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Oji, the Exquisite Blade - Faith and Magic
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $317.47
Salt Sum: 31.32
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Commander

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Oji, the Exquisite Blade

When Oji, the Exquisite Blade enters the battlefield, you gain 2 life and scry 2. Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, exile up to one target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Oji, the Exquisite Blade (clb) 290
1

Board Wipe

Quantity: 3Price: $42.77
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (2xm) 47
1
Doomskar

Destroy all creatures. Foretell {1}{W}{W} (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.)

Sorcery
Doomskar (khm) 9
1
Supreme Verdict

This spell can't be countered. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (2x2) 280
1

Draw

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Aether Channeler

When Aether Channeler enters the battlefield, choose one — • Create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying. • Return another target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. • Draw a card.

Creature
Aether Channeler (dmu) 42
1
Candlekeep Sage

Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters or leaves the battlefield, draw a card."

Enchantment
Candlekeep Sage (clb) 60
1
Extraordinary Journey

When Extraordinary Journey enters the battlefield, exile up to X target creatures. For each of those cards, its owner may play it for as long as it remains exiled. Whenever one or more nontoken creatures enter the battlefield, if one or more of them entered from exile or was cast from exile, you draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Extraordinary Journey (woe) 48
1
Farsight Adept

When Farsight Adept enters the battlefield, you and target opponent each draw a card.

Creature
Farsight Adept (znr) 14
1
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (woc) 93
1
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, draw a card, then create a 0/3 white Wall creature token with defender. At the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control with defender gain exalted until end of turn. (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each instance of exalted among permanents you control.)

Artifact
Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield (ltc) 505
1
Sight Beyond Sight

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Sorcery
Sight Beyond Sight (dtk) 75
1

Flexible Cards

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Fiend Hunter

When Fiend Hunter enters the battlefield, you may exile another target creature. When Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Fiend Hunter (plst) CMA-10
1
Glorious Protector

Flash Flying When Glorious Protector enters the battlefield, you may exile any number of non-Angel creatures you control until Glorious Protector leaves the battlefield. Foretell {2}{W}

Creature
Glorious Protector (clb) 695
1
Mystic Reflection

Choose target nonlegendary creature. The next time one or more creatures or planeswalkers enter the battlefield this turn, they enter as copies of the chosen creature. Foretell {U} (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.)

Instant
Mystic Reflection (khm) 346
1
Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Narset's Reversal (war) 62
1
Ojutai's Command

Choose two — • Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. • You gain 4 life. • Counter target creature spell. • Draw a card.

Instant
Ojutai's Command (dtk) 227
1
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (sld) 412
1
Spell Queller

Flash Flying When Spell Queller enters the battlefield, exile target spell with mana value 4 or less. When Spell Queller leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner may cast that card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Spell Queller (emn) 189
1
Venser, Shaper Savant

Flash When Venser, Shaper Savant enters the battlefield, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Venser, Shaper Savant (2x2) 66
1
Werefox Bodyguard

Flash When Werefox Bodyguard enters the battlefield, exile up to one other target non-Fox creature until Werefox Bodyguard leaves the battlefield. {1}{W}, Sacrifice Werefox Bodyguard: You gain 2 life.

Creature
Werefox Bodyguard (woe) 39
1

Land

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Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. Adarkar Wastes deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (pdmu) 243p
1
Azorius Chancery

Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield tapped. When Azorius Chancery enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (mkc) 249
1
Beyeen Veil

Instant
Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast (znr) 46Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast (znr) 46
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
1
Deserted Beach

Deserted Beach enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 260
1
Glasspool Mimic

Creature
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 60
1
Hallowed Fountain

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

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
1
Hengegate Pathway

Land
Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway (khm) 260
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (neo) 285
7
Jwari Disruption

Instant
Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64
1
Kabira Takedown

Instant
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19
1
Makindi Stampede

Sorcery
Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas (znr) 26Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas (znr) 26
1
Meticulous Archive

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

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
1
Mystic Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {W/U}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Mystic Gate (cmm) 1013
1
Nimbus Maze

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains.

Land
Nimbus Maze (afc) 252
1
Ondu Inversion

Sorcery
Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins (plst) ZNR-30Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins (plst) ZNR-30
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (neo) 283
7
Port Town

As Port Town enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Port Town enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (who) 294
1
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Prairie Stream enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (ltc) 324
1
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (clb) 358
1
Sea of Clouds

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

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
1
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
1
Silundi Vision

Instant
Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle (znr) 80Silundi Vision // Silundi Isle (znr) 80
1
Skyclave Cleric

Creature
Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica (znr) 40Skyclave Cleric // Skyclave Basilica (znr) 40
1

Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (mkc) 223
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
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (mkc) 224
1
Deep Gnome Terramancer

Flash Mold Earth — Whenever one or more lands enter the battlefield under an opponent's control without being played, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Do this only once each turn.

Creature
Deep Gnome Terramancer (clb) 658
1
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (mkc) 228
1
Kor Cartographer

When Kor Cartographer enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Kor Cartographer (khc) 28
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 (mkc) 237
1
Solemn Simulacrum

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

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (mkc) 238
1
Talisman of Progress

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

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (mkc) 243
1
The Restoration of Eiganjo

Enchantment
The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration (neo) 354The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration (neo) 354
1
Tribute Mage

When Tribute Mage enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Tribute Mage (plst) MH1-73
1

Removal

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Delay

Counter target spell. If the spell is countered this way, exile it with three time counters on it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

Instant
Delay (tsr) 61
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 (mkc) 71
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 (ddi) 23
1
Reflector Mage

When Reflector Mage enters the battlefield, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. That creature's owner can't cast spells with the same name as that creature until your next turn.

Creature
Reflector Mage (plst) OGW-157
1
Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant
Rewind (m21) 63
1
Saw It Coming

Counter target spell. Foretell {1}{U} (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.)

Instant
Saw It Coming (khm) 76
1
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (c17) 76
1
Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Unwind (dom) 72
1

Value + Midgame

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Archaeomancer

When Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Archaeomancer (plst) C17-81
1
Delney, Streetwise Lookout

Creatures you control with power 2 or less can't be blocked by creatures with power 3 or greater. If an ability of a creature you control with power 2 or less triggers, that ability triggers an additional time.

Creature
Delney, Streetwise Lookout (mkm) 12
1
Geist-Honored Monk

Vigilance Geist-Honored Monk's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control. When Geist-Honored Monk enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.

Creature
Geist-Honored Monk (khc) 25
1
Karmic Guide

Flying, protection from black Echo {3}{W}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Karmic Guide (voc) 90
1
Monastery Mentor

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess.

Creature
Monastery Mentor (mom) 28
1
Monk Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) The second spell you cast each turn costs {1} less to cast. {W}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. {1}{W}{U}: Level 3 At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. For as long as it remains exiled, it has "You may cast this card from exile as long as you've cast another spell this turn."

Enchantment
Monk Class (afr) 228
1
Snapcaster Mage

Flash When Snapcaster Mage enters the battlefield, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Creature
Snapcaster Mage (uma) 71
1
Spellseeker

When Spellseeker enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Spellseeker (cmm) 120
1
Taigam, Ojutai Master

Instant, sorcery, and Dragon spells you control can't be countered. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, if Taigam, Ojutai Master attacked this turn, that spell gains rebound. (Exile the spell as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast that card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Creature
Taigam, Ojutai Master (c17) 46
1
Virtue of Knowledge

Enchantment
Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions (woe) 279
1
Whirler Rogue

When Whirler Rogue enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature tokens with flying. Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Whirler Rogue (mkc) 124
1
White Plume Adventurer

When White Plume Adventurer enters the battlefield, you take the initiative. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, untap a creature you control. If you've completed a dungeon, untap all creatures you control instead.

Creature
White Plume Adventurer (clb) 49
1

Wincon

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Aethersnatch

Gain control of target spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell becomes a permanent, it enters the battlefield under your control.)

Instant
Aethersnatch (c15) 9
1
Diluvian Primordial

Flying When Diluvian Primordial enters the battlefield, for each opponent, you may cast up to one target instant or sorcery card from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Creature
Diluvian Primordial (scd) 47
1
Gather Specimens

If a creature would enter the battlefield under an opponent's control this turn, it enters the battlefield under your control instead.

Instant
Gather Specimens (ala) 45
1
Githzerai Monk

Flash Flying Psychic Defense — When Githzerai Monk enters the battlefield, tap all creatures you don't control.

Creature
Githzerai Monk (clb) 20
1
Portal Manipulator

Flash When Portal Manipulator enters the battlefield during the declare attackers step, choose target player and any number of target attacking creatures their opponents control. Those creatures are now attacking that player.

Creature
Portal Manipulator (clu) 40
1
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.) Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery
Rite of Replication (zen) 61
1
Tomb of Horrors Adventurer

When Tomb of Horrors Adventurer enters the battlefield, you take the initiative. Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy it. If you've completed a dungeon, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Creature
Tomb of Horrors Adventurer (clb) 100
1

Maybeboard

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Abuelo, Ancestral Echo

Flying, ward {2} {1}{W}{U}: Exile another target creature or artifact you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Abuelo, Ancestral Echo (lci) 219
1
Aether Adept

When Aether Adept enters the battlefield, return target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Aether Adept (ddm) 12
1
Aether Gust

Choose target spell or permanent that's red or green. Its owner puts it on the top or bottom of their library.

Instant
Aether Gust (m20) 42
1
Aether Tradewinds

Return target permanent you control and target permanent you don't control to their owners' hands.

Instant
Aether Tradewinds (plst) KLD-38
1
Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (scd) 42
1
Aethermage's Touch

Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. It gains "At the beginning of your end step, return this creature to its owner's hand." Then put the rest of the cards revealed this way on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Aethermage's Touch (2x2) 167
1
Against All Odds

Choose one or both — • Exile target artifact or creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. • Return target artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Against All Odds (one) 1
1
Agent of Treachery

When Agent of Treachery enters the battlefield, gain control of target permanent. At the beginning of your end step, if you control three or more permanents you don't own, draw three cards.

Creature
Agent of Treachery (m20) 43
1
Another Round

Exile any number of creatures you control, then return them to the battlefield under their owner's control. Then repeat this process X more times.

Sorcery
Another Round (otj) 1
1
Approach of the Second Sun

If this spell was cast from your hand and you've cast another spell named Approach of the Second Sun this game, you win the game. Otherwise, put Approach of the Second Sun into its owner's library seventh from the top and you gain 7 life.

Sorcery
Approach of the Second Sun (plst) AKH-4
1
Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (stx) 37
1
Assimilation Aegis

When Assimilation Aegis enters the battlefield, exile up to one target creature until Assimilation Aegis leaves the battlefield. Whenever Assimilation Aegis becomes attached to a creature, for as long as Assimilation Aegis remains attached to it, that creature becomes a copy of a creature card exiled with Assimilation Aegis. Equip {2}

Artifact
Assimilation Aegis (otj) 192
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
Azorius Charm

Choose one — • Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn. • Draw a card. • Put target attacking or blocking creature on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Azorius Charm (plst) IMA-192
1
Azorius Guildgate

Azorius Guildgate enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Azorius Guildgate (clu) 230
1
Azorius Justiciar

When Azorius Justiciar enters the battlefield, detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)

Creature
Azorius Justiciar (clu) 55
1
Baral, Chief of Compliance

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Baral, Chief of Compliance (aer) 28
1
Barrin, Tolarian Archmage

When Barrin, Tolarian Archmage enters the battlefield, return up to one other target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand. At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent was put into your hand from the battlefield this turn, draw a card.

Creature
Barrin, Tolarian Archmage (j22) 276
1
Blur

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Draw a card.

Instant
Blur (clb) 58
1
Borne Upon a Wind

You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash. Draw a card.

Instant
Borne Upon a Wind (ltr) 44
1
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (mkc) 96
1
Chancellor of the Spires

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, at the beginning of the first upkeep, each opponent mills seven cards. Flying When Chancellor of the Spires enters the battlefield, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Chancellor of the Spires (nph) 31
1
Charming Prince

When Charming Prince enters the battlefield, choose one — • Scry 2. • You gain 3 life. • Exile another target creature you own. Return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Charming Prince (plst) ELD-8
1
Claim Jumper

Vigilance When Claim Jumper enters the battlefield, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card and put it onto the battlefield tapped. Then if an opponent controls more lands than you, repeat this process once. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Creature
Claim Jumper (otj) 8
1
Cloud of Faeries

Flying When Cloud of Faeries enters the battlefield, untap up to two lands. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Cloud of Faeries (woc) 86
1
Cloudshift

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Instant
Cloudshift (plst) A25-7
1
Condemn

Put target attacking creature on the bottom of its owner's library. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.

Instant
Condemn (rvr) 14
1
Cosmic Intervention

If a permanent you control would be put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, exile it instead. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. Foretell {1}{W} (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.)

Instant
Cosmic Intervention (khc) 3
1
Curfew

Each player returns a creature they control to its owner's hand.

Instant
Curfew (usg) 68
1
Deputy of Acquittals

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Deputy of Acquittals enters the battlefield, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Deputy of Acquittals (rvr) 177
1
Deputy of Detention

When Deputy of Detention enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls and all other nonland permanents that player controls with the same name as that permanent until Deputy of Detention leaves the battlefield.

Creature
Deputy of Detention (rna) 165
1
Disciple of Caelus Nin

When Disciple of Caelus Nin enters the battlefield, starting with you, each player chooses up to five permanents they control. All permanents other than Disciple of Caelus Nin that weren't chosen this way phase out. Permanents can't phase in.

Creature
Disciple of Caelus Nin (brc) 21
1
Dovin's Veto

This spell can't be countered. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
1
Draining Whelk

Flash Flying When Draining Whelk enters the battlefield, counter target spell. Put X +1/+1 counters on Draining Whelk, where X is that spell's mana value.

Creature
Draining Whelk (tsr) 62
1
Eerie Interlude

Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Eerie Interlude (khc) 22
1
Eiganjo Castle

{T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to target legendary creature this turn.

Land
Eiganjo Castle (plst) CHK-275
1
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
1
Elite Guardmage

Flying When Elite Guardmage enters the battlefield, you gain 3 life and draw a card.

Creature
Elite Guardmage (war) 195
1
Elusive Spellfist

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Elusive Spellfist gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Elusive Spellfist (ima) 54
1
Emergence Zone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Emergence Zone: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Emergence Zone (war) 245
1
Enlightened Ascetic

When Enlightened Ascetic enters the battlefield, you may destroy target enchantment.

Creature
Enlightened Ascetic (plst) ORI-12
1
Ephara, God of the Polis

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white and blue is less than seven, Ephara isn't a creature. At the beginning of each upkeep, if you had another creature enter the battlefield under your control last turn, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Ephara, God of the Polis (bng) 145
1
Erase

Exile target enchantment.

Instant
Erase (ktk) 9
1
Faithful Mending

You gain 2 life, draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {1}{W}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Faithful Mending (mid) 221
1
Filter Out

Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Instant
Filter Out (mat) 7
1
Fleeting Reflection

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap that creature. Until end of turn, it becomes a copy of up to one other target creature.

Instant
Fleeting Reflection (otj) 49
1
Flood Plain

Flood Plain enters the battlefield tapped. {T}, Sacrifice Flood Plain: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flood Plain (cmm) 994
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
Fold into Aether

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, its controller may put a creature card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Fold into Aether (5dn) 31
1
Frontier Seeker

When Frontier Seeker enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Mount creature card or a Plains card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Frontier Seeker (otj) 13
1
Gale's Redirection

Exile target spell, then roll a d20 and add that spell's mana value. 1—14 | You may cast the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell. 15+ | You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.

Instant
Gale's Redirection (clb) 73
1
Getaway Glamer

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Exile target nontoken creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. + {2} — Destroy target creature if no other creature has greater power.

Instant
Getaway Glamer (otj) 14
1
Ghostway

Exile each creature you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Ghostway (rvr) 19
1
Glacial Floodplain

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

Land
Glacial Floodplain (khm) 257
1
Glacial Fortress

Glacial Fortress enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (ltc) 315
1
Glen Elendra Archmage

Flying {U}, Sacrifice Glen Elendra Archmage: Counter target noncreature spell. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
Glen Elendra Archmage (woc) 94
1
Guardian of Faith

Flash Vigilance When Guardian of Faith enters the battlefield, any number of other target creatures you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Creature
Guardian of Faith (afr) 18
1
Helping Hand

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Helping Hand (lci) 17
1
Idyllic Beachfront

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

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
1
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
1
Irrigated Farmland

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Irrigated Farmland enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Irrigated Farmland (mkc) 267
1
Kutzil's Flanker

Flash When Kutzil's Flanker enters the battlefield, choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on Kutzil's Flanker for each creature that left the battlefield under your control this turn. • You gain 2 life and scry 2. • Exile target player's graveyard.

Creature
Kutzil's Flanker (lci) 20
1
Leap

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Leap (plst) STH-35
1
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
1
Mage's Attendant

When Mage's Attendant enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 blue Wizard creature token with "{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {1}."

Creature
Mage's Attendant (clb) 698
1
Marble Diamond

Marble Diamond enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 320
1
Master of Waves

Protection from red Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1. When Master of Waves enters the battlefield, create a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens equal to your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Creature
Master of Waves (ths) 53
1
Micromancer

When Micromancer enters the battlefield, you may search your library for an instant or sorcery card with mana value 1, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Micromancer (dmu) 57
1
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (chk) 279
1
Mistfire Adept

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Mistfire Adept (2x2) 59
1
Mizzium Meddler

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Mizzium Meddler enters the battlefield, you may change a target of target spell or ability to Mizzium Meddler.

Creature
Mizzium Meddler (ori) 64
1
Monk Idealist

When Monk Idealist enters the battlefield, return target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Monk Idealist (ema) 21
1
Monk of the Open Hand

Flurry of Blows — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Monk of the Open Hand.

Creature
Monk of the Open Hand (afr) 25
1
Monk Realist

When Monk Realist enters the battlefield, destroy target enchantment.

Creature
Monk Realist (cmd) 20
1
Monologue Tax

Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, you create a Treasure token.

Enchantment
Monologue Tax (c21) 19
1
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When Mystic Sanctuary enters the battlefield untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
1
Myth Realized

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put a lore counter on Myth Realized. {2}{W}: Put a lore counter on Myth Realized. {W}: Until end of turn, Myth Realized becomes a Monk Avatar creature in addition to its other types and gains "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lore counters on it."

Enchantment
Myth Realized (2x2) 22
1
Naban, Dean of Iteration

If a Wizard entering the battlefield under your control causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Creature
Naban, Dean of Iteration (dom) 58
1
Naru Meha, Master Wizard

Flash When Naru Meha, Master Wizard enters the battlefield, copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. Other Wizards you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Naru Meha, Master Wizard (c21) 124
1
Ojutai Exemplars

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, choose one — • Tap target creature. • Ojutai Exemplars gains first strike and lifelink until end of turn. • Exile Ojutai Exemplars, then return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.

Creature
Ojutai Exemplars (dtk) 27
1
One Last Job

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. + {1} — Return target Mount or Vehicle card from your graveyard to the battlefield. + {1} — Return target Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to a creature you control.

Sorcery
One Last Job (otj) 22
1
Opt

Scry 1. Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (woc) 101
1
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard Otawara, Soaring City: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
1
Overwhelmed Apprentice

When Overwhelmed Apprentice enters the battlefield, each opponent mills two cards. Then you scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Creature
Overwhelmed Apprentice (j22) 333
1
Pilgrim's Eye

Flying When Pilgrim's Eye enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature Artifact
Pilgrim's Eye (cmm) 402
1
Portal Mage

Flash When Portal Mage enters the battlefield during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or its controller's planeswalkers.)

Creature
Portal Mage (cmm) 112
1
Preston, the Vanisher

Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if it wasn't cast, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a 0/1 white Illusion. {1}{W}, Sacrifice five Illusions: Exile target nonland permanent.

Creature
Preston, the Vanisher (j22) 8
1
Quicken

The next sorcery spell you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash. (It can be cast any time you could cast an instant.) Draw a card.

Instant
Quicken (rvr) 57
1
Razortide Bridge

Razortide Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (mh2) 252
1
Razzle-Dazzler

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Razzle-Dazzler. It can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Razzle-Dazzler (otj) 63
1
Recruiter of the Guard

When Recruiter of the Guard enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Recruiter of the Guard (plst) CN2-22
1
Redirect

You may choose new targets for target spell.

Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
1
Release to the Wind

Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Release to the Wind (rix) 46
1
Remand

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard. Draw a card.

Instant
Remand (rvr) 59
1
Render Silent

Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

Instant
Render Silent (dgm) 96
1
Reprieve

Return target spell to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Reprieve (ltr) 26
1
Restless Anchorage

Restless Anchorage enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {1}{W}{U}: Until end of turn, Restless Anchorage becomes a 2/3 white and blue Bird creature with flying. It's still a land. Whenever Restless Anchorage attacks, create a Map token.

Land
Restless Anchorage (lci) 280
1
Reveillark

Flying When Reveillark leaves the battlefield, return up to two target creature cards with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Evoke {5}{W} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Creature
Reveillark (2x2) 26
1
Riptide Laboratory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Return target Wizard you control to its owner's hand.

Land
Riptide Laboratory (mh2) 303
1
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant

Creature
Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence (plst) SOK-27
1
Samwise the Stouthearted

Flash When Samwise the Stouthearted enters the battlefield, choose up to one target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand. Then the Ring tempts you.

Creature
Samwise the Stouthearted (ltr) 28
1
Saruman the White

Ward {2} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Creature
Saruman the White (ltr) 67
1
Saving Grasp

Return target creature you own to your hand. Flashback {W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Saving Grasp (dka) 46
1
Scourge of Fleets

When Scourge of Fleets enters the battlefield, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Scourge of Fleets (cmr) 403
1
Scout's Warning

The next creature card you play this turn can be played as though it had flash. Draw a card.

Instant
Scout's Warning (fut) 16
1
Sea Gate Oracle

When Sea Gate Oracle enters the battlefield, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Creature
Sea Gate Oracle (khc) 43
1
Sea Gate Restoration

Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76
1
Sea Gate Stormcaller

Kicker {4}{U} When Sea Gate Stormcaller enters the battlefield, copy the next instant or sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less you cast this turn when you cast it. If Sea Gate Stormcaller was kicked, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Creature
Sea Gate Stormcaller (znr) 77
1
Seachrome Coast

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

Land
Seachrome Coast (one) 258
1
Secret Rendezvous

You and target opponent each draw three cards.

Sorcery
Secret Rendezvous (stx) 26
1
See Double

This spell can't be copied. Choose one. If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, you may choose both. • Copy target spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.) • Create a token that's a copy of target creature.

Instant
See Double (mom) 77
1
Sevinne's Reclamation

Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy. Flashback {4}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Sevinne's Reclamation (mkc) 83
1
Shadow Rift

Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Draw a card.

Instant
Shadow Rift (tmp) 86
1
Sharae of Numbing Depths

When Sharae of Numbing Depths enters the battlefield, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.) Whenever you tap one or more untapped creatures your opponents control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Sharae of Numbing Depths (woe) 213
1
Shipwreck Dowser

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When Shipwreck Dowser enters the battlefield, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Shipwreck Dowser (cmm) 119
1
Skyclave Apparition

When Skyclave Apparition enters the battlefield, exile up to one target nonland, nontoken permanent you don't control with mana value 4 or less. When Skyclave Apparition leaves the battlefield, the exiled card's owner creates an X/X blue Illusion creature token, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

Creature
Skyclave Apparition (znr) 39
1
Soul Partition

Exile target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may play it. A spell cast by an opponent this way costs {2} more to cast.

Instant
Soul Partition (bro) 26
1
Sower of Temptation

Flying When Sower of Temptation enters the battlefield, gain control of target creature for as long as Sower of Temptation remains on the battlefield.

Creature
Sower of Temptation (woc) 111
1
Spawnbroker

When Spawnbroker enters the battlefield, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature with power less than or equal to that creature's power an opponent controls.

Creature
Spawnbroker (rav) 65
1
Springjack Shepherd

Chroma — When Springjack Shepherd enters the battlefield, create a 0/1 white Goat creature token for each white mana symbol in the mana costs of permanents you control.

Creature
Springjack Shepherd (plst) EVE-15
1
Stenn, Paranoid Partisan

As Stenn, Paranoid Partisan enters the battlefield, choose a card type other than creature or land. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. {1}{W}{U}: Exile Stenn. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Stenn, Paranoid Partisan (dmu) 221
1
Stoic Farmer

When Stoic Farmer enters the battlefield, search your library for a basic Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise put it into your hand. Then shuffle. Foretell {1}{W} (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
Stoic Farmer (khc) 5
1
Storm of Saruman

Ward {3} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy it, except the copy isn't legendary. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Enchantment
Storm of Saruman (ltr) 72
1
Sunblast Angel

Flying When Sunblast Angel enters the battlefield, destroy all tapped creatures.

Creature
Sunblast Angel (afc) 74
1
Temple of Enlightenment

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

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (mkc) 302
1
This Town Ain't Big Enough

This spell costs {3} less to cast if it targets a permanent you control. Return up to two target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Instant
This Town Ain't Big Enough (otj) 74
1
Time Wipe

Return a creature you control to its owner's hand, then destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Time Wipe (moc) 340
1
Tishana's Tidebinder

Flash When Tishana's Tidebinder enters the battlefield, counter up to one target activated or triggered ability. If an ability of an artifact, creature, or planeswalker is countered this way, that permanent loses all abilities for as long as Tishana's Tidebinder remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Creature
Tishana's Tidebinder (lci) 81
1
Tocasia's Welcome

Whenever one or more creatures with mana value 3 or less enter the battlefield under your control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Tocasia's Welcome (bro) 30
1
Twincast

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Twincast (m10) 78
1
Twisted Image

Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Twisted Image (a25) 75
1
Umara Wizard

Creature
Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86
1
Vedalken Plotter

When Vedalken Plotter enters the battlefield, exchange control of target land you control and target land an opponent controls.

Creature
Vedalken Plotter (cmd) 66
1
Vendilion Clique

Flash Flying When Vendilion Clique enters the battlefield, look at target player's hand. You may choose a nonland card from it. If you do, that player reveals the chosen card, puts it on the bottom of their library, then draws a card.

Creature
Vendilion Clique (j22) 368
1
Voidmage Husher

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Voidmage Husher enters the battlefield, counter target activated ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.) Whenever you cast a spell, you may return Voidmage Husher to its owner's hand.

Creature
Voidmage Husher (tsp) 92
1
Watcher for Tomorrow

Hideaway 4 (When this creature enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Watcher for Tomorrow enters the battlefield tapped. When Watcher for Tomorrow leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into its owner's hand.

Creature
Watcher for Tomorrow (mh1) 76
1
Winter Eladrin

Gust of Wind — When Winter Eladrin enters the battlefield, return up to one other target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Winter Eladrin (clb) 104
1
Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) You have no maximum hand size. {2}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards. {4}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Wizard Class (afr) 81
1
Yorion, Sky Nomad

Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Flying When Yorion enters the battlefield, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Yorion, Sky Nomad (mul) 64
1
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster

Multikicker {W/U} When Zethi, Arcane Blademaster enters the battlefield, exile up to X target instant cards from your graveyard, where X is the number of times Zethi was kicked. Put a kick counter on each of them. Whenever Zethi attacks, copy each exiled card you own with a kick counter on it. You may cast the copies.

Creature
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster (slx) 17
1

Tokens & Extras

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Bird

Flying

Creature Token
Bird (trvr) 1
1
Copy

(This token can be used to represent a token that's a copy of a permanent.)

Token
Copy (tmkc) 27
1
Monk

Prowess

Creature Token
Monk (tmom) 1
1
Spirit

Creature Token
Spirit (tneo) 2
1
Spirit

Flying

Creature Token
Spirit (tmkc) 4
1
Undercity

Dungeon
Undercity // The Initiative (tclb) 20Undercity // The Initiative (tclb) 20
2
Wall

Defender

Creature Token
Wall (twar) 4
1

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Description

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Oji's blink ability can be very useful but you need spells to load it every turn, each spell beyond the second are wasted spells to feed the ability on future turns, so try to make small bursts of spells each turn to juice the ability.\n2.- Protecting Oji is very important, althougth its a 4 mana creature it's pretty fragile. If he dies recasting him can be rough, try to cast him meanwhile you have some sort of protection in your hand.\n3.- It's a very mana hungry deck, I suggest that you try to keep some sort of ramp in your initial hand or mulligan for it.\n4.- Be interested on your rivals and his game strategy, you need to understand when they are going to go for the win to steal it from them.\n\n\nInsight in some cards:\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Oji, the Exquisite Blade"},{"insert":" --> Be careful with the targets of Oji's ability, it may backfire if you don't understand how it works properly. 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To take maximum profit of these situation you should target differente creatures.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Kor Cartographer"},{"insert":" --> It my seem worst that "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Solemn Simulacrum"},{"insert":" but she has the ability to seek for non-basic plains, that means you can bring "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Hallowed Fountain"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Meticulous Archive"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Praire Stream"},{"insert":", etc. It is also flavourful cause it looks very monkish.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"The Restoration of Eiganjo"},{"insert":" --> It's princiapally a flavourful card, being a monk in one side or a temple/palace in the other. Althougth it has really cool synergy with blinks, when you flick it on his monk side it returns as an enchanment and repeats all the Lore abilities.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"White Plume Adventurer"},{"insert":" --> This card is in the deck for 3 reasons: 1) Entering the underground city first room gives you a land so if you can drop White Plume Adventurer on curve you will assure the land drop on turn 4 to get Oji on board. 2) You can get the initiative with the ETB even if you already have it, in addition the undergound city rooms are very powerful. 3) There is already a card that benefits from having completed a dungeon"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" Tomb of Horrors Adventurer"},{"insert":". I dont like the initiative mechanic in this deck because it has already a lot of shenanigans and flashy things to do and adding a mechanic like the underground city/initiative can be tiring for your opponents. But, "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tomb of Horros Adventurer"},{"insert":" is already in the deck and can't go away because it's one of the powerful monks and has second spell synergy. Probably if more monks are released I will cut this 2 cards to get rid of the initiative/underground city.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Sight Beyond Sight"},{"insert":": It's principally a flavorful card, I mean, come on, is a monk on the edge of a waterfall doing monky thing's, you can't get more flavourful than that. On the strategy side it has some redeeming points, althougth its not cheap to pay 4 to draw card the rebound mechanic let you set up for the next turn and active oji's mechanic with the \"first\" spell you cast.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Fiend Hunter"},{"insert":": This card has a twisted use that I think it was not intended when they designed it. You can blink it meanwhile the exile ability is on the stack, if you do that the card exiled with the first part of the ability will remain exiled forever, because the second part of the ability occurs before and has \"already\" ocurred.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Why so many doublefaced \"bad\" lands"},{"insert":"? Principally to fuel Oji's ability. They are also cool, you can say thanks that I didn't include "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Umara Wizard"},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Twining Twins"},{"insert":": It is a wizard, it is a blink and it is a 4/4, flying, vigilance, ward 1 for four mana.... God the power creep. It also counts as two spells to activate Oji's ability with only one card.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Delay: "},{"insert":"No salty counter that helps to set up a turn to steal with"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" Aethersnatch "},{"insert":"and"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" Gather Specimens. "},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Mystic reflection"},{"insert":": Coolest card ever. Infinite possibilities, core card.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Cyclonic Rift"},{"insert":": If you dont want it in your deck you can change it (which is possibly the best thing you can do) for"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" Aetherize"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Filter Out"},{"insert":". They are more fun for your opponents and for your wallet.\n\nIn the mayboard you will find other good cards for this deck. I recommend you to look them up.\nYou will not find God cards like Teferi's Protection, Fierce Guardianship, Mana Drain, etc, not beacuse they are not good for the deck or flavorful (i think rysthic studies is very flavorful for this deck), they are not in the deck because they are not fun in the level this deck is designed to play. "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"A fun game is the one that everyone gets to see a beautiful battle."},{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"If you have any opinions, suggestions or you simply try the deck and you like it I would love to hear it in the comment section. Thanks and may the balance be with you."},{"insert":"\n\n\n"}]}
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