Grunt

Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Creature
Dwarven Grunt (ody) 185
1
Dwarven Scorcher

Sacrifice Dwarven Scorcher: Dwarven Scorcher deals 1 damage to target creature unless that creature's controller has Dwarven Scorcher deal 2 damage to them.

Creature
Dwarven Scorcher (jud) 86
1
Dwarven Trader

Creature
Dwarven Trader (hml) 72b
1
Enslaved Dwarf

{R}, Sacrifice Enslaved Dwarf: Target black creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

Creature
Enslaved Dwarf (tor) 96
1
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 "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Guild Artisan (clb) 179
1
Liberated Dwarf

{R}, Sacrifice Liberated Dwarf: Target green creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn.

Creature
Liberated Dwarf (jud) 95
1
Spark Mage

Whenever Spark Mage deals combat damage to a player, you may have Spark Mage deal 1 damage to target creature that player controls.

Creature
Spark Mage (ody) 222
1
Springleaf Drum

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Springleaf Drum (2xm) 291
1
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 "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.

Enchantment
Sticky Fingers (snc) 124
1
Universal Automaton

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

Creature Artifact
Universal Automaton (j22) 803
1

Maybeboard

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Alhammarret's Archive

If you would gain life, you gain twice that much life instead. If you would draw a card except the first one you draw in each of your draw steps, draw two cards instead.

Artifact
Alhammarret's Archive (c21) 233
1
Ancient Copper Dragon

Flying Whenever Ancient Copper Dragon deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.

Creature
Ancient Copper Dragon (clb) 161
1
Battlemage's Bracers

Equipped creature has haste. Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {2}

Artifact
Battlemage's Bracers (c21) 48
1
Birgi, God of Storytelling

Creature
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 123
1
Dockside Extortionist

When Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, create X Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts and enchantments your opponents control. (Treasure tokens are artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Dockside Extortionist (2x2) 107
1
Dwarven Armorer

{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Put a +0/+1 counter or a +1/+0 counter on target creature.

Creature
Dwarven Armorer (fem) 50
1
Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Gamble (dmr) 121
1
Goblin Engineer

When Goblin Engineer enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. {R}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Return target artifact card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Goblin Engineer (plst) MH1-128
1
Goldspan Dragon

Flying, haste Whenever Goldspan Dragon attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token. Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."

Creature
Goldspan Dragon (j22) 550
1
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} 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 (clb) 799
1
Lithoform Engine

{2}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {3}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}, {T}: Copy target permanent spell you control. (The copy becomes a token.)

Artifact
Lithoform Engine (brc) 146
1
Mesmeric Orb

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

Artifact
Mesmeric Orb (2xm) 272
1
Molten Psyche

Each player shuffles the cards from their hand into their library, then draws that many cards. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, Molten Psyche deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of cards that player has drawn this turn.

Sorcery
Molten Psyche (som) 98
1
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (j22) 581
1
Ruby Medallion

Red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Ruby Medallion (cm2) 212
1
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (moc) 379
1
Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (stx) 115
1
Thrumming Stone

Spells you cast have ripple 4. (Whenever you cast a spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast spells with the same name as that spell from among the revealed cards without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)

Artifact
Thrumming Stone (2x2) 315
1
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 {R}.

Creature
Treasonous Ogre (cns) 36
1
Wheel of Misfortune

Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery
Wheel of Misfortune (cmr) 211
1
Worldfire

Exile all permanents. Exile all cards from all hands and graveyards. Each player's life total becomes 1.

Sorcery
Worldfire (m13) 158
1

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Description

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