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Hidden Strings - Swans of Bryn Argoll
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $115.84
Salt Sum: 24.5
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.59
Isperia the Inscrutable

Flying Whenever Isperia the Inscrutable deals combat damage to a player, choose a card name. That player reveals their hand. If a card with the chosen name is revealed this way, search your library for a creature card with flying, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Isperia the Inscrutable (dis) 114
1

(Commander)

Quantity: 1Price: $0.79
Swans of Bryn Argoll

Flying If a source would deal damage to Swans of Bryn Argoll, prevent that damage. The source's controller draws cards equal to the damage prevented this way.

Creature
Swans of Bryn Argoll (mm2) 199
1

Acceleration

Quantity: 11Price: $7.87
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (scd) 259
1
Cartographer's Hawk

Flying When Cartographer's Hawk deals combat damage to a player who controls more lands than you, return it to its owner's hand. If you do, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Cartographer's Hawk (scd) 10
1
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (plst) CMD-248
1
Knight of the White Orchid

First strike When Knight of the White Orchid enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Knight of the White Orchid (moc) 193
1
Ornithopter of Paradise

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

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (mh2) 232
1
Pentad Prism

Sunburst (This enters the battlefield with a charge counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.) Remove a charge counter from Pentad Prism: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Pentad Prism (2xm) 281
1
Springleaf Drum

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

Artifact
Springleaf Drum (2xm) 291
1
Stenn, Paranoid Partisan

As Stenn, Paranoid Partisan enters the battlefield, choose a card type other than creature or land. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. {1}{W}{U}: Exile Stenn. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Stenn, Paranoid Partisan (dmu) 221
1
Stormscape Familiar

Flying White spells and black spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Stormscape Familiar (pls) 36
1
Warden of Evos Isle

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Warden of Evos Isle (scd) 63
1
Watcher of the Spheres

Flying Creature spells with flying you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever another creature with flying enters the battlefield under your control, Watcher of the Spheres gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Watcher of the Spheres (m21) 227
1

Ammo

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Channel Harm

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and permanents you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage is prevented this way, you may have Channel Harm deal that much damage to target creature.

Instant
Channel Harm (frf) 7
1
Divine Arrow

Divine Arrow deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Instant
Divine Arrow (j22) 176
1
Farrel's Mantle

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature attacks and isn't blocked, its controller may have it deal damage equal to its power plus 2 to another target creature. If that player does, the attacking creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Enchantment
Farrel's Mantle (fem) 2
1
Gideon's Reproach

Gideon's Reproach deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Instant
Gideon's Reproach (dom) 19
1
Guilty Conscience

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, Guilty Conscience deals that much damage to that creature.

Enchantment
Guilty Conscience (scg) 17
1
Iron Verdict

Iron Verdict deals 5 damage to target tapped creature. Foretell {W} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Iron Verdict (khm) 17
1
Kabira Takedown

Instant
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19
1
Lightmine Field

Whenever one or more creatures attack, Lightmine Field deals damage to each of those creatures equal to the number of attacking creatures.

Enchantment
Lightmine Field (roe) 32
1
Niko Aris

When Niko Aris enters the battlefield, create X Shard tokens. (They're enchantments with "{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Scry 1, then draw a card.") +1: Up to one target creature you control can't be blocked this turn. Whenever that creature deals damage this turn, return it to its owner's hand. −1: Niko Aris deals 2 damage to target tapped creature for each card you've drawn this turn. −1: Create a Shard token.

Planeswalker
Niko Aris (khm) 225
1
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
1
Summary Judgment

Summary Judgment deals 3 damage to target tapped creature. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, it deals 5 damage instead.

Instant
Summary Judgment (rna) 24
1
Wanderer's Intervention

Wanderer's Intervention deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

Instant
Wanderer's Intervention (neo) 41
1
You Hear Something on Watch

Choose one — • Rouse the Party — Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. • Set Off Traps — This spell deals 5 damage to target attacking creature.

Instant
You Hear Something on Watch (afr) 42
1

Backup

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Body of Knowledge

Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever Body of Knowledge is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Body of Knowledge (cmr) 59
1
Karmic Guide

Flying, protection from black Echo {3}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Karmic Guide (voc) 90
1
Pull from Eternity

Put target face-up exiled card into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Pull from Eternity (tsp) 35
1

Interaction

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Baral's Expertise

Return up to three target artifacts and/or creatures to their owners' hands. You may cast a spell with mana value 4 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Baral's Expertise (aer) 29
1
Consuming Tide

Each player chooses a nonland permanent they control. Return all nonland permanents not chosen this way to their owners' hands. Then you draw a card for each opponent who has more cards in their hand than you.

Sorcery
Consuming Tide (vow) 53
1
Foil

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Foil (plst) UMA-55
1
Gust of Wind

This spell costs {2} less to cast if you control a creature with flying. Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gust of Wind (iko) 54
1
Jwari Disruption

Instant
Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64
1
Remorseful Cleric

Flying Sacrifice Remorseful Cleric: Exile target player's graveyard.

Creature
Remorseful Cleric (scd) 31
1
Slaughter the Strong

Each player chooses any number of creatures they control with total power 4 or less, then sacrifices all other creatures they control.

Sorcery
Slaughter the Strong (clb) 43
1
Thieving Skydiver

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.) Flying When Thieving Skydiver enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to Thieving Skydiver.

Creature
Thieving Skydiver (znr) 85
1
Tragic Arrogance

For each player, you choose from among the permanents that player controls an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker. Then each player sacrifices all other nonland permanents they control.

Sorcery
Tragic Arrogance (c21) 109
1
Wispmare

Flying When Wispmare enters the battlefield, destroy target enchantment. Evoke {W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Creature
Wispmare (lrw) 48
1

Land

Quantity: 33Price: $42.09
Azorius Chancery

Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped. When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (brc) 175
1
Desert

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Desert deals 1 damage to target attacking creature. Activate only during the end of combat step.

Land
Desert (afc) 233
1
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (moc) 400
1
Glacial Floodplain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Glacial Floodplain enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Glacial Floodplain (khm) 257
1
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Irrigated Farmland enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (c20) 282
1
Mistveil Plains

({T}: Add {W}.) Mistveil Plains enters the battlefield tapped. {W}, {T}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library. Activate only if you control two or more white permanents.

Land
Mistveil Plains (uma) 247
1
Mouth of Ronom

{T}: Add {C}. {4}{S}, {T}, Sacrifice Mouth of Ronom: It deals 4 damage to target creature. ({S} can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)

Land
Mouth of Ronom (plst) CSP-148
1
Nimbus Maze

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land
Nimbus Maze (afc) 252
1
Port Town

As Port Town enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Port Town enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (moc) 419
1
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (moc) 420
1
Skycloud Expanse

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Skycloud Expanse (moc) 425
1
Snow-Covered Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Island (j22) 833
11
Snow-Covered Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Plains (khm) 276
11

Peck-a-boo

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Aether Spellbomb

{U}, Sacrifice Aether Spellbomb: Return target creature to its owner's hand. {1}, Sacrifice Aether Spellbomb: Draw a card.

Artifact
Aether Spellbomb (j22) 752
1
Clairvoyance

Look at target player's hand. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Clairvoyance (ice) 63
1
Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment
Duelist's Heritage (ncc) 197
1
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
1
Peek

Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Peek (10e) 94
1
Sigil of Sleep

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Sigil of Sleep (ddi) 25
1
Silverblade Paladin

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters the battlefield. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Silverblade Paladin is paired with another creature, both creatures have double strike.

Creature
Silverblade Paladin (c14) 88
1
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (dmr) 66
1
Sorcerous Sight

Look at target opponent's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Sorcerous Sight (por) 68
1
The Raven's Warning

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying. You gain 2 life. II — Whenever one or more creatures you control with flying deal combat damage to a player this turn, look at that player's hand and draw a card. III — You may put a card you own from outside the game on top of your library.

Enchantment
The Raven's Warning (khm) 227
1
Vendilion Clique

Flash Flying When Vendilion Clique enters the battlefield, look at target player's hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, that player reveals the chosen card, puts it on the bottom of their library, then draws a card.

Creature
Vendilion Clique (j22) 368
1

Protection

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Alseid of Life's Bounty

Lifelink {1}, Sacrifice Alseid of Life's Bounty: Target creature or enchantment you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Alseid of Life's Bounty (j22) 143
1
Benevolent Bodyguard

Sacrifice Benevolent Bodyguard: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Benevolent Bodyguard (ema) 4
1
Brave the Elements

Choose a color. White creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.

Instant
Brave the Elements (c14) 66
1
Drogskol Captain

Flying Other Spirit creatures you control get +1/+1 and have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Drogskol Captain (voc) 154
1
Jubilant Skybonder

Flying Creatures you control with flying have "Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost {2} more to cast."

Creature
Jubilant Skybonder (scd) 232
1
Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate

Flying At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, choose target nonland permanent an opponent controls. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Sacrifice Linvala: Choose hexproof or indestructible. Creatures you control gain that ability until end of turn.

Creature
Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate (plst) ZNR-226
1
March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
March of Swirling Mist (neo) 61
1
Rattlechains

Flash Flying When Rattlechains enters the battlefield, target Spirit gains hexproof until end of turn. You may cast Spirit spells as though they had flash.

Creature
Rattlechains (voc) 110
1
Selfless Savior

Sacrifice Selfless Savior: Another target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Creature
Selfless Savior (m21) 36
1
Selfless Spirit

Flying Sacrifice Selfless Spirit: Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Selfless Spirit (j22) 239
1
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (cmr) 96
1
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (snc) 62
1

Utility

Quantity: 2Price: $2.58
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
1
Crashing Drawbridge

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (eld) 217
1

Wincons

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Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery
Approach of the Second Sun (plst) AKH-4
1
Dream Trawler

Flying, lifelink Whenever you draw a card, Dream Trawler gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Whenever Dream Trawler attacks, draw a card. Discard a card: Dream Trawler gains hexproof until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Dream Trawler (thb) 214
1
Triskaidekaphile

You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly thirteen cards in your hand, you win the game. {3}{U}: Draw a card.

Creature
Triskaidekaphile (mid) 81
1

Maybeboard

Quantity: 21Price: $262.49
Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying. Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra, Sky Dreamer and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Creature
Alandra, Sky Dreamer (j22) 9
1
Brazen Borrower

Creature
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft (plst) ELD-281
1
Consecrated Sphinx

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card, you may draw two cards.

Creature
Consecrated Sphinx (2x2) 43
1
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (2xm) 47
1
Drift of Phantasms

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, 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.)

Creature
Drift of Phantasms (plst) RAV-46
1
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
1
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (mom) 58
1
Invasion of Gobakhan

Battle
Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array (mom) 22Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array (mom) 22
1
Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Mother of Runes (clb) 702
1
Phyrexian Vindicator

Flying If damage would be dealt to Phyrexian Vindicator, prevent that damage. When damage is prevented this way, Phyrexian Vindicator deals that much damage to any other target.

Creature
Phyrexian Vindicator (one) 27
1
Psychic Possession

Enchant opponent Skip your draw step. Whenever enchanted opponent draws a card, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Psychic Possession (dis) 30
1
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196
1
Sephara, Sky's Blade

You may pay {W} and tap four untapped creatures you control with flying rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flying, lifelink Other creatures you control with flying have indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Creature
Sephara, Sky's Blade (scd) 33
1
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (2x2) 31
1
Stubborn Denial

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {1}. Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater, counter that spell instead.

Instant
Stubborn Denial (ktk) 56
1
Sunscape Familiar

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Green spells and blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Sunscape Familiar (pls) 17
1
Swan Song

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

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98
1
Sword of Fire and Ice

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from blue. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, Sword of Fire and Ice deals 2 damage to any target and you draw a card. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Fire and Ice (2xm) 297
1
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (scd) 285
1
Urza's Bauble

{T}, Sacrifice Urza's Bauble: Look at a card at random in target player's hand. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Artifact
Urza's Bauble (5ed) 406
1
Wave of Reckoning

Each creature deals damage to itself equal to its power.

Sorcery
Wave of Reckoning (c16) 79
1

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