Elminster • (Azorius Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Elminster

Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs

less to cast, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.
+2: Draw a card, then scry 2.
−3: Exile the top card of your library. Create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to that card's mana value.
Elminster can be your commander.

Legendary Planeswalker - Elminster

$3.49 $4.58 $4.20

Commander

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Sensei's Divining Top

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

: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.

Artifact

$42.99 $38.37 $34.02

Artifact

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Arcane Endeavor

Roll two d8 and choose one result. Draw cards equal to that result. Then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value less than or equal to the other result from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery

$0.79 $0.47 $0.26

Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Instant

$7.99 $7.41 $5.13

Brainstorm

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

Instant

$2.99 $2.50 $1.44

Dig Through Time

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for

.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant

$0.59 $0.36 $0.15

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Sorcery

$5.49 $2.60 $2.69

The Magic Mirror

This spell costs

less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
You have no maximum hand size.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a knowledge counter on The Magic Mirror, then draw a card for each knowledge counter on The Magic Mirror.

Legendary Artifact

$3.49 $3.37 $2.84

Draw

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Candlekeep Inspiration

Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X, where X is the number of cards you own in exile and in your graveyard that are instant cards, are sorcery cards, and/or have an Adventure.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Finisher

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Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$4.49 $2.55 $2.03

Cleansing Nova

Choose one —
• Destroy all creatures.
• Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.38 $0.15

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

$59.99 $46.81 $46.03

Heliod's Intervention

Choose one —
• Destroy X target artifacts and/or enchantments.
• Target player gains twice X life.

Instant

$4.49 $2.98 $2.37

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

$10.99 $7.32 $6.34

Mystic Confluence

Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays

.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.

Instant

$0.79 $0.89 $0.66

Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant

$2.49 $1.67 $1.44

Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays

for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment

$3.99 $2.82 $2.20

Render Silent

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

Instant

$4.99 $3.14 $2.67

Rout

You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay

more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.41 $0.16

Sapphire Dragon

Flying
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, scry 2.

Creature - Dragon

Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse (clb) 94

$0.69 $0.35 $0.22

Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered.
Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery

$3.49 $2.47 $2.34

Vanquish the Horde

This spell costs

less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.42 $0.15

Interaction

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Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.30 $0.16

Castle Vantress

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.

: Add

: Scry 2.

Land

$0.99 $0.44 $0.22

Crystal Grotto

When this land enters, scry 1.

: Add

: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$0.59 $0.29 $0.15

Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.37 $0.26

Hallowed Fountain

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Plains Island

$12.99 $8.04 $7.24

Hengegate Pathway

: Add

Land

Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260

$7.49 $4.95 $5.00

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.31 $0.15

Mystic Sanctuary

(

: Add

.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land - Island

$2.99 $1.42 $1.28

Nimbus Maze

: Add

. Activate only if you control an Island.

: Add

. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land

$9.49 $6.69 $5.66

Plains

(

: Add

Basic Land - Plains

$0.49 $0.33 $0.15

Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.36 $0.15

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$9.99 $5.60 $4.93

Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$32.99 $20.35 $17.94

Shimmering Grotto

: Add

: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$0.35 $0.30 $0.15

Study Hall

: Add

: Add one mana of any color. When you spend this mana to cast your commander, scry X, where X is the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.

Land

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.14 $0.15

Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.

: Add

or one mana of the chosen color.

Land

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Zhalfirin Void

When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

: Add

Land

$1.49 $1.00 $0.34

Land

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Alrund's Epiphany

Create two 1/1 blue Bird creature tokens with flying. Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Alrund's Epiphany.
Foretell

(During your turn, you may pay

and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery

$4.99 $3.33 $1.83

Aminatou's Augury

Exile the top eight cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield. Until end of turn, for each nonland card type, you may cast a spell of that type from among the exiled cards without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery

$0.99 $0.53 $0.36

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

$8.99 $8.39 $6.25

Oath of Teferi

When Oath of Teferi enters, exile another target permanent you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
You may activate the loyalty abilities of planeswalkers you control twice each turn rather than only once.

Legendary Enchantment

$8.99 $8.81 $6.26

Ojutai, Soul of Winter

Flying, vigilance
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. That permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Legendary Creature - Dragon

$0.59 $0.47 $0.16

Spark Double

You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature or planeswalker you control, except it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature, it enters with an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker, and it isn't legendary.

Creature - Illusion

$11.99 $10.08 $7.28

Sphinx's Revelation

You gain X life and draw X cards.

Instant

$1.29 $0.33 $0.18

Temporal Mastery

Take an extra turn after this one. Exile Temporal Mastery.
Miracle

(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery

$5.99 $4.51 $4.08

Payoff

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Arcane Signet

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact

$5.49 $4.46 $4.47

Azorius Signet

: Add

Artifact

$0.59 $0.35 $0.31

Bronze Walrus

When this creature enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

: Add one mana of any color.

Creature Artifact - Walrus

$0.35 $0.16 $0.15

Mind Stone

: Add

, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.49 $0.37 $0.26

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $2.11 $1.52

Talisman of Progress

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$0.69 $0.46 $0.31

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$5.49 $2.92 $2.61

Urza, Lord Protector

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.

: If you both own and control Urza, Lord Protector and an artifact named The Mightstone and Weakstone, exile them, then meld them into Urza, Planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery.

Legendary Creature - Human Artificer

$11.99 $8.85 $8.46

Wand of the Worldsoul

This artifact enters tapped.

: Add

: The next spell you cast this turn has convoke.

Artifact

$3.99 $4.33 $2.57

Ramp

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Behold the Multiverse

Scry 2, then draw two cards.
Foretell

(During your turn, you may pay

and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant

$0.79 $0.30 $0.15

Contact Other Plane

Roll a d20.
1—9 | Draw two cards.
10—19 | Scry 2, then draw two cards.
20 | Scry 3, then draw three cards.

Instant

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Deliberate

Scry 2, then draw a card.

Instant

$0.59 $0.17 $0.15

Elvish Mariner

Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.
Whenever you scry, tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.

Creature - Elf Pilot

$4.49 $2.09 $1.42

Interpret the Signs

Scry 3, then reveal the top card of your library. Draw cards equal to that card's mana value. (To scry 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Jace, Mirror Mage

Kicker

When Jace enters, if Jace was kicked, create a token that's a copy of Jace, except it's not legendary and its starting loyalty is 1.
+1: Scry 2.
0: Draw a card and reveal it. Remove a number of loyalty counters equal to that card's mana value from Jace.

Legendary Planeswalker - Jace

$1.49 $0.94 $0.43

Jace's Sanctum

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.

Enchantment

$2.79 $1.53 $0.55

Matoya, Archon Elder

Whenever you scry or surveil, draw a card. (Draw after you scry or surveil.)

Legendary Creature - Human Warlock

$2.49 $1.66 $0.43

Mazemind Tome

, Put a page counter on this artifact: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

, Put a page counter on this artifact: Draw a card.
When there are four or more page counters on this artifact, exile it. If you do, you gain 4 life.

Artifact - Book

$0.49 $0.22 $0.15

Mystic Speculation

Buyback

(You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Scry 3. (Look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$2.99 $1.06 $0.30

Planetarium of Wan Shi Tong

: Scry 2.
Whenever you scry or surveil, look at the top card of your library. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Do this only once each turn. (Look at the card after you scry or surveil.)

Legendary Artifact

$11.99 $8.00 $5.21

Precognitive Perception

Draw three cards.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, instead scry 3, then draw three cards.

Instant

$0.49 $0.29 $0.22

Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery

$1.79 $0.91 $0.64

Scour All Possibilities

Scry 2, then draw a card.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Scroll Rack

: Exile any number of cards from your hand face down. Put that many cards from the top of your library into your hand. Then look at the exiled cards and put them on top of your library in any order.

Artifact

$49.99 $38.04 $35.26

Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery

$1.99 $0.63 $0.56

Siani, Eye of the Storm

Flying
Whenever Siani attacks, scry X, where X is the number of attacking creatures with flying.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Legendary Creature - Djinn Monk

$0.35 $0.35 $0.15

Tamiyo's Epiphany

Scry 4, then draw two cards.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

The Temporal Anchor

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 2.
Whenever you choose to put one or more cards on the bottom of your library while scrying, exile that many cards from the bottom of your library.
During your turn, you may play cards exiled with The Temporal Anchor.

Legendary Artifact

$0.49 $0.29 $0.15

Unexplained Vision

Draw three cards.
Adamant — If at least three blue mana was spent to cast this spell, scry 3.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Scry

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Draco

Domain — This spell costs

less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control.
Flying
Domain — At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay

. This cost is reduced by

for each basic land type among lands you control.

Creature Artifact - Dragon

$3.99 $4.32 $2.20

To Exile

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Ancient Gold Dragon

Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to the result.

Creature - Elder Dragon

$34.99 $28.44 $28.63

Intangible Virtue

Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.34 $0.15

Storm Herd

Create X 1/1 white Pegasus creature tokens with flying, where X is your life total.

Sorcery

$2.29 $1.11 $0.91

Tokens

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Cavalier of Gales

Flying
When this creature enters, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
When this creature dies, shuffle it into its owner's library, then scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Creature - Knight Elemental

$2.79 $2.48 $1.97

Conspiracy Unraveler

Flying
You may collect evidence 10 rather than pay the mana cost for spells you cast. (To collect evidence 10, exile cards with total mana value 10 or greater from your graveyard.)

Creature - Sphinx Detective

$0.99 $0.38 $0.15

Crystal Ball

: Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Artifact

$1.49 $0.44 $0.38

Devout Invocation

Tap any number of untapped creatures you control. Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying for each creature tapped this way.

Sorcery

$3.49 $2.12 $1.26

Displacer Kitten

Avoidance — Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, exile up to one target nonland permanent you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature - Beast Cat

$49.99 $34.81 $31.26

Divine Visitation

If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, that many 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance are created instead.

Enchantment

$2.29 $2.31 $1.08

Elrond, Lord of Rivendell

Whenever Elrond or another creature you control enters, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, the Ring tempts you.

Legendary Creature - Elf Noble

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Empyrean Eagle

Flying
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Creature - Bird Spirit

$0.59 $0.26 $0.15

Favorable Winds

Creatures you control with flying get +1/+1.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.31 $0.15

God-Eternal Kefnet

Flying
You may reveal the first card you draw each turn as you draw it. Whenever you reveal an instant or sorcery card this way, copy that card and you may cast the copy. That copy costs

less to cast.
When God-Eternal Kefnet dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.

Legendary Creature - Zombie God

$2.79 $2.45 $1.55

Irenicus's Vile Duplication

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except the token has flying and it isn't legendary.

Sorcery

$11.99 $9.98 $8.78

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Legendary Planeswalker - Jace

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

Netherese Puzzle-Ward

Focus Beam — At the beginning of your upkeep, roll a d4. Scry X, where X is the result.
Perfect Illumination — Whenever you roll a die's highest natural result, draw a card.

Enchantment

$2.99 $1.11 $0.83

Oath of Jace

When Oath of Jace enters, draw three cards, then discard two cards.
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry X, where X is the number of planeswalkers you control.

Legendary Enchantment

$0.79 $0.29 $0.17

Oji, the Exquisite Blade

When Oji enters, you gain 2 life and scry 2.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, exile up to one target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Legendary Creature - Human Monk

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Teferi, Time Raveler

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
+1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
−3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi

$8.99 $7.34 $5.57

Ugin's Insight

Scry X, where X is the greatest mana value among permanents you control, then draw three cards.

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Unbreakable Formation

Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.

Instant

$1.99 $0.87 $0.77

Sideboard

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Akroma's Vengeance

Destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.46 $0.19

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$4.99 $2.92 $2.38

Gravitational Shift

Creatures with flying get +2/+0.
Creatures without flying get -2/-0.

Enchantment

$2.29 $2.05 $0.65

Mnemonic Deluge

Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Copy that card three times. You may cast the copies without paying their mana costs. Exile Mnemonic Deluge.

Sorcery

$16.99 $9.01 $8.33

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

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

Synthetic Destiny

Exile all creatures you control. At the beginning of the next end step, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal that many creature cards, put all creature cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.

Instant

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

The Legend of Kuruk

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Scry 2, then draw a card.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

Enchantment - Saga

$3.99 $1.90 $1.25

Maybeboard

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Commander's Sphere

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Consecrated Sphinx

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

Creature - Sphinx

$44.99 $33.05 $30.89

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

White spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Blue spells you cast cost

less to cast.
Spells your opponents cast cost

more to cast.

Legendary Creature - Human Advisor

$18.99 $19.04 $15.89

Rumor Gatherer

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card instead.

Creature - Wizard Elf

$1.79 $0.72 $0.52

To Cut

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $620.59

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Avg Mana Value: 4.22Total Mana Value: 266.00

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Avg Mana Value: 4.22Total Mana Value: 266.00

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