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Sgt John Benton, Sharing is Caring.
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Est deck cost: $556.68
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Commander

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Sergeant John Benton

Trample, haste Share Intelligence — Whenever Sergeant John Benton deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each draw that many cards.

Creature
Sergeant John Benton (who) 441

Commander

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Interraction

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Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (who) 228
Bridgeworks Battle

Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Force of Vigor

If it's not your turn, you may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy up to two target artifacts and/or enchantments.

Instant
Force of Vigor (plst) MH1-164
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Nature's Claim

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.

Instant
Nature's Claim (mb2) 69
Promise of Loyalty

Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.

Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (blc) 148
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
Single Combat

Each player chooses a creature or planeswalker they control, then sacrifices the rest. Players can't cast creature or planeswalker spells until the end of your next turn.

Sorcery
Single Combat (war) 30
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (who) 212
Wax

Instant
Wax // Wane (dmr) 211
Witch Enchanter

Creature
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow (mh3) 239

Interraction

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Land

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Boseiju, Who Endures

{T}: Add {G}. Channel — {1}{G}, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Bountiful Promenade

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

Land
Bountiful Promenade (clb) 348
Brushland

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

Land
Brushland (blc) 295
Canopy Vista

({T}: Add {G} or {W}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Canopy Vista (blc) 296
Centaur Garden

{T}: Add {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {G}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Centaur Garden (ody) 316
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire

{T}: Add {W}. Channel — {2}{W}, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 289
Hickory Woodlot

This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it. {T}, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add {G}{G}. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Land
Hickory Woodlot (mmq) 319
Hushwood Verge

{T}: Add {G}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control a Forest or a Plains.

Land
Hushwood Verge (dsk) 261
Inkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Overgrown Farmland

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

Land
Overgrown Farmland (inr) 281
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (dft) 279
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (who) 296
Remote Farm

This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it. {T}, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add {W}{W}. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Land
Remote Farm (mmq) 323
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Strip Mine

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

Land
Strip Mine (4ed) 363
Sungrass Prairie

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{W}.

Land
Sungrass Prairie (blc) 334
Sunpetal Grove

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

Land
Sunpetal Grove (blc) 335
Temple Garden

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

Land
Temple Garden (rvr) 290
Wasteland

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land.

Land
Wasteland (mb2) 115

Land

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Protection

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Bastion Protector

Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.

Creature
Bastion Protector (40k) 182
Blossoming Defense

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

Instant
Blossoming Defense (scd) 173
Celestial Armor

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has flying. Equip {3}{W} ({3}{W}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Celestial Armor (fdn) 5
Crumb and Get It

Gift a Food (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Food token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If the gift was promised, that creature also gains indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Crumb and Get It (blb) 8
Everybody Lives!

All creatures gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Players gain hexproof until end of turn. Players can't lose life this turn and players can't lose the game or win the game this turn.

Instant
Everybody Lives! (who) 18
Flare of Faith

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it's a Human, instead it gets +3/+3 and gains indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Flare of Faith (mid) 19
Flawless Maneuver

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Flawless Maneuver (cmm) 24
Obscuring Haze

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.

Instant
Obscuring Haze (cmm) 701
Overprotect

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

Instant
Overprotect (blb) 185
Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
Tyvar's Stand

Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (A creature with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tyvar's Stand (one) 190
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 (plst) ZEN-193

Protection

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Pump

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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 (plst) KTK-130
Berserk

Cast this spell only before the combat damage step. Target creature gains trample and gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is its power. At the beginning of the next end step, destroy that creature if it attacked this turn.

Instant
Berserk (cn2) 175
Bounty of the Hunt

You may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. For each +1/+1 counter you put on a creature this way, remove a +1/+1 counter from that creature at the beginning of the next cleanup step.

Instant
Bounty of the Hunt (all) 85
Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment
Duelist's Heritage (mkc) 60
Embiggen

Until end of turn, target non-Brushwagg creature gets +1/+1 for each supertype, card type, and subtype it has.

Instant
Embiggen (unf) 137
Flaming Fist

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks, it gains double strike until end of turn."

Enchantment
Flaming Fist (clb) 18
Giant Growth

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

Instant
Giant Growth (j25) 662
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 (j25) 667
Indomitable Might

Flash Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +3/+3. Enchanted creature's controller may have it assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Enchantment
Indomitable Might (woc) 127
Inner Calm, Outer Strength

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Instant
Inner Calm, Outer Strength (sok) 133
Invigorate

If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have an opponent gain 3 life. Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

Instant
Invigorate (plst) MMQ-254
Kaya's Onslaught

Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains double strike until end of turn. Foretell {W} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Kaya's Onslaught (khm) 18
Might of Old Krosa

Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If you cast this spell during your main phase, that creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn instead.

Instant
Might of Old Krosa (2x2) 153
Mutagenic Growth

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Instant
Mutagenic Growth (plst) NPH-116
Phytoburst

Target creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn.

Sorcery
Phytoburst (dgm) 46
Rustler Rampage

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1} — Untap all creatures target player controls. + {1} — Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Rustler Rampage (otj) 27
Scale Up

Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a green Wurm with base power and toughness 6/4. Overload {4}{G}{G} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Scale Up (plst) MH1-179
Scent of Ivy

Reveal any number of green cards in your hand. Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards revealed this way.

Instant
Scent of Ivy (uds) 120
Titanic Growth

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

Instant
Titanic Growth (woe) 191
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

Pump

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Ramp

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Avacyn's Pilgrim

{T}: Add {W}.

Creature
Avacyn's Pilgrim (scd) 171
Azusa, Lost but Seeking

You may play two additional lands on each of your turns.

Creature
Azusa, Lost but Seeking (cmm) 274
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Burgeoning

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Burgeoning (plst) STH-102
Delighted Halfling

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell, and that spell can't be countered.

Creature
Delighted Halfling (ltr) 158
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

Creature Enchantment
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (cmm) 891
Elvish Spirit Guide

Exile this creature from your hand: Add {G}.

Creature
Elvish Spirit Guide (mb2) 68
Exploration

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Enchantment
Exploration (dmr) 159
Fyndhorn Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Fyndhorn Elves (cmr) 228
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (j25) 149
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (who) 245
Summer Bloom

You may play up to three additional lands this turn.

Sorcery
Summer Bloom (2x2) 160
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (who) 255
Wild Growth

Enchant land Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional {G}.

Enchantment
Wild Growth (pip) 208

Ramp

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Utility

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Crop Rotation

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for a land card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Crop Rotation (dmr) 154
Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature
Grand Abolisher (cmm) 27
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar

Your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Whenever one or more creatures you control each with power greater than its base power deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar (lci) 232
Nostalgic Dreams

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard X cards. Return X target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Nostalgic Dreams.

Sorcery
Nostalgic Dreams (tor) 135
Pair o' Dice Lost

Roll two six-sided dice. Return any number of cards with total mana value X or less from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the total of those results. Exile Pair o' Dice Lost.

Instant
Pair o' Dice Lost (unf) 149
Questing Beast

Vigilance, deathtouch, haste Questing Beast can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Combat damage that would be dealt by creatures you control can't be prevented. Whenever Questing Beast deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to target planeswalker that player controls.

Creature
Questing Beast (plst) ELD-171
Spellbook

You have no maximum hand size.

Artifact
Spellbook (plst) 10E-343

Utility

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Maybeboard

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Loran's Escape

Target artifact or creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.

Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
Lotus Petal

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Lotus Petal (mb2) 226
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
Wayward Swordtooth

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) You may play an additional land on each of your turns. This creature can't attack or block unless you have the city's blessing.

Creature
Wayward Swordtooth (lcc) 263

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Description

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