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Defenders of the Monarchy
Deck Size: 100
Pauper EDH
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Est deck cost: $83.77
Salt Sum: 20.11
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $0.35
Knights of the Black Rose

When Knights of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent becomes the monarch, if you were the monarch as the turn began, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Knights of the Black Rose (cn2) 76
1

Artifact

Quantity: 12Price: $5.80
Bonder's Ornament

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}, {T}: Each player who controls a permanent named Bonder's Ornament draws a card.

Artifact
Bonder's Ornament (c20) 67
1
Charcoal Diamond

Charcoal Diamond enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}.

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (mic) 158
1
Commander's Sphere

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

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (cmr) 306
1
Greatsword of Tyr

Whenever equipped creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it and tap up to one target creature defending player controls. Equip {W} ({W}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Greatsword of Tyr (clb) 22
1
Letter of Acceptance

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Letter of Acceptance: Draw a card.

Artifact
Letter of Acceptance (stx) 256
1
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dmr) 385
1
Nihil Spellbomb

{T}, Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb: Exile target player's graveyard. When Nihil Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Nihil Spellbomb (plst) SOM-187
1
Orzhov Cluestone

{T}: Add {W} or {B}. {W}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Orzhov Cluestone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Orzhov Cluestone (dgm) 142
1
Orzhov Locket

{T}: Add {W} or {B}. {W/B}{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, {T}, Sacrifice Orzhov Locket: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Orzhov Locket (rna) 236
1
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (gpt) 155
1
Trailblazer's Torch

When Trailblazer's Torch enters the battlefield, you take the initiative. Whenever equipped creature becomes blocked, it deals 2 damage to each creature blocking it. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Trailblazer's Torch (clb) 340
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (clb) 344
1

Creature

Quantity: 20Price: $12.41
Crypt Rats

{X}: Crypt Rats deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Creature
Crypt Rats (vis) 55
1
Custodi Squire

Flying Will of the council — When Custodi Squire enters the battlefield, starting with you, each player votes for an artifact, creature, or enchantment card in your graveyard. Return each card with the most votes or tied for most votes to your hand.

Creature
Custodi Squire (cns) 18
1
Dimir House Guard

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Sacrifice a creature: Regenerate Dimir House Guard. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, 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
Dimir House Guard (rav) 83
1
Fleshbag Marauder

When Fleshbag Marauder enters the battlefield, each player sacrifices a creature.

Creature
Fleshbag Marauder (cmr) 128
1
Goliath Paladin

Vigilance When Goliath Paladin enters the battlefield, you take the initiative.

Creature
Goliath Paladin (clb) 21
1
Gray Merchant of Asphodel

When Gray Merchant of Asphodel enters the battlefield, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (ths) 89
1
Guardian of the Guildpact

Protection from monocolored

Creature
Guardian of the Guildpact (dis) 10
1
Gurmag Angler

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)

Creature
Gurmag Angler (plst) UMA-102
1
Kami of False Hope

Sacrifice Kami of False Hope: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Creature
Kami of False Hope (bok) 10
1
Liliana's Specter

Flying When Liliana's Specter enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card.

Creature
Liliana's Specter (m11) 104
1
Okiba-Gang Shinobi

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Okiba-Gang Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards.

Creature
Okiba-Gang Shinobi (plst) PCA-35
1
Palace Sentinels

When Palace Sentinels enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

Creature
Palace Sentinels (cmm) 48
1
Phyrexian Rager

When Phyrexian Rager enters the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Phyrexian Rager (apc) 49
1
Raffine's Informant

When Raffine's Informant enters the battlefield, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Raffine's Informant (snc) 26
1
Scaretiller

Whenever Scaretiller becomes tapped, choose one — • You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. • Return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature Artifact
Scaretiller (c19) 57
1
Shrieking Grotesque

Flying When Shrieking Grotesque enters the battlefield, if {B} was spent to cast it, target player discards a card.

Creature
Shrieking Grotesque (gpt) 15
1
Thorn of the Black Rose

Deathtouch When Thorn of the Black Rose enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

Creature
Thorn of the Black Rose (cmm) 190
1
Thraben Inspector

When Thraben Inspector enters the battlefield, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Creature
Thraben Inspector (2xm) 35
1
Underdark Explorer

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When Underdark Explorer enters the battlefield, you take the initiative.

Creature
Underdark Explorer (clb) 154
1
Vicious Battlerager

When Vicious Battlerager enters the battlefield, you take the initiative. Spiked Retribution — Whenever Vicious Battlerager becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 5 life.

Creature
Vicious Battlerager (clb) 155
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 2Price: $2.34
Dead Weight

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets -2/-2.

Enchantment
Dead Weight (grn) 67
1
Journey to Nowhere

When Journey to Nowhere enters the battlefield, exile target creature. When Journey to Nowhere leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Enchantment
Journey to Nowhere (zen) 14
1

Instant

Quantity: 14Price: $22.12
Cast Down

Destroy target nonlegendary creature.

Instant
Cast Down (clb) 119
1
Crushing Disappointment

Each player loses 2 life. You draw two cards.

Instant
Crushing Disappointment (stx) 68
1
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (dkm) 4
1
Defile

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Instant
Defile (mh1) 86
1
Diabolic Edict

Target player sacrifices a creature.

Instant
Diabolic Edict (a25) 85
1
Disfigure

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

Instant
Disfigure (pm20) 95
1
Echoing Decay

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Instant
Echoing Decay (dst) 41
1
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (cmm) 26
1
Grim Harvest

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Recover {2}{B} (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Instant
Grim Harvest (plst) CSP-58
1
Pharika's Libation

Choose one — • Target opponent sacrifices a creature. • Target opponent sacrifices an enchantment.

Instant
Pharika's Libation (thb) 111
1
Shred Memory

Exile up to four target cards from a single graveyard. Transmute {1}{B}{B} ({1}{B}{B}, 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.)

Instant
Shred Memory (rav) 105
1
Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Snuff Out (mmq) 162
1
Suffocating Fumes

Creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Instant
Suffocating Fumes (iko) 100
1
Unmake

Exile target creature.

Instant
Unmake (eve) 96
1

Land

Quantity: 36Price: $22.04
Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (cmm) 419
1
Barren Moor

Barren Moor enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {B} ({B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Barren Moor (c21) 277
1
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
1
Cryptic Spires

As you create your deck, circle two of the colors below. Cryptic Spires enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of either of the circled colors.

Land
Cryptic Spires (2x2) 332
1
Desert of the Glorified

Desert of the Glorified enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the Glorified (hou) 171
1
Desert of the True

Desert of the True enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}. Cycling {1}{W} ({1}{W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the True (c20) 268
1
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice Evolving Wilds: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (plst) RIX-186
1
Goldmire Bridge

Goldmire Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Artifact Land
Goldmire Bridge (moc) 407
1
Mortuary Mire

Mortuary Mire enters the battlefield tapped. When Mortuary Mire enters the battlefield, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (j22) 817
1
Obscura Storefront

When Obscura Storefront enters the battlefield, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Obscura Storefront (snc) 252
1
Orzhov Basilica

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

Land
Orzhov Basilica (cmm) 1018
1
Orzhov Guildgate

Orzhov Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Orzhov Guildgate (rna) 252
1
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (cmm) 423
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (woe) 262
4
Scoured Barrens

Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield tapped. When Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Scoured Barrens (mom) 272
1
Secluded Steppe

Secluded Steppe enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}. Cycling {W} ({W}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Secluded Steppe (onc) 163
1
Sejiri Steppe

Sejiri Steppe enters the battlefield tapped. When Sejiri Steppe enters the battlefield, target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Sejiri Steppe (ddg) 36
1
Shire Terrace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Shire Terrace: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261
1
Silverquill Campus

Silverquill Campus enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. {4}, {T}: Scry 1.

Land
Silverquill Campus (moc) 423
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 264
9
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice Terramorphic Expanse: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (cmm) 428
1
The Dross Pits

The Dross Pits enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice The Dross Pits: Draw a card.

Land
The Dross Pits (one) 251
1
The Fair Basilica

The Fair Basilica enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice The Fair Basilica: Draw a card.

Land
The Fair Basilica (one) 252
1
Witch's Cottage

({T}: Add {B}.) Witch's Cottage enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps. When Witch's Cottage enters the battlefield untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 15Price: $18.71
Castigate

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it and exile that card.

Sorcery
Castigate (gpt) 106
1
Chainer's Edict

Target player sacrifices a creature. Flashback {5}{B}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Chainer's Edict (dmr) 78
1
Distress

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Sorcery
Distress (chk) 111
1
Disturbed Burial

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Disturbed Burial (tmp) 129
1
Divest

Target player reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. That player discards that card.

Sorcery
Divest (2xm) 87
1
Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (dmr) 80
1
Duress

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

Sorcery
Duress (sld) 479
1
Evincar's Justice

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Evincar's Justice deals 2 damage to each creature and each player.

Sorcery
Evincar's Justice (tmp) 134
1
Exhume

Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Exhume (usg) 134
1
Hymn to Tourach

Target player discards two cards at random.

Sorcery
Hymn to Tourach (v13) 3
1
Innocent Blood

Each player sacrifices a creature.

Sorcery
Innocent Blood (jmp) 244
1
Ransack the Lab

Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.

Sorcery
Ransack the Lab (mh1) 103
1
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Read the Bones (ths) 101
1
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (mm2) 97
1
Vicious Rumors

Vicious Rumors deals 1 damage to each opponent. Each opponent discards a card, then mills a card. You gain 1 life.

Sorcery
Vicious Rumors (grn) 89
1

Maybeboard

Quantity: 17Price: $12.15
Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmm) 367
1
Arms of Hadar

Creatures target player controls get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Arms of Hadar (clb) 113
1
Auramancer

When Auramancer enters the battlefield, you may return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Auramancer (ori) 5
1
Circle of Protection: Green

{1}: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.

Enchantment
Circle of Protection: Green (8ed) 12
1
Debt to the Kami

Choose one — • Target opponent exiles a creature they control. • Target opponent exiles an enchantment they control.

Instant
Debt to the Kami (neo) 92
1
Devour Flesh

Target player sacrifices a creature, then gains life equal to that creature's toughness.

Instant
Devour Flesh (gtc) 63
1
Monk Idealist

When Monk Idealist enters the battlefield, return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Monk Idealist (ema) 21
1
Night's Whisper

You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Night's Whisper (moc) 259
1
Pestilence

At the beginning of the end step, if no creatures are on the battlefield, sacrifice Pestilence. {B}: Pestilence deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

Enchantment
Pestilence (plst) USG-147
1
Pristine Talisman

{T}: Add {C}. You gain 1 life.

Artifact
Pristine Talisman (c21) 258
1
Rune of Protection: Black

{W}: The next time a black source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Rune of Protection: Black (usg) 36
1
Rune of Protection: Blue

{W}: The next time a blue source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Rune of Protection: Blue (usg) 37
1
Rune of Protection: Green

{W}: The next time a green source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Rune of Protection: Green (usg) 38
1
Rune of Protection: Red

{W}: The next time a red source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Rune of Protection: Red (usg) 40
1
Rune of Protection: White

{W}: The next time a white source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Rune of Protection: White (usg) 41
1
Seal of Doom

Sacrifice Seal of Doom: Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Enchantment
Seal of Doom (plst) C15-135
1
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (dst) 160
1

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