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Underdog's Corner — Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient - Kurkesh, Artifact Activator
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Commander

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Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient

Whenever you activate an ability of an artifact, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {R}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient (m15) 153

Commander

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Lands

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Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (onc) 147
Darksteel Citadel

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (brc) 180
Great Furnace

{T}: Add {R}.

Artifact Land
Great Furnace (brc) 187
Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Inventors' Fair (plst) KLD-247
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: 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.)

Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
Phyrexia's Core

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: You gain 1 life.

Land
Phyrexia's Core (c21) 309
Sequestered Stash

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Mill five cards. Then you may put an artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Sequestered Stash (kld) 248

Lands

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Artifacts

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Basalt Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {3}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Basalt Monolith (2xm) 232
Clock of Omens

Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Untap target artifact.

Artifact
Clock of Omens (m13) 202
Coalition Relic

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact. At the beginning of your first main phase, remove all charge counters from this artifact. Add one mana of any color for each charge counter removed this way.

Artifact
Coalition Relic (dmc) 180
Coldsteel Heart

This artifact enters tapped. As this artifact enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Coldsteel Heart (j22) 94
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (moc) 352
Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact
Crawlspace (dmr) 217
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Fire Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Artifact
Fire Diamond (clb) 313
Gilded Lotus

{T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (dom) 215
Hedron Archive

{T}: Add {C}{C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Hedron Archive (moc) 359
Krark-Clan Ironworks

Sacrifice an artifact: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Krark-Clan Ironworks (5dn) 134
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (moc) 364
Mirage Mirror

{2}: This artifact becomes a copy of target artifact, creature, enchantment, or land until end of turn.

Artifact
Mirage Mirror (nec) 154
Mycosynth Wellspring

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Mycosynth Wellspring (brc) 150
Prototype Portal

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an artifact card from your hand. {X}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the mana value of that card.

Artifact
Prototype Portal (plst) SOM-195
Pyrite Spellbomb

{R}, Sacrifice this artifact: It deals 2 damage to any target. {1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Pyrite Spellbomb (2xm) 283
Rings of Brighthearth

Whenever you activate an ability, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {2}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Rings of Brighthearth (cmr) 335
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (moc) 381
Spine of Ish Sah

When this artifact enters, destroy target permanent. When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Artifact
Spine of Ish Sah (moc) 383
Strionic Resonator

{2}, {T}: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Artifact
Strionic Resonator (moc) 384
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Tamiyo's Journal (j22) 800
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (scd) 285
Thran Dynamo

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (brc) 168
Trading Post

{1}, {T}, Discard a card: You gain 4 life. {1}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Trading Post (brc) 169
Unwinding Clock

Untap all artifacts you control during each other player's untap step.

Artifact
Unwinding Clock (plst) NPH-164
Voltaic Key

{1}, {T}: Untap target artifact.

Artifact
Voltaic Key (m11) 219
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389

Artifacts

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Planeswalkers

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Chandra, Flamecaller

+1: Create two 3/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step. 0: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards plus one. −X: Chandra deals X damage to each creature.

Planeswalker
Chandra, Flamecaller (c20) 145
Daretti, Scrap Savant

+2: Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards. −2: Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield. −10: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step." Daretti, Scrap Savant can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Daretti, Scrap Savant (plst) CM2-4

Planeswalkers

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Creatures

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Arcbound Reclaimer

Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library. Modular 2 (This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)

Creature Artifact
Arcbound Reclaimer (dst) 101
Burnished Hart

{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Burnished Hart (moc) 351
Captain Lannery Storm

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Captain Lannery Storm (j22) 509
Foundry Inspector

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

Creature Artifact
Foundry Inspector (nec) 152
Goblin Welder

{T}: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player's graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player simultaneously sacrifices the artifact and returns the artifact card to the battlefield.

Creature
Goblin Welder (cm2) 101
Hangarback Walker

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying for each +1/+1 counter on this creature. {1}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature Artifact
Hangarback Walker (j22) 772
Hellkite Tyrant

Flying, trample Whenever Hellkite Tyrant 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
Hellkite Tyrant (c21) 172
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays {3}.

Creature
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (scd) 148
Krark-Clan Stoker

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Add {R}{R}.

Creature
Krark-Clan Stoker (dst) 65
Kuldotha Forgemaster

{T}, Sacrifice three artifacts: Search your library for an artifact card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Kuldotha Forgemaster (2xm) 266
Platinum Angel

Flying You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.

Creature Artifact
Platinum Angel (plst) CN2-214
Scarecrone

{1}, Sacrifice a Scarecrow: Draw a card. {4}, {T}: Return target artifact creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature Artifact
Scarecrone (plst) EVE-172
Scrap Trawler

Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.

Creature Artifact
Scrap Trawler (moc) 373
Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer

Sacrifice an artifact: Target artifact gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Slobad, Goblin Tinkerer (brc) 118
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (onc) 141
Steel Hellkite

Flying {2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {X}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.

Creature Artifact
Steel Hellkite (scd) 278
Treasure Keeper

When this creature dies, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card with mana value 3 or less. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Put all revealed cards not cast this way on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature Artifact
Treasure Keeper (clb) 341
Urabrask the Hidden

Creatures you control have haste. Creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Creature
Urabrask the Hidden (clb) 811
Wurmcoil Engine

Deathtouch, lifelink When this creature dies, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with deathtouch and a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Wurm artifact creature token with lifelink.

Creature Artifact
Wurmcoil Engine (2xm) 308

Creatures

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Enchantments

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Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (scd) 124
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
Gamble

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

Sorcery
Gamble (dmr) 121
Indomitable Creativity

Destroy X target artifacts and/or creatures. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact or creature card is revealed and exiles that card. Those players put the exiled cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Indomitable Creativity (aer) 85
Makeshift Munitions

{1}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Makeshift Munitions (cmr) 191
Mob Rule

Choose one — • Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. • Gain control of all creatures with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mob Rule (voc) 147
Reforge the Soul

Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards. Miracle {1}{R} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Reforge the Soul (c16) 132
Ruination

Destroy all nonbasic lands.

Sorcery
Ruination (cmd) 134
Scrap Mastery

Each player exiles all artifact cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all artifacts they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Scrap Mastery (cm2) 116
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (scd) 167

Enchantments

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Instants

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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
Reverberate

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Reverberate (m13) 145
Wild Ricochet

You may choose new targets for target instant or sorcery spell. Then copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Wild Ricochet (scd) 169
Word of Seizing

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Untap target permanent and gain control of it until end of turn. It gains haste until end of turn.

Instant
Word of Seizing (cmr) 420

Instants

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