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A Whale of a Time
Deck Size: 60
Pauper
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Est deck cost: $158.89
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Creature

Qty: 16 Price: $8.48
Etherium Spinner

Whenever you cast a spell with mana value 4 or greater, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.

Creature Artifact
Etherium Spinner (mh2) 40
Frogmite

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Creature Artifact
Frogmite (plst) MM2-215
Gearseeker Serpent

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) {5}{U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Gearseeker Serpent (j25) 314
Reckless Fireweaver

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Reckless Fireweaver (j22) 587
Steelfin Whale

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Whenever an artifact you control enters, untap this creature.

Creature
Steelfin Whale (mh2) 65

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Sorcery

Qty: 8 Price: $10.56
Hard Evidence

Create a 0/3 blue Crab creature token. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Hard Evidence (mh2) 46
Thoughtcast

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Thoughtcast (moc) 242

Sorcery

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Enchantment

Qty: 4 Price: $10.56
Bitter Reunion

When this enchantment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Enchantment
Bitter Reunion (bro) 127
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (wot) 44

Enchantment

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Instant

Qty: 14 Price: $16.62
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
First Day of Class

Whenever a creature you control enters this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it gains haste until end of turn. Learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Instant
First Day of Class (stx) 102
Galvanic Blast

Galvanic Blast deals 2 damage to any target. Metalcraft — Galvanic Blast deals 4 damage instead if you control three or more artifacts.

Instant
Galvanic Blast (plst) DDU-45
Impulse

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Impulse (dmr) 56
Retraction Helix

Until end of turn, target creature gains "{T}: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."

Instant
Retraction Helix (a25) 71
Turn Aside

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

Instant
Turn Aside (plst) EMN-78

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Land

Qty: 18 Price: $64.82
Darksteel Citadel

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact Land
Darksteel Citadel (brc) 180
Great Furnace

{T}: Add {R}.

Artifact Land
Great Furnace (plst) C18-250
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (neo) 295
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (neo) 300
Seat of the Synod

{T}: Add {U}.

Artifact Land
Seat of the Synod (brc) 198
Silverbluff Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Artifact Land
Silverbluff Bridge (brc) 200

Land

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Sideboard

Qty: 15 Price: $47.85
Annul

Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

Instant
Annul (khm) 42
Breath Weapon

Breath Weapon deals 2 damage to each non-Dragon creature.

Instant
Breath Weapon (clb) 165
Hydroblast

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

Instant
Hydroblast (ice) 72
Pyroblast

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

Instant
Pyroblast (ice) 213
Relic of Progenitus

{T}: Target player exiles a card from their graveyard. {1}, Exile this artifact: Exile all graveyards. Draw a card.

Artifact
Relic of Progenitus (ala) 218
Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Spell Pierce (neo) 80
Welding Jar

Sacrifice this artifact: Regenerate target artifact.

Artifact
Welding Jar (2xm) 307

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Cut

Qty: 25 Price: $14.03
Combat Courier

{2}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card. Unearth {U} ({U}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Combat Courier (bro) 77
Crashing Drawbridge

Defender {T}: Creatures you control gain haste until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Crashing Drawbridge (cmm) 944
Frantic Inventory

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Frantic Inventory in your graveyard.

Instant
Frantic Inventory (m21) 50
Gingerbrute

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) {1}: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with haste. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: You gain 3 life.

Creature Artifact
Gingerbrute (woe) 246
Meeting of Minds

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.) Draw two cards.

Instant
Meeting of Minds (mom) 66
Metallic Rebuke

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Metallic Rebuke (2xm) 59
Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 233
Razortide Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (brc) 195
Steel Sabotage

Choose one — • Counter target artifact spell. • Return target artifact to its owner's hand.

Instant
Steel Sabotage (2xm) 70
Tanglepool Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Artifact Land
Tanglepool Bridge (mh2) 257
Tormod's Crypt

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target player's graveyard.

Artifact
Tormod's Crypt (dmr) 235

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Dimir or Grixis mods

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Blood Fountain

When this artifact enters, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {3}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Artifact
Blood Fountain (j25) 407
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (clb) 124
Fanatical Offering

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Instant
Fanatical Offering (lci) 105
Glaze Fiend

Flying Whenever another artifact you control enters, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Glaze Fiend (2xm) 95
Mistvault Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Artifact Land
Mistvault Bridge (brc) 189
Parasitic Strix

Flying When this creature enters, if you control a black permanent, target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature Artifact
Parasitic Strix (2xm) 60
Reckoner's Bargain

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
Refurbished Familiar

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Refurbished Familiar (mh3) 105
Shambling Ghast

When this creature dies, choose one — • Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Shambling Ghast (j25) 124
Tithing Blade

Artifact
Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher (lci) 128

Dimir or Grixis mods

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Maybeboard

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Accumulated Knowledge

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Accumulated Knowledge in all graveyards.

Instant
Accumulated Knowledge (a25) 40
Automated Artificer

{T}: Add {C}. Spend this mana only to activate an ability or cast an artifact spell.

Creature Artifact
Automated Artificer (neo) 239
Battered Golem

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step. Whenever an artifact enters, you may untap this creature.

Creature Artifact
Battered Golem (5dn) 106
Behind the Mask

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may collect evidence 6. (Exile cards with total mana value 6 or greater from your graveyard.) Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes an artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/3. If evidence was collected, it has base power and toughness 1/1 until end of turn instead.

Instant
Behind the Mask (mkm) 39
Blue Elemental Blast

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Instant
Blue Elemental Blast (plst) A25-43
Clockwork Percussionist

Haste When this creature dies, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until the end of your next turn.

Creature Artifact
Clockwork Percussionist (dsk) 130
Cogwork Wrestler

Flash When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Cogwork Wrestler (lci) 49
Corridor Monitor

When this creature enters, untap target artifact or creature you control.

Creature Artifact
Corridor Monitor (2xm) 46
Demand Answers

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Demand Answers (mkm) 306
Dross Scorpion

Whenever this creature or another artifact creature dies, you may untap target artifact.

Creature Artifact
Dross Scorpion (mrd) 164
Eye of Malcator

When this artifact enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.) Whenever another artifact you control enters, this artifact becomes a 4/4 Phyrexian Eye artifact creature until end of turn.

Artifact
Eye of Malcator (one) 50
Filigree Attendant

Flying Filigree Attendant's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Creature Artifact
Filigree Attendant (cmm) 95
Gearseeker Serpent

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) {5}{U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Gearseeker Serpent (j22) 302
Gift of Wrath

Enchant artifact or creature As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +2/+2 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this Aura leaves the battlefield, create a 2/2 red Spirit creature token with menace.

Enchantment
Gift of Wrath (neo) 143
Improvised Club

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Improvised Club deals 4 damage to any target.

Instant
Improvised Club (ltr) 137
Ingenious Artillerist

Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.

Creature
Ingenious Artillerist (clb) 182
Keep Safe

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control. Draw a card.

Instant
Keep Safe (iko) 56
Kenku Artificer

Homunculus Servant — When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature artifact. That artifact becomes a 0/0 Homunculus artifact creature with flying.

Creature
Kenku Artificer (clb) 80
Krark-Clan Shaman

Sacrifice an artifact: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

Creature
Krark-Clan Shaman (mrd) 98
Machinate

Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Machinate (dst) 24
Machine Over Matter

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control an artifact creature. Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Instant
Machine Over Matter (bro) 57
Magnetic Flux

Artifact creatures you control gain flying until end of turn.

Instant
Magnetic Flux (dst) 25
Mirran Spy

Flying Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may untap target creature.

Creature
Mirran Spy (mbs) 26
Myr Enforcer

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Creature Artifact
Myr Enforcer (mm2) 224
Oaken Siren

Flying, vigilance {T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact source.

Creature Artifact
Oaken Siren (lci) 66
Override

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each artifact you control.

Instant
Override (mrd) 45
Planar Incision

Exile target artifact or creature, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant
Planar Incision (neo) 72
Relic's Roar

Until end of turn, target artifact or creature becomes a Dinosaur artifact creature with base power and toughness 4/3 in addition to its other types.

Instant
Relic's Roar (lci) 71
Renowned Weaponsmith

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts. {U}, {T}: Search your library for a card named Heart-Piercer Bow or Vial of Dragonfire, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Renowned Weaponsmith (cmm) 114
Reverse Engineer

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Reverse Engineer (cmm) 116
Rowan's Grim Search

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) If this spell was bargained, look at the top four cards of your library, then put up to two of them back on top of your library in any order and the rest into your graveyard. You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Instant
Rowan's Grim Search (woe) 104
Ruthless Invasion

({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Nonartifact creatures can't block this turn.

Sorcery
Ruthless Invasion (nph) 93
Sage of Lat-Nam

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Creature
Sage of Lat-Nam (dom) 64
Salivating Gremlins

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature gets +2/+0 and gains trample until end of turn.

Creature
Salivating Gremlins (2xm) 143
Scale of Chiss-Goria

Flash Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) {T}: Target creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.

Artifact
Scale of Chiss-Goria (mrd) 236
Skyswimmer Koi

Flying Whenever an artifact you control enters, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Skyswimmer Koi (neo) 79
Somber Hoverguard

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying

Creature
Somber Hoverguard (mm2) 57
Stoic Rebuttal

Metalcraft — This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control three or more artifacts. Counter target spell.

Instant
Stoic Rebuttal (mm2) 59
Take Inventory

Draw a card, then draw cards equal to the number of cards named Take Inventory in your graveyard.

Sorcery
Take Inventory (emn) 76
Tooth of Chiss-Goria

Flash Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) {T}: Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Artifact
Tooth of Chiss-Goria (mrd) 264
Torch the Tower

Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) Torch the Tower deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If this spell was bargained, instead it deals 3 damage to that permanent and you scry 1. If a permanent dealt damage by Torch the Tower would die this turn, exile it instead.

Instant
Torch the Tower (woe) 153
Vision Charm

Choose one — • Target player mills four cards. • Choose a land type and a basic land type. Each land of the first chosen type becomes the second chosen type until end of turn. • Target artifact phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
Vision Charm (vis) 49

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