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Strax Sontaran Nurse
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Est deck cost: $589.14
Salt sum: 32.73
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Commander

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Strax, Sontaran Nurse

Vigilance, trample Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random. When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls. Glory of Battle — Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

Creature
Strax, Sontaran Nurse (who) 160

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Land

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Blighted Woodland

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice Blighted Woodland: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Blighted Woodland (clb) 881
Bonders' Enclave

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Land
Bonders' Enclave (plst) IKO-245
Cinder Glade

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Cinder Glade enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Cinder Glade (cmm) 991
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (woc) 156
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, 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
Demolition Field (bro) 260
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (woe) 276
Game Trail

As Game Trail enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, Game Trail enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Game Trail (moc) 405
Gruul Turf

Gruul Turf enters tapped. When Gruul Turf enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {R}{G}.

Land
Gruul Turf (2x2) 325
Karplusan Forest

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. Karplusan Forest deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Karplusan Forest (dmu) 250
Mines of Moria

Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}, {T}, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.

Land
Mines of Moria (ltr) 342
Mirrorpool

Mirrorpool enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice Mirrorpool: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.

Land
Mirrorpool (cmm) 1010
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 274
Raging Ravine

Raging Ravine enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}. {2}{R}{G}: Until end of turn, Raging Ravine becomes a 3/3 red and green Elemental creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it." It's still a land.

Land
Raging Ravine (clb) 910
Rockfall Vale

Rockfall Vale enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rockfall Vale (mid) 266
Rootbound Crag

Rootbound Crag enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rootbound Crag (xln) 256
Sheltered Thicket

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) Sheltered Thicket enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Sheltered Thicket (cmm) 1032
Spire Garden

Spire Garden enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Spire Garden (clb) 361
Stomping Ground

({T}: Add {R} or {G}.) As Stomping Ground enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Stomping Ground (rvr) 289
Temple of Abandon

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.) {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Abandon (moc) 430
Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Witch's Clinic (c21) 81

Land

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Artifact

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Barrow-Blade

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature loses all abilities until end of turn. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Barrow-Blade (ltr) 237
Blackblade Reforged

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control. Equip legendary creature {3} Equip {7}

Artifact
Blackblade Reforged (dmc) 178
Bloodforged Battle-Axe

Equipped creature gets +2/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of Bloodforged Battle-Axe. Equip {2}

Artifact
Bloodforged Battle-Axe (moc) 349
Bow of Nylea

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. {1}{G}, {T}: Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Bow of Nylea deals 2 damage to target creature with flying. • You gain 3 life. • Put up to four target cards from your graveyard on the bottom of your library in any order.

Artifact Enchantment
Bow of Nylea (plst) THS-153
Ichor Wellspring

When Ichor Wellspring enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (brc) 143
Lembas

When Lembas enters, scry 1, then draw a card. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Lembas: You gain 3 life. When Lembas is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner shuffles it into their library.

Artifact
Lembas (ltr) 243
Servo Schematic

When Servo Schematic enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.

Artifact
Servo Schematic (brc) 158
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (woc) 149
Sonic Screwdriver

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {2}, {T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Sonic Screwdriver (who) 185
Spine of Ish Sah

When Spine of Ish Sah enters, destroy target permanent. When Spine of Ish Sah is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Spine of Ish Sah to its owner's hand.

Artifact
Spine of Ish Sah (moc) 383
Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste. At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature. Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sting, the Glinting Dagger (ltr) 250
The One Ring

Indestructible When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 748
Tome of Legends

Tome of Legends enters with a page counter on it. Whenever your commander enters or attacks, put a page counter on Tome of Legends. {1}, {T}, Remove a page counter from Tome of Legends: Draw a card.

Artifact
Tome of Legends (plst) ELD-332
Wizard's Rockets

Wizard's Rockets enters tapped. {X}, {T}, Sacrifice Wizard's Rockets: Add X mana in any combination of colors. When Wizard's Rockets is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Wizard's Rockets (ltr) 252

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Atraxa's Fall

Destroy target artifact, battle, enchantment, or creature with flying.

Sorcery
Atraxa's Fall (mom) 176
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 (cmm) 872
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (cmm) 889
Harmonize

Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Harmonize (plst) C20-173
Hull Breach

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Destroy target artifact and target enchantment.

Sorcery
Hull Breach (c13) 193
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (cmm) 300
Last Night Together

Choose two target creatures. Untap them. Put two +1/+1 counters on each of them. They gain vigilance, indestructible, and haste until end of turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase. Only the chosen creatures can attack during that combat phase.

Sorcery
Last Night Together (who) 423
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 267

Sorcery

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Creature

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Akki Battle Squad

Whenever one or more modified creatures you control attack, untap all modified creatures you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature
Akki Battle Squad (nec) 18
Brash Taunter

Indestructible Whenever Brash Taunter is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent. {2}{R}, {T}: Brash Taunter fights another target creature.

Creature
Brash Taunter (scd) 125
Donna Noble

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) Whenever Donna or a creature it's paired with is dealt damage, Donna deals that much damage to target opponent. Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)

Creature
Donna Noble (who) 82
Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant

Haste Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, untap target creature, then investigate. (Create a colorless Clue artifact token with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have friends forever.)

Creature
Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant (slx) 4
Goblin Anarchomancer

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

Creature
Goblin Anarchomancer (mh2) 200
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma

Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost {2} less to cast. Whenever Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma (cmm) 293
Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea

{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creature sources. Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, put a +1/+1 counter on Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea and untap it.

Creature
Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea (bro) 185
Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard

Sacrifice Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard: Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard (bro) 211
Halana and Alena, Partners

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is Halana and Alena's power. That creature gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Halana and Alena, Partners (vow) 239
Haywire Mite

When Haywire Mite dies, you gain 2 life. {G}, Sacrifice Haywire Mite: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.

Creature Artifact
Haywire Mite (bro) 199
Hornet Nest

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Whenever Hornet Nest is dealt damage, create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens with flying and deathtouch. (Any amount of damage a creature with deathtouch deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Creature
Hornet Nest (scd) 189
Joraga Treespeaker

Level up {1}{G} ({1}{G}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 1-4 1/2 {T}: Add {G}{G}. LEVEL 5+ 1/4 Elves you control have "{T}: Add {G}{G}."

Creature
Joraga Treespeaker (plst) ROE-190
Kibo, Uktabi Prince

{T}: Each player creates a colorless artifact token named Banana with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add {R} or {G}. You gain 2 life." Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that's an Ape or a Monkey. Whenever Kibo attacks, defending player sacrifices an artifact of their choice.

Creature
Kibo, Uktabi Prince (j22) 40
Kogla and Yidaro

When Kogla and Yidaro enters, choose one — • It gains trample and haste until end of turn. • It fights target creature you don't control. {2}{R}{G}, Discard Kogla and Yidaro: Destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. Shuffle Kogla and Yidaro into your library from your graveyard, then draw a card.

Creature
Kogla and Yidaro (mom) 244
Memory Worm

Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, Memory Worm deals 2 damage to target player. That player discards a card, then draws a card. Put a +1/+1 counter on Memory Worm.

Creature
Memory Worm (who) 90
Neyith of the Dire Hunt

Whenever one or more creatures you control fight or become blocked, draw a card. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {2}{R/G}. If you do, double target creature's power until end of turn. That creature must be blocked this combat if able. ({R/G} can be paid with either {R} or {G}.)

Creature
Neyith of the Dire Hunt (jmp) 30
Ohran Frostfang

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Frostfang (cmm) 309
Saber Ants

Whenever Saber Ants is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.

Creature
Saber Ants (plst) MMQ-267
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (cmm) 973
Stuffy Doll

Indestructible As Stuffy Doll enters, choose a player. Whenever Stuffy Doll is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to the chosen player. {T}: Stuffy Doll deals 1 damage to itself.

Creature Artifact
Stuffy Doll (clb) 875
The Foretold Soldier

The Foretold Soldier must be blocked if able. The Foretold Soldier can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever The Foretold Soldier deals damage, exile it face down. It becomes foretold. Foretell {1}{G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Creature
The Foretold Soldier (who) 102
Tireless Provisioner

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a Food token or a Treasure token. (Food is an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life." Treasure is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Tireless Provisioner (plst) MH2-180
Tireless Tracker

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on Tireless Tracker.

Creature
Tireless Tracker (moc) 314
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski, Bearer of Secrets attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Toski, Bearer of Secrets (khm) 197
Vexing Shusher

This spell can't be countered. {R/G}: Target spell can't be countered.

Creature
Vexing Shusher (2xm) 225
Vigor

Trample If damage would be dealt to another creature you control, prevent that damage. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. When Vigor is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature
Vigor (plst) BBD-215
Xenagos, God of Revels

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red and green is less than seven, Xenagos isn't a creature. At the beginning of combat on your turn, another target creature you control gains haste and gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is that creature's power.

Creature Enchantment
Xenagos, God of Revels (bng) 156

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Enchantment

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Bigger on the Inside

Enchant artifact or land Enchanted permanent has "{T}: Target player adds two mana of any one color. The next spell they cast this turn has cascade." (When they cast their next spell, they exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card that costs less. They may cast it without paying its mana cost. They put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Enchantment
Bigger on the Inside (who) 115
Guardian Project

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.

Enchantment
Guardian Project (plst) RNA-130
Rhythm of the Wild

Creature spells you control can't be countered. Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)

Enchantment
Rhythm of the Wild (nec) 142
Shadow in the Warp

The first creature spell you cast each turn costs {2} less to cast. Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, Shadow in the Warp deals 2 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Shadow in the Warp (40k) 140
Up the Beanstalk

When Up the Beanstalk enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, draw a card.

Enchantment
Up the Beanstalk (woe) 195

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Instant

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Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (plst) NPH-103
Bite Down

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Instant
Bite Down (dmu) 155
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 (moc) 273
Cosmic Hunger

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature, planeswalker, or battle.

Instant
Cosmic Hunger (mom) 182
Master's Rebuke

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Instant
Master's Rebuke (j22) 689
Ram Through

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

Instant
Ram Through (cmm) 314

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