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Face-down Surprise
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Est deck cost: $116.64
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Commander

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Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

The first face-down creature spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast. Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, draw a card.

Creature
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer (c19) 45

Commander

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Removal/Counter

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Break Down the Door

Choose one — • Exile target artifact. • Exile target enchantment. • Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Instant
Break Down the Door (dsk) 170
Ixidron

As this creature enters, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They're 2/2 creatures.) Ixidron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.

Creature
Ixidron (c19) 87
Leadership Vacuum

Target player returns each commander they control from the battlefield to the command zone. Draw a card.

Instant
Leadership Vacuum (c19) 9
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (fdn) 710
Putrefy

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Putrefy (dsc) 90
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (dsc) 125
Sultai Charm

Choose one — • Destroy target monocolored creature. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Sultai Charm (dmc) 168
Unnerving Grasp

Return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sorcery
Unnerving Grasp (dsk) 80
Whirlwind Denial

For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays {4}.

Instant
Whirlwind Denial (j25) 388

Removal/Counter

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Land

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Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (j25) 154
Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (fdc) 3
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
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
Golgari Rot Farm

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

Land
Golgari Rot Farm (dsc) 279
Hissing Quagmire

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. {1}{B}{G}: This land becomes a 2/2 black and green Elemental creature with deathtouch until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Hissing Quagmire (ogw) 171
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (fdn) 274
Jungle Hollow

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Jungle Hollow (fdn) 263
Lumbering Falls

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. {2}{G}{U}: This land becomes a 3/3 green and blue Elemental creature with hexproof until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Lumbering Falls (afc) 247
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (dsc) 289
Opulent Palace

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

Land
Opulent Palace (otc) 307
Overgrown Tomb

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

Land
Overgrown Tomb (rvr) 283
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
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
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast colorless spells. Activate only if you control seven or more lands.

Land
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods (mkc) 292
Simic Growth Chamber

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

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dsc) 298
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 (fdn) 276
Temple of Malady

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 {B} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Malady (fdn) 700
Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (j25) 156
Thespian's Stage

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: This land becomes a copy of target land, except it has this ability.

Land
Thespian's Stage (mb2) 113
Thornwood Falls

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Thornwood Falls (fdn) 269
Yavimaya Coast

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

Land
Yavimaya Coast (dsc) 327

Land

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Utility

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Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (woc) 90
Kaya's Ghostform

Enchant creature or planeswalker you control When enchanted permanent dies or is put into exile, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Kaya's Ghostform (plst) WAR-94
Muraganda Petroglyphs

Creatures with no abilities get +2/+2.

Enchantment
Muraganda Petroglyphs (tsr) 220
Notion Thief

Flash If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead that player skips that draw and you draw a card.

Creature
Notion Thief (ltc) 270
Overwhelming Stampede

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Sorcery
Overwhelming Stampede (dsc) 192
Paranormal Analyst

Whenever you manifest dread, put a card you put into your graveyard this way into your hand.

Creature
Paranormal Analyst (dsk) 69
Primeval Bounty

Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put three +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 3 life.

Enchantment
Primeval Bounty (fdn) 644
Road of Return

Choose one — • Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. • Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Sorcery
Road of Return (c19) 34
Ruxa, Patient Professor

Whenever Ruxa enters or attacks, return target creature card with no abilities from your graveyard to your hand. Creatures you control with no abilities get +1/+1. For each creature you control with no abilities, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Creature
Ruxa, Patient Professor (c21) 66
Secret Plans

Face-down creatures you control get +0/+1. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, draw a card.

Enchantment
Secret Plans (c19) 201
Seedborn Muse

Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Seedborn Muse (mkc) 186
Trail of Mystery

Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, if it's a creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Trail of Mystery (dsc) 203
Unstoppable Slasher

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up. When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.

Creature
Unstoppable Slasher (dsk) 119
Wilderness Reclamation

At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.

Enchantment
Wilderness Reclamation (dsc) 205

Utility

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Manifest

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Cursed Windbreaker

When this Equipment enters, manifest dread, then attach this Equipment to that creature. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature has flying. Equip {3}

Artifact
Cursed Windbreaker (dsk) 47
Defiant Survivor

Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Creature
Defiant Survivor (dsk) 175
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

Deathtouch Face-down creatures you control have "{2}{U}{B}: Turn this creature face up. If you can't, exile it, then you may cast the exiled card without paying its mana cost." Whenever an Assassin you control deals combat damage to an opponent, cloak the top card of that player's library.

Creature
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive (mkm) 200
Ghastly Conscription

Exile all creature cards from target player's graveyard in a face-down pile, shuffle that pile, then manifest those cards. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sorcery
Ghastly Conscription (c19) 115
Growing Dread

Flash When this enchantment enters, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Whenever you turn a permanent face up, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Enchantment
Growing Dread (dsk) 216
Manifest Dread

Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sorcery
Manifest Dread (dsk) 189
Thieving Amalgam

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, its owner loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Thieving Amalgam (otc) 150
Threats Around Every Corner

When this enchantment enters, manifest dread. Whenever a face-down permanent you control enters, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Threats Around Every Corner (dsk) 200
Under the Skin

Manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) You may return a permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Sorcery
Under the Skin (dsk) 203
Valgavoth's Onslaught

Manifest dread X times, then put X +1/+1 counters on each of those creatures. (To manifest dread, look at the top two cards of your library, then put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sorcery
Valgavoth's Onslaught (dsk) 204

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Morph

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Ainok Survivalist

Megamorph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature
Ainok Survivalist (mkc) 165
Bane of the Living

Morph {X}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, all creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Creature
Bane of the Living (c19) 104
Chromeshell Crab

Morph {4}{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.) When this creature is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.

Creature
Chromeshell Crab (c19) 81
Deathmist Raptor

Deathtouch Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield face up or face down. Megamorph {4}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Deathmist Raptor (dsc) 176
Den Protector

Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block it. Megamorph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Den Protector (mkc) 169
Gift of Doom

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has deathtouch and indestructible. Morph—Sacrifice another creature. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) As this Aura is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.

Enchantment
Gift of Doom (c19) 17
Grim Haruspex

Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

Creature
Grim Haruspex (clb) 754
Hooded Hydra

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When this creature dies, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each +1/+1 counter on it. Morph {3}{G}{G} As this creature is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Hooded Hydra (mkc) 171
Icefeather Aven

Flying Morph {1}{G}{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.) When this creature is turned face up, you may return another target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Icefeather Aven (c19) 194
Kadena's Silencer

When this creature is turned face up, counter all abilities your opponents control. Megamorph {1}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Kadena's Silencer (c19) 8
Kheru Spellsnatcher

Morph {4}{U}{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.) When this creature is turned face up, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.

Creature
Kheru Spellsnatcher (dsc) 119
Nantuko Vigilante

Morph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Nantuko Vigilante (mkc) 177
Sagu Mauler

Trample, hexproof Morph {3}{G}{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
Sagu Mauler (c19) 200
Silumgar Assassin

Creatures with power greater than this creature's power can't block it. Megamorph {2}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target creature with power 3 or less an opponent controls.

Creature
Silumgar Assassin (c19) 128
Skinthinner

Morph {3}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Creature
Skinthinner (plst) LGN-80
Stratus Dancer

Flying Megamorph {1}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When this creature is turned face up, counter target instant or sorcery spell.

Creature
Stratus Dancer (c19) 96
Thelonite Hermit

All Saprolings get +1/+1. Morph {3}{G}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, create four 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

Creature
Thelonite Hermit (mkc) 188
Vesuvan Shapeshifter

As this creature enters or is turned face up, you may choose another creature on the battlefield. If you do, until this creature is turned face down, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may turn this creature face down." Morph {1}{U}

Creature
Vesuvan Shapeshifter (tsr) 97
Willbender

Morph {1}{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.) When this creature is turned face up, change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Creature
Willbender (plst) DD2-6

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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
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (dsc) 244
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Explore

You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Explore (j25) 146
Killer's Mask

When this Equipment enters, manifest dread, then attach this Equipment to that creature. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Equipped creature has menace. Equip {2}

Artifact
Killer's Mask (dsk) 104
Overgrown Zealot

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to turn permanents face up.

Creature
Overgrown Zealot (dsk) 193
Sakura-Tribe Elder

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

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (dsc) 194
Scroll of Fate

{T}: Manifest a card from your hand. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Artifact
Scroll of Fate (dsc) 251
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (fdc) 2
Thran Dynamo

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

Artifact
Thran Dynamo (blc) 290

Ramp

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