MTG_Savant
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1) Ramp
1) Ramp
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2) Draw / Advantage
Mission Briefing
Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays .
Enchantment
2) Draw / Advantage
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3) Removal / Interaction
3) Removal / Interaction
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5) Infinite X --> Combo Part 2
5) Infinite X --> Combo Part 2
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6) Infinite X --> Combo Part 3
6) Infinite X --> Combo Part 3
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7) Infinite Y --> Dualcaster/Naru Meha + Blink/Copy
Twinflame
Strive — This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
Sorcery
7) Infinite Y --> Dualcaster/Naru Meha + Blink/Copy
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8) Infinite Z --> Exarch/Pester. + Kiki/Twin
8) Infinite Z --> Exarch/Pester. + Kiki/Twin
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9) Infinite Finishers --> Outlet
Thassa's Oracle
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
9) Infinite Finishers --> Outlet
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10) Recursion
Underworld Breach
Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.)
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this enchantment.
Enchantment
10) Recursion
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11) Tutors
11) Tutors
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12) Lands
12) Lands
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