Kess Control • (Grixis Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $4.99

Kess, Dissident Mage

Flying
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

$4.99 $4.56 $3.83

Commander

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Burn

Qty: 1 Price: $0.79

Guttersnipe

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature - Goblin Shaman

$0.79 $0.34 $0.19

Burn

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Copy

Qty: 4 Price: $26.06

Bonus Round

Until end of turn, whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player copies it and may choose new targets for the copy.

Sorcery

$6.99 $6.56 $4.77

Increasing Vengeance

Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, copy that spell twice instead. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant

$2.29 $0.84 $0.63

Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.

: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact

$14.99 $15.23 $10.93

Thousand-Year Storm

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it for each other instant and sorcery spell you've cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Enchantment

$1.79 $1.72 $0.82

Copy

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Counters

Qty: 3 Price: $86.37

Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant

$0.69 $0.34 $0.18

Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.

Instant

$84.99 $64.24 $58.33

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

$0.69 $0.39 $0.16

Counters

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Draw

Qty: 21 Price: $225.91

Bolas's Citadel

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.

, Sacrifice ten nonland permanents: Each opponent loses 10 life.

Legendary Artifact

$11.99 $16.54 $11.86

Brainstorm

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

Instant

$3.99 $1.40 $2.08

Dack Fayden

+1: Target player draws two cards, then discards two cards.
−2: Gain control of target artifact.
−6: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell that targets one or more permanents, gain control of those permanents."

Legendary Planeswalker - Dack

$4.49 $7.78 $4.56

Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant

$0.49 $0.30 $0.15

Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery

$3.99 $3.55 $2.92

Forbidden Alchemy

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Frantic Search

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

Instant

$1.79 $0.87 $0.80

Gitaxian Probe

(

can be paid with either

or 2 life.)
Look at target player's hand.
Draw a card.

Sorcery

$4.99 $3.69 $2.66

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

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound (ori) 60

$9.49 $4.92 $4.06

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.

Legendary Planeswalker - Jace

$14.99 $9.50 $8.57

Mind's Desire

Shuffle your library. Then exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

Sorcery

$1.29 $0.79 $0.71

Necropotence

Skip your draw step.
Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard.
Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Enchantment

$44.99 $37.64 $28.33

Notion Thief

Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature - Human Rogue

$3.99 $4.50 $1.67

Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.

Sorcery

$20.99 $23.80 $17.68

Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To 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.)

Sorcery

$2.29 $0.62 $0.64

Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays

Enchantment

$79.99 $65.44 $49.48

Search for Azcanta

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Legendary Enchantment

Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (xln) 74

$2.99 $1.56 $0.97

Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery

$1.49 $1.01 $0.53

Thought Scour

Target player mills two cards.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.99 $0.62 $0.25

Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery

$9.99 $4.99 $5.21

Draw

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Land

Qty: 21 Price: $279.89

Blood Crypt

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Swamp Mountain

$13.99 $9.40 $9.32

Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.

: Add

Land

$3.49 $1.44 $1.50

Cascade Bluffs

: Add

, or

Land

$0.99 $1.43 $0.68

City of Brass

Whenever this land becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$20.99 $17.59 $13.75

Command Tower

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land

$0.69 $0.40 $0.15

Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.79 $0.44 $0.26

Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain.

: Add

Land

$1.99 $0.87 $0.56

Drowned Catacomb

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.

: Add

Land

$3.49 $2.22 $1.71

Exotic Orchard

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

Land

$0.99 $0.48 $0.47

Izzet Boilerworks

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

: Add

Land

$0.49 $0.34 $0.20

Mana Confluence

, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land

$44.99 $34.91 $28.72

Morphic Pool

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

: Add

Land

$39.99 $29.12 $28.19

Reflecting Pool

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

Land

$19.99 $18.52 $16.14

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Land

$6.49 $4.41 $3.69

Shivan Reef

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$0.99 $0.46 $0.31

Steam Vents

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: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Island Mountain

$15.99 $12.20 $11.43

Sulfur Falls

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Mountain.

: Add

Land

$0.59 $0.42 $0.20

Sunken Ruins

: Add

, or

Land

$12.99 $12.14 $6.46

Underground River

: Add

. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land

$3.99 $3.14 $2.99

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Legendary Land

$69.99 $58.32 $55.00

Watery Grave

(

: Add

.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land - Island Swamp

$15.99 $10.48 $9.04

Land

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Lifegain

Qty: 2 Price: $33.98

Aetherflux Reservoir

Whenever you cast a spell, you gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
Pay 50 life: This artifact deals 50 damage to any target.

Artifact

$32.99 $22.43 $19.34

Tendrils of Agony

Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Sorcery

$0.99 $1.71 $0.51

Lifegain

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Mill

Qty: 1 Price: $1.49

Ashiok, Dream Render

Spells and abilities your opponents control can't cause their controller to search their library.
−1: Target player mills four cards. Then exile each opponent's graveyard.

Legendary Planeswalker - Ashiok

$1.49 $1.27 $0.45

Mill

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Protection

Qty: 1 Price: $6.99

Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$6.99 $4.78 $4.51

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 15 Price: $416.31

Cabal Ritual

Add

.
Threshold — Add

instead if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

Instant

$20.99 $16.36 $13.54

Chrome Mox

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand.

: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

Artifact

$229.99 $153.88 $151.18

Commander's Sphere

: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Dark Ritual

Add

Instant

$8.99 $4.70 $3.24

Darksteel Ingot

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.)

: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact

$0.49 $1.42 $0.26

Dimir Signet

: Add

Artifact

$2.49 $1.26 $1.22

Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact

$2.29 $1.27 $0.94

Gilded Lotus

: Add three mana of any one color.

Artifact

$1.49 $1.30 $0.48

Izzet Signet

: Add

Artifact

$1.29 $0.52 $0.47

Mana Geyser

Add

for each tapped land your opponents control.

Sorcery

$2.49 $3.32 $1.26

Mana Vault

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay

. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

: Add

Artifact

$129.99 $117.00 $113.57

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $1.70 $1.49

Talisman of Dominance

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$3.49 $3.48 $2.06

Talisman of Indulgence

: Add

. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact

$3.99 $3.55 $3.16

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size.

: Add

Artifact

$4.99 $2.73 $3.11

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 4 Price: $27.36

Finale of Promise

You may cast up to one target instant card and/or up to one target sorcery card from your graveyard each with mana value X or less without paying their mana costs. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. If X is 10 or more, copy each of those spells twice. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Sorcery

$1.79 $1.22 $0.41

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

$0.59 $0.35 $0.15

Past in Flames

Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.
Flashback

(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery

$4.99 $4.01 $2.54

Snapcaster Mage

Flash
When this creature enters, 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 - Human Wizard

$19.99 $20.06 $15.00

Recursion

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Removal

Qty: 14 Price: $169.76

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant

$4.49 $2.21 $1.52

Blasphemous Act

This spell costs

less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery

$2.29 $1.08 $0.93

Capsize

Buyback

(You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Instant

$1.79 $1.51 $0.98

Chain of Vapor

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that permanent's controller may sacrifice a land of their choice. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.

Instant

$14.99 $15.95 $11.40

Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant

$1.29 $0.46 $0.37

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant

$49.99 $63.55 $36.45

Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant

$37.99 $34.20 $24.05

Decree of Pain

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.
Cycling

(

, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.29 $0.21

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

$3.49 $3.24 $2.18

Pyroblast

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

Instant

$16.99 $10.61 $8.33

Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant

$2.29 $2.23 $1.20

Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant

$20.99 $14.32 $10.68

Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery

$7.99 $7.33 $5.37

Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control.
Overload

(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery

$4.49 $2.28 $1.56

Removal

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Tutor

Qty: 8 Price: $618.92

Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$74.99 $64.04 $57.62

Entomb

Search your library for a card, put that card into your graveyard, then shuffle.

Instant

$22.99 $20.08 $15.61

Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$22.99 $17.66 $16.06

Intuition

Search your library for three cards and reveal them. Target opponent chooses one. Put that card into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Then shuffle.

Instant

$379.99 $362.21 $265.24

Lim-Dûl's Vault

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.

Instant

$6.99 $5.71 $4.87

Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant

$22.99 $18.07 $16.02

Spellseeker

When this creature enters, 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 - Human Wizard

$22.99 $18.41 $16.92

Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant

$64.99 $57.96 $52.18

Tutor

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Untap

Qty: 2 Price: $7.68

Dramatic Reversal

Untap all nonland permanents you control.

Instant

$0.69 $0.47 $0.20

Paradox Engine

Whenever you cast a spell, untap all nonland permanents you control.

Legendary Artifact

$6.99 $6.07 $4.37

Untap

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck size: 98Est cost: $1,906.50

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.60Total Mana Value: 200.00

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13 mana - 10 cards

Avg Mana Value: 2.60Total Mana Value: 200.00

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