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Queen Marchesa: Prisoners' Dilemma (Mardu Politics / Combat Control)
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $474.93
Salt Sum: 30.35
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Commander

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Queen Marchesa

Deathtouch, haste When Queen Marchesa enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent is the monarch, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with deathtouch and haste.

Creature
Queen Marchesa (cmm) 350
1

Board Presence

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Assemble the Legion

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a muster counter on Assemble the Legion. Then create a 1/1 red and white Soldier creature token with haste for each muster counter on Assemble the Legion.

Enchantment
Assemble the Legion (rvr) 163
1
Call the Coppercoats

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.

Instant
Call the Coppercoats (onc) 60
1
Charismatic Conqueror

Vigilance Whenever an artifact or creature enters the battlefield untapped and under an opponent's control, 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
1
Court of Embereth

When Court of Embereth enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, Court of Embereth deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 24
1
Forth Eorlingas!

Create X 2/2 red Human Knight creature tokens with trample and haste. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to one or more players this turn, you become the monarch.

Sorcery
Forth Eorlingas! (ltc) 56
1
Life of the Party

First strike, trample, haste Whenever Life of the Party attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. When Life of the Party enters the battlefield, if it's not a token, each opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. The tokens are goaded for the rest of the game. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Life of the Party (ncc) 48
1
Rite of the Raging Storm

Creatures named Lightning Rager can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player creates a 5/1 red Elemental creature token named Lightning Rager. It has trample, haste, and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this creature."

Enchantment
Rite of the Raging Storm (mkc) 159
1
Shadrix Silverquill

Flying, double strike At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may choose two. Each mode must target a different player. • Target player creates a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. • Target player draws a card and loses 1 life. • Target player puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature they control.

Creature
Shadrix Silverquill (stx) 230
1

Card Draw

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Breena, the Demagogue

Flying Whenever a player attacks one of your opponents, if that opponent has more life than another of your opponents, that attacking player draws a card and you put two +1/+1 counters on a creature you control.

Creature
Breena, the Demagogue (c21) 1
1
Firemane Commando

Flying Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card. Whenever another player attacks with two or more creatures, they draw a card if none of those creatures attacked you.

Creature
Firemane Commando (moc) 73
1
Keen Duelist

At the beginning of your upkeep, you and target opponent each reveal the top card of your library. You each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. You each put the card you revealed into your hand.

Creature
Keen Duelist (c21) 42
1
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (cmm) 42
1
Master of Ceremonies

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent chooses money, friends, or secrets. For each player who chose money, you and that player each create a Treasure token. For each player who chose friends, you and that player each create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. For each player who chose secrets, you and that player each draw a card.

Creature
Master of Ceremonies (ncc) 18
1
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Vigilance Whenever Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser attacks, suspect target creature. Then goad all suspected creatures. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.) Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you and the controller of those creatures each draw a card.

Creature
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser (mkc) 4
1
Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113
1
Tenuous Truce

Enchant opponent At the beginning of enchanted opponent's end step, you and that player each draw a card. When you attack enchanted opponent or a planeswalker they control or when they attack you or a planeswalker you control, sacrifice Tenuous Truce.

Enchantment
Tenuous Truce (ncc) 87
1
Wishclaw Talisman

Wishclaw Talisman enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it. {1}, {T}, Remove a wish counter from Wishclaw Talisman: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. An opponent gains control of Wishclaw Talisman. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Wishclaw Talisman (eld) 110
1
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Xantcha, Sleeper Agent enters the battlefield under the control of an opponent of your choice. Xantcha attacks each combat if able and can't attack its owner or planeswalkers its owner controls. {3}: Xantcha's controller loses 2 life and you draw a card. Any player may activate this ability.

Creature
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent (cmm) 362
1
Yes Man, Personal Securitron

{T}: Target opponent gains control of Yes Man, Personal Securitron. When they do, you draw two cards and put a quest counter on Yes Man. Activate only during your turn. Wild Card — When Yes Man leaves the battlefield, its owner creates a tapped 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each quest counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Yes Man, Personal Securitron (pip) 373
1

Consequences

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Batwing Brume

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn if {W} was spent to cast this spell. Each player loses 1 life for each attacking creature they control if {B} was spent to cast this spell. (Do both if {W}{B} was spent.)

Instant
Batwing Brume (arc) 80
1
Comeuppance

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn by sources you don't control. If damage from a creature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to that creature. If damage from a noncreature source is prevented this way, Comeuppance deals that much damage to the source's controller.

Instant
Comeuppance (c14) 4
1
Deflecting Palm

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

Instant
Deflecting Palm (cmr) 444
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 (cmm) 1067
1
Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment
Duelist's Heritage (ncc) 197
1
Emberwilde Captain

When Emberwilde Captain enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, Emberwilde Captain deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
1
Hellish Rebuke

Until end of turn, permanents your opponents control gain "When this permanent deals damage to the player who cast Hellish Rebuke, sacrifice this permanent. You lose 2 life."

Instant
Hellish Rebuke (afc) 26
1
Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant
Inkshield (c21) 71
1
Master Warcraft

Cast this spell only before attackers are declared. You choose which creatures attack this turn. You choose which creatures block this turn and how those creatures block.

Instant
Master Warcraft (cmr) 447
1
Mob Rule

Choose one — • Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. • Gain control of all creatures with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mob Rule (voc) 147
1
Spectacular Showdown

Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Spectacular Showdown (clb) 679
1
Take the Bait

Cast this spell only during an opponent's turn and only during combat. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you and planeswalkers you control this turn. Untap all attacking creatures and goad them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Instant
Take the Bait (mkc) 43
1
Taunt from the Rampart

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

Sorcery
Taunt from the Rampart (ltc) 71
1

Land

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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
Blood Crypt

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

Land
Blood Crypt (rvr) 273
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 (mh3) 435
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (lcc) 325
1
Elegant Parlor

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) Elegant Parlor enters the battlefield tapped. When Elegant Parlor enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Elegant Parlor (mkm) 260
1
Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice Escape Tunnel: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. {T}, Sacrifice Escape Tunnel: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Escape Tunnel (mkm) 261
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (otc) 293
1
Forbidden Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Whenever you tap Forbidden Orchard for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Land
Forbidden Orchard (2x2) 323
1
Godless Shrine

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

Land
Godless Shrine (rvr) 277
1
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 (mh2) 248
1
Minas Tirith

Minas Tirith enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.

Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 420
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (lci) 400
4
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 (lcc) 346
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (lci) 394
9
Raucous Theater

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) Raucous Theater enters the battlefield tapped. When Raucous Theater enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Raucous Theater (mkm) 266
1
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (mkc) 284
1
Sacred Foundry

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

Land
Sacred Foundry (rvr) 285
1
Savai Triome

({T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.) Savai Triome enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Savai Triome (iko) 253
1
Shadowy Backstreet

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) Shadowy Backstreet enters the battlefield tapped. When Shadowy Backstreet enters the battlefield, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Shadowy Backstreet (mkm) 268
1
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

{T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains first strike until end of turn.

Land
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep (plst) CHK-282
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (lci) 398
4
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters the battlefield, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
1

Pet Cards

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Prisoner's Dilemma

Each opponent secretly chooses silence or snitch, then the choices are revealed. If each opponent chose silence, Prisoner's Dilemma deals 4 damage to each of them. If each opponent chose snitch, Prisoner's Dilemma deals 8 damage to each of them. Otherwise, Prisoner's Dilemma deals 12 damage to each opponent who chose silence. Flashback {5}{R}{R}

Sorcery
Prisoner's Dilemma (mkc) 34
1
Wandering Archaic

Creature
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands (stx) 6Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands (stx) 6
1

Protection

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Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (onc) 116
1
Galadriel's Dismissal

Kicker {2}{W} (You may pay an additional {2}{W} as you cast this spell.) Target creature phases out. If this spell was kicked, each creature target player controls phases out instead. (Treat phased-out creatures and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Instant
Galadriel's Dismissal (ltc) 500
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
1
Archaeomancer's Map

When Archaeomancer's Map enters the battlefield, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever a land enters the battlefield under an opponent's control, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Artifact
Archaeomancer's Map (c21) 12
1
Boros Signet

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

Artifact
Boros Signet (rvr) 251
1
Curse of Opulence

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Curse of Opulence (moc) 274
1
Cursed Mirror

{T}: Add {R}. As Cursed Mirror enters the battlefield, you may have it become a copy of any creature on the battlefield until end of turn, except it has haste.

Artifact
Cursed Mirror (brc) 115
1
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (woc) 147
1
Generous Plunderer

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a Treasure token. When you do, target opponent creates a tapped Treasure token. Whenever Generous Plunderer attacks, it deals damage to defending player equal to the number of artifacts they control.

Creature
Generous Plunderer (big) 11
1
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (rvr) 263
1
Shiny Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Shiny Impetus (clb) 194
1
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (lcc) 313
1
Spectral Searchlight

{T}: Choose a player. That player adds one mana of any color they choose.

Artifact
Spectral Searchlight (cmm) 411
1
Talisman of Conviction

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

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (cmm) 978
1
Talisman of Hierarchy

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

Artifact
Talisman of Hierarchy (lcc) 315
1
Talisman of Indulgence

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

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (scd) 282
1
Victory Chimes

Untap Victory Chimes during each other player's untap step. {T}: A player of your choice adds {C}.

Artifact
Victory Chimes (c21) 274
1

Removal

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Council's Judgment

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Sorcery
Council's Judgment (plst) CNS-16
1
Dire Tactics

Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Instant
Dire Tactics (iko) 183
1
High Priest of Penance

Whenever High Priest of Penance is dealt damage, you may destroy target nonland permanent.

Creature
High Priest of Penance (clb) 848
1
Immortal Obligation

Return target creature card from an opponent's graveyard to the battlefield under their control with a duty counter on it. For as long as that creature has a duty counter on it, it is goaded, can't attack you or a permanent you control, and can't block creatures you control.

Instant
Immortal Obligation (mkc) 10
1
Loran of the Third Path

Vigilance When Loran of the Third Path enters the battlefield, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. {T}: You and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Loran of the Third Path (bro) 12
1
Mythos of Snapdax

Each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest. If {B}{R} was spent to cast this spell, you choose the permanents for each player instead.

Sorcery
Mythos of Snapdax (iko) 24
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 (lcc) 134
1
Promise of Loyalty

Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.

Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (cmm) 833
1
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (lcc) 284
1
Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant
Sudden Spoiling (tsr) 144
1
Volcanic Offering

Destroy target nonbasic land you don't control and target nonbasic land of an opponent's choice you don't control. Volcanic Offering deals 7 damage to target creature you don't control and 7 damage to target creature of an opponent's choice you don't control.

Instant
Volcanic Offering (cm2) 126
1

Maybeboard

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Aerial Extortionist

Flying Whenever Aerial Extortionist enters the battlefield or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Creature
Aerial Extortionist (ncc) 11
1
Agitator Ant

At the beginning of your end step, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. Goad each creature that had counters put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Agitator Ant (mkc) 145
1
Aven Interrupter

Flash Flying When Aven Interrupter enters the battlefield, exile target spell. It becomes plotted. (Its owner may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.) Spells your opponents cast from graveyards or from exile cost {2} more to cast.

Creature
Aven Interrupter (otj) 4
1
Benevolent Offering

Choose an opponent. You and that player each create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. Choose an opponent. You gain 2 life for each creature you control and that player gains 2 life for each creature they control.

Instant
Benevolent Offering (voc) 78
1
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
1
Court of Locthwain

When Court of Locthwain enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with Court of Locthwain without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Court of Locthwain (woc) 23
1
Crown of Doom

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn. {2}: Target player other than Crown of Doom's owner gains control of it. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Crown of Doom (c14) 55
1
Darien, King of Kjeldor

Whenever you're dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Creature
Darien, King of Kjeldor (mkc) 59
1
Descent into Avernus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on Descent into Avernus. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and Descent into Avernus deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on Descent into Avernus.

Enchantment
Descent into Avernus (clb) 169
1
Ensnared by the Mara

Each opponent faces a villainous choice — They exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, then you may cast that card without paying its mana cost, or that player exiles the top four cards of their library and Ensnared by the Mara deals damage equal to the total mana value of those exiled cards to that player.

Sorcery
Ensnared by the Mara (who) 84
1
Excavation Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it. Players may choose new targets for their copies.) Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens.

Sorcery
Excavation Technique (c21) 16
1
Fiendish Duo

First strike If a source would deal damage to an opponent, it deals double that damage to that player instead.

Creature
Fiendish Duo (mkc) 153
1
Final Showdown

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — All creatures lose all abilities until end of turn. + {1} — Choose a creature you control. It gains indestructible until end of turn. + {3}{W}{W} — Destroy all creatures.

Instant
Final Showdown (otj) 11
1
Frontier Warmonger

Whenever one or more creatures attack one of your opponents or a planeswalker they control, those creatures gain menace until end of turn.

Creature
Frontier Warmonger (mkc) 154
1
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
1
Goblin Spymaster

First strike At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player creates a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with "Creatures you control attack each combat if able."

Creature
Goblin Spymaster (clb) 795
1
Hostile Negotiations

Exile the top three cards of your library in a face-down pile, then exile the top three cards of your library in another face-down pile. Look at the cards in each pile, then turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put all cards in the chosen pile into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Hostile Negotiations (bro) 105
1
Kaervek the Merciless

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Kaervek the Merciless deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target.

Creature
Kaervek the Merciless (scd) 233
1
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

Whenever you attack a player, tap target creature that player controls and goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever an opponent attacks another one of your opponents, you and the attacking player each draw a card and lose 1 life.

Creature
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant (afc) 49
1
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays {3}.

Creature
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (mkc) 157
1
Khârn the Betrayer

Berzerker — Khârn the Betrayer attacks or blocks each combat if able. Sigil of Corruption — When you lose control of Khârn the Betrayer, draw two cards. The Betrayer — If damage would be dealt to Khârn the Betrayer, prevent that damage and an opponent of your choice gains control of it.

Creature
Khârn the Betrayer (40k) 79
1
Midnight Crusader Shuttle

Midnight Entity — Whenever Midnight Crusader Shuttle attacks, defending player faces a villainous choice — That player sacrifices a creature, or you gain control of a creature of your choice that player controls until end of turn. If you gain control of a creature this way, tap it, and it's attacking that player. Crew 2

Artifact
Midnight Crusader Shuttle (who) 179
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Redemption Arc

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has indestructible and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) {1}{W}: Exile enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Redemption Arc (mkc) 13
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Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (iko) 204
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Slicer, Hired Muscle

Creature Artifact
Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist (bot) 6Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist (bot) 6
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Starscream, Power Hungry

Creature Artifact
Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader (bot) 5Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader (bot) 5
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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
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Tempt with Vengeance

Tempting offer — Create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Each opponent may create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. For each opponent who does, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste.

Sorcery
Tempt with Vengeance (cmm) 263
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Trouble in Pairs

If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. Whenever an opponent attacks you with two or more creatures, draws their second card each turn, or casts their second spell each turn, you draw a card.

Enchantment
Trouble in Pairs (mkc) 15
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Wedding Ring

When Wedding Ring enters the battlefield, if it was cast, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring draws a card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.

Artifact
Wedding Ring (voc) 32
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Description

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