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Ob Nixilis, Competitive Kingpin
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $4975.32
Salt Sum: 69.6
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $7.99
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Flying, trample Whenever one or more opponents each lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin. Exile the top card of your library. Until your next end step, you may play that card.

Creature
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin (mat) 176
1

Artifact

Quantity: 18Price: $2566.83
Agatha's Soul Cauldron

You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate abilities of creatures you control. Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with Agatha's Soul Cauldron. {T}: Exile target card from a graveyard. When a creature card is exiled this way, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Artifact
Agatha's Soul Cauldron (woe) 366
1
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (p30m) 1F
1
Chrome Mox

Imprint — When Chrome Mox enters the battlefield, 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) 358
1
Conqueror's Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. As long as Conqueror's Flail is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Conqueror's Flail (2x2) 302
1
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (sld) 1040
1
Jeweled Lotus

{T}, Sacrifice Jeweled Lotus: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast your commander.

Artifact
Jeweled Lotus (cmm) 702
1
Lion's Eye Diamond

Discard your hand, Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only as an instant.

Artifact
Lion's Eye Diamond (mir) 307
1
Lotus Petal

{T}, Sacrifice Lotus Petal: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Lotus Petal (p30m) 2
1
Mana Crypt

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Mana Crypt deals 3 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Crypt (2xm) 361
1
Mana Vault

Mana Vault doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap Mana Vault. At the beginning of your draw step, if Mana Vault is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Vault (2x2) 394
1
Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Artifact
Mox Amber (brr) 98
1
Mox Diamond

If Mox Diamond would enter the battlefield, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put Mox Diamond onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Mox Diamond (sth) 138
1
Mox Opal

Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Artifact
Mox Opal (2xm) 362
1
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (sld) 249
1
Sundial of the Infinite

{1}, {T}: End the turn. Activate only during your turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack. Discard down to your maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Artifact
Sundial of the Infinite (plst) M12-218
1
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Talisman of Indulgence deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (sld) 1054
1
The One Ring

Indestructible When The One Ring enters the battlefield, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 451
1
Wishclaw Talisman

Wishclaw Talisman enters the battlefield with three wish counters on it. {1}, {T}, Remove a wish counter from Wishclaw Talisman: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. An opponent gains control of Wishclaw Talisman. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Wishclaw Talisman (eld) 357
1

Creature

Quantity: 20Price: $424.40
Birgi, God of Storytelling

Creature
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 311Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 311
1
Braids, Arisen Nightmare

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.

Creature
Braids, Arisen Nightmare (dmu) 84
1
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. {T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: 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
Dauthi Voidwalker (mh2) 450
1
Disciple of the Vault

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may have target opponent lose 1 life.

Creature
Disciple of the Vault (2xm) 86
1
Dockside Extortionist

When Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, create X Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts and enchantments your opponents control. (Treasure tokens are artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Dockside Extortionist (2x2) 360
1
Dragon's Rage Channeler

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) Delirium — As long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, Dragon's Rage Channeler gets +2/+2, has flying, and attacks each combat if able.

Creature
Dragon's Rage Channeler (mh2) 121
1
Dualcaster Mage

Flash When Dualcaster Mage enters the battlefield, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Dualcaster Mage (c21) 165
1
Hope of Ghirapur

Flying Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells.

Creature Artifact
Hope of Ghirapur (plst) AER-154
1
Kederekt Parasite

Whenever an opponent draws a card, if you control a red permanent, you may have Kederekt Parasite deal 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Kederekt Parasite (plst) CON-48
1
Kessig Flamebreather

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Kessig Flamebreather deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Kessig Flamebreather (dbl) 431
1
Loyal Apprentice

Haste Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. That token gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Loyal Apprentice (afc) 132
1
Mayhem Devil

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, Mayhem Devil deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Mayhem Devil (war) 204
1
Opposition Agent

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Creature
Opposition Agent (cmr) 651
1
Orcish Bowmasters

Flash When Orcish Bowmasters enters the battlefield and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, Orcish Bowmasters deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.

Creature
Orcish Bowmasters (ltr) 433
1
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (snc) 426
1
Prosper, Tome-Bound

Deathtouch Mystic Arcanum — At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card. Pact Boon — Whenever you play a card from exile, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Prosper, Tome-Bound (afc) 324
1
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Whenever Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card. Dash {1}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer (mh2) 315
1
Reckless Fireweaver

Whenever an artifact enters the battlefield under your control, Reckless Fireweaver deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Reckless Fireweaver (j22) 587
1
Urabrask

Creature
Urabrask // The Great Work (mom) 299Urabrask // The Great Work (mom) 299
1
Walking Ballista

Walking Ballista enters the battlefield with X +1/+1 counters on it. {4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Walking Ballista. Remove a +1/+1 counter from Walking Ballista: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature Artifact
Walking Ballista (j22) 806
1

Enchantment

Quantity: 5Price: $109.95
All Will Be One

Whenever you put one or more counters on a permanent or player, All Will Be One deals that much damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.

Enchantment
All Will Be One (one) 352
1
Manabarbs

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, Manabarbs deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Manabarbs (m12) 150
1
Spiteful Banditry

When Spiteful Banditry enters the battlefield, it deals X damage to each creature. Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control die, you create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Spiteful Banditry (ltr) 439
1
The Meathook Massacre

When The Meathook Massacre enters the battlefield, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
The Meathook Massacre (dbl) 112
1
Underworld Breach

Each nonland card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast cards from your graveyard for their escape cost.) At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice Underworld Breach.

Enchantment
Underworld Breach (thb) 324
1

Instant

Quantity: 19Price: $347.11
Bolt Bend

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with power 4 or greater. Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Instant
Bolt Bend (war) 115
1
Burnout

Counter target instant spell if it's blue. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Burnout (all) 68
1
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (mkc) 149
1
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (sld) 1170
1
Deadly Rollick

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

Instant
Deadly Rollick (c20) 42
1
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 (c20) 50
1
Desperate Ritual

Add {R}{R}{R}. Splice onto Arcane {1}{R} (As you cast an Arcane spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Instant
Desperate Ritual (uma) 127
1
Final Fortune

Take an extra turn after this one. At the beginning of that turn's end step, you lose the game.

Instant
Final Fortune (mir) 173
1
Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Imp's Mischief (cmm) 167
1
Pyretic Ritual

Add {R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Pyretic Ritual (sld) 1064
1
Pyroblast

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

Instant
Pyroblast (ss3) 5
1
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (scd) 239
1
Red Elemental Blast

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

Instant
Red Elemental Blast (ptc) gb218sb
1
Saw in Half

Destroy target creature. If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their base power is half that creature's power and their base toughness is half that creature's toughness. Round up each time.

Instant
Saw in Half (unf) 88
1
Slaughter Pact

Destroy target nonblack creature. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {2}{B}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Instant
Slaughter Pact (tsr) 138
1
Snuff Out

If you control a Swamp, you may pay 4 life rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Snuff Out (mmq) 162
1
Tibalt's Trickery

Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Tibalt's Trickery (khm) 360
1
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (cmr) 656
1
Wild Magic Surge

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Instant
Wild Magic Surge (clb) 206
1

Land

Quantity: 28Price: $1282.62
Ancient Tomb

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Ancient Tomb deals 2 damage to you.

Land
Ancient Tomb (zne) 21
1
Arid Mesa

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

Land
Arid Mesa (zne) 9
1
Badlands

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)

Land
Badlands (3ed) 282
1
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As Blood Crypt enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (unf) 279
1
Bloodstained Mire

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

Land
Bloodstained Mire (zne) 3
1
City of Brass

Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
City of Brass (2x2) 403
1
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (brc) 178
1
Dragonskull Summit

Dragonskull Summit enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (sld) 458
1
Emergence Zone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Emergence Zone: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Emergence Zone (war) 245
1
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (sld) 1231
1
Foreboding Ruins

As Foreboding Ruins enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Swamp or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, Foreboding Ruins enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Foreboding Ruins (40k) 279
1
Gemstone Caverns

If Gemstone Caverns is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.

Land
Gemstone Caverns (tsr) 280
1
Homeward Path

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Each player gains control of all creatures they own.

Land
Homeward Path (c16) 301
1
Luxury Suite

Luxury Suite enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (zne) 18
1
Mana Confluence

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Mana Confluence (sld) 1012a
1
Marsh Flats

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

Land
Marsh Flats (zne) 6
1
Mount Doom

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B} or {R}. {1}{B}{R}, {T}: Mount Doom deals 1 damage to each opponent. {5}{B}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Mount Doom and a legendary artifact: Choose up to two creatures, then destroy the rest. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Mount Doom (ltr) 343
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (unf) 238
2
Polluted Delta

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

Land
Polluted Delta (zne) 2
1
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Prismatic Vista: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (zne) 27
1
Scalding Tarn

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

Land
Scalding Tarn (zne) 7
1
Sulfurous Springs

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Sulfurous Springs deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dmu) 381
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (unf) 237
2
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Urza's Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — Urza's Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 380
1
Verdant Catacombs

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

Land
Verdant Catacombs (zne) 8
1
Wooded Foothills

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

Land
Wooded Foothills (zne) 4
1

Sorcery

Quantity: 9Price: $236.42
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (sta) 27
1
Gamble

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, discard a card at random, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Gamble (dmr) 433
1
Grapeshot

Grapeshot deals 1 damage to any target. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Sorcery
Grapeshot (sta) 39
1
Imperial Seal

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Imperial Seal (2x2) 354
1
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (cmr) 668
1
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Sorcery
Reanimate (mkc) 137
1
Rite of Flame

Add {R}{R}, then add {R} for each card named Rite of Flame in each graveyard.

Sorcery
Rite of Flame (plst) SS3-7
1
Twinflame

Strive — This spell costs {2}{R} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Twinflame (2x2) 129
1
Wheel of Fortune

Each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.

Sorcery
Wheel of Fortune (vma) 192
1

Maybeboard

Quantity: 16Price: $168.14
Ad Nauseam

Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.

Instant
Ad Nauseam (2xm) 76
1
Bloodchief Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on Bloodchief Ascension. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if Bloodchief Ascension has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Bloodchief Ascension (cmm) 139
1
Cabal Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}. Threshold — Add {B}{B}{B}{B}{B} instead if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Instant
Cabal Ritual (tor) 51
1
Electrostatic Field

Defender Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Electrostatic Field deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Electrostatic Field (grn) 97
1
Grim Monolith

Grim Monolith doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {4}: Untap Grim Monolith.

Artifact
Grim Monolith (wc00) jf126
1
Gut Shot

({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Gut Shot deals 1 damage to any target.

Instant
Gut Shot (nph) 86
1
Immolation Shaman

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land that isn't a mana ability, Immolation Shaman deals 1 damage to that player. {3}{R}{R}: Immolation Shaman gets +3/+3 and gains menace until end of turn.

Creature
Immolation Shaman (rna) 106
1
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (brc) 148
1
Necropotence

Skip your draw step. Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Enchantment
Necropotence (ima) 98
1
Praetor's Grasp

Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it face down. Then that player shuffles. You may look at and play that card for as long as it remains exiled.

Sorcery
Praetor's Grasp (nph) 71
1
Seething Song

Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Seething Song (wc04) mb104sb
1
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 398
1
Shivan Gorge

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{R}, {T}: Shivan Gorge deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Land
Shivan Gorge (plst) USG-326
1
Simian Spirit Guide

Exile Simian Spirit Guide from your hand: Add {R}.

Creature
Simian Spirit Guide (plst) PLC-122
1
Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (stx) 115
1
Yawgmoth's Will

Until end of turn, you may play lands and cast spells from your graveyard. If a card would be put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, exile that card instead.

Sorcery
Yawgmoth's Will (wc00) nl171
1

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