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Death From The Shadows
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Commander

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Kelsien, the Plague

Vigilance, haste Kelsien gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have. {T}: Kelsien deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control. When that creature dies this turn, you get an experience counter.

Creature
Kelsien, the Plague (c20) 11

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Anthem

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Minthara, Merciless Soul

Minthara has ward {X}, where X is the number of experience counters you have. At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn, you get an experience counter. Creatures you control get +1/+0 for each experience counter you have.

Creature
Minthara, Merciless Soul (clb) 286

Anthem

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Copy

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Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor

When Ertha Jo enters, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "{T}: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery." Whenever you activate an ability that targets a creature or player, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor (otj) 203
Illusionist's Bracers

Whenever an ability of equipped creature is activated, if it isn't a mana ability, copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. Equip {3}

Artifact
Illusionist's Bracers (rvr) 260

Copy

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Counters

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Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas

Double strike, vigilance Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, you get an experience counter. Kalemne gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.

Creature
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas (cm2) 7
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion

If you would put one or more counters on a creature or planeswalker you control or on yourself, put that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion (clb) 29

Counters

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Draw

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Bladebrand

Target creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Bladebrand (rvr) 68
Harvester of Souls

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature
Harvester of Souls (j25) 453
Humble Defector

{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of this creature. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Humble Defector (otc) 170
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
Mathas, Fiend Seeker

Menace At the beginning of your end step, put a bounty counter on target creature an opponent controls. For as long as that creature has a bounty counter on it, it has "When this creature dies, each opponent draws a card and gains 2 life."

Creature
Mathas, Fiend Seeker (2x2) 252
Morbid Opportunist

Whenever one or more other creatures die, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Creature
Morbid Opportunist (inr) 124
Painful Truths

Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Sorcery
Painful Truths (otc) 146
Read the Bones

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Read the Bones (j25) 479
Rune of Mortality

Enchant permanent When this Aura enters, draw a card. As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it has deathtouch. As long as enchanted permanent is an Equipment, it has "Equipped creature has deathtouch."

Enchantment
Rune of Mortality (khm) 108
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot

Whenever a source you control deals noncombat damage to a creature equal to that creature's toughness, draw a card. {X}, {T}: If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to a permanent or player this turn, it deals that much damage plus X instead.

Creature
Taii Wakeen, Perfect Shot (otj) 234

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Evasion

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Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar

Commanders you control have menace and deathtouch. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar (cmr) 126

Evasion

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Finisher

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Vorpal Sword

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has deathtouch. {5}{B}{B}{B}: Until end of turn, this Equipment gains "Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game." Equip {B}{B}

Artifact
Vorpal Sword (afr) 124

Finisher

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Land

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Arcane Lighthouse

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Until end of turn, creatures your opponents control lose hexproof and shroud and can't have hexproof or shroud.

Land
Arcane Lighthouse (mb2) 102
Axgard Armory

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{R}{R}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Aura card and/or an Equipment card, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Land
Axgard Armory (khm) 250
Battlefield Forge

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

Land
Battlefield Forge (bro) 257
Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (dsc) 265
Caves of Koilos

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

Land
Caves of Koilos (dmu) 244
Clifftop Retreat

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

Land
Clifftop Retreat (dom) 239
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Detection Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Until end of turn, your opponents and creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.

Land
Detection Tower (m19) 249
Dragonskull Summit

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

Land
Dragonskull Summit (dmc) 207
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 (moc) 397
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (drc) 155
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 (2x2) 323
Haunted Ridge

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

Land
Haunted Ridge (mid) 263
Isolated Chapel

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

Land
Isolated Chapel (dom) 241
Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Land
Karn's Bastion (lcc) 339
Luxury Suite

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

Land
Luxury Suite (clb) 355
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
Nomad Outpost

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

Land
Nomad Outpost (dmc) 222
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mom) 277
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Shattered Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Mountain, Plains, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {R}{W}{B} ({R}{W}{B}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Shattered Landscape (mh3) 226
Shattered Sanctum

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

Land
Shattered Sanctum (vow) 264
Smoldering Marsh

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

Land
Smoldering Marsh (dmc) 234
Spectator Seating

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

Land
Spectator Seating (cmr) 356
Sulfurous Springs

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

Land
Sulfurous Springs (dmu) 256
Sundown Pass

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

Land
Sundown Pass (vow) 266
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (who) 201
Temple of Silence

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (drc) 178
Temple of Triumph

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Triumph (blc) 344
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 (moc) 439
Vault of Champions

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

Land
Vault of Champions (cmr) 360
Vault of the Archangel

{T}: Add {C}. {2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Vault of the Archangel (otc) 339

Land

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Landfall

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Retreat to Hagra

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. • Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Enchantment
Retreat to Hagra (c18) 116

Landfall

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Pingers

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Blood Cultist

{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Blood Cultist (ala) 157

Pingers

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Protection

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Ankle Shanker

Haste Whenever this creature attacks, creatures you control gain first strike and deathtouch until end of turn.

Creature
Ankle Shanker (c16) 178
Archetype of Finality

Creatures you control have deathtouch. Creatures your opponents control lose deathtouch and can't have or gain deathtouch.

Creature Enchantment
Archetype of Finality (plst) BNG-58
Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (otc) 216
General's Enforcer

Legendary Humans you control have indestructible. {2}{W}{B}: Exile target card from a graveyard. If it was a creature card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Creature
General's Enforcer (iko) 188
Gift of Doom

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has deathtouch and indestructible. Morph—Sacrifice another creature. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) As this Aura is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.

Enchantment
Gift of Doom (c19) 17
Offer Immortality

Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Offer Immortality (one) 102
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (fdn) 258

Protection

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Pump

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Hunter's Blowgun

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Equipped creature has deathtouch during your turn. Otherwise, it has reach. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Hunter's Blowgun (lci) 255

Pump

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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 (drc) 52
Boros Signet

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

Artifact
Boros Signet (blc) 128
Dazzling Theater

Enchantment
Dazzling Theater // Prop Room (dsk) 3
Magda, the Hoardmaster

Whenever you commit a crime, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.) Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Magda, the Hoardmaster (otj) 133
Orzhov Signet

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

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (drc) 134
Patriar's Seal

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap target legendary creature you control.

Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332
Rakdos Signet

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

Artifact
Rakdos Signet (dsc) 250

Ramp

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Recursion

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Call of the Death-Dweller

Return up to two target creature cards with total mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a deathtouch counter on either of them. Then put a menace counter on either of them.

Sorcery
Call of the Death-Dweller (iko) 78

Recursion

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Removal

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Aspect of Gorgon

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+3 and has deathtouch. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

Enchantment
Aspect of Gorgon (jou) 60
Basilisk Collar

Equipped creature has deathtouch and lifelink. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Basilisk Collar (dsc) 241
Crackling Doom

Crackling Doom deals 2 damage to each opponent. Each opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures that player controls.

Instant
Crackling Doom (2x2) 196
Dire Tactics

Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

Instant
Dire Tactics (iko) 183
Fracture

Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker.

Instant
Fracture (stx) 188
Gorgon Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has deathtouch. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy that creature.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Gorgon Flail (j25) 752
Gorgon's Head

Equipped creature has deathtouch. Equip {2}

Artifact
Gorgon's Head (bng) 158
Mirrodin Avenged

Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Mirrodin Avenged (mom) 118
Mortify

Destroy target creature or enchantment.

Instant
Mortify (acr) 96
Mythos of Snapdax

Each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest. If {B}{R} was spent to cast this spell, you choose the permanents for each player instead.

Sorcery
Mythos of Snapdax (iko) 24
Quietus Spike

Equipped creature has deathtouch. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half their life, rounded up. Equip {3}

Artifact
Quietus Spike (ncc) 377
Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (iko) 204
Shay Cormac

{1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof, indestructible, protection, shroud, and ward until end of turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes the target of a spell or ability you control, put a bounty counter on that creature. Whenever a creature with a bounty counter on it dies, put two +1/+1 counters on Shay Cormac.

Creature
Shay Cormac (acr) 65
Termination Facilitator

{T}: Put a bounty counter on target creature or planeswalker. Activate only as a sorcery. Whenever a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls with a bounty counter on it is dealt damage, destroy it.

Creature
Termination Facilitator (j22) 28
Virulent Swipe

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Virulent Swipe (plst) IMA-113
You Are Already Dead

Destroy target creature that was dealt damage this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
You Are Already Dead (neo) 129
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature in your party. Flying, deathtouch, haste Other creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.

Creature
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats (znr) 241

Removal

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Tokens

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Daxos the Returned

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you get an experience counter. {1}{W}{B}: Create a white and black Spirit enchantment creature token. It has "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of experience counters you have."

Creature
Daxos the Returned (plst) C15-43
Otharri, Suns' Glory

Flying, lifelink, haste Whenever Otharri attacks, you get an experience counter. Then create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token that's tapped and attacking for each experience counter you have. {2}{R}{W}, Tap an untapped Rebel you control: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Otharri, Suns' Glory (onc) 3
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

Tokens

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Tutor

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Fighter Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) When this Class enters, search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. {1}{R}{W}: Level 2 Equip abilities you activate cost {2} less to activate. {3}{R}{W}: Level 3 Whenever a creature you control attacks, up to one target creature blocks it this combat if able.

Enchantment
Fighter Class (afr) 222
Open the Armory

Search your library for an Aura or Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Open the Armory (cmr) 34

Tutor

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Untap

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Drumbellower

Flying Untap all creatures you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Drumbellower (nec) 6
Magewright's Stone

{1}, {T}: Untap target creature that has an activated ability with {T} in its cost.

Artifact
Magewright's Stone (plst) DIS-162
Sting, the Glinting Dagger

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste. At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature. Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sting, the Glinting Dagger (ltr) 250
Thornbite Staff

Equipped creature has "{2}, {T}: This creature deals 1 damage to any target" and "Whenever a creature dies, untap this creature." Whenever a Shaman creature enters, you may attach this Equipment to it. Equip {4}

Artifact Kindred
Thornbite Staff (mb2) 99
Thousand-Year Elixir

You may activate abilities of creatures you control as though those creatures had haste. {1}, {T}: Untap target creature.

Artifact
Thousand-Year Elixir (c21) 271

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Deck Info

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21 mana - 21 cards
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38 pips - 34 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
16 pips - 15 cards
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