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Breaking the Throne (Empress commander meta test deck)
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Commander

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Esika, God of the Tree

Creature
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge back (khm) 168Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge back (khm) 168

Commander

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!!SECRET Commander!!

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Fatespinner

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player chooses draw step, main phase, or combat phase. The player skips each instance of the chosen step or phase this turn.

Creature
Fatespinner (plst) MRD-36
Geyadrone Dihada

Protection from permanents with corruption counters on them +1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Put a corruption counter on up to one other target creature or planeswalker. −3: Gain control of target creature or planeswalker until end of turn. Untap it and put a corruption counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn. −7: Gain control of each permanent with a corruption counter on it.

Planeswalker
Geyadrone Dihada (mh2) 199

!!SECRET Commander!!

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Bodies

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Andúril, Flame of the West

Equipped creature gets +3/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, create two tapped 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. If that creature is legendary, instead create two of those tokens that are tapped and attacking. Equip {2}

Artifact
Andúril, Flame of the West (ltr) 236
Bitterblossom

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

Enchantment Kindred
Bitterblossom (2x2) 69
Curse of Disturbance

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.

Enchantment
Curse of Disturbance (scd) 74
Dreadhorde Invasion

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

Enchantment
Dreadhorde Invasion (cmm) 866
Hard Evidence

Create a 0/3 blue Crab creature token. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Hard Evidence (mh2) 46
Promise of Aclazotz

Enchantment
Promise of Aclazotz // Foul Rebirth (lcc) 84
Wake the Dragon

Create a 6/6 black and red Dragon creature token with flying, menace, and "Whenever this token deals combat damage to a player, gain control of target artifact that player controls." Flashback {6}{B}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Wake the Dragon (ltc) 74
Wand of Orcus

Whenever equipped creature attacks or blocks, it and Zombies you control gain deathtouch until end of turn. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Equip {3}

Artifact
Wand of Orcus (afc) 28

Bodies

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Draw

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Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (dsc) 113
Multiple Choice

If X is 1, scry 1, then draw a card. If X is 2, you may choose a player. They return a creature they control to its owner's hand. If X is 3, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token. If X is 4 or more, do all of the above.

Sorcery
Multiple Choice (j22) 325
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 180
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (dsc) 73
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (mb2) 35
Spy Network

Look at target player's hand, the top card of that player's library, and any face-down creatures they control. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Instant
Spy Network (ons) 115
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -2/-0 until end of turn. II — Discard any number of cards, then investigate twice for each card discarded this way. III — Shuffle up to three target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Enchantment
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle (mh3) 72
Vampiric Rites

{1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Vampiric Rites (fdn) 615

Draw

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Finisher

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Captive Audience

This enchantment enters under the control of an opponent of your choice. At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • Your life total becomes 4. • Discard your hand. • Each opponent creates five 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Enchantment
Captive Audience (rna) 160

Finisher

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Land

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Cascading Cataracts

Indestructible {T}: Add {C}. {5}, {T}: Add five mana in any combination of colors.

Land
Cascading Cataracts (dmc) 202
City of Brass

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

Land
City of Brass (mb2) 240
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (fdc) 3
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 (who) 267
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (otc) 282
Den of the Bugbear

If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/2 red Goblin creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking." It's still a land.

Land
Den of the Bugbear (afr) 254
Dunes of the Dead

{T}: Add {C}. When this land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Land
Dunes of the Dead (otc) 291
Dungeon Descent

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Venture into the dungeon. Activate only as a sorcery. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Land
Dungeon Descent (afr) 255
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (blb) 252
Faerie Conclave

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}: This land becomes a 2/1 blue Faerie creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Faerie Conclave (woc) 160
Ferrous Lake

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

Land
Ferrous Lake (blc) 303
Gemstone Caverns

If this card 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
Grand Coliseum

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Grand Coliseum (c16) 299
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (afc) 246
Inkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (j25) 85
Lavaclaw Reaches

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. {1}{B}{R}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 2/2 black and red Elemental creature with "{X}: This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn." It's still a land.

Land
Lavaclaw Reaches (who) 289
Lazotep Quarry

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color. {X}{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Lazotep Quarry (m3c) 131
Luxury Suite

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
Maestros Theater

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Maestros Theater (snc) 251
Mana Confluence

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

Land
Mana Confluence (jou) 163
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
Morphic Pool

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (j25) 92
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (mh3) 302
Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 303
Prismatic Vista

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

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
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
Seething Landscape

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

Land
Seething Landscape (mh3) 225
Shadowblood Ridge

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

Land
Shadowblood Ridge (dsc) 296
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (j25) 87
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

{T}: Add {B}. Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this card: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire (neo) 278
Tarnished Citadel

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. This land deals 3 damage to you.

Land
Tarnished Citadel (mb2) 112
Training Center

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Training Center (cmm) 434
Wandering Fumarole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. {2}{U}{R}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 1/4 blue and red Elemental creature with "{0}: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn." It's still a land.

Land
Wandering Fumarole (clb) 928

Land

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Protection

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Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Darkness (40k) 197
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
Reins of Power

Untap all creatures you control and all creatures target opponent controls. You and that opponent each gain control of all creatures the other controls until end of turn. Those creatures gain haste until end of turn.

Instant
Reins of Power (clb) 734
Ripples of Potential

Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Instant
Ripples of Potential (lcc) 77

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
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
Cultivator's Caravan

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Artifact
Cultivator's Caravan (moc) 354
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (clu) 221
Izzet Signet

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

Artifact
Izzet Signet (blc) 278
Mystic Skull

Artifact
Mystic Skull // Mystic Monstrosity (mid) 256Mystic Skull // Mystic Monstrosity (mid) 256
Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (2x2) 311
Prismatic Lens

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

Artifact
Prismatic Lens (otc) 264
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250
Skyclave Relic

Kicker {3} Indestructible When this artifact enters, if it was kicked, create two tapped tokens that are copies of this artifact. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Skyclave Relic (moc) 380
Springleaf Drum

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Springleaf Drum (2xm) 291
Staff of Compleation

{T}, Pay 1 life: Destroy target permanent you own. {T}, Pay 2 life: Add one mana of any color. {T}, Pay 3 life: Proliferate. {T}, Pay 4 life: Draw a card. {5}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Staff of Compleation (one) 242

Ramp

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Recursion

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Command the Dreadhorde

Choose any number of target creature and/or planeswalker cards in graveyards. Command the Dreadhorde deals damage to you equal to the total mana value of those cards. Put them onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Command the Dreadhorde (war) 82

Recursion

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Removal

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Attrition

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Destroy target nonblack creature.

Enchantment
Attrition (cmd) 72
Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Force of Will (dmr) 50
Goblin Bombardment

Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Goblin Bombardment (mh2) 279
Invert Polarity

Choose target spell, then flip a coin. If you win the flip, gain control of that spell and you may choose new targets for it. If you lose the flip, counter that spell.

Instant
Invert Polarity (mh3) 190
Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying. Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery
Ravenform (lcc) 167
Transmogrant Altar

{B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}{C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Create a 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Transmogrant Altar (bro) 124
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering

(You may cast a legendary sorcery only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Put up to one target creature or planeswalker card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. Destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker. Exile Yawgmoth's Vile Offering.

Sorcery
Yawgmoth's Vile Offering (moc) 271

Removal

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Theft

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Act of Aggression

({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Instant
Act of Aggression (c15) 141
Act of Treason

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.)

Sorcery
Act of Treason (rvr) 99
Blue Sun's Twilight

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Sorcery
Blue Sun's Twilight (one) 43
Claim the Firstborn

Gain control of target creature with mana value 3 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Claim the Firstborn (eld) 118
Corrupted Conscience

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. Enchanted creature has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Enchantment
Corrupted Conscience (plst) MBS-22
Domineering Will

Target player gains control of up to three target nonattacking creatures until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They block this turn if able.

Instant
Domineering Will (clb) 719
Hijack

Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Hijack (plst) XLN-148
Kari Zev's Expertise

Gain control of target creature or Vehicle until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. You may cast a spell with mana value 2 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Kari Zev's Expertise (aer) 88
Mass Mutiny

For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mass Mutiny (otc) 174
Sakashima's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Target opponent chooses a creature they control. You gain control of it. • Choose a creature you control. Each other creature you control becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn.

Sorcery
Sakashima's Will (cmr) 91
Take for a Ride

Take for a Ride has flash as long as you've committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Take for a Ride (otj) 148
Traitorous Blood

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains trample and haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Traitorous Blood (isd) 166
Vengeful Possession

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. You may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

Sorcery
Vengeful Possession (dsk) 162
Wrangle

Gain control of target creature with power 4 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Wrangle (aer) 101

Theft

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Tutor

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Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113

Tutor

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Deck Info

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26 mana - 19 cards
25 pips - 19 cards
40 mana - 33 cards
21 pips - 17 cards
40 mana - 32 cards
21 pips - 16 cards
37 mana - 30 cards
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26 mana - 19 cards
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16 mana - 14 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"\"Empress\" is my local groups reworking of \"Emperor\" for commander. the idea is curating a hyper-casual and yet balanced and accessible format. This list is playing around with things that are innately strong in a pseudo-1v1 - or control and mana reliant - format. This deck should be strong as both an Emperor and a General, with what i think is only one card that's massively improved by being emperor.\n"}]}
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