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Year of the Snake - Xyris Budget Combat Tricks
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Xyris, the Writhing Storm

Flying Whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token. Whenever Xyris deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.

Creature
Xyris, the Writhing Storm (dmc) 175

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Biomass Mutation

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Instant
Biomass Mutation (dsc) 214
Charmbreaker Devils

At the beginning of your upkeep, return an instant or sorcery card at random from your graveyard to your hand. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Charmbreaker Devils (j25) 132
Djinn Illuminatus

({U/R} can be paid with either {U} or {R}.) Flying Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has replicate. The replicate cost is equal to its mana cost. (When you cast it, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Creature
Djinn Illuminatus (c20) 210
Drake Hatcher

Vigilance, 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, put that many incubation counters on it. Remove three incubation counters from this creature: Create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Creature
Drake Hatcher (fdn) 35
Kalamax, the Stormsire

Whenever you cast your first instant spell each turn, if Kalamax is tapped, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Whenever you copy an instant spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Kalamax.

Creature
Kalamax, the Stormsire (plst) C20-9
Leyline of Resonance

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only a single creature you control, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
Leyline of Resonance (dsk) 143
Scepter of Celebration

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens. Equip {3}

Artifact
Scepter of Celebration (ncc) 64
The Howling Abomination

Haste The Howling Abomination has trample as long as you've cast three or more spells this turn. Whenever The Howling Abomination becomes the target of a spell, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn and deals 2 damage to each opponent.

Creature
The Howling Abomination (slx) 13
Wild Defiance

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of an instant or sorcery spell, that creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Wild Defiance (avr) 203
Zada, Hedron Grinder

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

Creature
Zada, Hedron Grinder (cmm) 268

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Cold-Eyed Selkie

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.

Creature
Cold-Eyed Selkie (otc) 218
Edric, Spymaster of Trest

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may draw a card.

Creature
Edric, Spymaster of Trest (otc) 221
Ohran Frostfang

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Frostfang (otc) 199
Season of Growth

Whenever a creature you control enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Whenever you cast a spell that targets a creature you control, draw a card.

Enchantment
Season of Growth (plst) M20-191
Stormchaser Drake

Flying Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell you control, draw a card.

Creature
Stormchaser Drake (vow) 82
Surrakar Spellblade

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may put a charge counter on this creature. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw X cards, where X is the number of charge counters on it.

Creature
Surrakar Spellblade (mm2) 60
Vedalken Heretic

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

Creature
Vedalken Heretic (arb) 104

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Atalan Jackal

Trample, haste Skilled Outrider — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Atalan Jackal (40k) 105
Beamtown Beatstick

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Beamtown Beatstick (mom) 131
Bilbo, Retired Burglar

When Bilbo enters or leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you. Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Bilbo, Retired Burglar (ltr) 196
Deeproot Wayfinder

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, surveil 1, then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Deeproot Wayfinder (mom) 184
Gimli of the Glittering Caves

Double strike Whenever another legendary creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Gimli. Whenever Gimli deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Gimli of the Glittering Caves (ltc) 32
Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Growth Spiral (dsc) 88
Harrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Harrow (j25) 668
Joint Exploration

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Scry 2, then draw a card. If this spell was kicked, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Joint Exploration (dmu) 56
Prosperous Bandit

Offspring {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) First strike Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create that many tapped Treasure tokens.

Creature
Prosperous Bandit (blc) 25
Prosperous Thief

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Prosperous Thief (j25) 346
Roiling Regrowth

Sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Roiling Regrowth (znr) 201

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Become Immense

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Target creature gets +6/+6 until end of turn.

Instant
Become Immense (uma) 157
Blazing Crescendo

Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.

Instant
Blazing Crescendo (one) 123
Blossoming Defense

Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains hexproof until end of turn.

Instant
Blossoming Defense (kld) 146
Brute Force

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Brute Force (tsr) 157
Collision

Instant
Collision // Colossus (rna) 223
Colossal Might

Target creature gets +4/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Colossal Might (cmd) 190
Dreadmaw's Ire

Until end of turn, target attacking creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact that player controls."

Instant
Dreadmaw's Ire (lci) 147
Echoing Courage

Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Echoing Courage (plst) CNS-161
Fully Grown

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Put a trample counter on it.

Instant
Fully Grown (iko) 154
Gaea's Gift

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains reach, trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Gaea's Gift (bro) 182
Get a Leg Up

Until end of turn, target creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control and gains reach.

Instant
Get a Leg Up (mkm) 161
Giant Growth

Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Giant Growth (fdn) 223
Might of the Nephilim

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn for each of its colors.

Instant
Might of the Nephilim (dis) 88
Monstrous Rage

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Create a Monster Role token attached to it. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has trample.)

Instant
Monstrous Rage (woe) 142
Overprotect

Target creature you control gets +3/+3 and gains trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Overprotect (blb) 185
Royal Treatment

Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}.)

Instant
Royal Treatment (woe) 183
Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Shore Up (blb) 69
Siege Smash

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Target creature gets +3/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Siege Smash (mh3) 136
Simic Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. • Permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Simic Charm (cmr) 451
Snakeskin Veil

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Snakeskin Veil (fdn) 233
Titan's Strength

Target creature gets +3/+1 until end of turn. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Instant
Titan's Strength (2x2) 128
Titanic Growth

Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Titanic Growth (woe) 191
Vines of Vastwood

Kicker {G} (You may pay an additional {G} as you cast this spell.) Target creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control this turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Vines of Vastwood (mm2) 168

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Aberrant

Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Trample Heavy Power Hammer — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Creature
Aberrant (40k) 86
Bladegriff Prototype

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target nonland permanent of that player's choice that one of your opponents controls.

Creature Artifact
Bladegriff Prototype (otc) 253
Labyrinth Champion

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, this creature deals 2 damage to any target.

Creature
Labyrinth Champion (2x2) 115
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Ram Through

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. If the creature you control has trample, excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.

Instant
Ram Through (cmm) 314
Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Instant
Reality Shift (dsc) 125
Sunder Shaman

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Creature
Sunder Shaman (rvr) 230
Trygon Predator

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.

Creature
Trygon Predator (fdn) 667

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Bridgeworks Battle

Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (drc) 153
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 289
Frontier Bivouac

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.

Land
Frontier Bivouac (drc) 157
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 (m3c) 344
Game Trail

As this land enters, you may reveal a Mountain or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Game Trail (blc) 306
Hinterland Harbor

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

Land
Hinterland Harbor (blc) 312
Hydroelectric Specimen

Creature
Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory (mh3) 240
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Karplusan Forest

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

Land
Karplusan Forest (blc) 314
Kazuul's Fury

Instant
Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs (znr) 146
Khalni Ambush

Instant
Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory (znr) 192
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (dft) 287
Pinnacle Monk

Creature
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak (mh3) 246
Rootbound Crag

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Forest. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rootbound Crag (blc) 326
Shivan Reef

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

Land
Shivan Reef (blc) 331
Stump Stomp

Sorcery
Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing (mh3) 259Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing (mh3) 259
Sulfur Falls

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

Land
Sulfur Falls (blc) 333
Sundering Eruption

Sorcery
Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure (mh3) 248
Terramorphic Expanse

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (blc) 345
Vineglimmer Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (dsc) 323
Yavimaya Coast

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

Land
Yavimaya Coast (dsc) 327

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Bite Down

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature or planeswalker you don't control.

Instant
Bite Down (fdn) 212
Colossal Growth

Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.) Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, instead that creature gets +4/+4 and gains trample and haste until end of turn.

Instant
Colossal Growth (dmu) 158
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (dsc) 174
Goblin Anarchomancer

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

Creature
Goblin Anarchomancer (mh2) 200
Goldvein Pick

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Goldvein Pick (fdn) 253
Groundswell

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Landfall — If you had a land enter the battlefield under your control this turn, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

Instant
Groundswell (ddp) 15
Howl of the Horde

When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. Raid — If you attacked this turn, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell an additional time. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Sorcery
Howl of the Horde (ktk) 112
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Flying Whenever a player casts a spell that targets only a single creature other than Ivy, you may copy that spell. The copy targets Ivy. (A copy of an Aura spell becomes a token.)

Creature
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief (dmu) 201
Mercurial Spelldancer

This creature can't be blocked. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, put an oil counter on this creature. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove two oil counters from it. If you do, when you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Mercurial Spelldancer (one) 61
Might of the Masses

Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control.

Instant
Might of the Masses (2xm) 176
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Trample Whenever Neheb deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (dmc) 125
Oakhame Adversary

This spell costs {2} less to cast if an opponent controls a green permanent. Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Oakhame Adversary (eld) 167
Ohran Viper

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, destroy that creature at end of combat. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Viper (c15) 194
Prying Blade

Equipped creature gets +1/+0. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Prying Blade (xln) 244
Soul's Fire

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Instant
Soul's Fire (cmr) 200
Sticky Fingers

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token." (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures. The token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") When enchanted creature dies, draw a card.

Enchantment
Sticky Fingers (pip) 191
Twinferno

Choose one — • When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. • Target creature you control gains double strike until end of turn. (It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)

Instant
Twinferno (dmu) 149

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