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Summon Uncle Istivan
Deck Size: 75
Commander
Est deck cost: $2404.52
Salt sum: 47.46
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Commander

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Uncle Istvan

Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by creatures.

Creature
Uncle Istvan (4ed) 165

Commander

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Discard

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Abyssal Specter

Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, that player discards a card.

Creature
Abyssal Specter (8ed) 117
Hypnotic Specter

Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.

Creature
Hypnotic Specter (9ed) 141
Mind Twist

Target player discards X cards at random.

Sorcery
Mind Twist (4ed) 147

Discard

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Lifegain

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Demon's Horn

Whenever a player casts a black spell, you may gain 1 life.

Artifact
Demon's Horn (9ed) 294
Ivory Tower

At the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life, where X is the number of cards in your hand minus 4.

Artifact
Ivory Tower (4ed) 328
Loxodon Warhammer

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink. Equip {3}

Artifact
Loxodon Warhammer (9ed) 303

Lifegain

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Removal

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Consume Spirit

Spend only black mana on X. Consume Spirit deals X damage to any target and you gain X life.

Sorcery
Consume Spirit (9ed) 119
Crypt Rats

{X}: This creature deals X damage to each creature and each player. Spend only black mana on X.

Creature
Crypt Rats (7ed) 125
Dark Banishing

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Dark Banishing (9ed) 122
Grave Pact

Whenever a creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Grave Pact (9ed) 135
Icy Manipulator

{1}, {T}: Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

Artifact
Icy Manipulator (9ed) 299
Nekrataal

First strike When this creature enters, destroy target nonartifact, nonblack creature. That creature can't be regenerated.

Creature
Nekrataal (9ed) 149
Sever Soul

Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its toughness.

Sorcery
Sever Soul (8ed) 162
Triskelion

This creature enters with three +1/+1 counters on it. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature Artifact
Triskelion (4ed) 354

Removal

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Burn

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Black Vise

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of cards in their hand minus 4.

Artifact
Black Vise (4ed) 299
Dingus Egg

Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Artifact
Dingus Egg (8ed) 297
The Rack

As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.

Artifact
The Rack (4ed) 352
Underworld Dreams

Whenever an opponent draws a card, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Underworld Dreams (9ed) 167

Burn

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Draw

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Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Artifact
Howling Mine (9ed) 298
Jalum Tome

{2}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Artifact
Jalum Tome (7ed) 303
Necropotence

Skip your draw step. Whenever you discard a card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

Enchantment
Necropotence (5ed) 182
Phyrexian Arena

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

Enchantment
Phyrexian Arena (9ed) 152

Draw

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Mill

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Mesmeric Orb

Whenever a permanent becomes untapped, that permanent's controller mills a card.

Artifact
Mesmeric Orb (psal) H13
Mortivore

Mortivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards. {B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Creature
Mortivore (9ed) 147

Mill

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Sac Outlet

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Fallen Angel

Flying Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Fallen Angel (8ed) 133

Sac Outlet

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Copy

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Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Isochron Scepter (mb2) 96

Copy

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Enchantment

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Darkest Hour

All creatures are black.

Enchantment
Darkest Hour (7ed) 128

Enchantment

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Protection

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Caltrops

Whenever a creature attacks, this artifact deals 1 damage to it.

Artifact
Caltrops (7ed) 288
Ensnaring Bridge

Creatures with power greater than the number of cards in your hand can't attack.

Artifact
Ensnaring Bridge (8ed) 300
Forcefield

{1}: The next time an unblocked creature of your choice would deal combat damage to you this turn, prevent all but 1 of that damage.

Artifact
Forcefield (2ed) 244
Lich

As this enchantment enters, you lose life equal to your life total. You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. If you would gain life, draw that many cards instead. Whenever you're dealt damage, sacrifice that many nontoken permanents. If you can't, you lose the game. When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose the game.

Enchantment
Lich (2ed) 114

Protection

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Stax

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Cursed Totem

Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.

Artifact
Cursed Totem (6ed) 278
Defense Grid

Each spell costs {3} more to cast except during its controller's turn.

Artifact
Defense Grid (9ed) 293
Feroz's Ban

Creature spells cost {2} more to cast.

Artifact
Feroz's Ban (7ed) 295
Static Orb

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than two permanents during their untap steps.

Artifact
Static Orb (7ed) 319
Winter Orb

As long as this artifact is untapped, players can't untap more than one land during their untap steps.

Artifact
Winter Orb (5ed) 408

Stax

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Counters

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Sengir Vampire

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Sengir Vampire (9ed) 161

Counters

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Finisher

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Beast of Burden

Beast of Burden's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Creature Artifact
Beast of Burden (9ed) 288
Worst Fears

You control target player during that player's next turn. Exile Worst Fears. (You see all cards that player could see and make all decisions for the player.)

Sorcery
Worst Fears (mb2) 52

Finisher

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Ramp

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Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (6ed) 274
Basalt Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {3}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Basalt Monolith (sum) 235
Charcoal Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}.

Artifact
Charcoal Diamond (7ed) 289
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (9ed) 297
Mana Vault

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact. At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Vault (5ed) 388
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (sum) 274
Star Compass

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color that a basic land you control could produce.

Artifact
Star Compass (8ed) 315
Ur-Golem's Eye

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

Artifact
Ur-Golem's Eye (9ed) 314
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 (psal) D43

Ramp

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Tokens

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Marrow-Gnawer

All Rats have fear. {T}, Sacrifice a Rat: Create X 1/1 black Rat creature tokens, where X is the number of Rats you control.

Creature
Marrow-Gnawer (phuk) 1

Tokens

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Creature

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Carrion Rats

Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, any player may exile a card from their graveyard. If a player does, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.

Creature
Carrion Rats (phuk) 40
Highway Robber

When this creature enters, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Highway Robber (9ed) 138

Creature

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Land

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Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (mb2) 103
Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (mb2) 105
Cabal Coffers

{2}, {T}: Add {B} for each Swamp you control.

Land
Cabal Coffers (mb2) 106
Mishra's Factory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 Assembly-Worker artifact creature until end of turn. It's still a land. {T}: Target Assembly-Worker creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Mishra's Factory (4ed) 361
Polluted Mire

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Polluted Mire (btd) 74
Snow-Covered Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Swamp (mb2) 118
Strip Mine

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

Land
Strip Mine (4ed) 363
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (9ed) 339
Urza's Mine

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Mine (9ed) 327
Urza's Power Plant

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Power Plant (9ed) 328
Urza's Tower

{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.

Land
Urza's Tower (9ed) 329

Land

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Recursion

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Exhume

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

Sorcery
Exhume (brb) 24
Gravedigger

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

Creature
Gravedigger (9ed) 136
Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Living Death (brb) 38
Lord of the Undead

Other Zombie creatures get +1/+1. {1}{B}, {T}: Return target Zombie card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Lord of the Undead (9ed) 143
Reanimate

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose life equal to its mana value.

Sorcery
Reanimate (brb) 57
Zombify

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Zombify (9ed) 171

Recursion

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Tutor

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Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (sum) 105
Diabolic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Diabolic Tutor (9ed) 125
Doomsday

Search your library and graveyard for five cards and exile the rest. Put the chosen cards on top of your library in any order. You lose half your life, rounded up.

Sorcery
Doomsday (6ed) 121
Grim Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Grim Tutor (s99) 79
Imperial Seal

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Sorcery
Imperial Seal (ptk) 78
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (6ed) 161

Tutor

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