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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $15.99
Appa, Steadfast Guardian
Flash
Flying
When Appa enters, airbend any number of other target nonland permanents you control. (Exile them. While each one is exiled, its owner may cast it for
rather than its mana cost.)
Whenever you cast a spell from exile, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.
Legendary Creature - Ally Bison
Appa, Steadfast Guardian (tla) 316

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Anthem

Qty: 3 Price: $21.37
Appa, the Vigilant
Flying, vigilance
Whenever Appa or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain flying and vigilance until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Ally Bison
Appa, the Vigilant (tle) 62
Intangible Virtue
Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
Enchantment
Intangible Virtue (isd) 19
Sokka's Charge
During your turn, Allies you control have double strike and lifelink.
Enchantment
Sokka's Charge (tle) 66

Anthem

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Counters

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Cathars' Crusade
Whenever a creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (mb2) 6
Hada Freeblade
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Soldier Ally
Hada Freeblade (wwk) 7
Kazandu Blademaster
First strike, vigilance
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Soldier Ally
Kazandu Blademaster (zen) 16
Talus Paladin
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may have Allies you control gain lifelink until end of turn, and you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Human Knight Ally
Talus Paladin (wwk) 21

Counters

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Draw

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Caretaker's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Level 2
When this Class becomes level 2, create a token that's a copy of target token you control.
: Level 3
Creature tokens you control get +2/+2.
Enchantment - Class
Caretaker's Talent (blb) 6
Enduring Innocence
Lifelink
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
When Enduring Innocence dies, if it was a creature, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. It's an enchantment. (It's not a creature.)
Creature Enchantment - Sheep Glimmer
Enduring Innocence (dsk) 6
Jet, Rebel Leader
Whenever Jet attacks, look at the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Human Ally Rebel
Jet, Rebel Leader (tle) 78
Skullclamp
Equipped creature gets +1/-1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Skullclamp (fic) 355
South Pole Voyager
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you gain 1 life. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card.
Creature - Human Scout Ally
South Pole Voyager (tla) 35
Spirited Companion
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature Enchantment - Dog
Spirited Companion (blc) 155
Tocasia's Welcome
Whenever one or more creatures you control with mana value 3 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Enchantment
Tocasia's Welcome (bro) 30
Trouble in Pairs
If an opponent would begin an extra turn, that player skips that turn instead.
Whenever an opponent attacks you with two or more creatures, draws their second card each turn, or casts their second spell each turn, you draw a card.
Enchantment
Trouble in Pairs (pza) 3
Welcoming Vampire
Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Vampire
Welcoming Vampire (mkc) 91

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Finisher

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Moonshaker Cavalry
Flying
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain flying and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
Creature - Knight Spirit
Moonshaker Cavalry (soc) 110

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Land

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Abandoned Air Temple
This land enters tapped unless you control a basic land.
: Add
.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Land
Abandoned Air Temple (tla) 263
Ally Encampment
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an Ally spell.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Return target Ally you control to its owner's hand.
Land
Ally Encampment (bfz) 228
Emeria, the Sky Ruin
This land enters tapped.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more Plains, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
: Add
.
Land
Emeria, the Sky Ruin (soc) 368
Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast an Ally spell or activate an ability of an Ally source.
,
: Create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.
Land
Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop (tla) 270
Minas Tirith
Minas Tirith enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if you attacked with two or more creatures this turn.
Legendary Land
Minas Tirith (ltr) 256
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
: Add
.
,
: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Legendary Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (ths) 223
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (tla) 287

Land

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Landfall

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Retreat to Emeria
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token.
• Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Enchantment
Retreat to Emeria (znc) 20

Landfall

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Lifegain

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Lantern Scout
Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.
Creature - Human Scout Ally
Lantern Scout (bfz) 37
Ondu Cleric
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may gain life equal to the number of Allies you control.
Creature - Cleric Kor Ally
Ondu Cleric (zen) 30

Lifegain

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Protection

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Akroma's Will
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Creatures you control gain flying, vigilance, and double strike until end of turn.
• Creatures you control gain lifelink, indestructible, and protection from each color until end of turn.
Instant
Akroma's Will (lcc) 125
Eerie Interlude
Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Instant
Eerie Interlude (khc) 22
Flawless Maneuver
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Flawless Maneuver (c20) 26
Hakoda, Selfless Commander
Vigilance
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Ally spells from the top of your library.
Sacrifice Hakoda: Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain indestructible until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally
Hakoda, Selfless Commander (tla) 23
Hero of Goma Fada
Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
Creature - Human Knight Ally
Hero of Goma Fada (bfz) 31
Kabira Evangel
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may choose a color. If you do, Allies you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
Creature - Human Cleric Ally
Kabira Evangel (zen) 15

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (ecc) 55
Archaeomancer's Map
When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Artifact
Archaeomancer's Map (soc) 136
Knight of the White Orchid
First strike
When this creature enters, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Knight
Knight of the White Orchid (sld) 7139
Land Tax
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Land Tax (soc) 153
Oketra's Monument
White creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token with vigilance.
Legendary Artifact
Oketra's Monument (akh) 233
Pearl Medallion
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 294
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (tle) 316

Ramp

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Removal

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Avatar's Wrath
Choose up to one target creature, then airbend all other creatures. (Exile them. While each one is exiled, its owner may cast it for
rather than its mana cost.)
Until your next turn, your opponents can't cast spells from anywhere other than their hands.
Exile Avatar's Wrath.
Sorcery
Avatar's Wrath (tla) 12
Aven Interrupter
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, exile target spell. It becomes plotted. (Its owner may cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost.)
Spells your opponents cast from graveyards or from exile cost
more to cast.
Creature - Bird Rogue
Aven Interrupter (otj) 4
Inspired Insurgent
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
Creature - Human Ally Peasant
Inspired Insurgent (tle) 77
Loran of the Third Path
Vigilance
When Loran enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.
: You and target opponent each draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Loran of the Third Path (blc) 143
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 (2xm) 25
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sld) 2804
The Legend of Yangchen
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Starting with you, each player chooses up to one permanent with mana value 3 or greater from among permanents your opponents control. Exile those permanents.
II — You may have target opponent draw three cards. If you do, draw three cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen (tla) 27The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen (tla) 27

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Tokens

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Aang, Airbending Master
When Aang enters, airbend another target creature. (Exile it. While it's exiled, its owner may cast it for
rather than its mana cost.)
Whenever one or more creatures you control leave the battlefield without dying, you get an experience counter.
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token for each experience counter you have.
Legendary Creature - Human Avatar Ally
Aang, Airbending Master (tle) 74
Captain's Claws
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create a 1/1 white Kor Ally creature token that's tapped and attacking.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Captain's Claws (ogw) 162
Gather the White Lotus
Create a 1/1 white Ally creature token for each Plains you control. Scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Gather the White Lotus (tla) 20
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
+1: Until end of turn, Gideon becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn.
0: Create a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token.
−4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."
Legendary Planeswalker - Gideon
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar (bfz) 29
Invasion Reinforcements
Flash
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token.
Creature - Human Warrior Ally
Invasion Reinforcements (tla) 24
Suki, Courageous Rescuer
Other creatures you control get +1/+0.
Whenever another permanent you control leaves the battlefield during your turn, create a 1/1 white Ally creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Warrior Ally
Suki, Courageous Rescuer (tla) 37
United Front
Create X 1/1 white Ally creature tokens, then put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Sorcery
United Front (tla) 331

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Tutor

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Recruiter of the Guard
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Soldier
Recruiter of the Guard (mh3) 266
Tale of Momo
This spell costs
less to cast if a creature left the battlefield under your control this turn.
Search your library and/or graveyard for an Ally creature card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
Sorcery
Tale of Momo (tle) 86

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Deck Info

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38 mana - 38 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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0 mana - 4 cards
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Sacrificing small utility creatures and tokens with "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Skullclamp"},{"insert":" draws immense amounts of cards, while "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Smothering Tithe"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx"},{"insert":" fund massive late-game plays like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Moonshaker Cavalry"},{"insert":" or "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Akroma's Will"},{"insert":".\n"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Control and Resiliency"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Keep opposing threats locked down using spot removal ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Swords to Plowshares"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Path to Exile"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Loran of the Third Path"},{"insert":") and protect your board from wipes using instant-speed protection and mass-blink spells ("},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Flawless Maneuver"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Ghostway"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Lae'zel's Acrobatics"},{"insert":"). If a board wipe does resolve, recursion engines like "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Emeria, the Sky Ruin"},{"insert":" let you pull critical pieces straight back out of the graveyard to close out the game.\n"}]}
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