176
2/28/2025
Theft and Taxes (the I.R.S.)
Deck Size: 100
Commander
Legal
Est deck cost: $1098.06
Salt sum: 49.01
No deck tags
176
2/28/2025
Compare
Deck filters

Choose your preferred layout. You can change this at any time using the Deck filters / View as options above.

Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $29.99
Merieke Ri Berit

Merieke Ri Berit doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Merieke Ri Berit. When Merieke Ri Berit leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.

Creature
Merieke Ri Berit (tsb) 95

Commander

(CTRL to add secondary)

Protection

Qty: 10 Price: $184.40
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (drc) 70
Darkness

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Instant
Darkness (leg) 94
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (cmm) 94
Inkshield

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to you this turn. For each 1 damage prevented this way, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.

Instant
Inkshield (sld) 1694
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (drc) 55
Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Mother of Runes (plst) ULG-14
Pippin, Guard of the Citadel

Vigilance, ward {1} {T}: Another target creature you control gains protection from the card type of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that type.)

Creature
Pippin, Guard of the Citadel (ltr) 326
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (ltc) 197
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 (a25) 234
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) 343

Protection

(CTRL to add secondary)

Theft

Qty: 1 Price: $6.49
Sen Triplets

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. This turn, that player can't cast spells or activate abilities and plays with their hand revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from that player's hand this turn.

Creature Artifact
Sen Triplets (plst) ARB-109

Theft

(CTRL to add secondary)

Clones

Qty: 2 Price: $8.48
Evil Twin

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "{U}{B}, {T}: Destroy target creature with the same name as this creature."

Creature
Evil Twin (isd) 212
Phyrexian Metamorph

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Creature Artifact
Phyrexian Metamorph (plst) NPH-42

Clones

(CTRL to add secondary)

Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $12.42
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (lcc) 299
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (blc) 265
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (drc) 129
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (blc) 269
Patriar's Seal

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

Artifact
Patriar's Seal (clb) 332
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (40k) 249
Springleaf Drum

{T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Springleaf Drum (brr) 55
Wayfarer's Bauble

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

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (lcc) 317

Ramp

(CTRL to add secondary)

Untap

Qty: 12 Price: $62.40
Aphetto Alchemist

{T}: Untap target artifact or creature. Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Aphetto Alchemist (plst) ONS-64
Drumbellower

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

Creature
Drumbellower (nec) 6
Forensic Researcher

{T}: Untap another target permanent you control. {T}, Collect evidence 3: Tap target creature you don't control. (To collect evidence 3, exile cards with total mana value 3 or greater from your graveyard.)

Creature
Forensic Researcher (mkm) 58
Freed from the Real

Enchant creature {U}: Tap enchanted creature. {U}: Untap enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Freed from the Real (plst) SOK-38
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
Kelpie Guide

{T}: Untap another target permanent you control. {T}: Tap target permanent. Activate only if you control eight or more lands.

Creature
Kelpie Guide (stx) 45
Magewright's Stone

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

Artifact
Magewright's Stone (rvr) 462
Pemmin's Aura

Enchant creature {U}: Untap enchanted creature. {U}: Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn. {U}: Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {1}: Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Pemmin's Aura (plst) SCG-45
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 (lrw) 263
Unstoppable Plan

At the beginning of your end step, untap all nonland permanents you control.

Enchantment
Unstoppable Plan (dft) 72
Vizier of Tumbling Sands

{T}: Untap another target permanent. Cycling {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, untap target permanent.

Creature
Vizier of Tumbling Sands (cmm) 131
White Plume Adventurer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, untap a creature you control. If you've completed a dungeon, untap all creatures you control instead.

Creature
White Plume Adventurer (clb) 49

Untap

(CTRL to add secondary)

Copy

Qty: 3 Price: $8.97
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) 392
Marvin, Murderous Mimic

Marvin has all activated abilities of creatures you control that don't have the same name as this creature.

Creature Artifact
Marvin, Murderous Mimic (dsk) 253
The Ever-Changing 'Dane

{1}, Sacrifice another creature: The Ever-Changing 'Dane becomes a copy of the sacrificed creature, except it has this ability.

Creature
The Ever-Changing 'Dane (dmc) 52

Copy

(CTRL to add secondary)

Recursion

Qty: 2 Price: $2.58
Adarkar Valkyrie

Flying, vigilance {T}: When target creature other than this creature dies this turn, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Adarkar Valkyrie (mma) 1
Nightmare Shepherd

Flying Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types.

Creature Enchantment
Nightmare Shepherd (dsc) 149

Recursion

(CTRL to add secondary)

Draw

Qty: 12 Price: $169.78
Arcanis the Omnipotent

{T}: Draw three cards. {2}{U}{U}: Return Arcanis to its owner's hand.

Creature
Arcanis the Omnipotent (dmr) 280
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (c18) 82
Corrupted Conviction

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Corrupted Conviction (otj) 84
Dark Prophecy

Whenever a creature you control dies, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Dark Prophecy (m14) 93
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (clb) 124
Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (h2r) 2
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (pmom) 58p
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (cmm) 96
Phyrexian Arena

At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (fdn) 728
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (plst) PCY-45
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (m21) 126
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (plst) USG-111

Draw

(CTRL to add secondary)

Removal

Qty: 12 Price: $61.74
Agent of Treachery

When this creature enters, gain control of target permanent. At the beginning of your end step, if you control three or more permanents you don't own, draw three cards.

Creature
Agent of Treachery (m20) 43
Anguished Unmaking

Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

Instant
Anguished Unmaking (pip) 209
Blue Sun's Twilight

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Sorcery
Blue Sun's Twilight (one) 43
Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Despark (drc) 115
Hostage Taker

When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Creature
Hostage Taker (ltc) 268
Rite of Oblivion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a nonland permanent. Exile target nonland permanent. Flashback {2}{W}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Rite of Oblivion (mid) 237
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) 153
Sower of Temptation

Flying When this creature enters, gain control of target creature for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.

Creature
Sower of Temptation (woc) 111
Tormod's Crypt

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Exile target player's graveyard.

Artifact
Tormod's Crypt (m21) 241
Treachery

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, untap up to five lands. You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Treachery (uds) 50
Void Rend

This spell can't be countered. Destroy target nonland permanent.

Instant
Void Rend (otp) 59
Winds of Abandon

Exile target creature you don't control. For each creature exiled this way, its controller searches their library for a basic land card. Those players put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Overload {4}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Winds of Abandon (mh1) 37

Removal

(CTRL to add secondary)

Land

Qty: 34 Price: $507.84
Adarkar Wastes

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

Land
Adarkar Wastes (drc) 144
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
Arcane Sanctum

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

Land
Arcane Sanctum (drc) 146
Bleachbone Verge

{T}: Add {B}. {T}: Add {W}. Activate only if you control a Plains or a Swamp.

Land
Bleachbone Verge (dft) 250
Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (lcc) 320
Caves of Koilos

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

Land
Caves of Koilos (drc) 148
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (cmr) 350
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
Drowned Catacomb

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

Land
Drowned Catacomb (drc) 152
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (pmh3) 220s
Floodfarm Verge

{T}: Add {W}. {T}: Add {U}. Activate only if you control a Plains or an Island.

Land
Floodfarm Verge (pdsk) 259p
Glacial Fortress

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

Land
Glacial Fortress (drc) 159
Gloomlake Verge

{T}: Add {U}. {T}: Add {B}. Activate only if you control an Island or a Swamp.

Land
Gloomlake Verge (pdsk) 260p
Godless Shrine

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

Land
Godless Shrine (prna) 248p
Hallowed Fountain

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

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (m21) 264
Isolated Chapel

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

Land
Isolated Chapel (drc) 162
Marsh Flats

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Marsh Flats (zen) 219
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) 398
Meticulous Archive

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (ltc) 369
Morphic Pool

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

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (pneo) 271p
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (j25) 82
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
Raffine's Tower

({T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raffine's Tower (snc) 353
Sea of Clouds

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

Land
Sea of Clouds (pclb) 360s
Shadowy Backstreet

({T}: Add {W} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Shadowy Backstreet (pmkm) 268s
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mh3) 315
Undercity Sewers

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Undercity Sewers (mkm) 270
Underground River

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

Land
Underground River (drc) 181
Vault of Champions

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

Land
Vault of Champions (cmm) 667
Vesuva

You may have this land enter tapped as a copy of any land on the battlefield.

Land
Vesuva (m3c) 404
Watery Grave

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

Land
Watery Grave (gtc) 249

Land

(CTRL to add secondary)

Stax

Qty: 3 Price: $42.97
Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (rvr) 303
Drana and Linvala

Flying, vigilance Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated. Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.

Creature
Drana and Linvala (pmom) 222p
Opposition Agent

Flash You control your opponents while they're searching their libraries. While an opponent is searching their library, they exile each card they find. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast them.

Creature
Opposition Agent (pcmr) 141p

Stax

(CTRL to add secondary)

Deck Info

Deck stats

21 pips - 19 cards
22 mana - 22 cards
36 pips - 29 cards
25 mana - 25 cards
24 pips - 20 cards
23 mana - 23 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 6 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 6 cards
CategoriesQtyOdds
Click charts to focus on cards
Deck extras (0)

Description

No description yet.

Unable to load comments
AutoNew CategoryMaybeboardSideboard