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Commander
Commander
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Anthem
Nahiri's Resolve
Creatures you control get +1/+0 and have haste.
At the beginning of your end step, exile any number of nontoken artifacts and/or creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep.
At the beginning of your end step, exile any number of nontoken artifacts and/or creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep.
Enchantment
Paladin Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Spells your opponents cast during your turn cost more to cast.
: Level 2
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Level 3
Whenever you attack, until end of turn, target attacking creature gets +1/+1 for each other attacking creature and gains double strike.
Spells your opponents cast during your turn cost more to cast.
: Level 2
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Level 3
Whenever you attack, until end of turn, target attacking creature gets +1/+1 for each other attacking creature and gains double strike.
Enchantment - Class
Anthem
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Draw
Aerial Extortionist
Flying
Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it.
Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.
Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it.
Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.
Creature - Soldier Bird
Draw
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Heavy Hitters
Blast-Furnace Hellkite
Artifact offering (You may cast this spell as though it had flash by sacrificing an artifact and paying the difference in mana costs between this and the sacrificed artifact. Mana cost includes color.)
Flying, double strike
Creatures attacking your opponents have double strike.
Flying, double strike
Creatures attacking your opponents have double strike.
Creature - Dragon
Heavy Hitters
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Land
Demolition Field
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, , Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
, , Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Monumental Henge
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains.
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, : Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
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, : Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a historic card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Land
Land
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Land: Power-Up
Land: Power-Up
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Protection
Lorehold Command
Choose two —
• Create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
• Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible and haste until end of turn.
• Lorehold Command deals 3 damage to any target. Target player gains 3 life.
• Sacrifice a permanent, then draw two cards.
• Create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.
• Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible and haste until end of turn.
• Lorehold Command deals 3 damage to any target. Target player gains 3 life.
• Sacrifice a permanent, then draw two cards.
Instant
Protection
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Ramp
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer
Creatures your opponents control with power less than Baeloth Barrityl's power are goaded. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
Whenever a goaded attacking or blocking creature dies, you create a Treasure token.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Whenever a goaded attacking or blocking creature dies, you create a Treasure token.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
Starfield Shepherd
Flying
When this creature enters, search your library for a basic Plains card or a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
When this creature enters, search your library for a basic Plains card or a creature card with mana value 1 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Angel
Ramp
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Recursion
Karmic Guide
Flying, protection from black
Echo (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 this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Echo (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 this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Angel Spirit
Recursion
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Removal
Removal
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Tokens
Chancellor of the Forge
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, create a 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature token with haste.
When this creature enters, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens with haste, where X is the number of creatures you control.
When this creature enters, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens with haste, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Creature - Giant Phyrexian
Myr Battlesphere
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
Creature Artifact - Construct Myr
Tokens
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Maybeboard
Maybeboard
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Deck Info
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And third, use the mana you would normally waste on creatures on shenanigans.\n\nThis is a bit complicated, because you need enough density of damage boosters to always have one available (even if one gets removed), and enough density of nasty creatures to always be dropping one on attack, as well as a healthy chunk of card draw and the usual quota of removal and ramp. You get round this by having loads of power bumps tacked on to other stuff, anthems that provide some evasion or protection, and creatures that give you extra power, card draw and removal.\n\nSo (for instance) you've got seven lands in the deck that can give Shadowfax a power boost. 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