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Child of Alara - Voltron Deckbuilding Contest - April 2025
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Commander

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Child of Alara

Trample When Child of Alara dies, destroy all nonland permanents. They can't be regenerated.

Creature
Child of Alara (sld) 1599

Commander

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Artifact

Qty: 13 Price: $168.07
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (mkc) 223
Blackblade Reforged

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control. Equip legendary creature {3} Equip {7}

Artifact
Blackblade Reforged (dom) 211
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (drc) 53
Chromatic Orrery

You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}{C}{C}. {5}, {T}: Draw a card for each color among permanents you control.

Artifact
Chromatic Orrery (m21) 382
Conqueror's Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Conqueror's Flail (c16) 53
Dragonfire Blade

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has hexproof from monocolored. Equip {4}. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each color of the creature it targets.

Artifact
Dragonfire Blade (tdm) 240
Excalibur, Sword of Eden

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total mana value of historic permanents you control. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.) Equipped creature gets +10/+0 and has vigilance. Equip legendary creature {2}

Artifact
Excalibur, Sword of Eden (acr) 169
Helm of the Gods

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Helm of the Gods (ori) 230
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (thb) 236
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (scd) 276
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
Sword of Feast and Famine

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from black and from green. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you untap all lands you control. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Feast and Famine (acr) 99
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (mkc) 245

Artifact

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Creature

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Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Flying, vigilance, indestructible Other permanents you control have indestructible.

Creature
Avacyn, Angel of Hope (inr) 477
Birds of Paradise

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

Creature
Birds of Paradise (m11) 165
Boneyard Lurker

Mutate {2}{B/G}{B/G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Whenever this creature mutates, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Boneyard Lurker (iko) 178
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Lands you control are every basic land type in addition to their other types.

Creature Enchantment
Dryad of the Ilysian Grove (thb) 169
Faeburrow Elder

Vigilance This creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

Creature
Faeburrow Elder (blc) 252
Gemrazer

Mutate {1}{G}{G} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Reach, trample Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature
Gemrazer (iko) 155
Mesa Enchantress

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, you may draw a card.

Creature
Mesa Enchantress (dmr) 267
Rafiq of the Many

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains double strike until end of turn.

Creature
Rafiq of the Many (cmm) 352
Sea-Dasher Octopus

Mutate {1}{U} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flash Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sea-Dasher Octopus (piko) 66p
Sram, Senior Edificer

Whenever you cast an Aura, Equipment, or Vehicle spell, draw a card.

Creature
Sram, Senior Edificer (paer) 23p
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Toski, Bearer of Secrets (mkc) 191

Creature

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Enchantment

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All That Glitters

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.

Enchantment
All That Glitters (pip) 155
Ancestral Mask

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 for each other enchantment on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Ancestral Mask (plst) MMQ-229
Aqueous Form

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked. Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Armadillo Cloak

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has trample. Whenever enchanted creature deals damage, you gain that much life.

Enchantment
Armadillo Cloak (plst) EMA-195
Darksteel Mutation

Enchant creature Enchanted creature is an Insect artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/1 and has indestructible, and it loses all other abilities, card types, and creature types.

Enchantment
Darksteel Mutation (sld) 1836
Daybreak Coronet

Enchant creature with another Aura attached to it Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has first strike, vigilance, and lifelink. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)

Enchantment
Daybreak Coronet (mm2) 14
Duelist's Heritage

Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.

Enchantment
Duelist's Heritage (mkc) 60
Enchanted Evening

All permanents are enchantments in addition to their other types.

Enchantment
Enchanted Evening (shm) 140
Enchantress's Presence

Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Enchantress's Presence (cmm) 893
Estrid's Invocation

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of an enchantment you control, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may exile this enchantment. If you do, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Enchantment
Estrid's Invocation (mh3) 269
Ethereal Armor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control and has first strike.

Enchantment
Ethereal Armor (plst) Q06-2
Finest Hour

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap that creature. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Enchantment
Finest Hour (c18) 180
Flaming Fist

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks, it gains double strike until end of turn."

Enchantment
Flaming Fist (clb) 18
Ghostly Prison

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (mkc) 67
Hydra's Growth

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Hydra's Growth (plst) THB-172
Hyena Umbra

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has first strike. Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Hyena Umbra (uma) 21
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (inr) 69
Mantle of the Ancients

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, return any number of target Aura and/or Equipment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to enchanted creature. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it.

Enchantment
Mantle of the Ancients (pip) 165
Mirrormade

You may have this enchantment enter as a copy of any artifact or enchantment on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Mirrormade (eld) 55
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (acr) 85
Sigarda's Aid

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

Enchantment
Sigarda's Aid (cmr) 384
Sphere of Safety

Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays {X} for each of those creatures, where X is the number of enchantments you control.

Enchantment
Sphere of Safety (c16) 77
Spider Umbra

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.) Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Enchantment
Spider Umbra (uma) 184
Sterling Grove

Other enchantments you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.) {1}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Search your library for an enchantment card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Enchantment
Sterling Grove (mh2) 293
Strength of the Harvest

Enchantment
Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest (mh3) 258Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest (mh3) 258

Enchantment

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Instant

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Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (plst) NPH-103
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 630
Disallow

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

Instant
Disallow (drc) 74
Heroic Intervention

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

Instant
Heroic Intervention (aer) 109
Nasty End

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, draw three cards instead.

Instant
Nasty End (ltr) 416
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (mkc) 78
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (mkc) 88
Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211
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

Instant

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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
Blood Crypt

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

Land
Blood Crypt (rtr) 238
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 (gtc) 240
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
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 (fdn) 262
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (plst) CON-142
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 (pw21) 4
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (j22) 110
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
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (c15) 289
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mid) 381
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (j22) 107
Overgrown Tomb

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

Land
Overgrown Tomb (rtr) 243
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (m20) 262
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (mkc) 282
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (mkc) 284
Sacred Foundry

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

Land
Sacred Foundry (gtc) 245
Shizo, Death's Storehouse

{T}: Add {B}. {B}, {T}: Target legendary creature gains fear until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)

Land
Shizo, Death's Storehouse (plst) CHK-283
Steam Vents

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

Land
Steam Vents (rtr) 247
Stomping Ground

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

Land
Stomping Ground (rna) 259
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mkm) 282
Temple Garden

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

Land
Temple Garden (rtr) 248
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 (lcc) 367
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 (grn) 259

Land

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Sorcery

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Brilliant Restoration

Return all artifact and enchantment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Brilliant Restoration (neo) 7
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (ltc) 236
Eerie Ultimatum

Return any number of permanent cards with different names from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Eerie Ultimatum (plst) IKO-184
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (tdc) 255
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (cmm) 300
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Steelshaper's Gift

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

Sorcery
Steelshaper's Gift (5dn) 19
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (mkc) 189
Toxic Deluge

As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.

Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (mh3) 277

Sorcery

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Deck Info

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38 pips - 28 cards
15 mana - 14 cards
17 pips - 12 cards
13 mana - 12 cards
7 pips - 5 cards
14 mana - 13 cards
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13 mana - 12 cards
26 pips - 25 cards
14 mana - 13 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
14 mana - 9 cards
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