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Lonis Cryptozoologist (Aluren)
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $459.38
Salt sum: 33.05
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Commander

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Lonis, Cryptozoologist

Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, investigate. {T}, Sacrifice X Clues: Target opponent reveals the top X cards of their library. You may put a nonland permanent card with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Creature
Lonis, Cryptozoologist (mkc) 215

Commander

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Land

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Botanical Sanctum

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

Land
Botanical Sanctum (otj) 267
Breeding Pool

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

Land
Breeding Pool (rvr) 275
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (drc) 60
Dreamroot Cascade

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

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (inr) 277
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (blb) 252
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 (mh3) 220
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 291
Hedge Maze

({T}: Add {G} 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
Hedge Maze (mkm) 262
Hinterland Harbor

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

Land
Hinterland Harbor (drc) 160
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 281
Misty Rainforest

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

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
Prismatic Vista

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

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
Rejuvenating Springs

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

Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmm) 424
Rimewood Falls

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Rimewood Falls (khm) 266
Tangled Islet

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Tangled Islet (dsc) 306
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 (drc) 183
Waterlogged Grove

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G} or {U}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Waterlogged Grove (mh1) 249
Windswept Heath

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

Land
Windswept Heath (mh3) 235
Yavimaya Coast

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

Land
Yavimaya Coast (drc) 184

Land

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Recursion

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Eternal Witness

When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Eternal Witness (cmm) 286
Noxious Revival

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) Put target card from a graveyard on top of its owner's library.

Instant
Noxious Revival (mb2) 70

Recursion

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Counters

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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
Ghost-Lit Warder

{3}{U}, {T}: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}.

Creature
Ghost-Lit Warder (sok) 39
Stifle

Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant
Stifle (mb2) 173
Summary Dismissal

Exile all other spells and counter all abilities.

Instant
Summary Dismissal (inr) 88

Counters

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Non Creature Draw

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Collected Company

Look at the top six cards of your library. Put up to two creature cards with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Collected Company (mb2) 203
Lead the Stampede

Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of creature cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Sorcery
Lead the Stampede (plst) DDU-16
Thoughtcast

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Thoughtcast (j25) 374
Universal Surveillance

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Universal Surveillance (nec) 17

Non Creature Draw

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Removal / Graveyard hate

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Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (lcc) 233
Cankerbloom

{1}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose one — • Destroy target artifact. • Destroy target enchantment. • Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Cankerbloom (one) 161
Deathgorge Scavenger

Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may exile target card from a graveyard. If a creature card is exiled this way, you gain 2 life. If a noncreature card is exiled this way, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Deathgorge Scavenger (lcc) 236
Filter Out

Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Instant
Filter Out (mat) 7
Flood of Tears

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If you return four or more nontoken permanents you control this way, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Flood of Tears (voc) 104
Haywire Mite

When this creature dies, you gain 2 life. {G}, Sacrifice this creature: Exile target noncreature artifact or noncreature enchantment.

Creature Artifact
Haywire Mite (dsc) 247
Keen-Eyed Curator

As long as there are four or more card types among cards exiled with this creature, it gets +4/+4 and has trample. {1}: Exile target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Keen-Eyed Curator (blb) 181
Permeating Mass

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, that creature becomes a copy of this creature.

Creature
Permeating Mass (emn) 165
Rampage of the Clans

Destroy all artifacts and enchantments. For each permanent destroyed this way, its controller creates a 3/3 green Centaur creature token.

Instant
Rampage of the Clans (rna) 134
Reclamation Sage

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Reclamation Sage (fdn) 231
Rootwater Thief

{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}. If you do, search that player's library for a card and exile it, then the player shuffles.

Creature
Rootwater Thief (nem) 40

Removal / Graveyard hate

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Draw Creatures

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Benthic Biomancer

{1}{U}: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Benthic Biomancer (lcc) 145
Champion of Wits

When this creature enters, you may draw cards equal to its power. If you do, discard two cards. Eternalize {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Snake Wizard with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Champion of Wits (drc) 72
Cloudkin Seer

Flying When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Cloudkin Seer (j25) 300
Elvish Visionary

When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Elvish Visionary (j25) 145
Enclave Cryptologist

Level up {1}{U} ({1}{U}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 1-2 0/1 {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. LEVEL 3+ 0/1 {T}: Draw a card.

Creature
Enclave Cryptologist (plst) ROE-66
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 (mom) 58
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (clb) 723
Heartwood Storyteller

Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, each of that player's opponents may draw a card.

Creature
Heartwood Storyteller (tsr) 209
Merchant's Dockhand

{3}{U}, {T}, Tap X untapped artifacts you control: Look at the top X cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Creature Artifact
Merchant's Dockhand (aer) 163
Sage of Lat-Nam

{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

Creature
Sage of Lat-Nam (plst) DOM-64
Sarinth Steelseeker

Whenever an artifact you control enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand. If you don't put the card into your hand, you may put it into your graveyard.

Creature
Sarinth Steelseeker (bro) 189
Suspicious Stowaway

Creature
Suspicious Stowaway // Seafaring Werewolf (mid) 80Suspicious Stowaway // Seafaring Werewolf (mid) 80
Wall of Blossoms

Defender When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Wall of Blossoms (plst) STH-125
Wharf Infiltrator

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.) Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card. Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a 3/2 colorless Eldrazi Horror creature token.

Creature
Wharf Infiltrator (clb) 737
Whirlpool Rider

When this creature enters, shuffle the cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.

Creature
Whirlpool Rider (apc) 35
Zameck Guildmage

{G}{U}: This turn, each creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. {G}{U}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.

Creature
Zameck Guildmage (gtc) 209

Draw Creatures

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Pay offs

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Academy Manufactor

If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.

Creature Artifact
Academy Manufactor (blc) 264
Barrin, Master Wizard

{2}, Sacrifice a permanent: Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Barrin, Master Wizard (usg) 63
Champion of Lambholt

Creatures with power less than this creature's power can't block creatures you control. Whenever another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Champion of Lambholt (moc) 293
Gala Greeters

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn — • Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. • Create a tapped Treasure token. • You gain 2 life.

Creature
Gala Greeters (snc) 148
Junk Winder

Affinity for tokens (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each token you control.) Whenever a token you control enters, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Creature
Junk Winder (blc) 169
Lorescale Coatl

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Lorescale Coatl (m21) 221
Teething Wurmlet

This creature has deathtouch as long as you control three or more artifacts. Whenever an artifact you control enters, you gain 1 life. If this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Teething Wurmlet (bro) 192
The Great Henge

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. {T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Artifact
The Great Henge (cmm) 294
Tireless Tracker

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Tireless Tracker (inr) 219

Pay offs

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Tutor

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Long-Term Plans

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card third from the top.

Instant
Long-Term Plans (plst) SCG-38
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Tamiyo's Journal (inr) 272
Uncage the Menagerie

Search your library for up to X creature cards with different names that each have mana value X, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Uncage the Menagerie (hou) 137

Tutor

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Engine Pieces

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Aluren

Any player may cast creature spells with mana value 3 or less without paying their mana costs and as though they had flash.

Enchantment
Aluren (tmp) 213
Clement, the Worrywort

Vigilance Whenever Clement or another creature you control enters, return up to one target creature you control with lesser mana value to its owner's hand. Frogs you control have "{T}: Add {G} or {U}. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell."

Creature
Clement, the Worrywort (blb) 209
Crystal Shard

{3}, {T} or {U}, {T}: Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays {1}.

Artifact
Crystal Shard (plst) MRD-159
Dour Port-Mage

Whenever one or more other creatures you control leave the battlefield without dying, draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Dour Port-Mage (blb) 47
Erdwal Illuminator

Flying Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.

Creature
Erdwal Illuminator (mkc) 104
Trusted Advisor

Your maximum hand size is increased by two. At the beginning of your upkeep, return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Trusted Advisor (sok) 59

Engine Pieces

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Protection

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Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (m21) 188
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner

Flying Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability."

Creature
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner (mma) 49
Rayne, Academy Chancellor

Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. You may draw an additional card if Rayne is enchanted.

Creature
Rayne, Academy Chancellor (plst) UDS-43

Protection

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Finisher

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Beastmaster Ascension

Whenever a creature you control attacks, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. As long as this enchantment has seven or more quest counters on it, creatures you control get +5/+5.

Enchantment
Beastmaster Ascension (blc) 118
Biomass Mutation

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

Instant
Biomass Mutation (plst) GTC-213
Concordant Crossroads

All creatures have haste.

Enchantment
Concordant Crossroads (2x2) 141
Tangletrove Kelp

Ward {2} At the beginning of each combat, other Clues you control become 6/6 Plant creatures in addition to their other types until end of turn. {2}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Tangletrove Kelp (mkc) 24

Finisher

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Ramp

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Birds of Paradise

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

Creature
Birds of Paradise (rvr) 133
Coiling Oracle

When this creature enters, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

Creature
Coiling Oracle (blc) 250
Fyndhorn Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Fyndhorn Elves (cmr) 228
Llanowar Elves

{T}: Add {G}.

Creature
Llanowar Elves (j25) 149

Ramp

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