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The Speed Demon EDH Deck
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $102.39
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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $2.79
The Speed Demon

Flying, trample 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.) At the beginning of your end step, you draw X cards and lose X life, where X is your speed.

Creature
The Speed Demon (dft) 105

Commander

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Instant

Qty: 12 Price: $19.44
Altar's Reap

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

Instant
Altar's Reap (plst) DDR-37
Consumed by Greed

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.) Target opponent sacrifices a creature with the greatest power among creatures they control. If the gift was promised, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Instant
Consumed by Greed (blb) 87
Costly Plunder

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

Instant
Costly Plunder (plst) XLN-96
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 (j25) 115
Gang Up

Assist (Another player can pay up to {X} of this spell's cost. You choose the value of X.) Destroy target creature with power X or less.

Instant
Gang Up (bbd) 47
Grim Harvest

Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Recover {2}{B} (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Instant
Grim Harvest (plst) CSP-58
Krovikan Rot

Destroy target creature with power 2 or less. Recover {1}{B}{B} (When a creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {1}{B}{B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Otherwise, exile this card.)

Instant
Krovikan Rot (csp) 63
Reckoner's Bargain

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Instant
Reckoner's Bargain (neo) 120
Sheoldred's Edict

Choose one — • Each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices a creature token of their choice. • Each opponent sacrifices a planeswalker of their choice.

Instant
Sheoldred's Edict (one) 108
Soul Shatter

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the highest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Instant
Soul Shatter (scd) 108
Village Rites

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

Instant
Village Rites (inr) 137
Vona's Hunger

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you have the city's blessing, instead each opponent sacrifices half the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.

Instant
Vona's Hunger (rix) 90

Instant

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Artifact

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Dungeon Map

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Venture into the dungeon. Activate only as a sorcery. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Artifact
Dungeon Map (afr) 242
Dungeoneer's Pack

This artifact enters tapped. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You take the initiative, gain 3 life, draw a card, and create a Treasure token. Activate only as a sorcery. (A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Artifact
Dungeoneer's Pack (clb) 312
Key to the City

{T}, Discard a card: Up to one target creature can't be blocked this turn. Whenever this artifact becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card.

Artifact
Key to the City (c21) 248
Manifold Key

{1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Manifold Key (clb) 319
Racers' Scoreboard

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.) When this artifact enters, draw two cards, then discard a card. Max speed — Spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Racers' Scoreboard (dft) 239
Sarevok's Tome

When this artifact enters, you take the initiative. {T}: Add {C}. If you have the initiative, add {C}{C} instead. {3}, {T}: Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if you've completed a dungeon.

Artifact
Sarevok's Tome (clb) 685
Smoke Bomb

Flash All creatures have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact. When you do, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Smoke Bomb (acr) 75
Sonic Screwdriver

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Untap another target artifact. {2}, {T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {3}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Sonic Screwdriver (who) 186
The Celestus

If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as The Celestus enters. {T}: Add one mana of any color. {3}, {T}: If it's night, it becomes day. Otherwise, it becomes night. Activate only as a sorcery. Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, you gain 1 life. You may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Artifact
The Celestus (mid) 252
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 (j25) 126
Wedding Invitation

When this artifact enters, draw a card. {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature can't be blocked this turn. If it's a Vampire, it also gains lifelink until end of turn.

Artifact
Wedding Invitation (vow) 260

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Land

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Arch of Orazca

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {T}: Add {C}. {5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Land
Arch of Orazca (lcc) 319
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) 249
Escape Tunnel

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Escape Tunnel (mkm) 261
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 283

Land

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Creature

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"Lifetime" Pass Holder

This creature enters tapped. When this creature dies, open an Attraction. Whenever you roll to visit your Attractions, if you roll a 6, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
"Lifetime" Pass Holder (unf) 79
Baneblade Scoundrel

Creature
Baneblade Scoundrel // Baneclaw Marauder (mid) 85Baneblade Scoundrel // Baneclaw Marauder (mid) 85
Blood Artist

Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Blood Artist (inr) 97
Bloodghast

This creature can't block. This creature has haste as long as an opponent has 10 or less life. Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Bloodghast (dft) 77
Bloodsoaked Champion

This creature can't block. Raid — {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if you attacked this turn.

Creature
Bloodsoaked Champion (clb) 740
Bushmeat Poacher

{1}, {T}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness. Draw a card.

Creature
Bushmeat Poacher (plst) GN3-44
Clattering Skeletons

When this creature dies, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Clattering Skeletons (afr) 93
Cult Conscript

This creature enters tapped. {1}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only if a non-Skeleton creature died under your control this turn.

Creature
Cult Conscript (dmu) 88
Deadbeat Attendant

When this creature enters, open an Attraction. (Put the top card of your Attraction deck onto the battlefield.)

Creature
Deadbeat Attendant (unf) 69
Deathgreeter

Whenever another creature dies, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Deathgreeter (plst) DDD-33
Discourtesy Clerk

When this creature enters, open an Attraction. (Put the top card of your Attraction deck onto the battlefield.) At the beginning of your end step, if you control three or more Attractions, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Discourtesy Clerk (unf) 70
Dockside Chef

{1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Dockside Chef (neo) 93
Falkenrath Noble

Flying Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Falkenrath Noble (j25) 441
Fan Favorite

Assist (Another player can pay up to {3} of this spell's cost.) {2}: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Any player may activate this ability.

Creature
Fan Favorite (bbd) 46
Gas Guzzler

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.) This creature enters tapped. Max speed — {B}, Sacrifice another creature or Vehicle: Draw a card.

Creature
Gas Guzzler (dft) 85
Graveyard Trespasser

Creature
Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton (mid) 104Graveyard Trespasser // Graveyard Glutton (mid) 104
Grim Haruspex

Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

Creature
Grim Haruspex (clb) 754
Haunt of the Dead Marshes

When this creature enters, scry 1. {2}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Creature
Haunt of the Dead Marshes (ltr) 90
Moonstone Eulogist

Flying Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice an artifact, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Moonstone Eulogist (blc) 19
Nim Devourer

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. {B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then sacrifice a creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

Creature
Nim Devourer (mrd) 70
Quick Fixer

Menace Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, open an Attraction. (Put the top card of your Attraction deck onto the battlefield.)

Creature
Quick Fixer (unf) 85
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat

Menace At the beginning of your end step, if you have the initiative, create a Treasure token. Create three of those tokens instead if you've completed a dungeon. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat (clb) 143
Scorn-Blade Berserker

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Scorn-Blade Berserker (mom) 124
Skullport Merchant

When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature or a Treasure: Draw a card.

Creature
Skullport Merchant (clb) 149
Soulreaper of Mogis

{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Soulreaper of Mogis (thb) 115
Thallid Soothsayer

{2}, Sacrifice a creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Thallid Soothsayer (dom) 107
Thorn of the Black Rose

Deathtouch When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

Creature
Thorn of the Black Rose (cmm) 190
Twilight Prophet

Flying Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have the city's blessing, reveal the top card of your library and put it into your hand. Each opponent loses X life and you gain X life, where X is that card's mana value.

Creature
Twilight Prophet (mkc) 143
Yuan-Ti Fang-Blade

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Yuan-Ti Fang-Blade (afr) 128
Zombie Ogre

At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Zombie Ogre (afr) 129

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Sorcery

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Black Hole

Destroy target creature and up to X other target creatures, where X is the number of Attractions you've visited this turn.

Sorcery
Black Hole (unf) 67
Step Right Up

Open two Attractions. (Put the top two cards of your Attraction deck onto the battlefield.)

Sorcery
Step Right Up (unf) 94

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Court of Ambition

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Enchantment
Court of Ambition (cmr) 114
Dauthi Embrace

{B}{B}: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Enchantment
Dauthi Embrace (plst) TMP-120
Hour of Victory

Start your engines! When this enchantment enters, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Max speed — {1}{B}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Enchantment
Hour of Victory (dft) 91
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 (plst) CN2-44

Enchantment

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Trade Outs

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Audacious Thief

Whenever this creature attacks, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Audacious Thief (j25) 401
Gixian Puppeteer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. When this creature dies, return another target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Gixian Puppeteer (bro) 99
Nether Traitor

Haste Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Nether Traitor (tsr) 127
Ruthless Knave

{2}{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Sacrifice three Treasures: Draw a card.

Creature
Ruthless Knave (j25) 483

Trade Outs

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Attraction

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Balloon Stand

Visit — Choose one. • Create a 1/1 red Balloon creature token with flying. • Sacrifice a Balloon. If you do, target creature gains flying until end of turn.

Artifact
Balloon Stand (unf) 200d
Clown Extruder

Visit — Create a 1/1 white Clown Robot artifact creature token.

Artifact
Clown Extruder (unf) 204d
Concession Stand

Visit — Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")

Artifact
Concession Stand (unf) 205d
Foam Weapons Kiosk

Visit — Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. That creature gains vigilance until end of turn.

Artifact
Foam Weapons Kiosk (unf) 211d
Fortune Teller

Visit — Scry 1.

Artifact
Fortune Teller (unf) 212b
Information Booth

Visit — Draw a card.

Artifact
Information Booth (unf) 218a
Merry-Go-Round

Visit — Creatures you control with power 2 or less gain horsemanship until end of turn. (They can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)

Artifact
Merry-Go-Round (unf) 222b
Spinny Ride

Visit — Tap target creature an opponent controls.

Artifact
Spinny Ride (unf) 227c
Storybook Ride

Visit — Exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of Attractions you've visited this turn (including this one). You may play those cards this turn. At the beginning of the next end step, if any of those cards remain exiled, put them on the bottom of your library in any order.

Artifact
Storybook Ride (unf) 229b
Trash Bin

Visit — Mill two cards, then return a card at random from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Artifact
Trash Bin (unf) 232c

Attraction

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Contraptions

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Arms Depot

Whenever you crank this Contraption, put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.

Artifact
Arms Depot (ust) 169
Deadly Poison Sampler

Whenever you crank this Contraption, until end of turn, target creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy target creature that player controls."

Artifact
Deadly Poison Sampler (ust) 174
Dictation Quillograph

Whenever you crank this Contraption, until end of turn, target creature gains "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card."

Artifact
Dictation Quillograph (ust) 175
Dispatch Dispensary

Whenever you crank this Contraption, create a 2/2 black Rogue creature token with menace.

Artifact
Dispatch Dispensary (ust) 176
Gnomeball Machine

Whenever you crank this Contraption, create two 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature tokens.

Artifact
Gnomeball Machine (ust) 184
Jamming Device

Whenever you crank this Contraption, creatures target player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Artifact
Jamming Device (ust) 192
Lackey Recycler

Whenever you crank this Contraption, put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Artifact
Lackey Recycler (ust) 193
Pet Project

Whenever you crank this Contraption, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Artifact
Pet Project (ust) 198
Rapid Prototyper

Whenever you crank Rapid Prototyper, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is the number of artifacts you control.

Artifact
Rapid Prototyper (ust) 200
Record Store

Whenever you crank this Contraption, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Artifact
Record Store (ust) 201
Refibrillator

Whenever you crank this Contraption, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Artifact
Refibrillator (ust) 202
Top-Secret Tunnel

Whenever you crank this Contraption, target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Top-Secret Tunnel (ust) 207
Turbo-Thwacking Auto-Hammer

Whenever you crank this Contraption, target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Artifact
Turbo-Thwacking Auto-Hammer (ust) 209
Twiddlestick Charger

Whenever you crank this Contraption, tap or untap target creature.

Artifact
Twiddlestick Charger (ust) 210
Widget Contraption

Whenever you crank this Contraption, it assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

Artifact
Widget Contraption (ust) 211

Contraptions

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Rule 0 Allowance

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Cogmentor

Flying {4}: Reassemble target Contraption you control. (Move it onto another one of your sprockets.)

Creature Artifact
Cogmentor (ust) 143
Finders, Keepers

Destroy target creature, then assemble a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

Sorcery
Finders, Keepers (ust) 55
Overt Operative

Menace Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

Creature
Overt Operative (ust) 64
Steady-Handed Mook

Deathtouch When this creature enters, it assembles a Contraption. (Put the top card of your Contraption deck face up onto one of your sprockets.)

Creature
Steady-Handed Mook (ust) 71

Rule 0 Allowance

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Description

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