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Surprise Strike - Custom Precon
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $91.06
Salt sum: 34.04
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Commander

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Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

The first face-down creature spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast. Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, draw a card.

Creature
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer (c19) 45

Commander

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Land

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Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (onc) 151
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (onc) 152
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (clb) 470
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dmu) 266
Opulent Palace

Opulent Palace enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}, {G}, or {U}.

Land
Opulent Palace (dmc) 223
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (40k) 314
Zoetic Cavern

{T}: Add {C}. Morph {2} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Land
Zoetic Cavern (a25) 249

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (onc) 125
Explorer's Scope

Whenever equipped creature attacks, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Explorer's Scope (j22) 766
Mystic Forge

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library. {T}, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.

Artifact
Mystic Forge (brr) 36
Scroll of Fate

{T}: Manifest a card from your hand. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Artifact
Scroll of Fate (c19) 58
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140
Strionic Resonator

{2}, {T}: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Artifact
Strionic Resonator (c19) 224

Artifact

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Sorcery

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Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (onc) 107
Harmonize

Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Harmonize (scd) 187
Painful Truths

Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

Sorcery
Painful Truths (onc) 95
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (40k) 220
Road of Return

Choose one — • Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. • Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Entwine {2} (Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)

Sorcery
Road of Return (c19) 34

Sorcery

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Creature

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Ainok Survivalist

Megamorph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When Ainok Survivalist is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.

Creature
Ainok Survivalist (plst) DTK-172
Aphetto Exterminator

Morph {3}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Aphetto Exterminator is turned face up, target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.

Creature
Aphetto Exterminator (lgn) 59
Aphetto Runecaster

Whenever a permanent is turned face up, you may draw a card.

Creature
Aphetto Runecaster (scg) 28
Beast Whisperer

Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

Creature
Beast Whisperer (pgrn) 123★
Chromeshell Crab

Morph {4}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Chromeshell Crab is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.

Creature
Chromeshell Crab (c19) 81
Deathmist Raptor

Deathtouch Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, you may return Deathmist Raptor from your graveyard to the battlefield face up or face down. Megamorph {4}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Deathmist Raptor (c19) 160
Den Protector

Creatures with power less than Den Protector's power can't block it. Megamorph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When Den Protector is turned face up, return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Den Protector (c19) 161
Dulcet Sirens

{U}, {T}: Target creature attacks target opponent this turn if able. Morph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Dulcet Sirens (c14) 14
Echo Tracer

Morph {2}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Echo Tracer is turned face up, return target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Echo Tracer (ddn) 51
Ezuri, Claw of Progress

Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you get an experience counter. At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is the number of experience counters you have.

Creature
Ezuri, Claw of Progress (c15) 44
Grim Haruspex

Morph {B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.

Creature
Grim Haruspex (clb) 754
Hooded Hydra

Hooded Hydra enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. When Hooded Hydra dies, create a 1/1 green Snake creature token for each +1/+1 counter on it. Morph {3}{G}{G} As Hooded Hydra is turned face up, put five +1/+1 counters on it.

Creature
Hooded Hydra (c19) 172
Icefeather Aven

Flying Morph {1}{G}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Icefeather Aven is turned face up, you may return another target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Icefeather Aven (c19) 194
Ixidor, Reality Sculptor

Face-down creatures get +1/+1. {2}{U}: Turn target face-down creature face up.

Creature
Ixidor, Reality Sculptor (plst) ONS-89
Ixidron

As Ixidron enters, turn all other nontoken creatures face down. (They're 2/2 creatures.) Ixidron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of face-down creatures on the battlefield.

Creature
Ixidron (c19) 87
Kadena's Silencer

When Kadena's Silencer is turned face up, counter all abilities your opponents control. Megamorph {1}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Kadena's Silencer (c19) 8
Kheru Spellsnatcher

Morph {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Kheru Spellsnatcher is turned face up, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.

Creature
Kheru Spellsnatcher (c19) 89
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

Flash Flying You may cast colorless spells and artifact spells as though they had flash. Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator.

Creature Artifact
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter (bro) 237
Master of the Veil

Morph {2}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Master of the Veil is turned face up, you may turn target creature with a morph ability face down.

Creature
Master of the Veil (lgn) 43
Mischievous Quanar

{3}{U}{U}: Turn Mischievous Quanar face down. Morph {1}{U}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Mischievous Quanar is turned face up, copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for that copy.

Creature
Mischievous Quanar (plst) SCG-42
Mistfire Weaver

Flying Morph {2}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Mistfire Weaver is turned face up, target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn.

Creature
Mistfire Weaver (ktk) 46
Nantuko Vigilante

Morph {1}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Nantuko Vigilante is turned face up, destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Nantuko Vigilante (c19) 174
Primal Whisperer

Primal Whisperer gets +2/+2 for each face-down creature on the battlefield. Morph {3}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Primal Whisperer (lgn) 135
Ruxa, Patient Professor

Whenever Ruxa, Patient Professor enters or attacks, return target creature card with no abilities from your graveyard to your hand. Creatures you control with no abilities get +1/+1. For each creature you control with no abilities, you may have that creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

Creature
Ruxa, Patient Professor (c21) 66
Salt Road Ambushers

Whenever another permanent you control is turned face up, if it's a creature, put two +1/+1 counters on it. Megamorph {3}{G}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Salt Road Ambushers (dtk) 198
Silumgar Assassin

Creatures with power greater than Silumgar Assassin's power can't block it. Megamorph {2}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When Silumgar Assassin is turned face up, destroy target creature with power 3 or less an opponent controls.

Creature
Silumgar Assassin (c19) 128
Soul Collector

Flying Whenever a creature dealt damage by Soul Collector this turn dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control. Morph {B}{B}{B} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

Creature
Soul Collector (scg) 74
Stratus Dancer

Flying Megamorph {1}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.) When Stratus Dancer is turned face up, counter target instant or sorcery spell.

Creature
Stratus Dancer (c19) 96
Temur War Shaman

When Temur War Shaman enters, manifest the top card of your library. (Put that card onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, if it's a creature, you may have it fight target creature you don't control.

Creature
Temur War Shaman (frf) 142
Thieving Amalgam

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Whenever a creature you control but don't own dies, its owner loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Creature
Thieving Amalgam (c19) 21
Vesuvan Shapeshifter

As Vesuvan Shapeshifter enters or is turned face up, you may choose another creature on the battlefield. If you do, until Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face down, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may turn this creature face down." Morph {1}{U}

Creature
Vesuvan Shapeshifter (tsr) 97
Whisperwood Elemental

At the beginning of your end step, manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Sacrifice Whisperwood Elemental: Until end of turn, face-up nontoken creatures you control gain "When this creature dies, manifest the top card of your library."

Creature
Whisperwood Elemental (frf) 145
Willbender

Morph {1}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When Willbender is turned face up, change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.

Creature
Willbender (c19) 102
Yedora, Grave Gardener

Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may return it to the battlefield face down under its owner's control. It's a Forest land. (It has no other types or abilities.)

Creature
Yedora, Grave Gardener (c21) 70

Creature

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Enchantment

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Gift of Doom

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has deathtouch and indestructible. Morph—Sacrifice another creature. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) As Gift of Doom is turned face up, you may attach it to a creature.

Enchantment
Gift of Doom (c19) 17
Muraganda Petroglyphs

Creatures with no abilities get +2/+2.

Enchantment
Muraganda Petroglyphs (tsr) 220
Obscuring Aether

Face-down creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{G}: Turn Obscuring Aether face down. (It becomes a 2/2 creature.)

Enchantment
Obscuring Aether (dtk) 194
Primordial Mist

At the beginning of your end step, you may manifest the top card of your library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Exile a face-down permanent you control face up: You may play that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)

Enchantment
Primordial Mist (c18) 12
Secret Plans

Face-down creatures you control get +0/+1. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, draw a card.

Enchantment
Secret Plans (c19) 201
Trail of Mystery

Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, if it's a creature, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Trail of Mystery (c19) 186
Wilderness Reclamation

At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.

Enchantment
Wilderness Reclamation (rna) 149

Enchantment

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Instant

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Backslide

Turn target creature with a morph ability face down. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Instant
Backslide (ons) 70
Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (nec) 114
Biomass Mutation

Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.

Instant
Biomass Mutation (c21) 209
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
Ethereal Ambush

Manifest the top two cards of your library. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Instant
Ethereal Ambush (plst) FRF-152
Growth Spiral

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Instant
Growth Spiral (dmc) 153
Harrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Harrow (40k) 216
Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Infernal Grasp (mid) 107
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (scd) 58
Putrefy

Destroy target artifact or creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Putrefy (onc) 123
Sultai Charm

Choose one — • Destroy target monocolored creature. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • Draw two cards, then discard a card.

Instant
Sultai Charm (dmc) 168
Tear Asunder

Kicker {1}{B} (You may pay an additional {1}{B} as you cast this spell.) Exile target artifact or enchantment. If this spell was kicked, exile target nonland permanent instead.

Instant
Tear Asunder (dmu) 183

Instant

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Description

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