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Group Crab
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $315.28
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Commander

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Red Death, Shipwrecker

Alluring Eyes — {T}: Goad target creature an opponent controls. That player draws a card. You add {R}. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Red Death, Shipwrecker (pip) 954

Commander

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Goad

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Agitator Ant

At the beginning of your end step, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. Goad each creature that had counters put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Agitator Ant (c20) 49
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer

Creatures your opponents control with power less than Baeloth Barrityl's power are goaded. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Whenever a goaded attacking or blocking creature dies, you create a Treasure token. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer (clb) 655
Bloodthirsty Blade

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) {1}: Attach this Equipment to target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Bloodthirsty Blade (mkc) 225
Death Kiss

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks one of your opponents, double its power until end of turn. {X}{X}{R}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When this creature becomes monstrous, goad up to X target creatures your opponents control.

Creature
Death Kiss (clb) 675
Disrupt Decorum

Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (mkc) 151
Havoc Eater

Flying When this creature enters, for each opponent, goad up to one target creature that opponent controls. Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is the total power of creatures goaded this way.

Creature
Havoc Eater (mkc) 31
Shiny Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Shiny Impetus (c20) 55
Spectacular Showdown

Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Spectacular Showdown (mkc) 162
The Sound of Drums

Enchant creature Enchanted creature is goaded. If enchanted creature would deal combat damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead. {2}{R}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
The Sound of Drums (who) 97

Goad

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Ramp

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Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Magda, the Hoardmaster

Whenever you commit a crime, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Magda, the Hoardmaster (otj) 133
Patriar's Seal

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap target legendary creature you control.

Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (blc) 289

Ramp

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We Are No Longer Friends

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Hot Pursuit

When this enchantment enters, suspect target creature an opponent controls. As long as this enchantment remains on the battlefield, that creature is also goaded. At the beginning of combat on your turn, if two or more players have lost the game, gain control of all goaded and/or suspected creatures until end of turn. Untap them. They gain haste until end of turn.

Enchantment
Hot Pursuit (mkc) 32
Insurrection

Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Insurrection (cmd) 126

We Are No Longer Friends

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A Gift

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Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

Trample Alexios attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos (acr) 134
Curse of Opulence

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Curse of Opulence (mkc) 150
Humble Defector

{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of this creature. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Humble Defector (a25) 135
Life of the Party

First strike, trample, haste Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. When this creature enters, if it's not a token, each opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. The tokens are goaded for the rest of the game. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Life of the Party (ncc) 148

A Gift

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I Draw

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Psychic Possession

Enchant opponent Skip your draw step. Whenever enchanted opponent draws a card, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Psychic Possession (dis) 30

I Draw

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Targeted Disruption

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Abrade

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

Instant
Abrade (inr) 139
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
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 (m3c) 176
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 (rav) 60
Pongify

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

Instant
Pongify (c14) 120
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (clu) 93
Roaring Furnace

Enchantment
Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna (dsk) 230
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

Targeted Disruption

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Crab Tapping

Qty: 11 Price: $62.01
Aphetto Alchemist

{T}: Untap target artifact or creature. Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Aphetto Alchemist (ons) 64
Battlemage's Bracers

Equipped creature has haste. Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {2}

Artifact
Battlemage's Bracers (c21) 48
Forensic Researcher

{T}: Untap another target permanent you control. {T}, Collect evidence 3: Tap target creature you don't control. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)

Creature
Forensic Researcher (mkm) 58
Freed from the Real

Enchant creature {U}: Tap enchanted creature. {U}: Untap enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Freed from the Real (a25) 58
Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {3}

Artifact
Illusionist's Bracers (gtc) 231
Ioreth of the Healing House

{T}: Untap another target permanent. {T}: Untap two other target legendary creatures.

Creature
Ioreth of the Healing House (ltr) 56
Kelpie Guide

{T}: Untap another target permanent you control. {T}: Tap target permanent. Activate only if you control eight or more lands.

Creature
Kelpie Guide (stx) 45
Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature {U}: Untap enchanted creature. {U}: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn. {U}: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {1}: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Pemmin's Aura (scg) 45
Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste. At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature. Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sting, the Glinting Dagger (ltr) 250
Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (lrw) 263
Vizier of Tumbling Sands

{T}: Untap another target permanent. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, untap target permanent.

Creature
Vizier of Tumbling Sands (akh) 75

Crab Tapping

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Land

Qty: 37 Price: $46.17
Cascade Bluffs

{T}: Add {C}. {U/R}, {T}: Add {U}{U}, {U}{R}, or {R}{R}.

Land
Cascade Bluffs (blc) 297
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
Fiery Islet

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

Land
Fiery Islet (mh1) 238
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 (stx) 265
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (lcc) 335
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (m14) 236
Izzet Boilerworks

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{R}.

Land
Izzet Boilerworks (clu) 239
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

Land
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (dmc) 217
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (blb) 375
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (c20) 301
Riverglide Pathway

Land
Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway (znr) 264Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway (znr) 264
Riverpyre Verge

{T}: Add {R}. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control an Island or a Mountain.

Land
Riverpyre Verge (dft) 260
Shivan Reef

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

Land
Shivan Reef (blc) 331
Stormcarved Coast

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Stormcarved Coast (inr) 285
Sulfur Falls

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

Land
Sulfur Falls (blc) 333

Land

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Tutor

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Fabricate

Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Fabricate (mrd) 35
Imperial Recruiter

When this creature enters, search your library for a creature card with power 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Imperial Recruiter (mh2) 281
Tribute Mage

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 2, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Tribute Mage (mh1) 73

Tutor

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Dragon

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Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

Flying, trample When Atsushi dies, choose one — • Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. • Create three Treasure tokens.

Creature
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky (neo) 134
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Flying, haste Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack an opponent, goad target creature that player controls. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, if that creature had to attack this combat, you put a +1/+1 counter on Firkraag and you draw a card.

Creature
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator (clb) 648
Leyline Tyrant

Flying You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end. When this creature dies, you may pay any amount of {R}. When you do, it deals that much damage to any target.

Creature
Leyline Tyrant (znr) 147
Vengeful Ancestor

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever a goaded creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to its controller.

Creature
Vengeful Ancestor (mkc) 163

Dragon

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Mass Disruption

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Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (gtc) 29
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (ltc) 211
Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact
Crawlspace (dmr) 217
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (rtr) 111

Mass Disruption

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WE Draw

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Curse of Verbosity

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, you draw a card. Each opponent attacking that player does the same.

Enchantment
Curse of Verbosity (afc) 82
Dictate of Kruphix

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Enchantment
Dictate of Kruphix (jou) 37
Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size. {X}{X}, {T}: Each player draws X cards. {2}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Artifact
Folio of Fancies (eld) 46
Forced Fruition

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player draws seven cards.

Enchantment
Forced Fruition (wot) 18
Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact
Howling Mine (4ed) 325
Jace Beleren

+2: Each player draws a card. −1: Target player draws a card. −10: Target player mills twenty cards.

Planeswalker
Jace Beleren (m10) 58
Kami of the Crescent Moon

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.

Creature
Kami of the Crescent Moon (sok) 42
Khorvath's Fury

For each player, choose friend or foe. Each friend discards all cards from their hand, then draws that many cards plus one. Khorvath's Fury deals damage to each foe equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Sorcery
Khorvath's Fury (bbd) 59
Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player may draw a card if a player other than you lost life this turn. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ludevic, Necro-Alchemist (c16) 37
Struggle for Project Purity

As this enchantment enters, choose Brotherhood or Enclave. • Brotherhood — At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent draws a card. You draw a card for each card drawn this way. • Enclave — Whenever a player attacks you with one or more creatures, that player gets twice that many rad counters.

Enchantment
Struggle for Project Purity (pip) 39
Temple Bell

{T}: Each player draws a card.

Artifact
Temple Bell (c16) 277
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (lcc) 180

WE Draw

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Maybeboard

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Scalding Tarn

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

Land
Scalding Tarn (mm3) 244
Slicer, Hired Muscle

Creature Artifact
Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist (bot) 6Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist (bot) 6
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (rtr) 247
Thundering Falls

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Thundering Falls (pmkm) 269p
Training Center

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

Land
Training Center (plst) CMR-358

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Group hug, but make it Crab.\n\nPeople usually don't like their stuff being goaded, but drawing a card really sweetens the deal.\n\nGameplan:\nYou have no turn one plays (unless you draw exactly Curse of Opulence) --land and pass.\nTurn two commander and pass.\nTurn three tap Red Death, hopefully ramp into Leyline Tyrant/Vengeful Ancestor, but any 4 is great. \nTurn four onward, spam card draw and goad either the scariest thing at the table to keep it away or something from whoever is behind to give them cards. Try to find a no-max-hand-size effect at some point.\n\nOK but why are there dragons here?\nI added some four-cost dragons to support Firkraag, plus you are playing a guaranteed mana-dork on turn two. Leyline Tyrant lets you store the extra R from Red Death if you don't need it immediately, Vengeful Ancestor goads, and because goading is commiting a crime, you can ramp even more with Magda.\n\nCan this deck win?\nYes! Insurrection is a classic for a reason. Hot Pursuit is a less salty alternative. \nEquipping Aphetto Alechemist/K with Illusionist's Bracers allows you to infinitely tap and untap Red Death, drawing out anyone with a creature. Be careful to draw out opponents who are tapped out first, because your opponents could draw the removal spell at any time this way.\nThe \"balanced\" untappers (Vizier of Tumbling Sands, Forensic Researcher, Ioreth, and Kelpie Guide) can make infinite mana if enchanted with Freed from the Real or Pemmin's Aura and you have Izzet Boilerworks in play. Pump that mana into Folio of Fancies to draw your opponents out (they should have less cards in deck than you--you've been drawing them cards all game!)\n\nArchidekt suggests this deck might be a 4 because of these combos. If you want to play this as a 4, add a Rhystic Study at least!\n"}]}
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