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9/11/2024
You Can't Pick This Lock
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Commander

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Pramikon, Sky Rampart

Flying, defender As Pramikon enters, choose left or right. Each player may attack only the nearest opponent in the chosen direction and planeswalkers controlled by that opponent.

Creature
Pramikon, Sky Rampart (c19) 47

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Combo Piece

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Drannith Magistrate

Your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.

Creature
Drannith Magistrate (iko) 11
Eidolon of Rhetoric

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Creature Enchantment
Eidolon of Rhetoric (j22) 54
High Noon

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn. {4}{R}, Sacrifice this enchantment: It deals 5 damage to any target.

Enchantment
High Noon (otj) 15
Knowledge Pool

Imprint — When this artifact enters, each player exiles the top three cards of their library. Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it. If the player does, they may cast a spell from among other cards exiled with this artifact without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Knowledge Pool (plst) MBS-111
Possibility Storm

Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a card that shares a card type with it. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put all cards exiled with this enchantment on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Enchantment
Possibility Storm (dgm) 34
Rule of Law

Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

Enchantment
Rule of Law (m20) 35
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Flash Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash. Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.

Creature
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (tsr) 91
Teferi, Time Raveler

Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery. +1: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash. −3: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Planeswalker
Teferi, Time Raveler (rvr) 232

Combo Piece

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Combo Protection/Extra Stax

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Grafdigger's Cage

Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

Artifact
Grafdigger's Cage (m20) 227
Leyline of Sanctity

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. You have hexproof. (You can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Enchantment
Leyline of Sanctity (m20) 26
Magus of the Moat

Creatures without flying can't attack.

Creature
Magus of the Moat (plst) FUT-12
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (cmm) 853
Phyrexian Revoker

As this creature enters, choose a nonland card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated.

Creature Artifact
Phyrexian Revoker (clb) 868
Pithing Needle

As this artifact enters, choose a card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

Artifact
Pithing Needle (2x2) 312
Rest in Peace

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards. If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

Enchantment
Rest in Peace (a25) 32
Sorcerous Spyglass

As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

Artifact
Sorcerous Spyglass (lci) 261
Soulless Jailer

Permanent cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast noncreature spells from graveyards or exile.

Creature Artifact
Soulless Jailer (one) 241
Weathered Runestone

Nonland permanent cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

Artifact
Weathered Runestone (khm) 247

Combo Protection/Extra Stax

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Draw/Tutor

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Academy Rector

When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, search your library for an enchantment card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Academy Rector (uds) 1
Arena Rector

When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, search your library for a planeswalker card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Arena Rector (bbd) 23
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (mkc) 96
Chart a Course

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.

Sorcery
Chart a Course (blc) 110
Deduce

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

Instant
Deduce (mkm) 52
Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards. Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Deep Analysis (mh3) 268
Enlightened Tutor

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

Instant
Enlightened Tutor (dmr) 6
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (mom) 58
Ledger Shredder

Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature 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
Memory Deluge

Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Memory Deluge (mid) 62
Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (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 {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
Ponder

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

Sorcery
Ponder (otc) 105
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Search for Azcanta

Enchantment
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin (plst) XLN-74
Treasure Mage

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Treasure Mage (plst) DDU-40
Winged Words

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a creature with flying. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Winged Words (scd) 65

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Interaction

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (blc) 170
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (blc) 114
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (cmm) 214
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (mkc) 64
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
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
Force of Will (dmr) 50
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Pact of Negation

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Instant
Pact of Negation (tsr) 77
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 (blc) 147
Sunfall

Exile all creatures. Incubate X, where X is the number of creatures exiled this way. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Sorcery
Sunfall (mom) 40
Supreme Verdict

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

Sorcery
Supreme Verdict (clu) 211
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (blc) 109
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
Vanquish the Horde

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Destroy all creatures.

Sorcery
Vanquish the Horde (mid) 41

Interaction

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Land

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Adarkar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Adarkar Wastes (blc) 291
Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Mountain or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Cascade Bluffs

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

Land
Cascade Bluffs (blc) 297
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (blc) 130
Deserted Beach

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Deserted Beach (mid) 260
Elegant Parlor

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Elegant Parlor (mkm) 260
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Glacial Fortress

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Glacial Fortress (blc) 307
Hallowed Fountain

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

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rvr) 280
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mkm) 273
Lórien Revealed

Draw three cards. Islandcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery
Lórien Revealed (ltr) 60
Meticulous Archive

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

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mkm) 275
Mystic Gate

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

Land
Mystic Gate (cmm) 1013
Mystic Sanctuary

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

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
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
Ondu Inversion

Sorcery
Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins (plst) ZNR-30Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins (plst) ZNR-30
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: 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
Pinnacle Monk

Creature
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mkm) 272
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (mh3) 224
Raugrin Triome

({T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raugrin Triome (iko) 251
Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Sacred Foundry (rvr) 285
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Shivan Reef

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Shivan Reef (blc) 331
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard this card: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (rvr) 288
Stormcarved Coast

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Stormcarved Coast (vow) 265
Thundering Falls

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Thundering Falls (mkm) 269
Training Center

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
Witch Enchanter

Creature
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (blc) 265
Chrome Mox

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 240
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (blc) 280
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (blc) 129
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (cmm) 979
Talisman of Progress

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (mkc) 243

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Winning Under Lock (+Interaction)

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Darksteel Colossus

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.) Indestructible (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this creature.) If Darksteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Darksteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Creature Artifact
Darksteel Colossus (m10) 208
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

When you cast this spell, draw four cards. Annihilator 4 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices four permanents of their choice.) When Kozilek is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles their graveyard into their library.

Creature
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (2x2) 2
Mirrorshell Crab

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Channel — {2}{U}, Discard this card: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}.

Creature Artifact
Mirrorshell Crab (neo) 63
Moonsnare Prototype

{T}, Tap an untapped artifact or creature you control: Add {C}. Channel — {4}{U}, Discard this card: The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

Artifact
Moonsnare Prototype (neo) 69
Touch the Spirit Realm

When this enchantment enters, exile up to one target artifact or creature until this enchantment leaves the battlefield. Channel — {1}{W}, Discard this card: Exile target artifact or creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Touch the Spirit Realm (neo) 40

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Deck Info

Deck stats

31 pips - 24 cards
25 mana - 23 cards
33 pips - 25 cards
33 mana - 29 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
7 pips - 5 cards
20 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
12 mana - 11 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"To some people, the most fun way to play magic is \"draw-go.\" So why not make that the whole game? Why cast spells when you can simply draw a card and pass the turn forever? And why not make everyone do the same?\n\nThis deck is built around the combo of either Possibility Storm or Knowledge Pool, and one of many effects like Rule of Law, or Teferi, Time Raveler. There are only two of the former, but six of the latter for maximum redundancy. When you assemble this two-card combo, no one can cast any more spells for the rest of the game!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Well"},{"insert":"… Possibility Storm only affects spells cast from the hand, so we need to make sure that our opponents can't cast spells from other zones. Drannith Magistrate is ideal here, but also Grafdigger's Cage and friends help seal up the combo. \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Well"},{"insert":"… how about cards that don't need to be cast like the channel lands? That's why we play three Pithing Needle effects. And we also play several channel cards in the deck, to be able to interact after locking out players from casting spells.\n\nSo how do we actually win? The rest of the deck is devoted to counterspells, wraths, card draw, and tutors, all to help assemple the combo and to make sure no one else has too much fun before we can lock them out. But, it's best to have a wincon that doesn't need to be in place before we assemble the lock. But without casting spells, how?\n\nThe answer? Just deck them. No mill, no forced draw, just pass the turn every turn and let them draw every card in the deck? But what if we mill out? Discard Kozilek to hand size to put more cards in your deck. Darksteel Colossus is there in case Rest in Peace is out. (And if our opponent does the same, channel Sokenzan, then discard Kozilek to loop it.)\n\nOur opponents may not want to scoop, and so they get to sit there, drawing and passing, hoping to draw an answer that doesn't exist, stewing in misery.\n"}]}
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