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Banding, But Somehow Worse
Deck Size: 140
Commander / EDH
Est deck cost: $261.60
Salt sum: 48.79
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Commander

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Ragnar

{G}{W}{U}, {T}: Regenerate target creature.

Creature
Ragnar (leg) 250

Commander

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Interaction

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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
Arcane Denial (all) 22a
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (ice) 64
Hydroblast

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

Instant
Hydroblast (ice) 72

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Rampage

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Cave Tiger

Whenever Cave Tiger becomes blocked by a creature, Cave Tiger gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Cave Tiger (usg) 241
Craw Giant

Trample Rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Creature
Craw Giant (5ed) 285
Gorilla Berserkers

Trample; rampage 2 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.) Gorilla Berserkers can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.

Creature
Gorilla Berserkers (all) 93b
Pygmy Troll

Whenever Pygmy Troll becomes blocked by a creature, Pygmy Troll gets +1/+1 until end of turn. {G}: Regenerate Pygmy Troll.

Creature
Pygmy Troll (exo) 118
Rabid Wolverines

Whenever Rabid Wolverines becomes blocked by a creature, Rabid Wolverines gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Rabid Wolverines (exo) 119

Rampage

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Banding Payoffs

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Abu Ja'far

When Abu Ja'far dies, destroy all creatures blocking or blocked by it. They can't be regenerated.

Creature
Abu Ja'far (chr) 1
Cockatrice

Flying Whenever Cockatrice blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

Creature
Cockatrice (5ed) 284
Elven Warhounds

Whenever Elven Warhounds becomes blocked by a creature, put that creature on top of its owner's library.

Creature
Elven Warhounds (plst) TMP-225
Glory

Flying {2}{W}: Choose a color. Creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn. Activate only if Glory is in your graveyard.

Creature
Glory (jud) 11
Retaliation

Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn."

Enchantment
Retaliation (usg) 272
Saprazzan Heir

Whenever Saprazzan Heir becomes blocked, you may draw three cards.

Creature
Saprazzan Heir (mmq) 99
Sylvan Basilisk

Whenever Sylvan Basilisk becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature.

Creature
Sylvan Basilisk (p02) 146
Thicket Basilisk

Whenever Thicket Basilisk blocks or becomes blocked by a non-Wall creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

Creature
Thicket Basilisk (6ed) 256
Tolarian Entrancer

Whenever Tolarian Entrancer becomes blocked by a creature, gain control of that creature at end of combat.

Creature
Tolarian Entrancer (wth) 56
Venomous Dragonfly

Flying Whenever Venomous Dragonfly blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.

Creature
Venomous Dragonfly (mmq) 282

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Land

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Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. Cephalid Coliseum deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice Cephalid Coliseum: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Cephalid Coliseum (mh3) 300
Coral Atoll

Coral Atoll enters tapped. When Coral Atoll enters, sacrifice it unless you return an untapped Island you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {C}{U}.

Land
Coral Atoll (cmr) 480
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dsk) 280
Lonely Sandbar

Lonely Sandbar enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Lonely Sandbar (mkc) 273
Terrain Generator

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Land
Terrain Generator (clb) 926
Tower of the Magistrate

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Target creature gains protection from artifacts until end of turn.

Land
Tower of the Magistrate (mmq) 330

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Trample

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Armadillo Cloak

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample. Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Enchantment
Armadillo Cloak (inv) 229
Brawn

Trample As long as Brawn is in your graveyard and you control a Forest, creatures you control have trample.

Creature
Brawn (jud) 107
Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

{G}: Target land becomes a 1/1 creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {2}{G}{G}{G}: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.

Creature
Kamahl, Fist of Krosa (ons) 268
Overrun

Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Sorcery
Overrun (ody) 260
Primal Rage

Creatures you control have trample. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Enchantment
Primal Rage (sth) 112
Stampede

Attacking creatures get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

Instant
Stampede (5ed) 327
Stampede Driver

{1}{G}, {T}, Discard a card: Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.

Creature
Stampede Driver (nem) 122
Teeka's Dragon

Flying; trample; rampage 4 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +4/+4 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Creature Artifact
Teeka's Dragon (mir) 320
Urza's Engine

Trample {3}: Urza's Engine gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) {3}: Attacking creatures banded with Urza's Engine gain trample until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Urza's Engine (all) 135

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Banding Source

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Ayesha Tanaka

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) {T}: Counter target activated ability from an artifact source unless that ability's controller pays {W}. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Creature
Ayesha Tanaka (chr) 73
Baton of Morale

{2}: Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Artifact
Baton of Morale (ice) 313
Benalish Hero

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Creature
Benalish Hero (5ed) 10
Camel

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) As long as Camel is attacking, prevent all damage Deserts would deal to Camel and to creatures banded with Camel.

Creature
Camel (arn) 3
Cooperation

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has banding. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Enchantment
Cooperation (ice) 18
Errand of Duty

Create a 1/1 white Knight creature token with banding. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Instant
Errand of Duty (all) 2b
Formation

Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Formation (ice) 25
Helm of Chatzuk

{1}, {T}: Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Artifact
Helm of Chatzuk (5ed) 376
Icatian Infantry

{1}: Icatian Infantry gains first strike until end of turn. {1}: Icatian Infantry gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Creature
Icatian Infantry (fem) 7b
Kjeldoran Knight

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) {1}{W}: Kjeldoran Knight gets +1/+0 until end of turn. {W}{W}: Kjeldoran Knight gets +0/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Kjeldoran Knight (ice) 36
Kjeldoran Warrior

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Creature
Kjeldoran Warrior (ice) 41
Nature's Blessing

{G}{W}, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or that creature gains banding, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely. Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Enchantment
Nature's Blessing (all) 110
Timber Wolves

Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)

Creature
Timber Wolves (4ed) 275

Banding Source

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Lure

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Alluring Scent

All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

Sorcery
Alluring Scent (p02) 121
Jangling Automaton

Whenever Jangling Automaton attacks, untap all creatures defending player controls.

Creature Artifact
Jangling Automaton (wth) 151
Lure

Enchant creature All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.

Enchantment
Lure (plst) IMA-175
Seton's Desire

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, all creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.

Enchantment
Seton's Desire (ody) 268
Stone-Tongue Basilisk

Whenever Stone-Tongue Basilisk deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. Threshold — As long as seven or more cards are in your graveyard, all creatures able to block Stone-Tongue Basilisk do so.

Creature
Stone-Tongue Basilisk (ody) 276
Taunting Challenge

All creatures able to block target creature this turn do so.

Sorcery
Taunting Challenge (ptk) 152
Taunting Elf

All creatures able to block Taunting Elf do so.

Creature
Taunting Elf (ons) 290
Tempting Licid

{G}, {T}: Tempting Licid loses this ability and becomes an Aura enchantment with enchant creature. Attach it to target creature. You may pay {G} to end this effect. All creatures able to block enchanted creature do so.

Creature
Tempting Licid (sth) 122

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Bonus

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Aphetto Alchemist

{T}: Untap target artifact or creature. Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Aphetto Alchemist (ons) 64
Clone

You may have Clone enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.

Creature
Clone (m14) 47
Cultural Exchange

Choose any number of creatures target player controls. Choose the same number of creatures another target player controls. Those players exchange control of those creatures. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Sorcery
Cultural Exchange (ody) 79
Fade Away

For each creature, its controller sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

Sorcery
Fade Away (exo) 34
Mana Severance

Search your library for any number of land cards, exile them, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Mana Severance (tmp) 73
Propaganda

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

Enchantment
Propaganda (otc) 108
Reins of Power

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Instant
Reins of Power (clb) 734
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (woc) 110

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Protection

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Alexi's Cloak

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Enchantment
Alexi's Cloak (pcy) 29
Diplomatic Immunity

Enchant creature Shroud (A permanent with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Enchanted creature has shroud.

Enchantment
Diplomatic Immunity (mmq) 75
Reality Ripple

Target artifact, creature, or land phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
Reality Ripple (mir) 87
Robe of Mirrors

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Enchantment
Robe of Mirrors (exo) 43
Sigil of the New Dawn

Whenever a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}{W}. If you do, return that card to your hand.

Enchantment
Sigil of the New Dawn (ons) 55
Vanishing

Enchant creature {U}{U}: Enchanted creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Enchantment
Vanishing (vis) 48

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Draw

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Baleful Stare

Target opponent reveals their hand. You draw a card for each Mountain and red card in it.

Sorcery
Baleful Stare (9ed) 64
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Sorcery
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows (plst) A25-45
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
Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (woc) 93
Insight

Whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you draw a card.

Enchantment
Insight (6ed) 75
Keep Watch

Draw a card for each attacking creature.

Instant
Keep Watch (woc) 98
Merfolk Looter

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Merfolk Looter (afc) 86
Merfolk Traders

When Merfolk Traders enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Merfolk Traders (wth) 43
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
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (otc) 104
Reap

Return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of black permanents target opponent controls as you cast this spell.

Instant
Reap (tmp) 247
Theft of Dreams

Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.

Sorcery
Theft of Dreams (p02) 55
Thieving Magpie

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Whenever Thieving Magpie deals damage to an opponent, draw a card.

Creature
Thieving Magpie (dmr) 68
Tolarian Winds

Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.

Instant
Tolarian Winds (7ed) 105
Vodalian Merchant

When Vodalian Merchant enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Vodalian Merchant (inv) 85
Whirlpool Rider

When Whirlpool Rider enters, shuffle the cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.

Creature
Whirlpool Rider (apc) 35
Windfall

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

Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123

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Ramp

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Apprentice Wizard

{U}, {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Creature
Apprentice Wizard (2xm) 40
Benthic Explorers

{T}, Untap a tapped land an opponent controls: Add one mana of any type that land could produce.

Creature
Benthic Explorers (all) 24a
Birds of Paradise

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

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Explosive Vegetation

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Explosive Vegetation (dsc) 177
Far Wanderings

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Threshold — If seven or more cards are in your graveyard, instead search your library for up to three basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Far Wanderings (tor) 125
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (4ed) 319
Fertile Ground

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.

Enchantment
Fertile Ground (woc) 126
Harrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Harrow (dsc) 183
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (7ed) 253
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Mind Stone: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (wth) 153
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (ice) 255
Oath of Lieges

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who controls more lands than they do and is their opponent. The first player may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Oath of Lieges (plst) EXO-11
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (dsc) 193
Sea Scryer

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

Creature
Sea Scryer (mir) 90
Sisay's Ring

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

Artifact
Sisay's Ring (vis) 154
Sky Diamond

Sky Diamond enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (mir) 319
Skyshroud Claim

Search your library for up to two Forest cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Skyshroud Claim (cmm) 321
Sol Grail

As Sol Grail enters, choose a color. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Sol Grail (all) 130
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (3ed) 274
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (uds) 139
Wild Growth

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Enchantment
Wild Growth (mkc) 195
Worn Powerstone

Worn Powerstone enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Worn Powerstone (usg) 318

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Deck Info

Deck stats

19 pips - 16 cards
4 mana - 4 cards
45 pips - 39 cards
42 mana - 42 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 4 cards
56 pips - 39 cards
5 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
17 mana - 10 cards
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