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Marchesa
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Commander

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Marchesa, the Black Rose

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Other creatures you control have dethrone. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Marchesa, the Black Rose (cns) 49

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+1/+1 Counter

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Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Chasm Skulker. When Chasm Skulker dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature
Chasm Skulker (clb) 714
Danny Pink

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) Creatures you control have "Whenever one or more counters are put on this creature for the first time each turn, draw a card."

Creature
Danny Pink (who) 356
Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Flying, first strike Whenever Drana, Liberator of Malakir deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on each attacking creature you control.

Creature
Drana, Liberator of Malakir (ncc) 248
Dreadhorde Butcher

Haste Whenever Dreadhorde Butcher deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, put a +1/+1 counter on Dreadhorde Butcher. When Dreadhorde Butcher dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Dreadhorde Butcher (war) 194
Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch

First strike, haste Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.) Each other creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has haste.

Creature
Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch (dgm) 69
Feast on the Fallen

At the beginning of each upkeep, if an opponent lost life last turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Feast on the Fallen (j22) 68
Herald of Secret Streams

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Creature
Herald of Secret Streams (xln) 59
Iron Apprentice

Iron Apprentice enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When Iron Apprentice dies, if it had counters on it, put those counters on target creature you control.

Creature Artifact
Iron Apprentice (neo) 248
Juri, Master of the Revue

Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on Juri, Master of the Revue. When Juri dies, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Juri, Master of the Revue (cmr) 282
Professor's Warning

Choose one — • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. • Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Professor's Warning (stx) 84
Thran Vigil

Whenever one or more artifact and/or creature cards leave your graveyard during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Thran Vigil (bro) 114
Thundering Raiju

Haste Whenever Thundering Raiju attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then Thundering Raiju deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of modified creatures you control other than Thundering Raiju. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)

Creature
Thundering Raiju (neo) 389
Unspeakable Symbol

Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

Enchantment
Unspeakable Symbol (scg) 79
Urborg Scavengers

Whenever Urborg Scavengers enters or attacks, exile target card from a graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on Urborg Scavengers. Urborg Scavengers has flying as long as a card exiled with it has flying. The same is true for first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, and vigilance.

Creature
Urborg Scavengers (mat) 15
Vigean Graftmage

Graft 2 (This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever another creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto it.) {1}{U}: Untap target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Vigean Graftmage (plst) MM2-68

+1/+1 Counter

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Counter

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Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

Sorcery
Chain Reaction (clb) 783
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (ema) 43
Crosis's Charm

Choose one — • Return target permanent to its owner's hand. • Destroy target nonblack creature. It can't be regenerated. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Crosis's Charm (plst) C17-169
Dack's Duplicate

You may have Dack's Duplicate enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has haste and dethrone. (Whenever it attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Dack's Duplicate (cns) 43
Essence Capture

Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.

Instant
Essence Capture (neo) 52
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Whenever a Human deals damage to you, destroy it. Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed (cmm) 173
Scourge of the Throne

Flying Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever Scourge of the Throne attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.

Creature
Scourge of the Throne (mkc) 160
Tragic Slip

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.

Instant
Tragic Slip (j22) 74

Counter

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Draw

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Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (clb) 124
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
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion

Trample Whenever Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker, you may discard any number of cards. If you do, draw that many cards and add that much {R}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (dmc) 125
River Kelpie

Whenever River Kelpie or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card. Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
River Kelpie (c19) 93
Scorn-Blade Berserker

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.) {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.

Creature
Scorn-Blade Berserker (mom) 124
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (blc) 283
Tarrian's Journal

Artifact
Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz (lci) 126Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz (lci) 126
Witch's Mark

You may discard a card. If you do, draw two cards. Create a Wicked Role token attached to up to one target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1. When this Aura is put into a graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life.)

Sorcery
Witch's Mark (woe) 158

Draw

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Enchantment

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Descendants' Fury

Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice one of them. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card that shares a creature type with the sacrificed creature. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Enchantment
Descendants' Fury (cmm) 766
Into the Pit

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast spells from the top of your library by sacrificing a nonland permanent in addition to paying their other costs.

Enchantment
Into the Pit (dsc) 20
Sneak Attack

{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Sneak Attack (dmr) 139
Virtue of Persistence

Enchantment
Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn (woe) 115
Warstorm Surge

Whenever a creature you control enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Enchantment
Warstorm Surge (clb) 815

Enchantment

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Graveyard Return

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Ancient Brass Dragon

Flying Whenever Ancient Brass Dragon deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. When you do, put any number of target creature cards with total mana value X or less from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, where X is the result.

Creature
Ancient Brass Dragon (clb) 111
Archpriest of Shadows

Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following abilities until end of turn.) Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Archpriest of Shadows (mom) 89
Drana, the Last Bloodchief

Flying Whenever Drana, the Last Bloodchief attacks, defending player chooses a nonlegendary creature card in your graveyard. You return that card to the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. The creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types.

Creature
Drana, the Last Bloodchief (sld) 1684
Flayer of the Hatebound

Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.) Whenever Flayer of the Hatebound or another creature enters from your graveyard, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.

Creature
Flayer of the Hatebound (c19) 144
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector

If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. At the beginning of your upkeep, put all creature cards exiled with Gisa, Glorious Resurrector onto the battlefield under your control. They gain decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Creature
Gisa, Glorious Resurrector (dbl) 103
Junji, the Midnight Sky

Flying, menace When Junji, the Midnight Sky dies, choose one — • Each opponent discards two cards and loses 2 life. • Put target non-Dragon creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. You lose 2 life.

Creature
Junji, the Midnight Sky (neo) 102
Puppeteer Clique

Flying When Puppeteer Clique enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
Puppeteer Clique (clb) 769
Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Victimize (ncc) 261

Graveyard Return

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Land

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Barbarian Ring

{T}: Add {R}. Barbarian Ring deals 1 damage to you. Threshold — {R}, {T}, Sacrifice Barbarian Ring: It deals 2 damage to any target. Activate only if seven or more cards are in your graveyard.

Land
Barbarian Ring (mh3) 299
Clearwater Pathway

Land
Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 286Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway (znr) 286
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (khc) 108
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (pip) 262
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (clb) 893
Fiery Islet

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {U} or {R}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Fiery Islet: Draw a card.

Land
Fiery Islet (who) 278
Guildmages' Forum

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. If that mana is spent on a multicolored creature spell, that creature enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Land
Guildmages' Forum (grn) 250
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (one) 263
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
Mount Doom

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B} or {R}. {1}{B}{R}, {T}: Mount Doom deals 1 damage to each opponent. {5}{B}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Mount Doom and a legendary artifact: Choose up to two creatures, then destroy the rest. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Mount Doom (ltr) 258
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (vow) 401
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (cmm) 660
Nesting Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto another target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Land
Nesting Grounds (ncc) 418
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry 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 (voc) 177
Rakdos Carnarium

Rakdos Carnarium enters tapped. When Rakdos Carnarium enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {B}{R}.

Land
Rakdos Carnarium (voc) 180
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (neo) 298
Tyrite Sanctum

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target legendary creature becomes a God in addition to its other types. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Tyrite Sanctum: Put an indestructible counter on target God.

Land
Tyrite Sanctum (khm) 272

Land

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Protection

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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 (clb) 339

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 (clb) 298
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Nightscape Familiar

Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate Nightscape Familiar.

Creature
Nightscape Familiar (dmr) 94
Rakdos, Lord of Riots

You can't cast Rakdos, Lord of Riots unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Creature
Rakdos, Lord of Riots (dsc) 230
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (pip) 239
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. Talisman of Creativity deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (mh1) 231
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (woc) 150
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. Talisman of Indulgence deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (pip) 248
Treasure Nabber

Whenever an opponent taps an artifact for mana, gain control of that artifact until the end of your next turn.

Creature
Treasure Nabber (cmm) 265

Ramp

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Sacrifice

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Plaguecrafter

When Plaguecrafter enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature
Plaguecrafter (j22) 72
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (sta) 35

Sacrifice

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Tokens

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Gut, True Soul Zealot

Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice another creature or an artifact. If you do, create a 4/1 black Skeleton creature token with menace that's tapped and attacking. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Gut, True Soul Zealot (clb) 180

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Treasure

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Charming Scoundrel

Haste When Charming Scoundrel enters, choose one — • Discard a card, then draw a card. • Create a Treasure token. • Create a Wicked Role token attached to target creature you control.

Creature
Charming Scoundrel (woe) 124
Greedy Freebooter

When Greedy Freebooter dies, scry 1 and create a Treasure token. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom. A Treasure token is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Greedy Freebooter (lci) 109
Guild Artisan

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever this creature attacks a player, if no opponent has more life than that player, you create two Treasure tokens." (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Guild Artisan (clb) 179
Kalain, Reclusive Painter

When Kalain, Reclusive Painter enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Other creatures you control enter with an additional +1/+1 counter on them for each mana from a Treasure spent to cast them.

Creature
Kalain, Reclusive Painter (afr) 225
Mahadi, Emporium Master

At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Mahadi, Emporium Master (clb) 282
Patron of the Arts

When Patron of the Arts enters or dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Patron of the Arts (clb) 191
Ruthless Technomancer

When Ruthless Technomancer enters, you may sacrifice another creature you control. If you do, create a number of Treasure tokens equal to that creature's power. {2}{B}, Sacrifice X artifacts: Return target creature card with power X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. X can't be 0.

Creature
Ruthless Technomancer (nec) 35

Treasure

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Maybeboard

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Canoptek Tomb Sentinel

Vigilance Exile Cannon — When Canoptek Tomb Sentinel enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent. Unearth {7} ({7}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel (40k) 152
Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (soi) 270
Frantic Search

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

Instant
Frantic Search (ulg) 32
Triarch Praetorian

Flying Dynastic Codes — When Triarch Praetorian enters from a graveyard, you draw two cards and you lose 2 life. Unearth {4}{B} ({4}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)

Creature Artifact
Triarch Praetorian (40k) 66
Uncivil Unrest

Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.) If a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

Enchantment
Uncivil Unrest (moc) 35

Maybeboard

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