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Proving I'm Worth My Paleontology Minor
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Commander

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Illuna, Apex of Wishes

Mutate {3}{R/G}{U}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying, trample Whenever this creature mutates, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland permanent card. Put that card onto the battlefield or into your hand.

Creature
Illuna, Apex of Wishes (iko) 300

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Anthem

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Thundering Spineback

Other Dinosaurs you control get +1/+1. {5}{G}: Create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Thundering Spineback (plst) XLN-210

Anthem

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Bounce

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Pouncing Shoreshark

Mutate {3}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature mutates, you may return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Creature
Pouncing Shoreshark (iko) 285

Bounce

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Burn

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Rampaging Ferocidon

Menace Players can't gain life. Whenever another creature enters, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Rampaging Ferocidon (dsc) 167
Sawhorn Nemesis

As this creature enters, choose a player. If a source would deal damage to the chosen player or a permanent they control, it deals double that damage instead.

Creature
Sawhorn Nemesis (m3c) 112
Scytheclaw Raptor

Whenever a player casts a spell, if it's not their turn, this creature deals 4 damage to them.

Creature
Scytheclaw Raptor (lci) 323

Burn

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Copy

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Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Flying Whenever a player casts a spell that targets only a single creature other than Ivy, you may copy that spell. The copy targets Ivy. (A copy of an Aura spell becomes a token.)

Creature
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief (dmu) 201
Mythos of Illuna

Create a token that's a copy of target permanent. If {R}{G} was spent to cast this spell, instead create a token that's a copy of that permanent, except the token has "When this token enters, if it's a creature, it fights up to one target creature you don't control."

Sorcery
Mythos of Illuna (iko) 58
Sunfrill Imitator

Whenever this creature attacks, you may have it become a copy of another target Dinosaur you control, except its name is Sunfrill Imitator and it has this ability.

Creature
Sunfrill Imitator (lcc) 94

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Counters

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Blue, Loyal Raptor

Partner with Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer (When this creature enters, target player may put Owen into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) For each kind of counter on Blue, Loyal Raptor, each other Dinosaur you control enters with a counter of that kind on it.

Creature
Blue, Loyal Raptor (rex) 8
Essence Symbiote

Whenever a creature you control mutates, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Essence Symbiote (iko) 149
Glowstone Recluse

Mutate {3}{G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Reach Whenever this creature mutates, put two +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Glowstone Recluse (iko) 156
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer

Partner with Blue, Loyal Raptor {T}: Put your choice of a menace, trample, reach, or haste counter on target Dinosaur. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer (rex) 16

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Draw

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Auspicious Starrix

Mutate {5}{G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile X permanent cards, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated. Put those permanent cards onto the battlefield.

Creature
Auspicious Starrix (iko) 144
Boon of the Wish-Giver

Draw four cards. Cycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Boon of the Wish-Giver (iko) 43
Cloudpiercer

Mutate {3}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Reach Whenever this creature mutates, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Creature
Cloudpiercer (iko) 291
Commune with Dinosaurs

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a Dinosaur or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Commune with Dinosaurs (jmp) 384
Dreamtail Heron

Mutate {3}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, draw a card.

Creature
Dreamtail Heron (iko) 284
Earthshaker Dreadmaw

Trample When this creature enters, draw a card for each other Dinosaur you control.

Creature
Earthshaker Dreadmaw (lci) 325
Etali, Primal Storm

Whenever Etali attacks, exile the top card of each player's library, then you may cast any number of spells from among those cards without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Etali, Primal Storm (fdn) 194
Genesis Ultimatum

Look at the top five cards of your library. Put any number of permanent cards from among them onto the battlefield and the rest into your hand. Exile Genesis Ultimatum.

Sorcery
Genesis Ultimatum (iko) 189
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty

Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.) Spells you cast with mana value 6 or greater have cascade.

Creature
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty (mul) 43
Keruga, the Macrosage

Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with mana value 3 or greater and land cards. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) When Keruga enters, draw a card for each other permanent you control with mana value 3 or greater.

Creature
Keruga, the Macrosage (iko) 225
Ripjaw Raptor

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw a card.

Creature
Ripjaw Raptor (lcc) 253
Sea-Dasher Octopus

Mutate {1}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sea-Dasher Octopus (iko) 286
Season of Growth

Whenever a creature you control enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, draw a card.

Enchantment
Season of Growth (plst) M20-191
Song of Creation

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Whenever you cast a spell, draw two cards. At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand.

Enchantment
Song of Creation (iko) 210
Trumpeting Carnosaur

Trample When this creature enters, discover 5. {2}{R}, Discard this card: It deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Creature
Trumpeting Carnosaur (lci) 171

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Finisher

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Ancient Imperiosaur

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Trample, ward {2} This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each creature that convoked it.

Creature
Ancient Imperiosaur (mom) 174
Ghalta, Primal Hunger

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total power of creatures you control. Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Creature
Ghalta, Primal Hunger (fdn) 222
Pugnacious Hammerskull

Whenever this creature attacks while you don't control another Dinosaur, put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Creature
Pugnacious Hammerskull (lci) 208
Quakestrider Ceratops

Creature
Quakestrider Ceratops (fdn) 110

Finisher

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Land

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Bleeding Woods

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Bleeding Woods (dsk) 257
Bountiful Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Island, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {G}{U}{R} ({G}{U}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Bountiful Landscape (mh3) 217
Bristling Backwoods

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Bristling Backwoods (otj) 253
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Eroded Canyon

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Eroded Canyon (otj) 256
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) 280
Frontier Bivouac

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

Land
Frontier Bivouac (who) 281
Gruul Guildgate

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

Land
Gruul Guildgate (fdn) 690
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (fdn) 274
Izzet Guildgate

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

Land
Izzet Guildgate (fdn) 691
Lakeside Shack

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Lakeside Shack (dsk) 262
Lush Oasis

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, it deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Lush Oasis (otj) 261
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (fdn) 278
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 (otc) 310
Peculiar Lighthouse

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Peculiar Lighthouse (dsk) 265
Rugged Highlands

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

Land
Rugged Highlands (fdn) 265
Simic Guildgate

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

Land
Simic Guildgate (fdn) 695
Swiftwater Cliffs

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

Land
Swiftwater Cliffs (fdn) 268
Temple of Abandon

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 {R} or {G}.

Land
Temple of Abandon (fdn) 696
Temple of Epiphany

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 {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (fdn) 699
Temple of Mystery

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 {G} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Mystery (fdn) 702
Thornwood Falls

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

Land
Thornwood Falls (fdn) 269
Thriving Bluff

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than red. {T}: Add {R} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Bluff (clu) 249
Thriving Grove

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than green. {T}: Add {G} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Grove (clu) 250
Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (dsc) 316

Land

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Protection

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Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Trample Lethal damage dealt to creatures you control is determined by their power rather than their toughness.

Creature
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate (cmm) 366

Protection

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Ramp

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Drover of the Mighty

This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you control a Dinosaur. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Drover of the Mighty (lcc) 239
Fountain of Ichor

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {3}: This artifact becomes a 3/3 Dinosaur artifact creature until end of turn.

Artifact
Fountain of Ichor (mh1) 223
Hulking Raptor

Ward {2} At the beginning of your first main phase, add {G}{G}.

Creature
Hulking Raptor (lci) 191
Intrepid Paleontologist

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {2}: Exile target card from a graveyard. You may cast Dinosaur creature spells from among cards you own exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, that creature enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)

Creature
Intrepid Paleontologist (lci) 193
Ixalli's Lorekeeper

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a Dinosaur spell or activate an ability of a Dinosaur source.

Creature
Ixalli's Lorekeeper (lci) 194
Ketria Crystal

{T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artifact
Ketria Crystal (iko) 236
Knight of the Stampede

Dinosaur spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.

Creature
Knight of the Stampede (rix) 138
Migratory Greathorn

Mutate {2}{G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Migratory Greathorn (iko) 165
Otepec Huntmaster

Dinosaur spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {T}: Target Dinosaur gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Otepec Huntmaster (lcc) 229
Parcelbeast

Mutate {G}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) {1}, {T}: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand.

Creature
Parcelbeast (iko) 199
Pollywog Symbiote

Each creature spell you cast costs {1} less to cast if it has mutate. Whenever you cast a creature spell, if it has mutate, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Pollywog Symbiote (iko) 63
Progenitor's Icon

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: The next spell of the chosen type you cast this turn can be cast as though it had flash.

Artifact
Progenitor's Icon (lcc) 100
Ranging Raptors

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Ranging Raptors (lcc) 249
Thunderherd Migration

As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Dinosaur card from your hand or pay {1}. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Thunderherd Migration (lcc) 259

Ramp

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Recursion

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Everquill Phoenix

Mutate {3}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, create a red artifact token named Feather with "{1}, Sacrifice this token: Return target Phoenix card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped."

Creature
Everquill Phoenix (moc) 275
Lore Drakkis

Mutate {U/R}{U/R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Lore Drakkis (iko) 301

Recursion

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Removal

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Cresting Mosasaurus

Emerge {6}{U} (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When this creature enters, if you cast it, return each non-Dinosaur creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Cresting Mosasaurus (rex) 2
Essence Scatter

Counter target creature spell.

Instant
Essence Scatter (fdn) 153
Gemrazer

Mutate {1}{G}{G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Reach, trample Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature
Gemrazer (iko) 155
Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath

Haste When Itzquinth enters, you may pay {2}. When you do, target Dinosaur you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

Creature
Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath (lci) 331
Kogla and Yidaro

When Kogla and Yidaro enters, choose one — • It gains trample and haste until end of turn. • It fights target creature you don't control. {2}{R}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment. Shuffle this card into your library from your graveyard, then draw a card.

Creature
Kogla and Yidaro (mom) 311
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (fdn) 710
Porcuparrot

Mutate {2}{R} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) {T}: This creature deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of times this creature has mutated.

Creature
Porcuparrot (iko) 293
Savage Stomp

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a Dinosaur you control. Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then that creature fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)

Sorcery
Savage Stomp (lcc) 257
Thrashing Brontodon

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Thrashing Brontodon (fdn) 560
Triumphant Chomp

Triumphant Chomp deals damage to target creature equal to 2 or the greatest power among Dinosaurs you control, whichever is greater.

Sorcery
Triumphant Chomp (lci) 170

Removal

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Theft

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Souvenir Snatcher

Mutate {5}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying Whenever this creature mutates, gain control of target noncreature artifact.

Creature
Souvenir Snatcher (c20) 38

Theft

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Tokens

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Palani's Hatcher

Other Dinosaurs you control have haste. When this creature enters, create two 0/1 green Dinosaur Egg creature tokens. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control one or more Eggs, sacrifice an Egg, then create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token.

Creature
Palani's Hatcher (lci) 237
Trumpeting Gnarr

Mutate {3}{G/U}{G/U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Creature
Trumpeting Gnarr (iko) 307

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