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Raffine's Tiny Fly Guys
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $751.35
Salt sum: 35.47
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Commander

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Raffine, Scheming Seer

Flying, ward {1} Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card discarded this way.)

Creature
Raffine, Scheming Seer (snc) 327

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Land

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Agadeem's Awakening

Sorcery
Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt back (znr) 90Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt back (znr) 90
Boggart Trawler

Creature
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog back (mh3) 243Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog back (mh3) 243
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
Concealed Courtyard

Concealed Courtyard enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Concealed Courtyard (otj) 268
Contaminated Aquifer

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Contaminated Aquifer enters tapped.

Land
Contaminated Aquifer (dmu) 245
Darkslick Shores

Darkslick Shores enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Darkslick Shores (one) 250
Emeria's Call

Sorcery
Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave back (znr) 12Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave back (znr) 12
Fell the Profane

Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire back (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire back (mh3) 244
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
Glacial Floodplain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Glacial Floodplain enters tapped.

Land
Glacial Floodplain (khm) 257
Glasswing Grace

Enchantment
Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel back (mh3) 254Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel back (mh3) 254
Godless Shrine

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) As Godless Shrine enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Godless Shrine (rna) 248
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rtr) 241
Hydroelectric Specimen

Creature
Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory back (mh3) 240Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory back (mh3) 240
Ice Tunnel

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Ice Tunnel enters tapped.

Land
Ice Tunnel (khm) 262
Idyllic Beachfront

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

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (lci) 396
Marsh Flats

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

Land
Marsh Flats (slu) 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 (slu) 5
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (bbd) 83
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (lci) 394
Raffine's Tower

({T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.) Raffine's Tower enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raffine's Tower (snc) 254
Razorgrass Ambush

Instant
Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field back (mh3) 238Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field back (mh3) 238
Sea Gate Restoration

Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn back (znr) 76Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn back (znr) 76
Sea of Clouds

Sea of Clouds enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (plst) BBD-84
Seachrome Coast

Seachrome Coast enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Seachrome Coast (one) 258
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs back (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs back (mh3) 241
Snowfield Sinkhole

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) Snowfield Sinkhole enters tapped.

Land
Snowfield Sinkhole (khm) 269
Sunlit Marsh

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) Sunlit Marsh enters tapped.

Land
Sunlit Marsh (dmu) 257
Suppression Ray

Sorcery
Suppression Ray // Orderly Plaza back (mh3) 260Suppression Ray // Orderly Plaza back (mh3) 260
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (lci) 397
Vault of Champions

Vault of Champions enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Vault of Champions (cmr) 360
Waterlogged Teachings

Instant
Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive back (mh3) 261Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive back (mh3) 261
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259
Witch Enchanter

Creature
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow back (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow back (mh3) 239

Land

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Ramp

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Grim Hireling

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create two Treasure tokens. {B}, Sacrifice X Treasures: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Grim Hireling (clb) 755

Ramp

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Artifact

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Sword of the Meek

Equipped creature gets +1/+2. Equip {2} Whenever a 1/1 creature enters under your control, you may return Sword of the Meek from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that creature.

Artifact
Sword of the Meek (2xm) 299
Thopter Foundry

{1}, Sacrifice a nontoken artifact: Create a 1/1 blue Thopter artifact creature token with flying. You gain 1 life.

Artifact
Thopter Foundry (plst) ARB-133
Throne of the God-Pharaoh

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent loses life equal to the number of tapped creatures you control.

Artifact
Throne of the God-Pharaoh (akh) 237

Artifact

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Lifegain

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Daggerdrome Imp

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Daggerdrome Imp (rtr) 60
Deep-Cavern Bat

Flying, lifelink When Deep-Cavern Bat enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until Deep-Cavern Bat leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Deep-Cavern Bat (lci) 102
Faith of the Devoted

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Faith of the Devoted (c19) 112
Ghastly Gloomhunter

Kicker {3}{B} (You may pay an additional {3}{B} as you cast this spell.) Flying, lifelink If Ghastly Gloomhunter was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Ghastly Gloomhunter (znr) 103
Gold-Forged Thopteryx

Flying, lifelink Each legendary permanent you control has ward {2}. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

Creature Artifact
Gold-Forged Thopteryx (mat) 31
Healer's Hawk

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Healer's Hawk (grn) 14
Hushbringer

Flying, lifelink Creatures entering or dying don't cause abilities to trigger.

Creature
Hushbringer (eld) 18
Ruin-Lurker Bat

Flying, lifelink At the beginning of your end step, if you descended this turn, scry 1. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)

Creature
Ruin-Lurker Bat (lci) 33
Serra Ascendant

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) As long as you have 30 or more life, Serra Ascendant gets +5/+5 and has flying.

Creature
Serra Ascendant (m11) 28
Sky Crier

Flying, lifelink {3}{W}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Sky Crier (snc) 31
Sungrace Pegasus

Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature
Sungrace Pegasus (m15) 38
Vault Skirge

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Flying Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature Artifact
Vault Skirge (nph) 76

Lifegain

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Recursion

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Ascend from Avernus

Return all creature and planeswalker cards with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Exile Ascend from Avernus.

Sorcery
Ascend from Avernus (clb) 554
Echo of Eons

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Echo of Eons (mh1) 46
Elixir of Immortality

{2}, {T}: You gain 5 life. Shuffle Elixir of Immortality and your graveyard into their owner's library.

Artifact
Elixir of Immortality (m14) 209
Immortal Servitude

Return each creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Immortal Servitude (gtc) 220
Raise the Past

Return all creature cards with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Raise the Past (fdn) 22
Shadow of the Grave

Return to your hand all cards in your graveyard that you cycled or discarded this turn.

Instant
Shadow of the Grave (akh) 107

Recursion

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Draw

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Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (lcc) 146
Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (acr) 84
Enduring Curiosity

Flash Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. When Enduring Curiosity dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)

Creature Enchantment
Enduring Curiosity (dsk) 51
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
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card. {4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (bro) 95
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (clb) 723
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (iko) 65
The Indomitable

Trample Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Crew 3 You may cast The Indomitable from your graveyard as long as you control three or more tapped Pirates and/or Vehicles.

Artifact
The Indomitable (lcc) 75

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Protection

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

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

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
Clever Concealment

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Any number of target nonland permanents you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Instant
Clever Concealment (onc) 5
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Judge's Familiar

Flying Sacrifice Judge's Familiar: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Judge's Familiar (rvr) 192
Mausoleum Wanderer

Flying Whenever another Spirit you control enters, Mausoleum Wanderer gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice Mausoleum Wanderer: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is Mausoleum Wanderer's power.

Creature
Mausoleum Wanderer (emn) 69
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (cmr) 96
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32

Protection

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Removal

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Archfiend of Ifnir

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard another card, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature your opponents control. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Archfiend of Ifnir (akh) 78
Deadly Rollick

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Exile target creature.

Instant
Deadly Rollick (cmm) 147
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 (acr) 81
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (lcc) 137
Void Rend

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Void Rend (snc) 230

Removal

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Evasion

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Azure Beastbinder

Vigilance Azure Beastbinder can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or greater. Whenever Azure Beastbinder attacks, up to one target artifact, creature, or planeswalker an opponent controls loses all abilities until your next turn. If it's a creature, it also has base power and toughness 2/2 until your next turn.

Creature
Azure Beastbinder (blb) 41
Duelist of the Mind

Flying, vigilance Duelist of the Mind's power is equal to the number of cards you've drawn this turn. Whenever you commit a crime, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Duelist of the Mind (otj) 45
Gudul Lurker

Gudul Lurker can't be blocked. Megamorph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Gudul Lurker (dtk) 56
Ledger Shredder

Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, Ledger Shredder connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Ledger Shredder (snc) 46
Mist-Cloaked Herald

Mist-Cloaked Herald can't be blocked.

Creature
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
Mockingbird

Flying You may have Mockingbird enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield with mana value less than or equal to the amount of mana spent to cast Mockingbird, except it's a Bird in addition to its other types and it has flying.

Creature
Mockingbird (blb) 61
Pride of the Clouds

Flying Pride of the Clouds gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield with flying. Forecast — {2}{W}{U}, Reveal Pride of the Clouds from your hand: Create a 1/1 white and blue Bird creature token with flying. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)

Creature
Pride of the Clouds (dis) 125
Segovian Angel

Flying, vigilance

Creature
Segovian Angel (plst) MH1-25
Shadowstorm Vizier

Flying Whenever you cycle or discard a card, Shadowstorm Vizier gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Shadowstorm Vizier (akh) 206
Skycat Sovereign

Flying Skycat Sovereign gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control with flying. {2}{W}{U}: Create a 1/1 white Cat Bird creature token with flying.

Creature
Skycat Sovereign (iko) 344
Slither Blade

Slither Blade can't be blocked.

Creature
Slither Blade (akh) 71
Sneaky Snacker

Flying When you draw your third card in a turn, return Sneaky Snacker from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Sneaky Snacker (mh3) 205
Tormented Soul

Tormented Soul can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Tormented Soul (j22) 477
Triton Shorestalker

Triton Shorestalker can't be blocked.

Creature
Triton Shorestalker (jou) 56

Evasion

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Pump

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Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Flying, first strike Whenever Drana, Liberator of Malakir deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.

Creature
Drana, Liberator of Malakir (lcc) 193
Signal Pest

Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) Signal Pest can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.

Creature Artifact
Signal Pest (plst) MBS-131

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Tokens

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Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Vigilance Adeline, Resplendent Cathar's power is equal to the number of creatures you control. Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.

Creature
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar (j25) 57
Bone Miser

Whenever you discard a creature card, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Whenever you discard a land card, add {B}{B}. Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, draw a card.

Creature
Bone Miser (plst) C19-15
Charismatic Conqueror

Vigilance Whenever an artifact or creature an opponent controls enters untapped, they may tap that permanent. If they don't, you create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink.

Creature
Charismatic Conqueror (lcc) 70
Drake Haven

Whenever you cycle or discard a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Drake Haven (akh) 51
Legion's Landing

Enchantment
Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort (plst) XLN-22Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort (plst) XLN-22
Ocelot Pride

First strike, lifelink 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 end step, if you gained life this turn, create a 1/1 white Cat creature token. Then if you have the city's blessing, for each token you control that entered this turn, create a token that's a copy of it.

Creature
Ocelot Pride (mh3) 38

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Maybeboard

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Dollmaker's Shop

Enchantment
Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery (dsk) 4
Knowledge Is Power

Creatures you control get +X/+X, where X is the number of cards you've drawn this turn.

Enchantment
Knowledge Is Power (mkc) 42
Silent Hallcreeper

Silent Hallcreeper can't be blocked. Whenever Silent Hallcreeper deals combat damage to a player, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • Put two +1/+1 counters on Silent Hallcreeper. • Draw a card. • Silent Hallcreeper becomes a copy of another target creature you control.

Creature Enchantment
Silent Hallcreeper (dsk) 72

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Tokens & Extras

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Drake

Flying

Creature Token
Drake (totc) 5
Faerie

Flying

Creature Token
Faerie (tblc) 12
Tentacle

Creature Token
Tentacle (tmkc) 9
Thopter

Flying

Creature Artifact Token
Thopter (tmh3) 13
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (tfdn) 23
Vampire

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

Creature Token
Vampire (tlci) 4
Zombie

Creature Token
Zombie (tmh3) 39

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Deck Info

Deck stats

41 pips - 30 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
46 pips - 35 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
33 pips - 24 cards
21 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 0 cards
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