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Athena EDH
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $178.52
Salt Sum: 34.08
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $6.99
Ephara, God of the Polis

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white and blue is less than seven, Ephara isn't a creature. At the beginning of each upkeep, if you had another creature enter the battlefield under your control last turn, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Ephara, God of the Polis (sld) 72
1

Artifact

Quantity: 8Price: $18.32
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmm) 367
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 (cmm) 377
1
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
1
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. Talisman of Progress deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (cmm) 980
1
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (cmm) 414
1
Vedalken Orrery

You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Artifact
Vedalken Orrery (2x2) 399
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 (cmm) 983
1

Creature

Quantity: 35Price: $36.39
Alms Collector

Flash If an opponent would draw two or more cards, instead you and that player each draw a card.

Creature
Alms Collector (cmm) 10
1
Angel of the Dire Hour

Flash Flying When Angel of the Dire Hour enters the battlefield, if you cast it from your hand, exile all attacking creatures.

Creature
Angel of the Dire Hour (jmp) 85
1
Cemetery Protector

Flash When Cemetery Protector enters the battlefield, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever you play a land or cast a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Creature
Cemetery Protector (vow) 347
1
Charming Prince

When Charming Prince enters the battlefield, choose one — • Scry 2. • You gain 3 life. • Exile another target creature you own. Return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Charming Prince (eld) 8
1
Containment Priest

Flash If a nontoken creature would enter the battlefield and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Creature
Containment Priest (m21) 314
1
Crafty Cutpurse

Flash When Crafty Cutpurse enters the battlefield, each token that would be created under an opponent's control this turn is created under your control instead.

Creature
Crafty Cutpurse (c21) 117
1
Deputy of Acquittals

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Deputy of Acquittals enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Deputy of Acquittals (mm3) 159
1
Draining Whelk

Flash Flying When Draining Whelk enters the battlefield, counter target spell. Put X +1/+1 counters on Draining Whelk, where X is that spell's mana value.

Creature
Draining Whelk (tsr) 62
1
Githzerai Monk

Flash Flying Psychic Defense — When Githzerai Monk enters the battlefield, tap all creatures you don't control.

Creature
Githzerai Monk (clb) 20
1
Guardian of Faith

Flash Vigilance When Guardian of Faith enters the battlefield, any number of other target creatures you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Creature
Guardian of Faith (afr) 18
1
Illusory Ambusher

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever Illusory Ambusher is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Creature
Illusory Ambusher (c20) 113
1
Jeskai Barricade

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Defender When Jeskai Barricade enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Jeskai Barricade (frf) 15
1
Merfolk Trickster

Flash When Merfolk Trickster enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls. It loses all abilities until end of turn.

Creature
Merfolk Trickster (dom) 56
1
Mizzium Meddler

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Mizzium Meddler enters the battlefield, you may change a target of target spell or ability to Mizzium Meddler.

Creature
Mizzium Meddler (pori) 64
1
Naiad of Hidden Coves

As long as it's not your turn, spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Enchantment
Naiad of Hidden Coves (thb) 56
1
Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

Flash When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand. If you do, you gain life equal to that creature's mana value. {1}{W}{U}, {T}, Discard a legendary card: Draw two cards.

Creature
Niambi, Esteemed Speaker (m21) 222
1
Nimble Obstructionist

Flash Flying Cycling {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle Nimble Obstructionist, counter target activated or triggered ability you don't control.

Creature
Nimble Obstructionist (c20) 121
1
Portal Mage

Flash When Portal Mage enters the battlefield during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or its controller's planeswalkers.)

Creature
Portal Mage (cmm) 112
1
Saltskitter

Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, exile Saltskitter. Return Saltskitter to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Saltskitter (fut) 14
1
Seht's Tiger

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Seht's Tiger enters the battlefield, you gain protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. (You can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything of the chosen color.)

Creature
Seht's Tiger (c17) 72
1
Selfless Squire

Flash When Selfless Squire enters the battlefield, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on Selfless Squire.

Creature
Selfless Squire (c21) 103
1
Sigrid, God-Favored

Flash First strike, protection from God creatures When Sigrid, God-Favored enters the battlefield, exile up to one target attacking or blocking creature until Sigrid leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Sigrid, God-Favored (khm) 301
1
Spell Queller

Flash Flying When Spell Queller enters the battlefield, exile target spell with mana value 4 or less. When Spell Queller leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Spell Queller (emn) 189
1
Stonecloaker

Flash Flying When Stonecloaker enters the battlefield, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. When Stonecloaker enters the battlefield, exile target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Stonecloaker (tsr) 45
1
Stunt Double

Flash You may have Stunt Double enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.

Creature
Stunt Double (plst) CN2-38
1
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Flash Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash. Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.

Creature
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (ima) 75
1
The Watcher in the Water

The Watcher in the Water enters the battlefield tapped with nine stun counters on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Whenever you draw a card during an opponent's turn, create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token. Whenever a Tentacle you control dies, untap up to one target Kraken and put a stun counter on up to one target nonland permanent.

Creature
The Watcher in the Water (ltr) 75
1
Thought Sponge

Flash Thought Sponge enters the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest number of cards an opponent has drawn this turn. When Thought Sponge dies, draw cards equal to its power.

Creature
Thought Sponge (c19) 12
1
Torrential Gearhulk

Flash When Torrential Gearhulk enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature Artifact
Torrential Gearhulk (cmm) 128
1
Venser, Shaper Savant

Flash When Venser, Shaper Savant enters the battlefield, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Venser, Shaper Savant (2x2) 66
1
Voidmage Husher

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Voidmage Husher enters the battlefield, counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Whenever you cast a spell, you may return Voidmage Husher to its owner's hand.

Creature
Voidmage Husher (tsp) 92
1
Voracious Greatshark

Flash When Voracious Greatshark enters the battlefield, counter target artifact or creature spell.

Creature
Voracious Greatshark (iko) 70
1
Wavebreak Hippocamp

Whenever you cast your first spell during each opponent's turn, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Wavebreak Hippocamp (j22) 371
1
Whitemane Lion

Flash When Whitemane Lion enters the battlefield, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Whitemane Lion (dmr) 35
1
Windshaper Planetar

Flash Flying When Windshaper Planetar enters the battlefield during the declare attackers step, for each attacking creature, you may reselect which player or permanent that creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.)

Creature
Windshaper Planetar (clb) 559
1

Enchantment

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As Foretold

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a time counter on As Foretold. Once each turn, you may pay {0} rather than pay the mana cost for a spell you cast with mana value X or less, where X is the number of time counters on As Foretold.

Enchantment
As Foretold (2x2) 38
1
Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

Enchantment
Telepathy (m10) 74
1

Instant

Quantity: 19Price: $35.23
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
1
Cloudshift

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Instant
Cloudshift (jmp) 97
1
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
1
Disorder in the Court

Exile X target creatures, then investigate X times. Return the exiled cards to the battlefield tapped under their owners' control at the beginning of the next end step. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")

Instant
Disorder in the Court (voc) 29
1
Displace

Exile up to two target creatures you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control.

Instant
Displace (plst) EMN-55
1
Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Eerie Interlude (khc) 22
1
Essence Flux

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it's a Spirit, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant
Essence Flux (jmp) 151
1
Familiar's Ruse

As an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell.

Instant
Familiar's Ruse (mm3) 37
1
Ghostly Flicker

Exile two target artifacts, creatures, and/or lands you control, then return those cards to the battlefield under your control.

Instant
Ghostly Flicker (cmm) 98
1
Illusionist's Gambit

Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn. Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or planeswalkers you control that combat.

Instant
Illusionist's Gambit (c13) 47
1
Momentary Blink

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Momentary Blink (dmr) 15
1
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (sta) 81
1
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
Path to Exile (cmm) 49
1
Render Silent

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

Instant
Render Silent (dgm) 96
1
Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant
Rewind (m21) 63
1
Semester's End

Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

Instant
Semester's End (cmm) 834
1
Siren's Call

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn, before attackers are declared. Creatures the active player controls attack this turn if able. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy all non-Wall creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Ignore this effect for each creature the player didn't control continuously since the beginning of the turn.

Instant
Siren's Call (4ed) 101
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (cmm) 841
1
Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Unwind (dom) 72
1

Land

Quantity: 33Price: $73.73
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
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
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (cmm) 993
1
Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (xln) 255
1
Idyllic Beachfront

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Idyllic Beachfront enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (woe) 263
5
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (ltc) 369
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (woe) 262
9
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 (cmm) 1019
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 (cmm) 1020
1
Rivendell

Rivendell enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Land
Rivendell (ltr) 344
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
Skybridge Towers

Skybridge Towers enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {2}{W}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice Skybridge Towers: Draw a card.

Land
Skybridge Towers (snc) 256
1
Snow-Covered Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Island (j22) 833
4
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
Throne of the High City

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Throne of the High City: You become the monarch.

Land
Throne of the High City (cn2) 80
1
Tranquil Cove

Tranquil Cove enters the battlefield tapped. When Tranquil Cove enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (mom) 275
1
Windbrisk Heights

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Windbrisk Heights enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn.

Land
Windbrisk Heights (onc) 174
1

Sorcery

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Recurring Insight

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Recurring Insight (roe) 82
1
Supreme Verdict

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

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (2x2) 280
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is built around the character of Athena from Greek mythology. As such the deck wants to do almost everything in response to your opponents and take their advantages and pull them to your advantage through counters and combat tricks. Wield this deck like the goddess of warfare herself and command the flash speed forces to victory.\n"}]}
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