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Battle Backup 1.0?
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $197.12
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Commander

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Menace Assassin spells you cast have freerunning {B}{B}. (You may cast a spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Whenever Ezio deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} if that player has 10 or less life. When you do, that player loses the game.

Creature
Ezio Auditore da Firenze (acr) 25

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Anthem

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Achilles Davenport

Freerunning {U}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Other Assassins you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Achilles Davenport (acr) 294

Anthem

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Copy

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The Animus

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it. {T}: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
The Animus (acr) 69

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Counters

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Invasion of Moag

Battle
Invasion of Moag // Bloomwielder Dryads (mom) 237Invasion of Moag // Bloomwielder Dryads (mom) 237
Resourceful Defense

Whenever a permanent you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on target permanent you control. {4}{W}: Move any number of counters from target permanent you control to another target permanent you control.

Enchantment
Resourceful Defense (ncc) 19

Counters

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Discard

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Invasion of Eldraine

Battle
Invasion of Eldraine // Prickle Faeries (mom) 113Invasion of Eldraine // Prickle Faeries (mom) 113

Discard

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Draw

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Basim Ibn Ishaq

Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. Basim Ibn Ishaq can't be blocked this turn. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Basim Ibn Ishaq (acr) 49
Evie Frye

Partner with Jacob Frye (When this creature enters, target player may put Jacob into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) {1}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When you discard a creature card this way, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Evie Frye (acr) 19
Glissa Sunslayer

First strike, deathtouch Whenever Glissa Sunslayer deals combat damage to a player, choose one — • You draw a card and you lose 1 life. • Destroy target enchantment. • Remove up to three counters from target permanent.

Creature
Glissa Sunslayer (one) 202
Invasion of Alara

Battle
Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom (mom) 230Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom (mom) 230
Invasion of Dominaria

Battle
Invasion of Dominaria // Serra Faithkeeper (mom) 21Invasion of Dominaria // Serra Faithkeeper (mom) 21
Invasion of Ixalan

Battle
Invasion of Ixalan // Belligerent Regisaur (mom) 191Invasion of Ixalan // Belligerent Regisaur (mom) 191
Invasion of Mercadia

Battle
Invasion of Mercadia // Kyren Flamewright (mom) 147Invasion of Mercadia // Kyren Flamewright (mom) 147
Invasion of Pyrulea

Battle
Invasion of Pyrulea // Gargantuan Slabhorn (mom) 240Invasion of Pyrulea // Gargantuan Slabhorn (mom) 240
Invasion of Vryn

Battle
Invasion of Vryn // Overloaded Mage-Ring (mom) 64Invasion of Vryn // Overloaded Mage-Ring (mom) 64
Render Inert

Remove up to five counters from target permanent. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Render Inert (mom) 123
The Key to the Vault

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, look at that many cards from the top of your library. You may exile a nonland card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. You may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost. Equip {2}{U}

Artifact
The Key to the Vault (otj) 54
Whirlwind of Thought

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Whirlwind of Thought (moc) 344

Draw

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Land

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Arcane Sanctum

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

Land
Arcane Sanctum (dsc) 259
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (fdc) 3
Crumbling Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.

Land
Crumbling Necropolis (lcc) 326
Dark Depths

Dark Depths enters with ten ice counters on it. {3}: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths. When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

Land
Dark Depths (dmr) 244
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (fdn) 281
Frontier Bivouac

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

Land
Frontier Bivouac (who) 281
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (fdn) 274
Jungle Shrine

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

Land
Jungle Shrine (otc) 303
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (fdn) 279
Mystic Monastery

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

Land
Mystic Monastery (blc) 318
Nomad Outpost

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}.

Land
Nomad Outpost (otc) 306
Opulent Palace

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

Land
Opulent Palace (otc) 307
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (blc) 322
Pit of Offerings

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile up to three target cards from graveyards. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled cards' colors.

Land
Pit of Offerings (lci) 278
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (fdn) 272
Public Thoroughfare

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you tap an untapped artifact or land you control. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Public Thoroughfare (mkm) 265
Reflecting Pool

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

Land
Reflecting Pool (clb) 358
Sandsteppe Citadel

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

Land
Sandsteppe Citadel (cmm) 1024
Savage Lands

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.

Land
Savage Lands (cmm) 1025
Seaside Citadel

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

Land
Seaside Citadel (blc) 329
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (fdn) 277

Land

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Mill

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Invasion of Amonkhet

Battle
Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert (mom) 231Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert (mom) 231

Mill

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Proliferate

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Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

{T}, Remove a counter from another permanent you control: Populate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.) {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain (lcc) 14

Proliferate

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Protection

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Reconnaissance

{0}: Remove target attacking creature you control from combat and untap it. (If you activate during end of combat, the creature will untap after it deals combat damage.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance (acr) 82

Protection

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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 (fdc) 1
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (j25) 151
Edward Kenway

At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each tapped Assassin, Pirate, and/or Vehicle you control. Whenever a Vehicle you control deals combat damage to a player, look at the top card of that player's library, then exile it face down. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.

Creature
Edward Kenway (acr) 53
Invasion of Ergamon

Battle
Invasion of Ergamon // Truga Cliffcharger (mom) 233Invasion of Ergamon // Truga Cliffcharger (mom) 233
Invasion of Zendikar

Battle
Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave (mom) 194Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave (mom) 194
Mutated Cultist

Devoid (This card has no color.) When you cast this spell, remove all counters from up to one target permanent or opponent. The next spell you cast this turn costs {1} less to cast for each counter removed this way. Deathtouch

Creature
Mutated Cultist (m3c) 53
Scholar of New Horizons

This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. {T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Search your library for a Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, you may put that card onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.

Creature
Scholar of New Horizons (brc) 6
Shaun & Rebecca, Agents

Vigilance When Shaun & Rebecca enters, search your graveyard, hand, and library for a card named The Animus and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. {T}: Add {C}. When you do, mill two cards.

Creature
Shaun & Rebecca, Agents (acr) 64
Viewpoint Synchronization

Freerunning {2}{G} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Search your library for up to three basic land cards and reveal them. Put two of them onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Viewpoint Synchronization (acr) 43

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Recursion

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Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

First strike Whenever Altaïr attacks, exile up to one target Assassin creature card from your graveyard with a memory counter on it. Then for each creature card you own in exile with a memory counter on it, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of it. Exile those tokens at end of combat.

Creature
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (acr) 45
Invasion of Shandalar

Battle
Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge (mom) 193Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge (mom) 193
Layla Hassan

First strike When Layla Hassan enters and whenever one or more Assassins you control deal combat damage to a player, return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Layla Hassan (acr) 7
Restart Sequence

Freerunning {1}{B} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Restart Sequence (acr) 30
Squirming Emergence

Fathomless descent — Return to the battlefield target nonland permanent card in your graveyard with mana value less than or equal to the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.

Sorcery
Squirming Emergence (lci) 241

Recursion

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Removal

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Aether Snap

Remove all counters from all permanents and exile all tokens.

Sorcery
Aether Snap (ncc) 241
Hex Parasite

{X}{B/P}: Remove up to X counters from target permanent. For each counter removed this way, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature Artifact
Hex Parasite (nph) 137
Invasion of Azgol

Battle
Invasion of Azgol // Ashen Reaper (mom) 232Invasion of Azgol // Ashen Reaper (mom) 232
Invasion of Fiora

Battle
Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch (mom) 114Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch (mom) 114
Invasion of Innistrad

Battle
Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead (mom) 115Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead (mom) 115
Invasion of Kamigawa

Battle
Invasion of Kamigawa // Rooftop Saboteurs (mom) 62Invasion of Kamigawa // Rooftop Saboteurs (mom) 62
Invasion of Karsus

Battle
Invasion of Karsus // Refraction Elemental (mom) 146Invasion of Karsus // Refraction Elemental (mom) 146
Invasion of Lorwyn

Battle
Invasion of Lorwyn // Winnowing Forces (mom) 236Invasion of Lorwyn // Winnowing Forces (mom) 236
Invasion of New Capenna

Battle
Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon (mom) 238Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon (mom) 238
Invasion of Ravnica

Battle
Invasion of Ravnica // Guildpact Paragon (mom) 1Invasion of Ravnica // Guildpact Paragon (mom) 1
Invasion of Regatha

Battle
Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno (mom) 148Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno (mom) 148
Invasion of Tarkir

Battle
Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw (mom) 149Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw (mom) 149
Invasion of Ulgrotha

Battle
Invasion of Ulgrotha // Grandmother Ravi Sengir (mom) 116Invasion of Ulgrotha // Grandmother Ravi Sengir (mom) 116
Invasion of Xerex

Battle
Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin (mom) 242Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin (mom) 242
Thief of Blood

Flying As this creature enters, remove all counters from all permanents. This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each counter removed this way.

Creature
Thief of Blood (cma) 71
Vampire Hexmage

First strike Sacrifice this creature: Remove all counters from target permanent.

Creature
Vampire Hexmage (plst) C14-168

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Tokens

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Aya of Alexandria

Menace, lifelink Whenever a historic creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Aya of Alexandria (acr) 48
Invasion of Belenon

Battle
Invasion of Belenon // Belenon War Anthem (mom) 20Invasion of Belenon // Belenon War Anthem (mom) 20
Invasion of New Phyrexia

Battle
Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir (mom) 239Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir (mom) 239
Invasion of Segovia

Battle
Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia (mom) 63Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia (mom) 63
Origin of the Hidden Ones

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga deals 4 damage to any target. II — Create two 1/1 black Assassin creature tokens with menace. III — Whenever an Assassin you control attacks this turn, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace that's tapped and attacking.

Enchantment
Origin of the Hidden Ones (acr) 36
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton

As long as Ratonhnhaké꞉ton hasn't dealt damage yet, it has hexproof and can't be blocked. Whenever Ratonhnhaké꞉ton deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with menace. When you do, return target Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then attach it to that token.

Creature
Ratonhnhaké꞉ton (acr) 62

Tokens

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Tutor

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Begin the Invasion

Search your library for up to X battle cards with different names, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Begin the Invasion (moc) 79
Invasion of Arcavios

Battle
Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders (mom) 61Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders (mom) 61
Invasion of Ikoria

Battle
Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria (mom) 190Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria (mom) 190
Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Solve the Equation (stx) 54

Tutor

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Sideboard

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Invasion of Gobakhan

Battle
Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array (mom) 22Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array (mom) 22
Invasion of Kaladesh

Battle
Invasion of Kaladesh // Aetherwing, Golden-Scale Flagship (mom) 234Invasion of Kaladesh // Aetherwing, Golden-Scale Flagship (mom) 234
Invasion of Kaldheim

Battle
Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree (mom) 145Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree (mom) 145
Invasion of Kylem

Battle
Invasion of Kylem // Valor's Reach Tag Team (mom) 235Invasion of Kylem // Valor's Reach Tag Team (mom) 235
Invasion of Muraganda

Battle
Invasion of Muraganda // Primordial Plasm (mom) 192Invasion of Muraganda // Primordial Plasm (mom) 192
Invasion of Theros

Battle
Invasion of Theros // Ephara, Ever-Sheltering (mom) 23Invasion of Theros // Ephara, Ever-Sheltering (mom) 23
Invasion of Tolvada

Battle
Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky (mom) 241Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky (mom) 241
Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile

Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, scry 1. If that spell was all colors, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance. {5}, {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

Creature
Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile (dmc) 3
Medicine Runner

When this creature enters, you may remove a counter from target permanent.

Creature
Medicine Runner (shm) 230
Portent Tracker

{T}: Untap target land. {T}: Choose target battle. If an opponent protects it, remove a defense counter from it. Otherwise, put a defense counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Portent Tracker (mom) 201
Power Conduit

{T}, Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Choose one — • Put a charge counter on target artifact. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Artifact
Power Conduit (mrd) 229
Thrull Parasite

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) {T}, Pay 2 life: Remove a counter from target nonland permanent.

Creature
Thrull Parasite (plst) GTC-81

Sideboard

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Maybeboard

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Chisei, Heart of Oceans

Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Chisei unless you remove a counter from a permanent you control.

Creature
Chisei, Heart of Oceans (bok) 32
Clockspinning

Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Choose a counter on target permanent or suspended card. Remove that counter from that permanent or card or put another of those counters on it.

Instant
Clockspinning (who) 215
Cosmic Hunger

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature, planeswalker, or battle.

Instant
Cosmic Hunger (mom) 182
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

Creature Enchantment
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (cmm) 891
Overpowering Attack

Freerunning {2}{R} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Untap all creatures you control that attacked this turn. If it's your main phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase, followed by an additional main phase.

Sorcery
Overpowering Attack (acr) 37
Warstorm Surge

Whenever a creature you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Enchantment
Warstorm Surge (blc) 117

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck stats

17 pips - 17 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
21 pips - 20 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
30 pips - 25 cards
22 mana - 21 cards
14 pips - 13 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
17 pips - 15 cards
20 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
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