Gandalf the Grey • (Izzet Commander deck) • Archidekt

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Budget Merfolk

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Commander

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Budget Merfolk

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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $4.99

Gandalf the Grey

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, choose one that hasn't been chosen —
• You may tap or untap target permanent.
• Gandalf deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• Put Gandalf on top of its owner's library.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Avatar

$4.99 $4.69 $4.47

Commander

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Anthem

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Paragon of Gathering Mists

Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.

: Another target blue creature you control gains flying until end of turn.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Anthem

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Copy

Qty: 3 Price: $2.67

Cackling Counterpart

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
Flashback

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

Instant

$0.69 $0.39 $0.20

Infinite Reflection

Enchant creature
When this Aura enters attached to a creature, each other nontoken creature you control becomes a copy of that creature.
Nontoken creatures you control enter as a copy of enchanted creature.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.49 $0.28 $0.15

Quasiduplicate

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)

Sorcery

$1.49 $0.72 $0.31

Copy

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Creature

Qty: 3 Price: $3.33

Cryptic Serpent

This spell costs

less to cast for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.

Creature - Serpent

$2.49 $0.88 $0.55

Mist Intruder

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Flying
Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.)

Creature - Eldrazi Drone

$0.35 $0.06 $0.15

Tempest Djinn

Flying
This creature gets +1/+0 for each basic Island you control.

Creature - Djinn

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

Creature

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Draw

Qty: 7 Price: $5.67

Civilized Scholar

: Draw a card, then discard a card. If a creature card is discarded this way, untap this creature, then transform it.

Creature - Human Advisor

Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute (isd) 47

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Enclave Cryptologist

Level up

(

: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 1-2
0/1

: Draw a card, then discard a card.
LEVEL 3+
0/1

: Draw a card.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Perilous Research

Draw two cards, then sacrifice a permanent.

Instant

$2.79 $0.77 $0.45

Rummaging Goblin

, Discard a card: Draw a card.

Creature - Goblin Rogue

$0.35 $0.11 $0.15

Sage of Epityr

When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Creature - Human Wizard

$0.35 $0.21 $0.15

Seafloor Oracle

Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.69 $0.38 $0.15

Thought Scour

Target player mills two cards.
Draw a card.

Instant

$0.79 $0.42 $0.41

Draw

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Evasion

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Merfolk Spy

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals a card at random from their hand.

Creature - Merfolk Rogue

$0.35 $0.32 $0.15

Merrow Levitator

: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, you may untap this creature.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Reef Shaman

: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Creature - Merfolk Shaman

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Tidal Warrior

: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

Creature - Warrior Merfolk

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Evasion

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Land

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Halimar Depths

This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

: Add

Land

$1.29 $0.80 $0.31

Island

(

: Add

Basic Land - Island

$0.49 $0.18 $0.15

Mountain

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: Add

Basic Land - Mountain

$0.49 $0.24 $0.15

Land

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Mill

Qty: 9 Price: $6.21

Drowned Secrets

Whenever you cast a blue spell, target player mills two cards.

Enchantment

$1.29 $0.65 $0.15

Increasing Confusion

Target player mills X cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, that player mills twice that many cards instead.
Flashback

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

Sorcery

$2.29 $0.93 $0.83

Jace's Erasure

Whenever you draw a card, you may have target player mill a card.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.25 $0.15

Psychic Spiral

Shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library. Target player mills that many cards.

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Song of Blood

Mill four cards. Whenever a creature attacks this turn, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each creature card put into your graveyard this way.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Taigam's Scheming

Surveil 5. (Look at the top five cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.05 $0.15

Teferi's Tutelage

When this enchantment enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
Whenever you draw a card, target opponent mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)

Enchantment

$0.49 $0.40 $0.25

Tome Scour

Target player mills five cards.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.13 $0.15

Trepanation Blade

Whenever equipped creature attacks, defending player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card. The creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each card revealed this way. That player puts the revealed cards into their graveyard.
Equip

Artifact - Equipment

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Mill

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Pingers

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Rootwater Hunter

: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature - Merfolk

$0.35 $0.14 $0.15

Pingers

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Protection

Qty: 2 Price: $0.70

Flood

: Tap target creature without flying.

Enchantment

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Silvergill Douser

: Target creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Merfolk and/or Faeries you control.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.12 $0.15

Protection

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $6.82

High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional

Instant

$1.49 $1.92 $0.57

Sea Scryer

: Add

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Shiny Impetus

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "

, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Sol Ring

: Add

Artifact

$2.99 $2.34 $1.35

Stonybrook Banneret

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Merfolk spells and Wizard spells you cast cost

less to cast.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.59 $0.87 $0.20

Traveler's Amulet

, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Vodalian Arcanist

: Add

. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Volshe Tideturner

: Add

. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell or a kicked spell.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Ramp

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Recursion

Qty: 3 Price: $1.05

Ghost of Ramirez DePietro

Ghost of Ramirez DePietro can't be blocked by creatures with toughness 3 or greater.
Whenever Ghost of Ramirez DePietro deals combat damage to a player, choose up to one target card in a graveyard that was discarded or put there from a library this turn. Put that card into its owner's hand.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Legendary Creature - Spirit Pirate

$0.35 $0.20 $0.15

Repository Skaab

Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature - Zombie

$0.35 $0.22 $0.15

Shipwreck Dowser

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

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.18 $0.15

Recursion

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Removal

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Chaos Charm

Choose one —
• Destroy target Wall.
• Chaos Charm deals 1 damage to target creature.
• Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Instant

$0.35 $0.17 $0.15

Curse of the Swine

Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.

Sorcery

$0.69 $0.26 $0.15

Fanged Flames

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Fanged Flames deals 4 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.15 $0.15

Flametongue Kavu

When this creature enters, it deals 4 damage to target creature.

Creature - Kavu

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Gorilla Shaman

: Destroy target noncreature artifact with mana value X.

Creature - Ape Shaman

$0.49 $0.37 $0.15

Heartfire

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or planeswalker.
Heartfire deals 4 damage to any target.

Instant

$0.35 $0.07 $0.15

Hibernation

Return all green permanents to their owners' hands.

Instant

$0.59 $0.48 $0.15

Homing Lightning

Homing Lightning deals 4 damage to target creature and each other creature with the same name as that creature.

Instant

$0.35 $0.07 $0.15

Hungry Flames

Hungry Flames deals 3 damage to target creature and 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Instant

$0.35 $0.08 $0.15

Izzet Charm

Choose one —
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays

.
• Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature.
• Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Instant

$0.69 $0.36 $0.15

Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant

$2.29 $1.84 $1.23

Pillage

Destroy target artifact or land. It can't be regenerated.

Sorcery

$1.29 $1.12 $0.36

Razorfin Abolisher

: Return target creature with a counter on it to its owner's hand.

Creature - Wizard Merfolk

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Spell Shrivel

Devoid (This card has no color.)
Counter target spell unless its controller pays

. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant

$0.35 $0.26 $0.15

Take into Custody

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Instant

$0.35 $0.04 $0.15

Thieving Skydiver

Kicker

. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional

as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to this creature.

Creature - Merfolk Rogue

$0.59 $0.30 $0.21

Removal

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Sorcery

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Yawning Fissure

Each opponent sacrifices a land of their choice.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.05 $0.15

Sorcery

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Theft

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35

Ray of Command

Untap target creature an opponent controls and gain control of it until end of turn. That creature gains haste until end of turn. When you lose control of the creature, tap it.

Instant

$0.35 $0.28 $0.15

Theft

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Tokens

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Aquatic Incursion

When this enchantment enters, create two 1/1 blue Merfolk creature tokens with hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

: Target Merfolk can't be blocked this turn.

Enchantment

$0.39 $0.17 $0.15

Molten Birth

Create two 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens, then flip a coin. If you win the flip, return Molten Birth to its owner's hand.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.25 $0.15

Rise from the Tides

Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.

Sorcery

$0.35 $0.19 $0.15

Tokens

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Sideboard

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Boseiju, Who Shelters All

Boseiju enters tapped.

, Pay 2 life: Add

. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered.

Legendary Land

$18.99 $17.43 $11.61

Cavern of Souls

As this land enters, choose a creature type.

: Add

: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.

Land

$74.99 $50.46 $51.03

Merfolk Looter

: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature - Merfolk Rogue

$0.49 $0.59 $0.23

Merfolk Raiders

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)

Creature - Soldier Merfolk

$0.39 $0.24 $0.15

Najal, the Storm Runner

You may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
Whenever Najal attacks, you may pay

. If you do, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Legendary Creature - Wizard Efreet

$0.35 $0.23 $0.15

Paradigm Shift

Exile all cards from your library. Then shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Sorcery

$8.49 $6.07 $4.12

Shimmering Wings

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
Enchanted creature has flying. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)

: Return this Aura to its owner's hand.

Enchantment - Aura

$0.35 $0.27 $0.15

Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery

$4.99 $4.17 $2.88

Step Through

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Wizardcycling

(

, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery

$0.49 $0.27 $0.15

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

$24.99 $22.93 $18.75

Sideboard

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Deck Info

Deck size: 100Est cost: $198.56

Color Cost & Production

Avg Mana Value: 2.65Total Mana Value: 167.00

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Avg Mana Value: 2.65Total Mana Value: 167.00

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