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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $0.35
Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 1 life.
You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding two cards in addition to paying its other costs.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful (dmu) 216

Commander

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Cipher!

Qty: 15 Price: $15.03
Arcane Heist
You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into their graveyard, exile it instead.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Arcane Heist (otc) 13
Call of the Nightwing
Create a 1/1 blue and black Horror creature token with flying.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Call of the Nightwing (plst) GK1-8
Hands of Binding
Tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Hands of Binding (gtc) 37
Hidden Strings
You may tap or untap target permanent, then you may tap or untap another target permanent.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Hidden Strings (dgm) 12
Last Thoughts
Draw a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Last Thoughts (gtc) 40
Mental Vapors
Target player discards a card.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Mental Vapors (gtc) 72
Midnight Recovery
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Midnight Recovery (gtc) 73
Paranoid Delusions
Target player mills three cards.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Paranoid Delusions (gtc) 186
Shadow Slice
Target opponent loses 3 life.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Shadow Slice (gtc) 77
Stolen Identity
Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Stolen Identity (ncc) 233
Trait Doctoring
Change the text of target permanent by replacing all instances of one color word with another or one basic land type with another until end of turn.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Trait Doctoring (dgm) 18
Undercity Plague
Target player loses 1 life, discards a card, then sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Undercity Plague (gtc) 83
Voidwalk
Exile target creature. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Voidwalk (gtc) 55
Whispering Madness
Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Whispering Madness (c16) 229
Writ of Return
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)
Sorcery
Writ of Return (ncc) 42

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Land

Qty: 35 Price: $107.55
Clearwater Pathway
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Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Drowned Catacomb
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp.
: Add
or
.
Land
Drowned Catacomb (fic) 388
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (soc) 369
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (soc) 130
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mh2) 483
Morphic Pool
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mortuary Mire
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
: Add
.
Land
Mortuary Mire (pip) 272
Nephalia Drownyard
: Add
.
,
: Target player mills three cards.
Land
Nephalia Drownyard (isd) 245
Polluted Delta
, 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) 438
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Sunken Hollow
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.
Land - Island Swamp
Sunken Hollow (tmc) 76
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (mh2) 485

Land

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Mitigates Life Loss

Qty: 18 Price: $101.30
Backfire
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to you, this Aura deals that much damage to that creature's controller.
Enchantment - Aura
Backfire (4ed) 62
Collective Restraint
Domain — Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
Enchantment
Collective Restraint (plst) INV-49
Dauthi Embrace
: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Enchantment
Dauthi Embrace (plst) TMP-120
Dauthi Trapper
: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Trapper (plst) STH-56
Dissipation Field
Whenever a permanent deals damage to you, return it to its owner's hand.
Enchantment
Dissipation Field (clb) 718
Illusionist's Gambit
Cast this spell only during the declare blockers step on an opponent's turn.
Remove all attacking creatures from combat and untap them. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Each of those creatures attacks that combat if able. They can't attack you or planeswalkers you control that combat.
Instant
Illusionist's Gambit (blc) 166
Koskun Falls
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you tap an untapped creature you control.
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
World Enchantment
Koskun Falls (hml) 55
Maze of Ith
: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
Maze of Shadows
: Add
.
: Untap target attacking creature with shadow. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
Land
Maze of Shadows (tmp) 319
No Mercy
Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.
Enchantment
No Mercy (dmr) 308
Ophiomancer
At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
Creature - Human Shaman
Ophiomancer (soc) 118
Phyrexian Splicer
,
, Choose flying, first strike, trample, or shadow: Until end of turn, target creature with the chosen ability loses it and another target creature gains it.
Artifact
Phyrexian Splicer (plst) TMP-303
Portal Mage
Flash
When this creature enters during the declare attackers step, you may reselect which player or permanent target attacking creature is attacking. (It can't attack its controller or their permanents.)
Creature - Human Wizard
Portal Mage (cmm) 112
Propaganda
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Propaganda (c20) 123
Shadow Rift
Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Shadow Rift (plst) TMP-86
Snap
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.
Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Traitor's Clutch
Target creature gets +1/+0, becomes black, and gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Traitor's Clutch (tsp) 137
Wall of Souls
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Whenever this creature is dealt combat damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent or planeswalker.
Creature - Wall
Wall of Souls (sth) 75

Mitigates Life Loss

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Ramp

Qty: 5 Price: $14.95
Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (soc) 127
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (ice) 120
Dimir Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (soc) 128
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (fic) 368

Ramp

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Shadow!

Qty: 14 Price: $22.82
Dauthi Cutthroat
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
,
: Destroy target creature with shadow.
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Cutthroat (exo) 57
Dauthi Ghoul
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever a creature with shadow dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Zombie Dauthi
Dauthi Ghoul (tmp) 121
Dauthi Mindripper
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, defending player discards three cards.
Creature - Minion Dauthi
Dauthi Mindripper (plst) TMP-125
Dauthi Slayer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
This creature attacks each combat if able.
Creature - Soldier Dauthi
Dauthi Slayer (tmp) 126
Dauthi Voidwalker
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it.
, Sacrifice this creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Rogue Dauthi
Dauthi Voidwalker (tdc) 176
Dauthi Warlord
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Dauthi Warlord's power is equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield with shadow.
Creature - Soldier Dauthi
Dauthi Warlord (exo) 59
Faceless Devourer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
When this creature enters, exile another target creature with shadow.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
Creature - Horror Nightmare
Faceless Devourer (tsr) 115
Looter il-Kor
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Rogue Kor
Looter il-Kor (cmm) 102
Nether Traitor
Haste
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay
. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Creature - Spirit
Nether Traitor (soc) 220
Stronghold Overseer
Flying
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
: Creatures with shadow get +1/+0 until end of turn and creatures without shadow get -1/-0 until end of turn.
Creature - Demon
Stronghold Overseer (tsp) 133
Thalakos Deceiver
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may sacrifice it. If you do, gain control of target creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Creature - Wizard Thalakos
Thalakos Deceiver (sth) 45
Thalakos Dreamsower
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, tap target creature. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as this creature remains tapped.
Creature - Wizard Thalakos
Thalakos Dreamsower (tmp) 92
Thalakos Seer
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
When this creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Thalakos
Thalakos Seer (tmp) 94
Thalakos Sentry
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Creature - Soldier Thalakos
Thalakos Sentry (tmp) 95

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Shadow/Cipher Synergy

Qty: 9 Price: $52.21
Curiosity
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Curiosity (plst) 8ED-72
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card.
, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (tdc) 181
Helm of the Ghastlord
Enchant creature
As long as enchanted creature is blue, it gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card."
As long as enchanted creature is black, it gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card."
Enchantment - Aura
Helm of the Ghastlord (shm) 166
Mathise, Surge Channeler
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 3 or greater, roll a d20.
1-9 | Each player draws a card.
10-19 | You draw a card.
20 | Copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Creature - Human Elf Shaman Sorcerer
Mathise, Surge Channeler (slx) 25
Mirari
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay
. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Legendary Artifact
Mirari (c13) 246
Octavia, Living Thesis
This spell costs
less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Ward

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Elemental Octopus
Octavia, Living Thesis (otc) 103
Ophidian Eye
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Ophidian Eye (plst) TSP-70
Professor Onyx
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
+1: You lose 1 life. Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
−3: Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.
−8: Each opponent may discard a card. If they don't, they lose 3 life. Repeat this process six more times.
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
Professor Onyx (dsc) 153
Vampiric Link
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.
Enchantment - Aura
Vampiric Link (plst) PLC-92

Shadow/Cipher Synergy

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Targeted Disruption

Qty: 2 Price: $4.98
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
Go for the Throat
Destroy target nonartifact creature.
Instant
Go for the Throat (j25) 447

Targeted Disruption

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Tutor

Qty: 1 Price: $23.99
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (6ed) 83

Tutor

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3 mana - 3 cards
38 pips - 31 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
43 pips - 31 cards
24 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 3 cards
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3 mana - 3 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 5 cards
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