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2HG Blue Braids
Deck Size: 98
Commander
Est deck cost: $3403.16
Salt sum: 73.27
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Commander

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Braids, Conjurer Adept

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may put an artifact, creature, or land card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Braids, Conjurer Adept (plst) PLC-36

Commander

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Other

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Back to Basics

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Enchantment
Back to Basics (uma) 46
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (40k) 192
Expedition Map

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Expedition Map (j22) 765
Gilded Drake

Flying When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and up to one target creature an opponent controls. If you don't or can't make an exchange, sacrifice this creature. This ability still resolves if its target becomes illegal.

Creature
Gilded Drake (usg) 76
Gitaxian Probe

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Look at target player's hand. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Gitaxian Probe (plst) NPH-35
Leyline of Anticipation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Enchantment
Leyline of Anticipation (clb) 726
Mystic Remora

Cumulative upkeep {1} (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 opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {4}.

Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
Mystical Tutor

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 60
Paradox Haze

Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's first upkeep each turn, that player gets an additional upkeep step after this step.

Enchantment
Paradox Haze (tsp) 71
Phantasmal Image

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an Illusion in addition to its other types and it has "When this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, sacrifice it."

Creature
Phantasmal Image (afc) 89
Rhystic Study

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Show and Tell

Each player may put an artifact, creature, enchantment, or land card from their hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Show and Tell (cn2) 121
Telepathy

Your opponents play with their hands revealed.

Enchantment
Telepathy (m10) 74
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (khc) 46

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Counterspells

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An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (snc) 51
Commandeer

You may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Gain control of target noncreature spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell is an artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker, the permanent enters under your control.)

Instant
Commandeer (csp) 29
Concerted Defense

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {1} plus an additional {1} for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

Instant
Concerted Defense (znr) 52
Daze

You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Instant
Daze (plst) DD2-23
Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Dispel (plst) BFZ-76
Disrupt

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}. Draw a card.

Instant
Disrupt (inv) 51
Disrupting Shoal

You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

Instant
Disrupting Shoal (uma) 51
Divert

Change the target of target spell with a single target unless that spell's controller pays {2}.

Instant
Divert (ody) 82
Fierce Guardianship

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Fierce Guardianship (c20) 35
Flusterstorm

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}. Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)

Instant
Flusterstorm (ima) 55
Foil

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Foil (plst) UMA-55
Force of Negation

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

Instant
Force of Negation (2x2) 50
Force of Will

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Force of Will (dmr) 50
Malevolent Hermit

Creature
Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (mid) 61Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (mid) 61
Mana Drain

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Mana Drain (2x2) 57
Mental Misstep

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) Counter target spell with mana value 1.

Instant
Mental Misstep (nph) 38
Minor Misstep

Counter target spell with mana value 1 or less.

Instant
Minor Misstep (one) 64
Miscast

Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Miscast (m21) 57
Misdirection

You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Change the target of target spell with a single target.

Instant
Misdirection (plst) DDT-15
Mystical Dispute

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a blue spell. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Mystical Dispute (eld) 58
Pact of Negation

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Instant
Pact of Negation (tsr) 77
Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Spell Pierce (2x2) 63
Swan Song

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Swan Song (c16) 98

Counterspells

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Protection

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Dive Down

Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Dive Down (xln) 53
Essence Flux

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If it's a Spirit, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Instant
Essence Flux (jmp) 151
Intervene

Counter target spell that targets a creature.

Instant
Intervene (ulg) 33
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
March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
March of Swirling Mist (neo) 61
Mizzium Skin

Target creature you control gets +0/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Overload {1}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Mizzium Skin (rtr) 45
Robe of Mirrors

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Enchantment
Robe of Mirrors (10e) 101
Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Shore Up (dmu) 64
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (cmr) 96
Slip Out the Back

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until its controller's next turn.)

Instant
Slip Out the Back (snc) 62
Turn Aside

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

Instant
Turn Aside (plst) EMN-78
You See a Guard Approach

Choose one — • Distract the Guard — Tap target creature. • Hide — Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
You See a Guard Approach (afr) 85

Protection

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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
Cavern of Souls

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.

Land
Cavern of Souls (2x2) 320
City of Traitors

When you play another land, sacrifice this land. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Land
City of Traitors (exo) 143
Command Beacon

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

Land
Command Beacon (cmr) 349
Crystal Vein

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

Land
Crystal Vein (cma) 246
Flooded Strand

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
Gemstone Caverns

If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand. {T}: Add {C}. If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.

Land
Gemstone Caverns (tsr) 280
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (j22) 102
Misty Rainforest

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
Prismatic Vista

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Prismatic Vista (mh1) 244
Scalding Tarn

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for an Island or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
Urza's Saga

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}." II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'" III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land Enchantment
Urza's Saga (mh2) 259

Land

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Removal

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Aether Spellbomb

{U}, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand. {1}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Aether Spellbomb (j22) 752
Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant
Pongify (tsr) 79
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (c21) 126

Removal

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Mana

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (moc) 348
Chrome Mox

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile a nonartifact, nonland card from your hand. {T}: Add one mana of any of the exiled card's colors.

Artifact
Chrome Mox (2xm) 240
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (moc) 356
Grim Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {4}: Untap this artifact.

Artifact
Grim Monolith (ulg) 126
Jeweled Amulet

{1}, {T}: Put a charge counter on this artifact. Note the type of mana spent to pay this activation cost. Activate only if there are no charge counters on this artifact. {T}, Remove a charge counter from this artifact: Add one mana of this artifact's last noted type.

Artifact
Jeweled Amulet (ice) 326
Jeweled Lotus

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast your commander.

Artifact
Jeweled Lotus (cmm) 396
Lotus Petal

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Lotus Petal (plst) TMP-294
Mana Crypt

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals 3 damage to you. {T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Mana Crypt (2xm) 270
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
Mox Amber

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creatures and planeswalkers you control.

Artifact
Mox Amber (brr) 98
Mox Diamond

If this artifact would enter, you may discard a land card instead. If you do, put this artifact onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Mox Diamond (sth) 138
Mox Opal

Metalcraft — {T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.

Artifact
Mox Opal (2xm) 275
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (brc) 160

Mana

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Counterbalance

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you do, counter that spell if it has the same mana value as the revealed card.

Enchantment
Counterbalance (csp) 31
Cursecatcher

Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Cursecatcher (a25) 53
Cursed Totem

Activated abilities of creatures can't be activated.

Artifact
Cursed Totem (mh2) 295
Grafdigger's Cage

Creature cards in graveyards and libraries can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast spells from graveyards or libraries.

Artifact
Grafdigger's Cage (m20) 227
Mausoleum Wanderer

Flying Whenever another Spirit you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is this creature's power.

Creature
Mausoleum Wanderer (emn) 69
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (moc) 364
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (eld) 247
Narset, Parter of Veils

Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn. −2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Planeswalker
Narset, Parter of Veils (war) 61
Reality Ripple

Target artifact, creature, or land phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
Reality Ripple (mir) 87
Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Instant
Resculpt (stx) 51
Savor the Moment

Take an extra turn after this one. Skip the untap step of that turn.

Sorcery
Savor the Moment (shm) 50
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put this artifact on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 314
Suspend

Exile target creature and put two time counters on it. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend. (At the beginning of its owner's upkeep, they remove a time counter. When the last is removed, they may play it without paying its mana cost. If it's a creature, it has haste.)

Instant
Suspend (mh2) 68
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
Timetwister

Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. (Then put Timetwister into its owner's graveyard.)

Sorcery
Timetwister (2ed) 85
Tolaria West

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with mana value 0, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Land
Tolaria West (plst) TSR-286
Transmute Artifact

Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, search your library for an artifact card. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield. If it's greater, you may pay {X}, where X is the difference. If you do, put it onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. Then shuffle.

Sorcery
Transmute Artifact (atq) 14
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (clb) 929

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