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Illusionary Friends
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $82.28
Salt sum: 33.68
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Commander

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Minn, Wily Illusionist

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with "This token gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control." Whenever an Illusion you control dies, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that creature's power from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Minn, Wily Illusionist (afc) 16

Commander

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Instant

Qty: 15 Price: $11.89
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
Brainsurge

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

Instant
Brainsurge (mh3) 399
Commandeer

You may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Gain control of target noncreature spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell is an artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker, the permanent enters under your control.)

Instant
Commandeer (otp) 9
Deduce

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

Instant
Deduce (mkm) 293
Delightful Discovery

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each spell your opponents have cast this turn. Scry 2, then draw two cards. (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.)

Instant
Delightful Discovery (j25) 6
Escape Detection

Freerunning—Return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. (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 to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Escape Detection (acr) 18
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (ulg) 32
Hithlain Knots

Tap target creature. Scry 1. Draw a card.

Instant
Hithlain Knots (ltr) 54
Opt

Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

Instant
Opt (j25) 339
Phantasmal Form

Until end of turn, up to two target creatures each have base power and toughness 3/3, gain flying, and become blue Illusions in addition to their other colors and types. Draw a card.

Instant
Phantasmal Form (j25) 344
Quick Study

Draw two cards.

Instant
Quick Study (woe) 65
Repulse

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card.

Instant
Repulse (otp) 13
Supreme Will

Choose one — • Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. • 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
Supreme Will (j25) 370
Thirst for Discovery

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a basic land card.

Instant
Thirst for Discovery (vow) 85
Tidal Bore

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. You may tap or untap target creature.

Instant
Tidal Bore (mmq) 109

Instant

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Artifact

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Darksteel Ingot

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.) {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Darksteel Ingot (otc) 256
Fountainport Bell

When this artifact enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top. {1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Fountainport Bell (blb) 245
Ivory Tower

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.

Artifact
Ivory Tower (brr) 23
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 (clb) 865
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (40k) 244

Artifact

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Land

Qty: 36 Price: $12.64
Desert of the Mindful

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the Mindful (j22) 812
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (j25) 85
Lonely Sandbar

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Lonely Sandbar (j25) 769

Land

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Creature

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Champion of Wits

When this creature enters, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards. Eternalize {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Champion of Wits (ncc) 213
Disruptive Student

{T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Disruptive Student (usg) 69
Dream Strix

Flying When this creature becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it. When this creature dies, learn. (You may reveal a Lesson card you own from outside the game and put it into your hand, or discard a card to draw a card.)

Creature
Dream Strix (stx) 42
Errant Ephemeron

Flying Suspend 4—{1}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{U} and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

Creature
Errant Ephemeron (tsr) 66
Geyser Drake

Flying During turns other than yours, spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Geyser Drake (otj) 51
Harbinger of the Seas

Nonbasic lands are Islands.

Creature
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 63
Haunting Figment

Vigilance This creature can't be blocked as long as you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.

Creature
Haunting Figment (j25) 317
Jhessian Thief

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Jhessian Thief (ima) 61
Knights of Dol Amroth

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Knights of Dol Amroth (ltr) 59
Krovikan Mist

Flying Krovikan Mist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Illusions on the battlefield.

Creature
Krovikan Mist (j25) 319
Living Conundrum

Hexproof If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, skip that draw instead. As long as there are no cards in your library, this creature has base power and toughness 10/10 and has flying and vigilance.

Creature
Living Conundrum (mkm) 63
Looter il-Kor

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Looter il-Kor (cmm) 102
Lord of the Unreal

Illusion creatures you control get +1/+1 and have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Lord of the Unreal (j25) 322
Loyal Drake

Flying Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, draw a card.

Creature
Loyal Drake (cmm) 104
Mocking Sprite

Flying Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Mocking Sprite (woe) 62
Murmuring Mystic

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 blue Bird Illusion creature token with flying.

Creature
Murmuring Mystic (j25) 107
Nimble Brigand

This creature can't be blocked if you've committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Nimble Brigand (otj) 58
Nivix Barrier

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Defender (This creature can't attack.) When this creature enters, target attacking creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn.

Creature
Nivix Barrier (ori) 66
Oneirophage

Flying Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Oneirophage (j25) 337
Phantasmal Image

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Creature
Phantasmal Image (afc) 89
Phantasmal Shieldback

When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it. When this creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
Phantasmal Shieldback (j25) 8
Phantom Ninja

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Phantom Ninja (j25) 345
Pol Jamaar, Illusionist

Flying When Pol Jamaar enters, choose a creature type. Draw a card for each creature you control of that type.

Creature
Pol Jamaar, Illusionist (j25) 38
Razzle-Dazzler

Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Razzle-Dazzler (otj) 63
Saruman the White

Ward {2} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Creature
Saruman the White (ltr) 67
The Mindskinner

The Mindskinner can't be blocked. If a source you control would deal damage to an opponent, prevent that damage and each opponent mills that many cards.

Creature Enchantment
The Mindskinner (dsk) 66
Tromokratis

Tromokratis has hexproof unless it's attacking or blocking. Tromokratis can't be blocked unless all creatures defending player controls block it. (If any creature that player controls doesn't block this creature, it can't be blocked.)

Creature
Tromokratis (cmm) 129
Windrider Wizard

Flying Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Windrider Wizard (cmm) 134

Creature

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Planeswalker

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Jace, Mirror Mage

Kicker {2} When Jace enters, if Jace was kicked, create a token that's a copy of Jace, except it's not legendary and its starting loyalty is 1. +1: Scry 2. 0: Draw a card and reveal it. Remove a number of loyalty counters equal to that card's mana value from Jace.

Planeswalker
Jace, Mirror Mage (znr) 63
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer

+2: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gets -2/-0 and loses flying. −3: Create a 4/4 blue Elemental Bird creature token with flying. −8: You get an emblem with "Islands you control have '{T}: Draw a card.'"

Planeswalker
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer (j25) 329

Planeswalker

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Enchantment

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Behold the Unspeakable

Enchantment
Behold the Unspeakable // Vision of the Unspeakable (neo) 48Behold the Unspeakable // Vision of the Unspeakable (neo) 48
Bitter Chill

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature. Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}. If you do, scry 1, then draw a card.

Enchantment
Bitter Chill (woe) 44
Confounding Conundrum

When this enchantment enters, draw a card. Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player had another land enter the battlefield under their control this turn, they return a land they control to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Confounding Conundrum (znr) 53
Curiosity

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

Enchantment
Curiosity (wot) 17
The Bath Song

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Draw two cards, then discard a card. III — Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library. Add {U}{U}.

Enchantment
The Bath Song (ltr) 40
Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) You have no maximum hand size. {2}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards. {4}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Wizard Class (afr) 81

Enchantment

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Sorcery

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Ancestral Reminiscence

Draw three cards, then discard a card.

Sorcery
Ancestral Reminiscence (lci) 45
Arwen's Gift

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control two or more legendary creatures. Scry 2, then draw two cards.

Sorcery
Arwen's Gift (ltr) 39
Deem Inferior

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each card you've drawn this turn. The owner of target nonland permanent puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.

Sorcery
Deem Inferior (mh3) 57
Eagle Vision

Freerunning {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its freerunning cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with an Assassin or commander.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Eagle Vision (acr) 17
Mind Spiral

Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token before its other effects.) Target player draws three cards. If the gift was promised, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Sorcery
Mind Spiral (blb) 59
Rush of Knowledge

Draw cards equal to the highest mana value among permanents you control.

Sorcery
Rush of Knowledge (plst) SCG-49
Scour All Possibilities

Scry 2, then draw a card. Flashback {4}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Scour All Possibilities (mh1) 67

Sorcery

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Tokens & Extras

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Bird Illusion

Flying

Creature Token
Bird Illusion (totc) 4
Champion of Wits

When Champion of Wits enters the battlefield, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards.

Creature Token
Champion of Wits (tncc) 14
Champion of Wits

When this token enters, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards.

Creature Token
Champion of Wits (tdrc) 5
Clue

{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact Token
Clue (tinr) 22
Elemental Bird

Flying

Creature Token
Elemental Bird (tm20) 4
Fish

Creature Token
Fish (tfdn) 10
Illusion

This creature gets +1/+0 for each other Illusion you control.

Creature Token
Illusion (tafc) 3
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer Emblem

Islands you control have "{T}: Draw a card."

Emblem
Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer Emblem (tm20) 12
Orc Army

Creature Token
Orc Army (tltr) 5
Shapeshifter

Changeling (This token is every creature type.)

Creature Token
Shapeshifter (tdrc) 4

Tokens & Extras

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