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Death, Taxes and Tadpoles
Deck Size: 100
Pauper EDH
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Est deck cost: $113.16
Salt sum: 25.23
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Commander

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Agent of the Iron Throne

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever an artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life."

Enchantment
Agent of the Iron Throne (clb) 492
Gut, True Soul Zealot

Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice another creature or an artifact. If you do, create a 4/1 black Skeleton creature token with menace that's tapped and attacking. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Gut, True Soul Zealot (clb) 399

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Land

Quantity: 32Price: $33.74
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 (brc) 174
Avishkar Raceway

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {T}: Add {C}. Max speed — {3}, {T}, Discard a card: Draw a card.

Land
Avishkar Raceway (dft) 249
Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (brc) 176
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (brc) 178
Drossforge Bridge

This land enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Artifact Land
Drossforge Bridge (brc) 183
Great Furnace

{T}: Add {R}.

Artifact Land
Great Furnace (brc) 187
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (inr) 295
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (inr) 292
Vault of Whispers

{T}: Add {B}.

Artifact Land
Vault of Whispers (brc) 211

Land

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Recursion

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Blood Fountain

When this artifact enters, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {3}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

Artifact
Blood Fountain (dbl) 362
Emergency Weld

Return target artifact or creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.

Sorcery
Emergency Weld (bro) 93
Myr Retriever

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Myr Retriever (mrd) 215
Persistent Specimen

{2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Persistent Specimen (dbl) 392
Unearth

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Sorcery
Unearth (plst) ULG-72
Workshop Assistant

When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature Artifact
Workshop Assistant (kld) 241

Recursion

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Tokens

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Dragon Fodder

Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Dragon Fodder (arc) 34
Goblin Instigator

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Creature
Goblin Instigator (moc) 282
Goblin Surprise

Choose one — • Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. • Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Instant
Goblin Surprise (fdn) 200
Infestation Sage

When this creature dies, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token with flying.

Creature
Infestation Sage (fdn) 64
Krenko's Command

Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Krenko's Command (rvr) 336
Kuldotha Rebirth

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact. Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Kuldotha Rebirth (plst) SOM-96
Mogg War Marshal

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Creature
Mogg War Marshal (dmr) 326
Nested Shambler

When this creature dies, create X tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Nested Shambler (mh2) 399
Nimblewright Schematic

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a 1/1 colorless Construct artifact creature token.

Artifact
Nimblewright Schematic (clb) 330

Tokens

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Burn

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Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (moc) 285
Ingenious Artillerist

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

Creature
Ingenious Artillerist (clb) 182
Molten Gatekeeper

Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. Unearth {R} ({R}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Molten Gatekeeper (mh3) 128
Reckless Fireweaver

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

Creature
Reckless Fireweaver (kld) 126
Witty Roastmaster

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Witty Roastmaster (snc) 131

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Lifegain

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Basilica Screecher

Flying Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Creature
Basilica Screecher (gtc) 58

Lifegain

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Removal

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Abrade

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

Instant
Abrade (brc) 111
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (brc) 106
Lightning Bolt

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

Instant
Lightning Bolt (p10) 1
Nihil Spellbomb

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target player's graveyard. When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Nihil Spellbomb (brc) 152
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (pls) 128
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (inr) 390

Removal

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Drain

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Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 421
Nadier's Nightblade

Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Nadier's Nightblade (cmm) 641
Pactdoll Terror

Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Pactdoll Terror (dft) 99

Drain

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Protection

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Fake Your Own Death

Until end of turn, target creature gets +2/+0 and gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control and you create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Fake Your Own Death (fdn) 174
Feign Death

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Feign Death (afr) 103
Goblin Chirurgeon

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

Creature
Goblin Chirurgeon (fem) 54b
Undying Malice

Until end of turn, target creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it."

Instant
Undying Malice (dbl) 401

Protection

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Sac Outlet

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Body Dropper

Whenever you sacrifice another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. {B}{R}, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Creature
Body Dropper (snc) 168
Makeshift Munitions

{1}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Makeshift Munitions (cmm) 242
Viscera Seer

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

Creature
Viscera Seer (plst) M11-120

Sac Outlet

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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
Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Corrupted Conviction (otj) 84
Deadly Dispute

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

Instant
Deadly Dispute (j25) 115
Experimental Synthesizer

When this artifact enters or leaves the battlefield, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. {2}{R}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with vigilance. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Experimental Synthesizer (neo) 138
Fanatical Offering

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Instant
Fanatical Offering (lci) 105
Ichor Wellspring

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Artifact
Ichor Wellspring (brc) 143
Kickoff Celebrations

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) When this enchantment enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Max speed — Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures and Vehicles you control gain haste until end of turn.

Enchantment
Kickoff Celebrations (dft) 135
Mephitic Draught

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Artifact
Mephitic Draught (lci) 112
Pointed Discussion

You draw two cards, lose 2 life, then create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Pointed Discussion (vow) 126
Reckoner's Bargain

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
Risky Shortcut

Draw two cards. Each player loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Risky Shortcut (dft) 103
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
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (dsc) 156
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 (afr) 164
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (inr) 392
Voldaren Epicure

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Creature
Voldaren Epicure (inr) 405

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 (brc) 132
Greedy Freebooter

When this creature dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Greedy Freebooter (lci) 109
Impulsive Pilferer

When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Encore {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Impulsive Pilferer (otc) 171
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (brc) 148
Mycosynth Wellspring

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Mycosynth Wellspring (brc) 150
Patron of the Arts

When this creature enters or dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Patron of the Arts (clb) 191
Prized Statue

When this artifact enters or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Artifact
Prized Statue (clb) 334
Shambling Ghast

When this creature dies, choose one — • Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Shambling Ghast (j25) 124
Starting Column

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {T}: Add one mana of any color. Max speed — {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Artifact
Starting Column (dft) 244
Undercity Scrounger

{T}: Create a Treasure token. Activate only if a creature died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature Artifact
Undercity Scrounger (j25) 501
Zhentarim Bandit

Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 1 life. If you do, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Zhentarim Bandit (clb) 158

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Theft

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Bloody Betrayal

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Sorcery
Bloody Betrayal (vow) 147
Tentative Connection

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a creature with menace. Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Tentative Connection (iko) 138

Theft

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Maybeboard

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Aetherjacket

Flying, vigilance {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy another target artifact. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature Artifact
Aetherjacket (dft) 230
Cranial Plating

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. {B}{B}: Attach this Equipment to target creature you control. Equip {1}

Artifact
Cranial Plating (brc) 136
Cranial Ram

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +X/+1, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Equip {2}

Artifact
Cranial Ram (mh3) 180
Crypt Rats

{X}: This creature deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Creature
Crypt Rats (plst) VIS-55
Deathless Pilot

This creature saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater. {3}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Deathless Pilot (dft) 82
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
Endrider Catalyzer

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — {T}: Add {R}{R}.

Creature
Endrider Catalyzer (dft) 124
Engine Rat

Deathtouch {5}{B}: Each opponent loses 2 life.

Creature
Engine Rat (dft) 84
Eviscerator's Insight

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards. Flashback {4}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)

Instant
Eviscerator's Insight (mh3) 93
Firebrand Archer

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Firebrand Archer (hou) 92
Gastal Blockbuster

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature or Vehicle. When you do, destroy target artifact an opponent controls.

Creature
Gastal Blockbuster (dft) 128
Gilded Ghoda

Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Saddle 1 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Gilded Ghoda (dft) 130
Goblin Surveyor

Trample Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Creature
Goblin Surveyor (dft) 131
Grim Bauble

When this artifact enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {2}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Artifact
Grim Bauble (dft) 88
Hoarding Ogre

Whenever this creature attacks, roll a d20. 1—9 | Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") 10—19 | Create two Treasure tokens. 20 | Create three Treasure tokens.

Creature
Hoarding Ogre (clb) 181
Kessig Flamebreather

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Kessig Flamebreather (dbl) 431
Lab Rats

Buyback {4} (You may pay an additional {4} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token.

Sorcery
Lab Rats (sth) 61
Lampad of Death's Vigil

{1}, Sacrifice a creature: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature Enchantment
Lampad of Death's Vigil (plst) THB-103
Maximum Overdrive

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Maximum Overdrive (dft) 96
Mutant Surveyor

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.) {2}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Max speed — {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.

Creature
Mutant Surveyor (dft) 98
Rakdos Carnarium

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

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (brc) 194
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (brc) 156
Syndicate Enforcer

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Creature
Syndicate Enforcer (gtc) 80

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