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Doc Aurlock's Value Engine
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Commander

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Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius

Spells you cast from your graveyard or from exile cost {2} less to cast. Plotting cards from your hand costs {2} less.

Creature
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius (otj) 201

Commander

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Instant

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Gaea's Gift

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains reach, trample, hexproof, and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Gaea's Gift (bro) 182
Horrid Vigor

Target creature gains deathtouch and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Horrid Vigor (dsk) 184
Krosan Grip

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Instant
Krosan Grip (tsr) 214
Moment's Peace

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Flashback {2}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Moment's Peace (ody) 251
Rain of Revelation

Draw three cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Rain of Revelation (mh1) 65
Ruthless Instincts

Choose one — • Target nonattacking creature gains reach and deathtouch until end of turn. Untap it. • Target attacking creature gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.

Instant
Ruthless Instincts (frf) 136
Smuggler's Surprise

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {2} — Mill four cards. You may put up to two creature and/or land cards from among the milled cards into your hand. + {4}{G} — You may put up to two creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield. + {1} — Creatures you control with power 4 or greater gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Smuggler's Surprise (otj) 180
Surge of Brilliance

Paradox — Draw a card for each spell you've cast this turn from anywhere other than your hand. Foretell {1}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Surge of Brilliance (who) 57
Think Twice

Draw a card. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Instant
Think Twice (tdc) 168
Three Steps Ahead

Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.) + {1}{U} — Counter target spell. + {3} — Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control. + {2} — Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Three Steps Ahead (otj) 75
Wrap in Vigor

Regenerate each creature you control.

Instant
Wrap in Vigor (plst) FUT-141

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Artifact

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Blue Mage's Cane

Job select Equipped creature gets +0/+2, is a Wizard in addition to its other types, and has "Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from defending player's graveyard. If you do, copy it. You may cast the copy by paying {3} rather than paying its mana cost." Spirit of the Whalaqee — Equip {2}

Artifact
Blue Mage's Cane (fic) 35

Artifact

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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 (40k) 265
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (dsc) 96
Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Flooded Grove (tdc) 364
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (dft) 289
Hinterland Harbor

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

Land
Hinterland Harbor (tdc) 371
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dft) 282
Opal Palace

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.

Land
Opal Palace (40k) 286
Simic Growth Chamber

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

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dsc) 298
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

Land

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Creature

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Aloe Alchemist

Trample When this card becomes plotted, target creature gets +3/+2 and gains trample until end of turn. Plot {1}{G} (You may pay {1}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Aloe Alchemist (otj) 152
Battle Mammoth

Trample Whenever a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card. Foretell {2}{G}{G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Creature
Battle Mammoth (clb) 818
Beanstalk Giant

Creature
Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps (dsc) 172
Beanstalk Wurm

Creature
Beanstalk Wurm // Plant Beans (woe) 161
Dread Linnorm

Creature
Dread Linnorm // Scale Deflection (clb) 225
Durnan of the Yawning Portal

Whenever Durnan attacks, look at the top four cards of your library. You may exile a creature card from among them. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as that card remains exiled, you may cast it. That spell has undaunted. (It costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Durnan of the Yawning Portal (clb) 635
Ettercap

Creature
Ettercap // Web Shot (clb) 231
Fblthp, Lost on the Range

Ward {2} You may look at the top card of your library any time. The top card of your library has plot. The plot cost is equal to its mana cost. You may plot nonland cards from the top of your library.

Creature
Fblthp, Lost on the Range (otj) 48
Ferocious Werefox

Creature
Ferocious Werefox // Guard Change (woe) 170
Freestrider Commando

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it if it wasn't cast or no mana was spent to cast it. Plot {3}{G} (You may pay {3}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Freestrider Commando (otj) 162
Horned Loch-Whale

Creature
Horned Loch-Whale // Lagoon Breach (woe) 53
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy

Creature
Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect (mkm) 212
Lantern Bearer

Creature
Lantern Bearer // Lanterns' Lift (inr) 72Lantern Bearer // Lanterns' Lift (inr) 72
Loan Shark

When this creature enters, if you've cast two or more spells this turn, draw a card. Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Loan Shark (otj) 55
Malevolent Hermit

Creature
Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (mid) 61Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (mid) 61
Mirrorhall Mimic

Creature
Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry (vow) 68Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry (vow) 68
Outcaster Trailblazer

When this creature enters, add one mana of any color. Whenever another creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card. Plot {2}{G} (You may pay {2}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Outcaster Trailblazer (otj) 173
Outlaw Stitcher

When this creature enters, create a 2/2 blue and black Zombie Rogue creature token, then put two +1/+1 counters on that token for each spell you've cast this turn other than the first. Plot {4}{U} (You may pay {4}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Outlaw Stitcher (otj) 59
Queen of Ice

Creature
Queen of Ice // Rage of Winter (eld) 61
Railway Brawler

Reach, trample Whenever another creature you control enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is its power. Plot {3}{G} (You may pay {3}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Railway Brawler (otj) 175
Rootcoil Creeper

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast spells from your graveyard. {G}{U}, {T}, Exile this creature: Return target card with flashback you own from exile to your hand.

Creature
Rootcoil Creeper (mid) 238
Rosethorn Acolyte

Creature
Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual (eld) 174
Sage of the Beyond

Flying Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost {2} less to cast. Foretell {4}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Creature
Sage of the Beyond (otc) 111
Sapphire Dragon

Creature
Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse (clb) 94
Sea Hag

Creature
Sea Hag // Aquatic Ingress (clb) 95
Six

Reach Whenever Six attacks, mill three cards. You may put a land card from among them into your hand. During your turn, nonland permanent cards in your graveyard have retrace. (You may cast permanent cards from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying their other costs.)

Creature
Six (mh3) 370
Spinewoods Paladin

Trample When this creature enters, you gain 3 life. Plot {3}{G} (You may pay {3}{G} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Spinewoods Paladin (otj) 183
Stormkeld Vanguard

Creature
Stormkeld Vanguard // Bear Down (woe) 187
Sword Coast Serpent

Creature
Sword Coast Serpent // Capsizing Wave (clb) 99
Taigam, Master Opportunist

Flurry — Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy it, then exile the spell you cast with four time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

Creature
Taigam, Master Opportunist (tdm) 60
Tempest Hart

Creature
Tempest Hart // Scan the Clouds (woe) 238
Tlincalli Hunter

Creature
Tlincalli Hunter // Retrieve Prey (clb) 682
Tuinvale Treefolk

Creature
Tuinvale Treefolk // Oaken Boon (eld) 180
Visage Bandit

You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types. Plot {2}{U} (You may pay {2}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Visage Bandit (otj) 76
Voracious Typhon

Escape—{5}{G}{G}, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.) This creature escapes with three +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Voracious Typhon (thb) 203
Young Blue Dragon

Creature
Young Blue Dragon // Sand Augury (clb) 106

Creature

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Planeswalker

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Vivien Reid

+1: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. −3: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. −8: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have vigilance, trample, and indestructible."

Planeswalker
Vivien Reid (fdn) 234

Planeswalker

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Enchantment

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Rancor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Rancor (pip) 205
Storm of Saruman

Ward {3} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, copy it, except the copy isn't legendary. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Enchantment
Storm of Saruman (pltr) 72s
Virtue of Strength

Enchantment
Virtue of Strength // Garenbrig Growth (woe) 197

Enchantment

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Sorcery

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Deep Analysis

Target player draws two cards. Flashback—{1}{U}, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Deep Analysis (j25) 304
Esper Origins

Sorcery
Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin (fin) 185Esper Origins // Summon: Esper Maduin (fin) 185
Fade from History

Each player who controls an artifact or enchantment creates a 2/2 green Bear creature token. Then destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

Sorcery
Fade from History (bro) 177
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
Path to the Festival

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if there are three or more basic land types among lands you control, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Flashback {4}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Path to the Festival (mid) 191
Plan the Heist

Surveil 3 if you have no cards in hand. Then draw three cards. (To surveil 3, look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Sorcery
Plan the Heist (otj) 62
Roamer's Routine

Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Harmonize {4}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by {X}, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)

Sorcery
Roamer's Routine (tdm) 154
Silent Departure

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Flashback {4}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Silent Departure (inr) 84
Sleep of the Dead

Tap target creature. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. Escape—{2}{U}, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Sorcery
Sleep of the Dead (thb) 66
Winternight Stories

Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card. Harmonize {4}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by {X}, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)

Sorcery
Winternight Stories (ptdm) 67s
You Meet in a Tavern

Choose one — • Form a Party — Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of creature cards from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. • Start a Brawl — Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.

Sorcery
You Meet in a Tavern (clb) 263

Sorcery

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Maybeboard

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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
Augmenter Pugilist

Creature
Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation (stx) 147Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation (stx) 147
Djinn of Fool's Fall

Flying Plot {3}{U} (You may pay {3}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Djinn of Fool's Fall (otj) 43
Double Major

Copy target creature spell you control, except it isn't legendary if the spell is legendary. (A copy of a creature spell becomes a token.)

Instant
Double Major (stx) 179
Eternal Witness

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

Creature
Eternal Witness (cmr) 425
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital

Land
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture (fin) 284
Knowledge Exploitation

Prowl {3}{U} (You may cast this for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Rogue.) Search target opponent's library for an instant or sorcery card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then that player shuffles.

Sorcery Kindred
Knowledge Exploitation (mor) 38
Monstrous Vortex

Whenever you cast a creature spell with power 5 or greater, discover X, where X is that spell's mana value. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Enchantment
Monstrous Vortex (mh3) 162
Oko, the Trickster

+1: Put two +1/+1 counters on up to one target creature you control. 0: Until end of turn, Oko becomes a copy of target creature you control. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. −7: Until end of turn, each creature you control has base power and toughness 10/10 and gains trample.

Planeswalker
Oko, the Trickster (plst) ELD-309
Reverent Silence

If you control a Forest, rather than pay this spell's mana cost, you may have each other player gain 6 life. Destroy all enchantments.

Sorcery
Reverent Silence (nem) 111
Step Between Worlds

Each player may shuffle their hand and graveyard into their library. Each player who does draws seven cards. Exile Step Between Worlds. Plot {4}{U}{U} (You may pay {4}{U}{U} and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)

Sorcery
Step Between Worlds (otj) 70
Tracker's Instincts

Reveal the top four cards of your library. Put a creature card from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Flashback {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Tracker's Instincts (dka) 128
Unending Whisper

Draw a card. Harmonize {5}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by {X}, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)

Sorcery
Unending Whisper (tdm) 62
Wing Storm

Wing Storm deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of creatures that player controls with flying.

Sorcery
Wing Storm (pcy) 135
You Find the Villains' Lair

Choose one — • Foil Their Scheme — Counter target spell. • Learn Their Secrets — Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Instant
You Find the Villains' Lair (afr) 84

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28 mana - 23 cards
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32 mana - 26 cards
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3 mana - 3 cards
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