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Ian Malcom, Chaotician
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $581.66
Salt Sum: 32.33
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $3.49
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician

Whenever a player draws their second card each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. During each player's turn, that player may cast a spell from among the cards they don't own exiled with Ian Malcolm, Chaotician, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it.

Creature
Ian Malcolm, Chaotician (rex) 13
1

Artifact

Quantity: 24Price: $145.92
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (ltc) 273
1
Black Vise

As Black Vise enters the battlefield, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, Black Vise deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact
Black Vise (4ed) 299
1
Coldsteel Heart

Coldsteel Heart enters the battlefield tapped. As Coldsteel Heart enters the battlefield, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Coldsteel Heart (j22) 94
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 (plst) C14-54
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
Fire Diamond

Fire Diamond enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Artifact
Fire Diamond (clb) 313
1
Font of Mythos

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws two additional cards.

Artifact
Font of Mythos (con) 136
1
Gilded Lotus

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

Artifact
Gilded Lotus (m13) 206
1
Horn of Greed

Whenever a player plays a land, that player draws a card.

Artifact
Horn of Greed (cn2) 211
1
Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if Howling Mine is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact
Howling Mine (m10) 212
1
Iron Maiden

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Iron Maiden deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact
Iron Maiden (ulg) 127
1
Izzet Signet

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

Artifact
Izzet Signet (c15) 256
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (clb) 864
1
Otherworld Atlas

{T}: Put a charge counter on Otherworld Atlas. {T}: Each player draws a card for each charge counter on Otherworld Atlas.

Artifact
Otherworld Atlas (avr) 219
1
Scroll Rack

{1}, {T}: 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
Scroll Rack (cmr) 337
1
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 314
1
Sky Diamond

Sky Diamond enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (clb) 337
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (ltc) 284
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (clb) 339
1
Talisman of Creativity

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

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (clb) 876
1
Temple Bell

{T}: Each player draws a card.

Artifact
Temple Bell (c16) 277
1
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (ltc) 287
1
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (sld) 483
1
Venser's Journal

You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain 1 life for each card in your hand.

Artifact
Venser's Journal (som) 220
1

Creature

Quantity: 13Price: $37.75
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
Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Chasm Skulker. When Chasm Skulker dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature
Chasm Skulker (ncc) 214
1
Dakra Mystic

{U}, {T}: Each player reveals the top card of their library. You may put the revealed cards into their owners' graveyards. If you don't, each player draws a card.

Creature
Dakra Mystic (jou) 35
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
Humble Defector

{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of Humble Defector. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Humble Defector (ltc) 222
1
Kami of the Crescent Moon

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Creature
Kami of the Crescent Moon (sok) 42
1
Kefnet the Mindful

Flying, indestructible Kefnet the Mindful can't attack or block unless you have seven or more cards in hand. {3}{U}: Draw a card, then you may return a land you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Kefnet the Mindful (akh) 59
1
Lore Broker

{T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Creature
Lore Broker (rav) 57
1
Minn, Wily Illusionist

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with "This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control." Whenever an Illusion you control dies, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's power from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Minn, Wily Illusionist (afc) 16
1
Plargg and Nassari

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. An opponent chooses a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast up to two spells from among the other cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Plargg and Nassari (mat) 18
1
Sturmgeist

Flying Sturmgeist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever Sturmgeist deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sturmgeist (isd) 82
1
Viseling

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Viseling deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Creature Artifact
Viseling (c13) 269
1
Zenith Chronicler

Whenever a player casts their first multicolored spell each turn, each other player draws a card.

Creature Artifact
Zenith Chronicler (one) 246
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 7Price: $9.99
Dictate of Kruphix

Flash At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Enchantment
Dictate of Kruphix (jou) 37
1
Fevered Visions

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player draws a card. If the player is your opponent and has four or more cards in hand, Fevered Visions deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Fevered Visions (soi) 244
1
Improbable Alliance

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying. {4}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Enchantment
Improbable Alliance (eld) 193
1
Kumena's Awakening

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. If you have the city's blessing, instead only you draw a card.

Enchantment
Kumena's Awakening (rix) 42
1
Ominous Seas

Whenever you draw a card, put a foreshadow counter on Ominous Seas. Remove eight foreshadow counters from Ominous Seas: Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Ominous Seas (iko) 61
1
Sunbird's Invocation

Whenever you cast a spell from your hand, reveal the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from among cards revealed this way without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Enchantment
Sunbird's Invocation (scd) 159
1
Well of Ideas

When Well of Ideas enters the battlefield, draw two cards. At the beginning of each other player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. At the beginning of your draw step, draw two additional cards.

Enchantment
Well of Ideas (2xm) 75
1

Instant

Quantity: 11Price: $39.79
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
Arcane Denial (c16) 83
1
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (sta) 76
1
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (c14) 174
1
Dream Fracture

Counter target spell. Its controller draws a card. Draw a card.

Instant
Dream Fracture (eve) 19
1
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (frf) 46
1
Seething Song

Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Seething Song (mrd) 104
1
Tibalt's Trickery

Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Tibalt's Trickery (khm) 153
1
Vision Skeins

Each player draws two cards.

Instant
Vision Skeins (cmd) 67
1
Wild Magic Surge

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Wild Magic Surge (clb) 206
1
Words of Wisdom

You draw two cards, then each other player draws a card.

Instant
Words of Wisdom (ody) 114
1
Wrong Turn

Target opponent gains control of target creature. (If an attacking or blocking creature changes controllers, it's removed from combat.)

Instant
Wrong Turn (cmr) 107
1

Land

Quantity: 35Price: $309.11
Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Arid Mesa: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
1
Bloodstained Mire

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Bloodstained Mire: Search your library for a Swamp or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Bloodstained Mire (ktk) 230
1
Castle Vantress

Castle Vantress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (peld) 242p
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (woc) 156
1
Fiery Islet

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U} or {R}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Fiery Islet: Draw a card.

Land
Fiery Islet (mh1) 238
1
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Flooded Strand: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
1
Frostboil Snarl

As Frostboil Snarl enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, Frostboil Snarl enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (cmm) 998
1
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (emn) 203
1
Halimar Depths

Halimar Depths enters the battlefield tapped. When Halimar Depths enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (wwk) 137
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (neo) 296
5
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

Land
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (a25) 241
1
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
1
Molten Tributary

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Molten Tributary enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Molten Tributary (dmu) 251
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (neo) 300
5
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 (woc) 165
1
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Prismatic Vista: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
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) 259
1
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Scalding Tarn: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
1
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. Shivan Reef deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (dmu) 255
1
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As Steam Vents enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (rvr) 288
1
Stormcarved Coast

Stormcarved Coast enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Stormcarved Coast (vow) 265
1
Sulfur Falls

Sulfur Falls enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Sulfur Falls (dmr) 258
1
Temple of Epiphany

Temple of Epiphany enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Epiphany enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (cmm) 1042
1
Training Center

Training Center enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
1
Volatile Fjord

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Volatile Fjord enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Volatile Fjord (khm) 273
1
Wooded Foothills

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Wooded Foothills: Search your library for a Mountain or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Wooded Foothills (ktk) 249
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 9Price: $35.61
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
Aminatou's Augury (cmm) 73
1
Apex of Power

Exile the top seven cards of your library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among them. If this spell was cast from your hand, add ten mana of any one color.

Sorcery
Apex of Power (afc) 114
1
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (isd) 130
1
Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Sorcery
Chain Reaction (cmd) 113
1
Dance with Calamity

Shuffle your library. As many times as you choose, you may exile the top card of your library. If the total mana value of the cards exiled this way is 13 or less, you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Sorcery
Dance with Calamity (moc) 29
1
Disrupt Decorum

Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (c17) 25
1
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (cmr) 187
1
Mana Geyser

Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.

Sorcery
Mana Geyser (scd) 151
1
Role Reversal

Exchange control of two target permanents that share a permanent type.

Sorcery
Role Reversal (war) 214
1

Maybeboard

Quantity: 6Price: $36.60
Call to Heel

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Its controller draws a card.

Instant
Call to Heel (ala) 32
1
Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size. {X}{X}, {T}: Each player draws X cards. {2}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Artifact
Folio of Fancies (eld) 46
1
Goldspan Dragon

Flying, haste Whenever Goldspan Dragon attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token. Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."

Creature
Goldspan Dragon (j22) 550
1
Misers' Cage

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has five or more cards in hand, Misers' Cage deals 2 damage to that player.

Artifact
Misers' Cage (mir) 311
1
Spirebluff Canal

Spirebluff Canal enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Spirebluff Canal (kld) 249
1
Tidal Barracuda

Any player may cast spells as though they had flash. Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn.

Creature
Tidal Barracuda (c20) 39
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"We've found the setups, now we just need to look for some payoffs + lands/ramp\n\nGoal is to make a fun and laid back goofy deck to offset the high power of some of my other decks hence the extremely low interaction. Is it bad? Probably but I'd rather have this commander be fun than broken.\n"}]}
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