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Esika Zirda Stax
Deck Size: 65
Commander / EDH
Est deck cost: $74.96
Salt sum: 16.03
Est Commander Bracket: 1 or 2
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Esika, God of the Tree

Creature
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (khm) 314Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge (khm) 314

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Ramp

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Altanak, the Thrice-Called

Trample Whenever Altanak, the Thrice-Called becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, draw a card. {1}{G}, Discard Altanak, the Thrice-Called: Return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Altanak, the Thrice-Called (dsk) 166
Altar of the Pantheon

Your devotion to each color and each combination of colors is increased by one. {T}: Add one mana of any color. If you control a God, a Demigod, or a legendary enchantment, you gain 1 life.

Artifact
Altar of the Pantheon (plst) THB-231
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Azorius Locket

{T}: Add {W} or {U}. {W/U}{W/U}{W/U}{W/U}, {T}, Sacrifice Azorius Locket: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Azorius Locket (voc) 160
Bounty Board

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Put a bounty counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery. Whenever a creature with a bounty counter on it dies, each of its controller's opponents draws a card and gains 2 life.

Artifact
Bounty Board (otc) 37
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (drc) 125
Cryptolith Fragment

Artifact
Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (inr) 260Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul (inr) 260
Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may play historic lands and cast historic spells from the top of your library. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass (acr) 15
Discerning Financier

At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") {2}{W}: Choose another player. That player gains control of target Treasure you control. You draw a card.

Creature
Discerning Financier (woe) 10
Fabrication Foundry

{T}: Add {W}. Spend this mana only to cast an artifact spell or activate an ability of an artifact source. {2}{W}, {T}, Exile one or more other artifacts you control with total mana value X: Return target artifact card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Fabrication Foundry (lci) 12
Faeburrow Elder

Vigilance Faeburrow Elder gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

Creature
Faeburrow Elder (blc) 252
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Foreboding Statue

Creature Artifact
Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher (vow) 256Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher (vow) 256
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary

Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) {T}, Sacrifice a Treasure: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Glóin, Dwarf Emissary (ltr) 132
Haunted Screen

{T}: Add {W} or {B}. {T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}. {7}: Put seven +1/+1 counters on Haunted Screen. It becomes a 0/0 Spirit creature in addition to its other types. Activate only once.

Artifact
Haunted Screen (dsk) 250
Indatha Crystal

{T}: Add {W}, {B}, or {G}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artifact
Indatha Crystal (iko) 235
Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile

Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, scry 1. If that spell was all colors, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance. {5}, {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

Creature
Jenson Carthalion, Druid Exile (dmc) 3
Jeskai Banner

{T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}. {U}{R}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice Jeskai Banner: Draw a card.

Artifact
Jeskai Banner (ktk) 222
Manalith

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Manalith (m19) 239
Network Terminal

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}, Tap another untapped artifact you control: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Artifact
Network Terminal (neo) 251
Obelisk of Bant

{T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Artifact
Obelisk of Bant (ala) 212
Obsidian Obelisk

Obsidian Obelisk enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a multicolored spell.

Artifact
Obsidian Obelisk (dmc) 18
Ojutai Monument

{T}: Add {W} or {U}. {4}{W}{U}: Ojutai Monument becomes a 4/4 white and blue Dragon artifact creature with flying until end of turn.

Artifact
Ojutai Monument (dtk) 242
Phial of Galadriel

If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, draw two cards instead. If you would gain life while you have 5 or less life, you gain twice that much life instead. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phial of Galadriel (ltr) 248
Phyrexian Totem

{T}: Add {B}. {2}{B}: Phyrexian Totem becomes a 5/5 black Phyrexian Horror artifact creature with trample until end of turn. Whenever Phyrexian Totem is dealt damage, if it's a creature, sacrifice that many permanents.

Artifact
Phyrexian Totem (dde) 20
Rakdos Locket

{T}: Add {B} or {R}. {B/R}{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}, {T}, Sacrifice Rakdos Locket: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Rakdos Locket (c19) 220
Raugrin Crystal

{T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Artifact
Raugrin Crystal (iko) 238
Sonic Screwdriver

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {2}, {T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Sonic Screwdriver (who) 184
Sunbird Standard

Artifact
Sunbird Standard // Sunbird Effigy (lci) 262Sunbird Standard // Sunbird Effigy (lci) 262
The Enigma Jewel

Artifact
The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment (lci) 55The Enigma Jewel // Locus of Enlightenment (lci) 55
The Mana Rig

Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "{T}: Add {C}. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.") {X}{X}{X}, {T}: Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Artifact
The Mana Rig (dmc) 28
Thran Temporal Gateway

{4}, {T}: You may put a historic permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Artifact
Thran Temporal Gateway (dom) 233
Twitching Doll

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Put a nest counter on Twitching Doll. {T}, Sacrifice Twitching Doll: Create a 2/2 green Spider creature token with reach for each counter on Twitching Doll. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature Artifact
Twitching Doll (dsk) 201
Vessel of Volatility

{1}{R}, Sacrifice Vessel of Volatility: Add {R}{R}{R}{R}.

Enchantment
Vessel of Volatility (plst) SOI-189
Worn Powerstone

Worn Powerstone enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Worn Powerstone (mh3) 298

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Tokens

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Belisarius Cawl

Ultima Founding — {T}, Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Create a 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature token with vigilance. Master of Machines — {T}, Tap X untapped creatures you control: Look at the top X cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature Artifact
Belisarius Cawl (40k) 106
Nemata, Primeval Warden

Reach If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. {G}, Sacrifice a Saproling: Nemata, Primeval Warden gets +2/+2 until end of turn. {1}{B}, Sacrifice two Saprolings: Draw a card.

Creature
Nemata, Primeval Warden (dmu) 209

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Draw

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Imskir Iron-Eater

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) When Imskir Iron-Eater enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is half the number of artifacts you control, rounded down. {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact: Imskir deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

Creature
Imskir Iron-Eater (mh3) 189
Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate. {T}, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Creature
Lonis, Cryptozoologist (mkc) 215
Mirror of Galadriel

{5}, {T}: Scry 1, then draw a card. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Artifact
Mirror of Galadriel (ltr) 244
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog

{4}, {T}: Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards. You may choose an artifact or creature card with mana value 1 you discarded this way, then do the same for artifact or creature cards with mana values 2 and 3. Return those cards to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Queen Kayla bin-Kroog (bro) 218
Rona, Herald of Invasion

Creature
Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator (mom) 75Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator (mom) 75
Shelob, Dread Weaver

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, exile it. {2}{B}, Put a creature card exiled with Shelob, Dread Weaver into its owner's graveyard: Put two +1/+1 counters on Shelob. Draw a card. {X}{1}{B}: Put target creature card with mana value X exiled with Shelob onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

Creature
Shelob, Dread Weaver (ltc) 29
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Tamiyo's Journal (inr) 272
Tome of the Guildpact

Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, draw a card. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Tome of the Guildpact (rna) 242

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Recursion

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Emry, Lurker of the Loch

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control. When Emry, Lurker of the Loch enters, mill four cards. {T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Creature
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (brc) 81

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Tutor

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Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain gets +1/+1 for each color among other legendary permanents you control. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Search your library for a legendary permanent card with mana value less than Sisay's power, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain (plst) MH1-29

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Land

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Dark Depths

Dark Depths enters with ten ice counters on it. {3}: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths. When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage, a legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token with flying and indestructible.

Land
Dark Depths (dmr) 244
Goldmire Bridge

Goldmire Bridge enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Artifact Land
Goldmire Bridge (moc) 407
Havengul Laboratory

Land
Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery (slx) 9Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery (slx) 9
Mines of Moria

Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}, {T}, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.

Land
Mines of Moria (ltr) 257
Razortide Bridge

Razortide Bridge enters tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (pip) 281

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Removal

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False Floor

False Floor enters tapped. Creatures enter tapped. {2}, {T}, Exile False Floor: Exile all untapped creatures. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
False Floor (ncc) 82
Glissa Sunseeker

First strike {T}: Destroy target artifact if its mana value is equal to the amount of unspent mana you have.

Creature
Glissa Sunseeker (mrd) 120
Stone of Erech

If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Stone of Erech: Exile target player's graveyard. Draw a card.

Artifact
Stone of Erech (ltr) 251

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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

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Protection

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Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard

Sacrifice Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard: Legendary creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Hajar, Loyal Bodyguard (bro) 211
Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa

Flash Flying When Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa enters, another target permanent gains indestructible for as long as you control Kyodai. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Kyodai gets +5/+5 until end of turn.

Creature
Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa (neo) 23
That Which Was Taken

{4}, {T}: Put a divinity counter on target permanent other than That Which Was Taken. Each permanent with a divinity counter on it has indestructible.

Artifact
That Which Was Taken (plst) BOK-162
War Tax

{X}{U}: This turn, creatures can't attack unless their controller pays {X} for each attacking creature they control.

Enchantment
War Tax (mmq) 113

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Stax

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Dauntless Dismantler

Artifacts your opponents control enter tapped. {X}{X}{W}, Sacrifice Dauntless Dismantler: Destroy each artifact with mana value X.

Creature
Dauntless Dismantler (lci) 8
Dovin, Hand of Control

Artifact, instant, and sorcery spells your opponents cast cost {1} more to cast. −1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.

Planeswalker
Dovin, Hand of Control (war) 229
Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant

Flash If a player would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead. {4}, {T}, Exile Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant: Return to the battlefield tapped all artifact, creature, enchantment, and land cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Artifact
Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant (dmc) 17

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Sydri, Galvanic Genius

{U}: Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn. {W}{B}: Target artifact creature gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Sydri, Galvanic Genius (c16) 224

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Sideboard

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Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has an activated ability. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Abilities you activate that aren't mana abilities cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {1}, {T}: Target creature can't block this turn.

Creature
Zirda, the Dawnwaker (mul) 65

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Maybeboard

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Flagstones of Trokair

{T}: Add {W}. When Flagstones of Trokair is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Flagstones of Trokair (tsr) 278
Kethis, the Hidden Hand

Legendary spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Exile two legendary cards from your graveyard: Until end of turn, each legendary card in your graveyard gains "You may play this card from your graveyard."

Creature
Kethis, the Hidden Hand (m20) 211
Loot, the Pathfinder

Double strike, vigilance, haste Exhaust — {G}, {T}: Add three mana of any one color. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.) Exhaust — {U}, {T}: Draw three cards. Exhaust — {R}, {T}: Loot deals 3 damage to any target.

Creature
Loot, the Pathfinder (dft) 212
Memnarch

{1}{U}{U}: Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. (This effect lasts indefinitely.) {3}{U}: Gain control of target artifact. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Creature Artifact
Memnarch (arc) 112
Visara the Dreadful

Flying {T}: Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Creature
Visara the Dreadful (ema) 114

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Deck Info

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12 pips - 12 cards
32 mana - 29 cards
12 pips - 11 cards
30 mana - 27 cards
5 pips - 5 cards
28 mana - 25 cards
6 pips - 6 cards
31 mana - 25 cards
13 pips - 9 cards
25 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 5 cards
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