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Slinging on a Half-Shell
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Est deck cost: $206.08
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Commander

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Taeko, the Patient Avalanche

Taeko enters tapped. Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it didn't die, scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko. Whenever Taeko attacks, you may pay {U/B}. When you do, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Taeko, the Patient Avalanche (j25) 39

Commander

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Cipher

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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 (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
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
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

Cipher

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Draw

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Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (otc) 90
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
Extraordinary Journey

When this enchantment enters, exile up to X target creatures. For each of those cards, its owner may play it for as long as it remains exiled. Whenever one or more nontoken creatures enter, if one or more of them entered from exile or was cast from exile, you draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Extraordinary Journey (woe) 48
Gossip's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) Whenever a creature you control enters, surveil 1. {1}{U}: Level 2 Whenever you attack, target attacking creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn. {3}{U}: Level 3 Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may exile it, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Enchantment
Gossip's Talent (blb) 51
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (clb) 723
Satoru, the Infiltrator

Menace Whenever Satoru and/or one or more other nontoken creatures you control enter, if none of them were cast or no mana was spent to cast them, draw a card.

Creature
Satoru, the Infiltrator (otj) 230
Windrider Wizard

Flying Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Windrider Wizard (cmm) 134

Draw

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Land

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Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 260
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Creeping Tar Pit

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. {1}{U}{B}: This land becomes a 3/2 blue and black Elemental creature until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. It's still a land.

Land
Creeping Tar Pit (clb) 888
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Drowned Catacomb

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

Land
Drowned Catacomb (otc) 290
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (otc) 296
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dsk) 279
Port of Karfell

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {3}{U}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Mill four cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Land
Port of Karfell (mkc) 280
Restless Reef

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. {2}{U}{B}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 4/4 blue and black Shark creature with deathtouch. It's still a land. Whenever this land attacks, target player mills four cards.

Land
Restless Reef (lci) 282
Shipwreck Marsh

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

Land
Shipwreck Marsh (mid) 267
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (otc) 325
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dsk) 281
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (dsc) 303
Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (dsc) 307
Underground River

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

Land
Underground River (dsc) 321
Watery Grave

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

Land
Watery Grave (rvr) 291

Land

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Protection/Removal

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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 (dsc) 110
Change of Plans

Each of X target creatures you control connive. You may have any number of them phase out. (To have a creature connive, draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Instant
Change of Plans (ncc) 24
Hullbreaker Horror

Flash This spell can't be countered. Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one — • Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand. • Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Hullbreaker Horror (woc) 95
Mizzium Skin

Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Overload {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Mizzium Skin (rtr) 45
Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Instant
Resculpt (cmm) 115
Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Shore Up (blb) 69
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (clu) 99
Three Steps Ahead

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1}{U} — Counter target spell. + {3} — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control. + {2} — Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Three Steps Ahead (otj) 75

Protection/Removal

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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
Case of the Ransacked Lab

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Case of the Ransacked Lab (mkm) 45
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (clu) 221
Haughty Djinn

Flying Haughty Djinn's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Haughty Djinn (otc) 99
Misleading Signpost

Flash When this artifact 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.) {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Misleading Signpost (woc) 11
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (dsc) 94
Talisman of Dominance

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

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (m3c) 310
Thunderclap Drake

Flying Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {2}{U}, Sacrifice this creature: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.

Creature
Thunderclap Drake (otc) 17
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (m3c) 315

Ramp

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Recursion

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Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Archaeomancer (uma) 45
Mnemonic Wall

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (ima) 67
Possessed Skaab

When this creature enters, return target instant, sorcery, or creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If this creature would die, exile it instead.

Creature
Possessed Skaab (ori) 215
Salvager of Secrets

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Salvager of Secrets (m19) 70
Scrivener

When this creature enters, you may return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Scrivener (ody) 100
Shipwreck Dowser

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Shipwreck Dowser (cmm) 119

Recursion

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Spell Payoff

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Deekah, Fractal Theorist

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is that spell's mana value. {3}{U}: Target creature token can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Deekah, Fractal Theorist (c21) 26
Lord of the Nazgûl

Flying Wraiths you control have protection from Ring-bearers. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. Then if you control nine or more Wraiths, Wraiths you control have base power and toughness 9/9 until end of turn.

Creature
Lord of the Nazgûl (ltc) 60
Metallurgic Summonings

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value. {3}{U}{U}, Exile this enchantment: Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control six or more artifacts.

Enchantment
Metallurgic Summonings (c21) 122
Orvar, the All-Form

Changeling Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if it targets one or more other permanents you control, create a token that's a copy of one of those permanents. When a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, create a token that's a copy of target permanent.

Creature
Orvar, the All-Form (khm) 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.

Planeswalker
Professor Onyx (dsc) 153
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.

Creature
Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful (dmu) 216
Sedgemoor Witch

Menace Ward—Pay 3 life. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays 3 life.) Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."

Creature
Sedgemoor Witch (stx) 86
Shark Typhoon

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying, where X is that spell's mana value. Cycling {X}{1}{U} ({X}{1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, create an X/X blue Shark creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Shark Typhoon (dsc) 127
Stormchaser's Talent

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) When this Class enters, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess. {3}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. {5}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue and red Otter creature token with prowess.

Enchantment
Stormchaser's Talent (blb) 75

Spell Payoff

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Tutor

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Step Through

Return two target creatures to their owners' hands. Wizardcycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Wizard card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery
Step Through (mh2) 66

Tutor

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Wipe

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Consuming Tide

Each player chooses a nonland permanent they control. Return all nonland permanents not chosen this way to their owners' hands. Then you draw a card for each opponent who has more cards in their hand than you.

Sorcery
Consuming Tide (vow) 53

Wipe

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Maybeboard

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Academy Wall

Defender Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Academy Wall (dmu) 41
Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant
Pongify (m3c) 190
Scholar of the Ages

When this creature enters, return up to two target instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Scholar of the Ages (cmr) 93
Vesuvan Duplimancy

Whenever you cast a spell that targets only a single artifact or creature you control, create a token that's a copy of that artifact or creature, except it's not legendary.

Enchantment
Vesuvan Duplimancy (dmu) 73

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"The deck is a Dimir spellslinger/blink deck with a cipher sub theme. You use the blink spells on your archaeomancer-like creatures to farm magecraft triggers. The commander gets you additional value from your blinked creatures and he works as a great Voltron option because he can get very large from all of the blinking. Since he can make creatures unblockable he becomes a great vehicle for cipher spells so that every time he hits you get to farm all of your magecraft triggers for each cipher spell attached to him.\n\nThe deck is a very moderate power level and it just rolls over to Rest in peace and Leyline of the void effects\n"}]}
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