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one word attempt, 3.5(?) elminster
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Commander

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Elminster

Whenever you scry, the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} less to cast, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way. +2: Draw a card, then scry 2. −3: Exile the top card of your library. Create a number of 1/1 blue Faerie Dragon creature tokens with flying equal to that card's mana value. Elminster can be your commander.

Planeswalker
Elminster (clb) 274

Commander

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Instant

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Abjure

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a blue permanent. Counter target spell.

Instant
Abjure (wth) 31
Anticognition

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell unless its controller pays {2}. If an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard, instead counter that spell, then scry 2.

Instant
Anticognition (znr) 45
Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (wc00) jf61
Brainsurge

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

Instant
Brainsurge (mh3) 53
Cancel

Counter target spell.

Instant
Cancel (rtr) 31
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
Consider

Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) Draw a card.

Instant
Consider (mid) 44
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (wc00) tvdl61b
Curfew

Each player returns a creature they control to its owner's hand.

Instant
Curfew (usg) 68
Defabricate

Choose one — • Counter target artifact or enchantment spell. If a spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. • Counter target activated or triggered ability.

Instant
Defabricate (bro) 45
Deliberate

Scry 2, then draw a card.

Instant
Deliberate (znr) 56
Desertion

Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Desertion (vis) 30
Desynchronize

Target nonland permanent's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. Scry 2.

Instant
Desynchronize (bro) 46
Discombobulate

Counter target spell. Look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Instant
Discombobulate (10e) 81
Discontinuity

During your turn, this spell costs {2}{U}{U} less to cast. End the turn. (Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this card. The player whose turn it is discards down to their maximum hand size. Damage wears off, and "this turn" and "until end of turn" effects end.)

Instant
Discontinuity (m21) 48
Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Dispel (rtr) 36
Dissolve

Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Instant
Dissolve (ima) 51
Flusterstorm

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Instant
Flusterstorm (mh1) 255
Foil

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Foil (plst) UMA-55
Gush

You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Draw two cards.

Instant
Gush (dd2) 27
Opt

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

Instant
Opt (m21) 59
Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant
Pongify (plc) 44
Rebuild

Return all artifacts to their owners' hands. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Instant
Rebuild (mh1) 66
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (dmr) 66
Stifle

Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant
Stifle (wc04) gn52sb
Vanishment

Put target nonland permanent on top of its owner's library. Miracle {U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Instant
Vanishment (avr) 82

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Artifact

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Lembas

When this artifact enters, scry 1, then draw a card. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life. When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner shuffles it into their library.

Artifact
Lembas (ltr) 243
Manalith

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Manalith (gnt) 54
Meekstone

Creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Artifact
Meekstone (wc01) ar307sb
Mirari

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may pay {3}. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Artifact
Mirari (tsb) 112

Artifact

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Land

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Fountainport

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card. {3}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Create a 1/1 blue Fish creature token. {4}, {T}: Create a Treasure token.

Land
Fountainport (blb) 253
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (snc) 265
Mirrorpool

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}{C}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control.

Land
Mirrorpool (ogw) 174
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (m14) 231
Rivendell

Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Land
Rivendell (ltr) 259
Study

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {4}, {T}: Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Land
Study (clu) 21
Tundra

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.)

Land
Tundra (me4) 255

Land

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Creature

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Demilich

This spell costs {U} less to cast for each instant and sorcery spell you've cast this turn. Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy. You may cast this card from your graveyard by exiling four instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard in addition to paying its other costs.

Creature
Demilich (pafr) 53p
Guile

This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures. If a spell or ability you control would counter a spell, instead exile that spell and you may play that card without paying its mana cost. When Guile is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature
Guile (dd2) 14
Leashling

Put a card from your hand on top of your library: Return this creature to its owner's hand.

Creature Artifact
Leashling (rav) 265
Manakin

{T}: Add {C}.

Creature Artifact
Manakin (ima) 218
Mockingbird

Flying You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield with mana value less than or equal to the amount of mana spent to cast this creature, except it's a Bird in addition to its other types and it has flying.

Creature
Mockingbird (blb) 61
Nulldrifter

When you cast this spell, draw two cards. Flying Annihilator 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices a permanent of their choice.) Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Nulldrifter (mh3) 13
Octoprophet

When this creature enters, 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.)

Creature
Octoprophet (jmp) 161
Omenspeaker

When this creature enters, 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.)

Creature
Omenspeaker (cmr) 83
Solitude

Flash Lifelink When this creature enters, exile up to one other target creature. That creature's controller gains life equal to its power. Evoke—Exile a white card from your hand.

Creature
Solitude (mh2) 32

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Planeswalker

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Mordenkainen

+2: Draw two cards, then put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library. −2: Create a blue Dog Illusion creature token with "This token's power and toughness are each equal to twice the number of cards in your hand." −10: Exchange your hand and library, then shuffle. You get an emblem with "You have no maximum hand size."

Planeswalker
Mordenkainen (afr) 64

Planeswalker

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Enchantment

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Castle

Untapped creatures you control get +0/+2.

Enchantment
Castle (7ed) 5
Counterbalance

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.

Enchantment
Counterbalance (mb2) 157
Deification

As this enchantment enters, choose a planeswalker type. Planeswalkers you control of the chosen type have hexproof. As long as you control a creature, if damage dealt to a planeswalker you control of the chosen type would result in all loyalty counters on it being removed, instead all but one of those counters are removed.

Enchantment
Deification (mat) 2
Frogify

Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)

Enchantment
Frogify (eld) 47
Humility

All creatures lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1.

Enchantment
Humility (tpr) 16
Moat

Creatures without flying can't attack.

Enchantment
Moat (me1) 21
Omniscience

You may cast spells from your hand without paying their mana costs.

Enchantment
Omniscience (fdn) 161
Riddleform

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may have this enchantment become a 3/3 Sphinx creature with flying in addition to its other types until end of turn. {2}{U}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Riddleform (m21) 64
Soothsaying

{3}{U}{U}: Shuffle your library. {X}: Look at the top X cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

Enchantment
Soothsaying (mmq) 104
Standstill

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice this enchantment. If you do, each of that player's opponents draws three cards.

Enchantment
Standstill (mb2) 172
Wiretapping

Hideaway 5 (When this enchantment enters, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Whenever you draw your first card during each of your draw steps, draw a card. Then if you have nine or more cards in hand, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Wiretapping (snc) 415

Enchantment

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Sorcery

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Acquire

Search target opponent's library for an artifact card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery
Acquire (5dn) 21
Amnesia

Target player reveals their hand and discards all nonland cards.

Sorcery
Amnesia (drk) 20
Bribery

Search target opponent's library for a creature card and put that card onto the battlefield under your control. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery
Bribery (8ed) 64
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (m3c) 170
Foresee

Scry 4, then draw two cards.

Sorcery
Foresee (m11) 54
Legerdemain

Exchange control of target artifact or creature and another target permanent that shares one of those types with it. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Sorcery
Legerdemain (tmp) 72
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 (m12) 73
Portent

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Sorcery
Portent (dsc) 74
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 (cmr) 84
Sunfall

Exile all creatures. Incubate X, where X is the number of creatures exiled this way. (Create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Sorcery
Sunfall (mom) 40
Switcheroo

Exchange control of two target creatures.

Sorcery
Switcheroo (m19) 78
Terminus

Put all creatures on the bottom of their owners' libraries. Miracle {W} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Terminus (dsc) 70
Tidings

Draw four cards.

Sorcery
Tidings (10e) 116

Sorcery

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Catastrophe

Destroy all lands or all creatures. Creatures destroyed this way can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Catastrophe (brb) 12
Timesifter

At the beginning of each upkeep, each player exiles the top card of their library. The player who exiled the card with the highest mana value takes an extra turn after this one. If two or more players' cards are tied for highest, the tied players repeat this process until the tie is broken.

Artifact
Timesifter (mrd) 262
Treachery

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, untap up to five lands. You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Treachery (uds) 50

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13 mana - 13 cards
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24 mana - 24 cards
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