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Thinking With Portals
Deck Size: 100
Pauper EDH
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Est deck cost: $78.69
Salt sum: 25.73
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Commander

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Portal Manipulator

Flash When this creature enters during the declare attackers step, choose target player and any number of target attacking creatures their opponents control. Those creatures are now attacking that player.

Creature
Portal Manipulator (clu) 40

Commander

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Anthem

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Eagles of the North

Flying When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn. Plainscycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Eagles of the North (ltr) 7

Anthem

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Bounce

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Curfew

Each player returns a creature they control to its owner's hand.

Instant
Curfew (usg) 68
Deputy of Acquittals

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When this creature enters, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Deputy of Acquittals (rvr) 177
Saving Grasp

Return target creature you own to your hand. Flashback {W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Saving Grasp (dka) 46
Silver Drake

Flying When this creature enters, return a white or blue creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Silver Drake (pls) 125
Whitemane Lion

Flash When this creature enters, return a creature you control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Whitemane Lion (dmr) 35

Bounce

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Draw

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Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (tdc) 153
Inspiring Overseer

Flying When this creature enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Inspiring Overseer (j25) 212
Lórien Revealed

Draw three cards. Islandcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Sorcery
Lórien Revealed (ltr) 60
Mulldrifter

Flying When this creature enters, draw two cards. Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Mulldrifter (mkc) 111
Novice Inspector

When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Creature
Novice Inspector (mkm) 29
Priest of Ancient Lore

When this creature enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Priest of Ancient Lore (clb) 704
Psionic Snoop

Flash When this creature enters, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Psionic Snoop (snc) 53
Spirited Companion

When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Spirited Companion (j25) 256
Thraben Inspector

When this creature enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Creature
Thraben Inspector (inr) 45

Draw

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Evasion

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Dewdrop Spy

Flash Flying When this creature enters, look at the top card of target player's library.

Creature
Dewdrop Spy (mor) 30

Evasion

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Land

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Abandoned Campground

This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Abandoned Campground (dsk) 255
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (clu) 229
Brokers Hideout

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Brokers Hideout (snc) 248
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (blc) 130
Idyllic Beachfront

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

Land
Idyllic Beachfront (dmu) 249
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (clu) 258
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Obscura Storefront

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Obscura Storefront (dsc) 291
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Land
Path of Ancestry (tdc) 382
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (clu) 254
Razortide Bridge

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

Artifact Land
Razortide Bridge (mh2) 252
Remote Farm

This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it. {T}, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add {W}{W}. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Land
Remote Farm (mmq) 323
Saprazzan Skerry

This land enters tapped with two depletion counters on it. {T}, Remove a depletion counter from this land: Add {U}{U}. If there are no depletion counters on this land, sacrifice it.

Land
Saprazzan Skerry (mmq) 328
Skybridge Towers

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}. {2}{W}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Skybridge Towers (snc) 256
The Fair Basilica

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
The Fair Basilica (one) 252
The Surgical Bay

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
The Surgical Bay (one) 260
Thriving Heath

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Heath (j25) 777
Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (j25) 778

Land

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Lifegain

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Holy Cow

Flash Flying When this creature enters, you gain 2 life and scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Holy Cow (otj) 16
Lunarch Veteran

Creature
Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom (inr) 32Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom (inr) 32
Soul Warden

Whenever another creature enters, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul Warden (plst) MM3-24
Soul's Attendant

Whenever another creature enters, you may gain 1 life.

Creature
Soul's Attendant (plst) ROE-44

Lifegain

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Protection

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Faerie Duelist

Flash Flying When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Creature
Faerie Duelist (rna) 39
Saiba Cryptomancer

Flash 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.) Hexproof

Creature
Saiba Cryptomancer (mom) 76

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (blc) 127
Azorius Signet

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

Artifact
Azorius Signet (tdc) 312
Bonder's Ornament

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}, {T}: Each player who controls a permanent named Bonder's Ornament draws a card.

Artifact
Bonder's Ornament (cmm) 370
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (drc) 125
Everflowing Chalice

Multikicker {2} (You may pay an additional {2} any number of times as you cast this spell.) This artifact enters with a charge counter on it for each time it was kicked. {T}: Add {C} for each charge counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Everflowing Chalice (m3c) 291
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (tdc) 318
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Ornithopter of Paradise

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

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter of Paradise (drc) 133
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 (tdc) 335

Ramp

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Recursion

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Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Archaeomancer (j25) 285
Mnemonic Wall

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

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67

Recursion

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Removal

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Aether Spellbomb

{U}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand. {1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Aether Spellbomb (j22) 752
Aethersnipe

When this creature enters, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Evoke {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Aethersnipe (2x2) 37
Alabaster Host Intercessor

When this creature enters, exile target creature an opponent controls until this creature leaves the battlefield. Plainscycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Creature
Alabaster Host Intercessor (mom) 3
Cathar Commando

Flash {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (inr) 15
Dawnbringer Cleric

When this creature enters, choose one — • Cure Wounds — You gain 2 life. • Dispel Magic — Destroy target enchantment. • Gentle Repose — Exile target card from a graveyard.

Creature
Dawnbringer Cleric (clb) 15
Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (blc) 106
Jeering Homunculus

When this creature enters, you may goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Jeering Homunculus (clu) 88
Lyev Skyknight

Flying When this creature enters, detain target nonland permanent an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that permanent can't attack or block and its activated abilities can't be activated.)

Creature
Lyev Skyknight (2x2) 246
Oceanus Dragon

Flying When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. Goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Oceanus Dragon (clb) 87
Peel from Reality

Return target creature you control and target creature you don't control to their owners' hands.

Instant
Peel from Reality (cmr) 402
Rewind

Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.

Instant
Rewind (m21) 63
Run Away Together

Choose two target creatures controlled by different players. Return those creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Run Away Together (fdn) 162
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (woc) 110
Spellstutter Sprite

Flash Flying When this creature enters, counter target spell with mana value X or less, where X is the number of Faeries you control.

Creature
Spellstutter Sprite (j22) 65
Sword Coast Serpent

Creature
Sword Coast Serpent // Capsizing Wave (clb) 99
Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Unwind (dom) 72
Witness Protection

Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green and white Citizen creature with base power and toughness 1/1 named Legitimate Businessperson. (It loses all other colors, card types, creature types, and names.)

Enchantment
Witness Protection (snc) 66

Removal

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Untap

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Cloud of Faeries

Flying When this creature enters, untap up to two lands. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Creature
Cloud of Faeries (woc) 86
Peregrine Drake

Flying When this creature enters, untap up to five lands.

Creature
Peregrine Drake (dmr) 65
Pestermite

Flash Flying When this creature enters, you may tap or untap target permanent.

Creature
Pestermite (j25) 343

Untap

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Sideboard

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Soulherder

Whenever a creature is exiled from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your end step, you may exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Soulherder (khc) 93

Sideboard

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Maybeboard

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Aether Adept

When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Aether Adept (ddm) 12
Flaming Fist Officer

Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Flaming Fist Officer (clb) 19
Geyser Drake

Flying During turns other than yours, spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Geyser Drake (otj) 51
Ice Magic

Tiered (Choose one additional cost.) • Blizzard — {0} — Return target creature to its owner's hand. • Blizzara — {2} — Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. • Blizzaga — {5}{U} — Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library.

Instant
Ice Magic (fin) 56
Kor Cartographer

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Kor Cartographer (khc) 28
Martial Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, each other creature that's attacking one of your opponents gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Martial Impetus (clu) 65
Naiad of Hidden Coves

During turns other than yours, spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature Enchantment
Naiad of Hidden Coves (j25) 333
Otherworldly Journey

Exile target creature. At the beginning of the next end step, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant
Otherworldly Journey (mm2) 30
Psychic Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you scry 2.

Enchantment
Psychic Impetus (clu) 92
Raffine's Informant

When this creature enters, it connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Raffine's Informant (snc) 26
Sejiri Steppe

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Sejiri Steppe (ddg) 36
Stonehorn Dignitary

When this creature enters, target opponent skips their next combat phase.

Creature
Stonehorn Dignitary (m12) 37
Teferi's Time Twist

Exile target permanent you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. If it enters as a creature, it enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant
Teferi's Time Twist (war) 72
Unable to Scream

Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a Toy artifact creature with base power and toughness 0/2 in addition to its other types. As long as enchanted creature is face down, it can't be turned face up.

Enchantment
Unable to Scream (dsk) 78
White Auracite

When this artifact enters, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until this artifact leaves the battlefield. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
White Auracite (fin) 41

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

Deck stats

29 pips - 27 cards
22 mana - 21 cards
41 pips - 33 cards
31 mana - 30 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 7 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
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Description

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Conditions"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Combat damage"},{"insert":" from evasive blinked creatures"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Anthem effects"},{"insert":" ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Eagles of the North"},{"insert":")"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Out-tempoing opponents"},{"insert":" until they run out of steam"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This isn’t a “combo deck” — it wins by "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"controlling combat"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"stacking value"},{"insert":", and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"never giving up tempo"},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Final Thoughts"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This deck has been one of my favorite brewing experiences. Portal Manipulator rewards smart sequencing, bluffing, and flash timing, and pEDH’s flexibility around nonlegendary commanders makes it possible to build cool value shells like this.\nIf you're looking to play a reactive, value-based deck that rewards you for playing at instant speed — and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"punishes opponents for combat"},{"insert":" — this is the deck for you.\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Thanks for reading! Feedback welcome — and I’m always happy to trade blink tech or explore new commanders in pEDH."},{"insert":"\n"}]}
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