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Under The Night Minister's Thumb
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Est deck cost: $306.46
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Commander

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Gonti, Night Minister

Whenever a player casts a spell they don't own, that player creates a Treasure token. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller looks at the top card of that opponent's library and exiles it face down. They may play that card for as long as it remains exiled. Mana of any type can be spent to cast a spell this way.

Creature
Gonti, Night Minister (dft) 450

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Deter Opponents

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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
Dread

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it. When Dread is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature
Dread (lrw) 107
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, its controller may pay 1 life. If they do, they draw a card. {4}{B}{B}{B}, Discard X cards: Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

Creature
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (bro) 326
Hissing Miasma

Whenever a creature attacks you, its controller loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Hissing Miasma (gpt) 51
Lantern of Insight

Players play with the top card of their libraries revealed. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player shuffles.

Artifact
Lantern of Insight (plst) 5DN-135
Marchesa's Decree

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Marchesa's Decree (cn2) 44
No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment
No Mercy (p22) 9
Revenge of Ravens

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Revenge of Ravens (ltc) 207

Deter Opponents

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Draw

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Darkstar Augur

Offspring {B} (You may pay an additional {B} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Flying At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Creature
Darkstar Augur (blb) 90
Foulmire Knight

Creature
Foulmire Knight // Profane Insight (moc) 249
Mari, the Killing Quill

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it with a hit counter on it. Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues you control have deathtouch and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a hit counter from a card that player owns in exile. If you do, draw a card and create two Treasure tokens."

Creature
Mari, the Killing Quill (otc) 138

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Finisher

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Brainstealer Dragon

Flying At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.

Creature
Brainstealer Dragon (clb) 670
Deadly Tempest

Destroy all creatures. Each player loses life equal to the number of creatures they controlled that were destroyed this way.

Sorcery
Deadly Tempest (c21) 140
Doomsday Excruciator

Flying When this creature enters, if it was cast, each player exiles all but the bottom six cards of their library face down. At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card.

Creature
Doomsday Excruciator (dsk) 94

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GY Hate

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Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (blc) 294

GY Hate

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Gifts

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Awaken the Erstwhile

Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then creates that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

Sorcery
Awaken the Erstwhile (rna) 61
Hunted Bonebrute

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens. When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life. Disguise {1}{B}

Creature
Hunted Bonebrute (mkm) 87
Hunted Horror

Trample When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 3/3 green Centaur creature tokens with protection from black.

Creature
Hunted Horror (clb) 758
Infernal Genesis

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player mills a card. Then they create X 1/1 black Minion creature tokens, where X is the milled card's mana value.

Enchantment
Infernal Genesis (pcy) 68
Nettling Nuisance

Flying Whenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, that player creates a 4/2 red Pirate creature token with "This token can't block." The token is goaded for the rest of the game. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Nettling Nuisance (woc) 15
Plague of Vermin

Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token for each 1 life they paid this way.

Sorcery
Plague of Vermin (shm) 73
Slaughter Specialist

When this creature enters, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Human creature token. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Slaughter Specialist (mid) 122
Sleeper Agent

When this creature enters, target opponent gains control of it. At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 2 damage to you.

Creature
Sleeper Agent (plst) 10E-178
Tombstone Stairwell

Cumulative upkeep {1}{B} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard. At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.

Enchantment
Tombstone Stairwell (mir) 149

Gifts

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Hugs

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Forbidden Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Land
Forbidden Orchard (v12) 6
Genesis Chamber

Whenever a nontoken creature enters, if this artifact is untapped, that creature's controller creates a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token.

Artifact
Genesis Chamber (bbd) 235
Ghirapur Orrery

Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, that player draws three cards.

Artifact
Ghirapur Orrery (blc) 270
Ill-Gotten Gains

Exile Ill-Gotten Gains. Each player discards their hand, then returns up to three cards from their graveyard to their hand.

Sorcery
Ill-Gotten Gains (cns) 114
Rainbow Vale

{T}: Add one mana of any color. An opponent gains control of this land at the beginning of the next end step.

Land
Rainbow Vale (fem) 99
Tribute to Horobi

Enchantment
Tribute to Horobi // Echo of Death's Wail (neo) 356Tribute to Horobi // Echo of Death's Wail (neo) 356

Hugs

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Land

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Amonkhet 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 — {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Land
Amonkhet Raceway (dft) 424
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) 425
Muraganda 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 — {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Land
Muraganda Raceway (dft) 426
Shizo, Death's Storehouse

{T}: Add {B}. {B}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Land
Shizo, Death's Storehouse (dmc) 233
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 514
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (mkc) 310

Land

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Politics

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Contested War Zone

Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, that creature's controller gains control of this land. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Land
Contested War Zone (mbs) 144
Coveted Jewel

When this artifact enters, draw three cards. {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls attack you and aren't blocked, that player draws three cards and gains control of this artifact. Untap it.

Artifact
Coveted Jewel (blc) 268
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
The Black Gate

As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {1}{B}, {T}: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.

Land
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
Virtus's Maneuver

For each player, choose friend or foe. Each friend returns a creature card from their graveyard to their hand. Each foe sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Sorcery
Virtus's Maneuver (bbd) 54

Politics

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Protection

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Cloak and Dagger

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Whenever a Rogue creature enters, you may attach this Equipment to it. Equip {3}

Artifact Kindred
Cloak and Dagger (mor) 141
Thieves' Tools

When this Equipment enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equipped creature can't be blocked as long as its power is 3 or less. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Thieves' Tools (afr) 122

Protection

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Ramp/Discounts

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (drc) 51
Bucknard's Everfull Purse

{1}, {T}: Roll a d4 and create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result. The player to your right gains control of this artifact.

Artifact
Bucknard's Everfull Purse (afc) 57
Frogtosser Banneret

Haste Goblin spells and Rogue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Frogtosser Banneret (znc) 43
Helm of Awakening

Spells cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Helm of Awakening (dmr) 448
Hithlain Rope

This artifact can't be sacrificed. {1}, {T}: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. The player to your right gains control of this artifact. {2}, {T}: Draw a card. The player to your right gains control of this artifact.

Artifact
Hithlain Rope (ltc) 76
Hoarding Broodlord

Convoke Flying When this creature enters, search your library for a card, exile it face down, then shuffle. For as long as that card remains exiled, you may play it. Spells you cast from exile have convoke.

Creature
Hoarding Broodlord (mom) 110
Leaden Myr

{T}: Add {B}.

Creature Artifact
Leaden Myr (som) 170
Marching Duodrone

Whenever this creature attacks, each player creates a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature Artifact
Marching Duodrone (clb) 321
Orochi Soul-Reaver

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Creature
Orochi Soul-Reaver (otc) 22
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 56
Thieving Varmint

Deathtouch, lifelink {T}, Pay 1 life: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast spells you don't own.

Creature
Thieving Varmint (otc) 23

Ramp/Discounts

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Recursion

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Bringer of the Last Gift

Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it, each player sacrifices all other creatures they control. Then each player returns all creature cards from their graveyard that weren't put there this way to the battlefield.

Creature
Bringer of the Last Gift (lci) 94
Exhume

Each player puts a creature card from their graveyard onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Exhume (jmp) 230
Incarnation Technique

Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.) Mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Incarnation Technique (c21) 41
Order of Midnight

Creature
Order of Midnight // Alter Fate (moc) 261
Tarrian's Journal

Artifact
Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz (lci) 126Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz (lci) 126

Recursion

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Removal

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Baleful Mastery

You may pay {1}{B} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. If the {1}{B} cost was paid, an opponent draws a card. Exile target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Baleful Mastery (otc) 126
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 (otc) 134
Fell the Profane

Instant
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244Fell the Profane // Fell Mire (mh3) 244
Heartless Conscription

Exile all creatures. For each card exiled this way, you may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. Exile Heartless Conscription.

Sorcery
Heartless Conscription (otc) 21

Removal

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Tutor

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Night Dealings

Whenever a source you control deals damage to another player, put that many theft counters on this enchantment. {2}{B}{B}, Remove X theft counters from this enchantment: Search your library for a nonland card with mana value X, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Enchantment
Night Dealings (chk) 132
Scheming Symmetry

Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

Sorcery
Scheming Symmetry (m20) 113

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Maybeboard

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Akroan Horse

Defender When this creature enters, an opponent gains control of it. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Creature Artifact
Akroan Horse (plst) C16-241
Back in Town

Return X target outlaw creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

Sorcery
Back in Town (otc) 18
Burakos, Party Leader

Burakos is also a Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard. Whenever Burakos attacks, defending player loses X life and you create X Treasure tokens, where X is the number of creatures in your party. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Burakos, Party Leader (clb) 653
Clackbridge Troll

Trample, haste When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 0/1 white Goat creature tokens. At the beginning of combat on your turn, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If a player does, tap this creature, you gain 3 life, and you draw a card.

Creature
Clackbridge Troll (eld) 84
Cunning Rhetoric

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Enchantment
Cunning Rhetoric (otc) 129
Death-Rattle Oni

Flash This spell costs {2} less to cast for each creature that died this turn. When this creature enters, destroy all other creatures that were dealt damage this turn.

Creature
Death-Rattle Oni (mat) 197
Dire Fleet Ravager

Menace, deathtouch When this creature enters, each player loses a third of their life, rounded up.

Creature
Dire Fleet Ravager (otc) 132
Grim Hireling

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create two Treasure tokens. {B}, Sacrifice X Treasures: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Grim Hireling (clb) 755
Grim Servant

Menace When this creature enters, search your library for a card with mana value less than or equal to your devotion to black, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

Creature
Grim Servant (mh3) 97
Invasion of Fiora

Battle
Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch (mom) 114Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch (mom) 114
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
Mystifying Maze

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Exile target attacking creature an opponent controls. At the beginning of the next end step, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.

Land
Mystifying Maze (c17) 264
Stridehangar Automaton

Thopters you control get +1/+1. If one or more artifact tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying are created instead.

Creature Artifact
Stridehangar Automaton (drc) 19

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