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Commander
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GlitchHunter
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Commander
Size: 100Est cost: $590.92Salt sum: 44.97
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Nobody likes getting old, but that is exactly what Atraxa will be doing in this brew. For April's submission, I chose to focus on the keyword \"Cumulative Upkeep\"; an older keyword that, outside of singular inclusions (looking at "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Remora"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Glacial Chasm"}},{"insert":"), doesn't see much light, much less in bulk like we will be doing with this deck. First off, we will *NOT* be using things like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Solemnity"}},{"insert":" to get around the Age Counters; we want to use as many of them to our advantage as possible.\n\nThe Answers: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Forsaken Monument"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Basalt Monolith"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gemstone Array"}},{"insert":" will be how we keep up with the snowballing Age Counters. 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Commander
Commander
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Burn
Cold Snap
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of snow lands they control.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of snow lands they control.
Enchantment
Maddening Wind
Enchant creature
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals 2 damage to that player.
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals 2 damage to that player.
Enchantment - Aura
Royal Decree
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever a Swamp, Mountain, black permanent, or red permanent becomes tapped, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that permanent's controller.
Whenever a Swamp, Mountain, black permanent, or red permanent becomes tapped, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that permanent's controller.
Enchantment
Burn
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Counters
Innkeeper's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward .
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward .
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
Enchantment - Class
Loading Zone
If one or more counters would be put on a creature, Spacecraft, or Planet you control, twice that many of each of those kinds of counters are put on it instead.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this enchantment at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this enchantment at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Enchantment
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Trample, haste
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.
Legendary Creature - Praetor Phyrexian
Counters
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Drain
Decomposition
Enchant black creature
Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses 2 life.
Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses 2 life.
Enchantment - Aura
Tombstone Stairwell
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard.
At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield, destroy all tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.
World Enchantment
Drain
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Draw
Ancestral Knowledge
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this enchantment enters, look at the top ten cards of your library, then exile any number of them and put the rest back on top of your library in any order.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, shuffle your library.
When this enchantment enters, look at the top ten cards of your library, then exile any number of them and put the rest back on top of your library in any order.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, shuffle your library.
Enchantment
Malignant Growth
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a growth counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, that player draws an additional card for each growth counter on this enchantment, then this enchantment deals damage to the player equal to the number of cards they drew this way.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a growth counter on this enchantment.
At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, that player draws an additional card for each growth counter on this enchantment, then this enchantment deals damage to the player equal to the number of cards they drew this way.
Enchantment
Phyrexian Etchings
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card for each age counter on this enchantment.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card for each age counter on this enchantment.
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.
Enchantment
Draw
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Evasion
Evasion
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Land
Glacial Chasm
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 2 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this land enters, sacrifice a land.
Creatures you control can't attack.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.
When this land enters, sacrifice a land.
Creatures you control can't attack.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.
Land
Land
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Lifegain
Illusions of Grandeur
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this enchantment enters, you gain 20 life.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose 20 life.
When this enchantment enters, you gain 20 life.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose 20 life.
Enchantment
Revered Unicorn
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this creature leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the number of age counters on it.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, you gain life equal to the number of age counters on it.
Creature - Unicorn
Lifegain
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Proliferate
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
Flying
If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.
, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
If you would proliferate, proliferate twice instead.
, Remove three counters from among other artifacts, creatures, and planeswalkers you control: Put an indestructible counter on Tekuthal. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Phyrexian
Proliferate
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Protection
Cover of Winter
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it. can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
If a creature would deal combat damage to you and/or one or more creatures you control, prevent X of that damage, where X is the number of age counters on this enchantment.
: Put an age counter on this enchantment.
If a creature would deal combat damage to you and/or one or more creatures you control, prevent X of that damage, where X is the number of age counters on this enchantment.
: Put an age counter on this enchantment.
Snow Enchantment
Elephant Grass
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Black creatures can't attack you.
Nonblack creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Black creatures can't attack you.
Nonblack creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Prismatic Circle
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
: The next time a source of your choice of the chosen color would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage.
Enchantment
Sustaining Spirit
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
Creature - Angel Spirit
Protection
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Pump
Glacial Plating
Enchant creature
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it. can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 for each age counter on this Aura.
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it. can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 for each age counter on this Aura.
Snow Enchantment - Aura
Mystic Might
Enchant land you control
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Enchanted land has ": Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn."
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Enchanted land has ": Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn."
Enchantment - Aura
Pump
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Ramp
Herald of Leshrac
Flying
Cumulative upkeep—Gain control of a land you don't control. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
This creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control but don't own.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, each player gains control of each land they own that you control.
Cumulative upkeep—Gain control of a land you don't control. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
This creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control but don't own.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, each player gains control of each land they own that you control.
Creature - Avatar
Snowfall
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an Island is tapped for mana, its controller may add an additional . If that Island is snow, its controller may add an additional instead. Spend this mana only to pay cumulative upkeep costs.
Whenever an Island is tapped for mana, its controller may add an additional . If that Island is snow, its controller may add an additional instead. Spend this mana only to pay cumulative upkeep costs.
Enchantment
Ramp
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Recursion
Recursion
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Removal
Kjeldoran Javelineer
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
: This creature deals damage equal to the number of age counters on it to target attacking or blocking creature.
: This creature deals damage equal to the number of age counters on it to target attacking or blocking creature.
Creature - Human Soldier
Krovikan Whispers
Enchant creature
Cumulative upkeep or (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
You control enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.
Cumulative upkeep or (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
You control enchanted creature.
When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you lose 2 life for each age counter on it.
Enchantment - Aura
Musician
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
: Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay for each music counter on it," it gains that ability.
: Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have "At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay for each music counter on it," it gains that ability.
Creature - Human Wizard
Tornado
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
, Pay 3 life for each velocity counter on this enchantment: Destroy target permanent and put a velocity counter on this enchantment. Activate only once each turn.
, Pay 3 life for each velocity counter on this enchantment: Destroy target permanent and put a velocity counter on this enchantment. Activate only once each turn.
Enchantment
Removal
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Stax
Dystopia
Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a green or white permanent of their choice.
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a green or white permanent of their choice.
Enchantment
Stax
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Tokens
Jötun Owl Keeper
Cumulative upkeep or (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying for each age counter on it.
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying for each age counter on it.
Creature - Giant
Tokens
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Tutor
Hibernation's End
Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever you pay this enchantment's cumulative upkeep, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to the number of age counters on this enchantment, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Whenever you pay this enchantment's cumulative upkeep, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to the number of age counters on this enchantment, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Tutor
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Maybeboard
Maybeboard
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We don't really care about keyword counters on Tekuthal (though it certainly helps), its static ability to double a proliferate is the purpose for it here, and Expansion Algorithm is an alternative mana sink should we choose.\n\nThe Recycling: "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ancestral Knowledge"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jötun Grunt"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Psychic Vortex"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Phyrexian Etchings"}},{"insert":", and"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vexing Sphinx"}},{"insert":" will let us \"stack\" and quickly go through our library, obviously there is the real issue of self decking if the ratio of Psychic Vortex's Age Counters to the library aren't properly tracked, this is another place where we can choose to sacrifice a card to its Cumulative upkeep instead of paying the cost. Platinum Angel again helps mitigate this, assuming we control it. 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