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Budget Malcolm
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $88.96
Salt sum: 31.66
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Commander

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Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar

Whenever a commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar (cmr) 188
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Flying Whenever one or more Pirates you control deal damage to your opponents, you create a Treasure token for each opponent dealt damage. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator (lcc) 161

Commander

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Draw

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Big Score

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Big Score (blc) 193
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (dsc) 113
Chart a Course

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.

Sorcery
Chart a Course (blc) 110
Curiosity

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Curiosity (plst) A25-52
Demand Answers

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Demand Answers (mkm) 122
Dig Through Time

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Dig Through Time (dsc) 115
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (plst) DDK-59
Hedron Detonator

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to target opponent. {T}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Hedron Detonator (moc) 31
Impulse

Look at the top four cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Impulse (dmr) 56
Mary Read and Anne Bonny

Haste {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. Whenever you discard an Island, Pirate, or Vehicle card, create a tapped Treasure token.

Creature
Mary Read and Anne Bonny (acr) 242
Pirate's Pillage

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Pirate's Pillage (2x2) 120
Seize the Spoils

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Seize the Spoils (j25) 141
Spectral Sailor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Flying {3}{U}: Draw a card.

Creature
Spectral Sailor (j25) 363
Tandem Lookout

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as Tandem Lookout is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card."

Creature
Tandem Lookout (mm3) 53
Treasure Cruise

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Treasure Cruise (m3c) 195
Unexpected Windfall

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards and create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Unexpected Windfall (pip) 193
Winged Words

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a creature with flying. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Winged Words (j25) 393

Draw

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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
Breeches, Eager Pillager

First strike Whenever a Pirate you control attacks, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn — • Create a Treasure token. • Target creature can't block this turn. • Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.

Creature
Breeches, Eager Pillager (lci) 137
Captain Lannery Storm

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Captain Lannery Storm (otc) 158
Izzet Signet

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

Artifact
Izzet Signet (otc) 259
Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Other Dwarves you control get +1/+0. Whenever a Dwarf you control becomes tapped, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice five Treasures: Search your library for an artifact or Dragon card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Magda, Brazen Outlaw (khm) 142
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (woc) 149

Ramp

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Anthem

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Leyline of Transformation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Leyline of Transformation (dsk) 63

Anthem

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Evasion

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Shao Jun

Leap Strike — During your turn, Shao Jun has flying and first strike. Rope Dart — Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Shao Jun deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Shao Jun (acr) 151
Trickery Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gains flying until end of turn. • Target creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn. • Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Instant
Trickery Charm (ons) 119

Evasion

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Removal

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Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (fdn) 188
Aetherspouts

For each attacking creature, its owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

Instant
Aetherspouts (mic) 97
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
Disperse

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

Instant
Disperse (m19) 50
Izzet Charm

Choose one — • Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}. • Izzet Charm deals 2 damage to target creature. • Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Instant
Izzet Charm (rvr) 190
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (clu) 141
Lofty Denial

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}. If you control a creature with flying, counter that spell unless its controller pays {4} instead.

Instant
Lofty Denial (m21) 56
Lookout's Dispersal

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Pirate. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

Instant
Lookout's Dispersal (j22) 316
Memory Lapse

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

Instant
Memory Lapse (hml) 32b
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Perilous Voyage

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. If its mana value was 2 or less, scry 2.

Instant
Perilous Voyage (j22) 334
Resculpt

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

Instant
Resculpt (cmm) 115
Run Away Together

Choose two target creatures controlled by different players. Return those creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Run Away Together (blb) 67
Suspend

Exile target creature and put two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

Instant
Suspend (mh2) 68
Unsubstantiate

Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Unsubstantiate (plst) EMN-79
Untimely Malfunction

Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • One or two target creatures can't block this turn.

Instant
Untimely Malfunction (dsk) 161

Removal

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Burn

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Ingenious Artillerist

Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, this creature deals that much damage to each opponent.

Creature
Ingenious Artillerist (clb) 182
Reckless Fireweaver

Whenever an artifact you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Reckless Fireweaver (j22) 587
Sunshot Militia

Tap two untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: This creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Sunshot Militia (lci) 168

Burn

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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
Barbarian Ring

{T}: Add {R}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Barbarian Ring (mh3) 299
Cephalid Coliseum

{T}: Add {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target player draws three cards, then discards three cards. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Cephalid Coliseum (mh3) 300
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (dsc) 275
Fiery Islet

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U} or {R}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Fiery Islet (who) 278
Frostboil Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Mountain card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Frostboil Snarl (otc) 298
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 280
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 288
Shivan Reef

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

Land
Shivan Reef (m3c) 375
Sulfur Falls

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

Land
Sulfur Falls (pip) 294
Swiftwater Cliffs

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

Land
Swiftwater Cliffs (mom) 273
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 (blc) 340

Land

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Sac Outlet

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Penregon Strongbull

{1}, Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Penregon Strongbull (bro) 147

Sac Outlet

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Counters

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Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Dispel (bfz) 76
Lose Focus

Replicate {U} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Lose Focus (mh2) 49
Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Spell Pierce (2x2) 63

Counters

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Protection

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Amoeboid Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {T}: Target creature gains all creature types until end of turn. {T}: Target creature loses all creature types until end of turn.

Creature
Amoeboid Changeling (plst) J22-269
Blades of Velis Vel

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Up to two target creatures each get +2/+0 and gain all creature types until end of turn.

Instant Kindred
Blades of Velis Vel (plst) MM2-105
Dive Down

Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Dive Down (plst) XLN-53
Imagecrafter

{T}: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature becomes that type until end of turn.

Creature
Imagecrafter (ons) 87
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
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (lcc) 171
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 (snc) 62
You See a Guard Approach

Choose one — • Distract the Guard — Tap target creature. • Hide — Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
You See a Guard Approach (afr) 85

Protection

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Tokens

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Maskwood Nexus

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. {3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

Artifact
Maskwood Nexus (blc) 279

Tokens

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Discard

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Glint-Horn Buccaneer

Haste Whenever you discard a card, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{R}, Discard a card: Draw a card. Activate only if this creature is attacking.

Creature
Glint-Horn Buccaneer (j22) 539

Discard

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Pump

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Runed Stalactite

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and is every creature type. Equip {2}

Artifact
Runed Stalactite (plst) LRW-260
Wings of Velis Vel

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Until end of turn, target creature has base power and toughness 4/4, gains all creature types, and gains flying.

Instant Kindred
Wings of Velis Vel (mm2) 70

Pump

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Tutor

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Drift of Phantasms

Defender (This creature can't attack.) Flying Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Drift of Phantasms (rvr) 42
Muddle the Mixture

Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant
Muddle the Mixture (rvr) 50
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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{"ops":[{"insert":"I didn't see any budget Malcolm/Kediss decks on Archidekt that include new cards, so I drafted one.\n\nTraditional \"make this pinger a pirate then go infinite\" Malcolm strategy. Keep Malcolm protected, draw into combo pieces, pop off.\nThis strategy is likely considered cEDH. It's a cheap way to test the waters of that format.\nWith 15 or so infinite combos, it's definitely not a 1 or 2. =)\n\nShao Jun is another win con if you can make her a pirate.\nMary Read and Anne Bonnie provide churn and mana.\nNew Leyline makes everyone a pirate! Yar!\nUntimely Malfunction is pretty bonkers.\n"}]}
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