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12/27/2024
Balan Stax
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Est deck cost: $1302.32
Salt sum: 64.43
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Commander

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Balan, Wandering Knight

First strike Balan has double strike as long as two or more Equipment are attached to it. {1}{W}: Attach all Equipment you control to Balan.

Creature
Balan, Wandering Knight (j22) 53

Commander

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Enchantment

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Mantle of the Ancients

Enchant creature you control When this Aura enters, return any number of target Aura and/or Equipment cards from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to enchanted creature. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it.

Enchantment
Mantle of the Ancients (afc) 8
Sigarda's Aid

You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may attach it to target creature you control.

Enchantment
Sigarda's Aid (cmr) 384
Smothering Tithe

Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay {2}. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
Spirit Mantle

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has protection from creatures.

Enchantment
Spirit Mantle (cmr) 385

Enchantment

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Sorcery

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Armageddon

Destroy all lands.

Sorcery
Armageddon (a25) 5
Open the Armory

Search your library for an Aura or Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Open the Armory (cmr) 34
Steelshaper's Gift

Search your library for an Equipment card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Steelshaper's Gift (5dn) 19

Sorcery

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Artifact

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Caduceus, Staff of Hermes

Equipped creature has lifelink. As long as you have 30 or more life, equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has indestructible and "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature." Equip {W}{W}

Artifact
Caduceus, Staff of Hermes (acr) 155
Cloudsteel Kirin

Flying Equipped creature has flying and "You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game." Reconfigure {5} ({5}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Cloudsteel Kirin (neo) 364
Colossus Hammer

Equipped creature gets +10/+10 and loses flying. Equip {8} ({8}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Colossus Hammer (afc) 202
Commander's Plate

Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from each color that's not in your commander's color identity. Equip commander {3} Equip {5}

Artifact
Commander's Plate (cmr) 692
Conqueror's Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Conqueror's Flail (2x2) 302
Hammer of Nazahn

Whenever Hammer of Nazahn or another Equipment you control enters, you may attach that Equipment to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has indestructible. Equip {4}

Artifact
Hammer of Nazahn (cmm) 388
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (scd) 269
Loxodon Warhammer

Equipped creature gets +3/+0 and has trample and lifelink. Equip {3}

Artifact
Loxodon Warhammer (onc) 135
Mithril Coat

Flash Indestructible When Mithril Coat enters, attach it to target legendary creature you control. Equipped creature has indestructible. Equip {3}

Artifact
Mithril Coat (ltr) 379
Robe of Stars

Equipped creature gets +0/+3. Astral Projection — {1}{W}: Equipped creature phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Robe of Stars (afc) 11
Shadowspear

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink. {1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Shadowspear (pthb) 236p
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 (scd) 279
Sword of Feast and Famine

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from black and from green. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card and you untap all lands you control. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Feast and Famine (plst) 2XM-296
Sword of Fire and Ice

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from blue. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, this Equipment deals 2 damage to any target and you draw a card. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Fire and Ice (2xm) 297
Sword of Sinew and Steel

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from black and from red. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, destroy up to one target planeswalker and up to one target artifact. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of Sinew and Steel (mh1) 228
Sword of the Animist

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of the Animist (cmm) 413
Sword of Vengeance

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has first strike, vigilance, trample, and haste. Equip {3}

Artifact
Sword of Vengeance (cmr) 475
Sword of War and Peace

Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from red and from white. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, this Equipment deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand and you gain 1 life for each card in your hand. Equip {2}

Artifact
Sword of War and Peace (2xm) 300
Thran Power Suit

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each Aura and Equipment attached to it and has ward {2}. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Thran Power Suit (bro) 253
Trailblazer's Boots

Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Trailblazer's Boots (onc) 144
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (plst) PCA-115

Artifact

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Instant

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Clever Concealment

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) Any number of target nonland permanents you control phase out. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until your next turn.)

Instant
Clever Concealment (onc) 5
Dawn Charm

Choose one — • Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. • Regenerate target creature. • Counter target spell that targets you.

Instant
Dawn Charm (cmr) 371
Emerge Unscathed

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Emerge Unscathed (plst) IMA-19
Faith's Reward

Return to the battlefield all permanent cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

Instant
Faith's Reward (cn2) 84
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 (cmm) 692
Loran's Escape

Target artifact or creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Scry 1.

Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
Rebuff the Wicked

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

Instant
Rebuff the Wicked (tsr) 35
Surge of Salvation

You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. Prevent all damage that black and/or red sources would deal to creatures you control this turn.

Instant
Surge of Salvation (mom) 41
Teferi's Protection

Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.) Exile Teferi's Protection.

Instant
Teferi's Protection (sta) 11

Instant

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Stax

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Aura of Silence

Artifact and enchantment spells your opponents cast cost {2} more to cast. Sacrifice this enchantment: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Enchantment
Aura of Silence (plst) C15-60
Blind Obedience

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Artifacts and creatures your opponents control enter tapped.

Enchantment
Blind Obedience (wot) 1
Ethersworn Canonist

Each player who has cast a nonartifact spell this turn can't cast additional nonartifact spells.

Creature Artifact
Ethersworn Canonist (2xm) 14
Grand Abolisher

During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.

Creature
Grand Abolisher (sld) 1285
Humility

All creatures lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1.

Enchantment
Humility (tmp) 24

Stax

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Boardwipe

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Cataclysm

Each player chooses from among the permanents they control an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a land, then sacrifices the rest.

Sorcery
Cataclysm (exo) 3
Farewell

Choose one or more — • Exile all artifacts. • Exile all creatures. • Exile all enchantments. • Exile all graveyards.

Sorcery
Farewell (mkc) 64
Settle the Wreckage

Exile all attacking creatures target player controls. That player may search their library for that many basic land cards, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Settle the Wreckage (plst) XLN-34

Boardwipe

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Land

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Ancient Tomb

{T}: Add {C}{C}. This land deals 2 damage to you.

Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (onc) 147
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. {T}: Add {W}.

Land
Emeria, the Sky Ruin (c14) 293
Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (mh1) 241
Homeward Path

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Each player gains control of all creatures they own.

Land
Homeward Path (c16) 301
Inventors' Fair

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Land
Inventors' Fair (plst) KLD-247
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: 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 (moc) 416
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (neo) 294
Plaza of Heroes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell. {T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary permanents you control. {3}, {T}, Exile this land: Target legendary creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Land
Plaza of Heroes (dmu) 252
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (moc) 421
Strip Mine

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.

Land
Strip Mine (exp) 43

Land

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Creature

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Danitha Capashen, Paragon

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Danitha Capashen, Paragon (j25) 59
Leonin Abunas

Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Leonin Abunas (arc) 1
Mother of Runes

{T}: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Mother of Runes (clb) 702
Puresteel Paladin

Whenever an Equipment you control enters, you may draw a card. Metalcraft — Equipment you control have equip {0} as long as you control three or more artifacts.

Creature
Puresteel Paladin (cmm) 627
Silent Arbiter

No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Creature Artifact
Silent Arbiter (cmm) 972
Starnheim Courser

Flying Artifact and enchantment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Starnheim Courser (j25) 261
Stoneforge Mystic

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Equipment card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. {1}{W}, {T}: You may put an Equipment card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Stoneforge Mystic (2xm) 31
Stonehewer Giant

Vigilance {1}{W}, {T}: Search your library for an Equipment card, put it onto the battlefield, attach it to a creature you control, then shuffle.

Creature
Stonehewer Giant (2xm) 32

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Mana rocks

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (pip) 752
Codsworth, Handy Helper

Commanders you control have ward {2}. {T}: Add {W}{W}. Spend this mana only to cast Aura and/or Equipment spells. {T}: Attach target Aura or Equipment you control to target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature Artifact
Codsworth, Handy Helper (pip) 366
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (lcc) 301
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (cmm) 657
Mana Vault

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact. At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Vault (2x2) 308
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (blc) 280
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (onc) 140
Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Artifact
Thought Vessel (blc) 289

Mana rocks

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Draw

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Esper Sentinel

Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature Artifact
Esper Sentinel (mh2) 12
Sram, Senior Edificer

Whenever you cast an Aura, Equipment, or Vehicle spell, draw a card.

Creature
Sram, Senior Edificer (nec) 88
The One Ring

Indestructible When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 451

Draw

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Removal

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Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (mh1) 11
Stroke of Midnight

Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 375
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (sta) 73

Removal

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31 mana - 29 cards
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