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Defense Contractor
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Est deck cost: $373.54
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Commander

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Kros, Defense Contractor

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a shield counter on target creature an opponent controls. Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature you don't control, tap that creature and goad it. It gains trample until your next turn. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Kros, Defense Contractor (ncc) 7

Commander

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Protection

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Dawn's Truce

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Dawn's Truce (blb) 9
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (mkc) 67
Gift of the Viper

Put a +1/+1 counter, a reach counter, and a deathtouch counter on target creature. Untap it.

Instant
Gift of the Viper (mh3) 156
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (dsc) 93
Noble Heritage

Commander creatures you own have "When this creature enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. For each opponent who does, you gain protection from that player until your next turn." (You can't be targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything controlled by that player.)

Enchantment
Noble Heritage (clb) 35
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (otc) 108
Snakeskin Veil

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Snakeskin Veil (otj) 181
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (blc) 286
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

Protection

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Utility

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Agent's Toolkit

This artifact enters with a +1/+1 counter, a flying counter, a deathtouch counter, and a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Whenever a creature you control enters, you may move a counter from this artifact onto that creature. {2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Agent's Toolkit (ncc) 66
Tempt with Reflections

Tempting offer — Choose target creature you control. Create a token that's a copy of that creature. Each opponent may create a token that's a copy of that creature. For each opponent who does, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Sorcery
Tempt with Reflections (c13) 60
Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Trailblazer's Boots (otc) 269
Zygon Infiltrator

Body-print — {2}{U}: Tap another target creature and put a stun counter on it. This creature becomes a copy of that creature for as long as that creature remains tapped. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Creature
Zygon Infiltrator (who) 63

Utility

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Counter Magic

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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
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Dovin's Veto

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

Instant
Dovin's Veto (war) 193
Long River's Pull

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Counter target creature spell. If the gift was promised, instead counter target spell.

Instant
Long River's Pull (blb) 58
Swan Song

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

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98

Counter Magic

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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 (dsc) 92
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Noble Hierarch

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Creature
Noble Hierarch (plst) MM2-151
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256

Ramp

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Draw

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Curse of Verbosity

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, you draw a card. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.

Enchantment
Curse of Verbosity (clb) 717
Cut a Deal

Each opponent draws a card, then you draw a card for each opponent who drew a card this way.

Sorcery
Cut a Deal (blc) 105
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Falco Spara, Pactweaver

Flying, trample Falco Spara enters with a shield counter on it. You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast spells from the top of your library by removing a counter from a creature you control in addition to paying their other costs.

Creature
Falco Spara, Pactweaver (snc) 186
Generous Patron

When this creature enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.) Whenever you put one or more counters on a creature you don't control, draw a card.

Creature
Generous Patron (bbd) 70
Hylda of the Icy Crown

Whenever you tap an untapped creature an opponent controls, you may pay {1}. When you do, choose one — • Create a 4/4 white and blue Elemental creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. • Scry 2, then draw a card.

Creature
Hylda of the Icy Crown (woe) 206
Inspiring Call

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (lcc) 244
Sharae of Numbing Depths

When Sharae enters, 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
Stocking the Pantry

Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, put a supply counter on this enchantment. {2}, Remove a supply counter from this enchantment: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Stocking the Pantry (blb) 194
Tezzeret's Gambit

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Sorcery
Tezzeret's Gambit (otc) 117
The Council of Four

Whenever a player draws their second card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever a player casts their second spell during their turn, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

Creature
The Council of Four (clb) 271
Verity Circle

Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, if it isn't being declared as an attacker, you may draw a card. {4}{U}: Tap target creature without flying.

Enchantment
Verity Circle (voc) 116

Draw

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Removal

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Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (blc) 161
Bant Charm

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Put target creature on the bottom of its owner's library. • Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Bant Charm (2x2) 181
Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (dsc) 80
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
Curse of the Swine (otc) 92
Force of Vigor

If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.

Instant
Force of Vigor (plst) MH1-164
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
Requisition Raid

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Destroy target artifact. + {1} — Destroy target enchantment. + {1} — Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature target player controls.

Sorcery
Requisition Raid (otj) 26
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (dsc) 106

Removal

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Land

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Arcane Lighthouse

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.

Land
Arcane Lighthouse (cmm) 985
Bountiful Promenade

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

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
Brokers Hideout

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Brokers Hideout (snc) 248
Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Canopy Vista (blc) 296
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Dreamroot Cascade

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

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (vow) 262
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dsk) 286
Gavony Township

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{G}{W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Land
Gavony Township (moc) 406
Glacial Fortress

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

Land
Glacial Fortress (blc) 307
Hinterland Harbor

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

Land
Hinterland Harbor (dsc) 284
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dsk) 279
Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Land
Karn's Bastion (lcc) 339
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (mh3) 302
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (blb) 265
Prairie Stream

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

Land
Prairie Stream (blc) 323
Rejuvenating Springs

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

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
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
Seaside Citadel

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Land
Seaside Citadel (blc) 329
Spara's Headquarters

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

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Sunpetal Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or a Plains. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Sunpetal Grove (blc) 335
Tranquil Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{W}{U} ({G}{W}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Tranquil Landscape (mh3) 231

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Synergy

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Aven Mimeomancer

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a feather counter on target creature. If you do, that creature has base power and toughness 3/1 and has flying for as long as it has a feather counter on it.

Creature
Aven Mimeomancer (ncc) 329
Contagion Clasp

When Contagion Clasp enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Artifact
Contagion Clasp (onc) 129
Contagion Engine

When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls. {4}, {T}: Proliferate twice. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)

Artifact
Contagion Engine (plst) SOM-145
Evolutionary Escalation

At the beginning of your upkeep, put three +1/+1 counters on target creature you control and three +1/+1 counters on target creature an opponent controls.

Enchantment
Evolutionary Escalation (plst) C16-22
Experiment Kraj

Experiment Kraj has all activated abilities of each other creature with a +1/+1 counter on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Creature
Experiment Kraj (cmm) 337
Forgotten Ancient

Whenever a player casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto other creatures.

Creature
Forgotten Ancient (blc) 217
Martial Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, each other creature that's attacking one of your opponents gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Martial Impetus (blc) 108
Metastatic Evangel

Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Metastatic Evangel (mh3) 35
Mjölnir, Storm Hammer

When Mjölnir enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control. Whenever equipped creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls and put a stun counter on it. Then Mjölnir deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of tapped creatures that opponent controls. Equip {4}

Artifact
Mjölnir, Storm Hammer (acr) 170
Nils, Discipline Enforcer

At the beginning of your end step, for each player, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature that player controls. Each creature with one or more counters on it can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

Creature
Nils, Discipline Enforcer (c21) 20
Predatory Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, must be blocked if able, and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Enchantment
Predatory Impetus (clu) 172
Psychic 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 scry 2.

Enchantment
Psychic Impetus (clu) 92
Sheltering Ancient

Trample Cumulative upkeep—Put a +1/+1 counter on a creature an opponent controls. (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.)

Creature
Sheltering Ancient (plst) CSP-121
Skyboon Evangelist

Flying When this creature enters, support 6. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to six other target creatures.) Whenever a creature with a counter on it attacks one of your opponents, that creature gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Skyboon Evangelist (ncc) 20
Vedalken Anatomist

{2}{U}, {T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. You may tap or untap that creature.

Creature
Vedalken Anatomist (mbs) 36
Vorel of the Hull Clade

{G}{U}, {T}: Double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact, creature, or land.

Creature
Vorel of the Hull Clade (lcc) 294

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Maybeboard

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Gnarled Effigy

{4}, {T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.

Artifact
Gnarled Effigy (shm) 251

Maybeboard

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18 mana - 18 cards
29 pips - 25 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
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19 mana - 19 cards
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10 mana - 9 cards
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