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Carcinization (WU)
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $197.09
Salt sum: 35.04
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Commander

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Ephara, God of the Polis

Indestructible As long as your devotion to white and blue is less than seven, Ephara isn't a creature. At the beginning of each upkeep, if you had another creature enter the battlefield under your control last turn, draw a card.

Creature Enchantment
Ephara, God of the Polis (bng) 145

Commander

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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 (moc) 348
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dsc) 245
Liquimetal Torque

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Target nonland permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types until end of turn.

Artifact
Liquimetal Torque (brc) 145
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (plst) CMD-261

Artifact

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Core Mechanic

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Peer Pressure

Choose a creature type. If you control more creatures of that type than each other player, you gain control of all creatures of that type. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Sorcery
Peer Pressure (ons) 101

Core Mechanic

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Counter

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Bane's Contingency

Counter target spell. If that spell targets a commander you control, instead counter that spell, scry 2, then draw a card.

Instant
Bane's Contingency (clb) 57
Cancel

Counter target spell.

Instant
Cancel (m21) 46
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (dmr) 45
Dispel

Counter target instant spell.

Instant
Dispel (plst) BFZ-76

Counter

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Creature (Crab)

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Adaptive Automaton

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Creature Artifact
Adaptive Automaton (2xm) 231
Ancient Crab

Creature
Ancient Crab (akh) 40
Bloodline Pretender

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever another creature you control of the chosen type enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature Artifact
Bloodline Pretender (moc) 350
Canyon Crab

{1}{U}: This creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn. At the beginning of your end step, if you haven't cast a spell from your hand this turn, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Canyon Crab (otj) 40
Charix, the Raging Isle

Spells your opponents cast that target Charix cost {2} more to cast. {3}: Charix gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Charix, the Raging Isle (znr) 49
Crystacean

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)

Creature
Crystacean (iko) 46
Dreadlight Monstrosity

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) {3}{U}{U}: This creature can't be blocked this turn. Activate only if you own a card in exile.

Creature
Dreadlight Monstrosity (vow) 57
Fortress Crab

Creature
Fortress Crab (m20) 60
Gilded Scuttler

This creature can't be blocked. When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Creature Artifact
Gilded Scuttler (j25) 7
Hedron Crab

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, target player mills three cards.

Creature
Hedron Crab (plst) ZEN-47
Horseshoe Crab

{U}: Untap this creature.

Creature
Horseshoe Crab (dmr) 55
Iceberg Cancrix

Whenever another snow permanent you control enters, you may have target player mill two cards.

Creature
Iceberg Cancrix (mh1) 54
Irregular Cohort

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) When this creature enters, create a 2/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling.

Creature
Irregular Cohort (clb) 696
Jwari Scuttler

Creature
Jwari Scuttler (roe) 73
Mirrorshell Crab

Ward {3} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {3}.) Channel — {2}{U}, Discard this card: Counter target spell or ability unless its controller pays {3}.

Creature Artifact
Mirrorshell Crab (neo) 63
Mistwalker

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Flying {1}{U}: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Creature
Mistwalker (j22) 323
Purple-Crystal Crab

When this creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
Purple-Crystal Crab (plst) GS1-3
Riptide Crab

Vigilance When this creature dies, draw a card.

Creature
Riptide Crab (plst) BBD-228
Ruin Crab

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, each opponent mills three cards. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Ruin Crab (znr) 75
Skittering Crustacean

{6}{U}: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) As long as this creature is monstrous, it has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Creature
Skittering Crustacean (plst) CN2-36
Thassa's Emissary

Bestow {5}{U} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.) Whenever this creature or enchanted creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.

Creature Enchantment
Thassa's Emissary (ths) 68
Wishcoin Crab

Creature
Wishcoin Crab (m21) 86

Creature (Crab)

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Creature (Not Crab)

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Aberrant Mind Sorcerer

Psionic Spells — When this creature enters, choose target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard, then roll a d20. 1—9 | You may put that card on top of your library. 10—20 | Return that card to your hand.

Creature
Aberrant Mind Sorcerer (afr) 44
Archaeomancer

When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Archaeomancer (plst) C17-81
Imagecrafter

{T}: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature becomes that type until end of turn.

Creature
Imagecrafter (ons) 87
Mnemonic Wall

Defender When this creature enters, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Mnemonic Wall (plst) IMA-67
Soulherder

Whenever a creature is exiled from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. At the beginning of your end step, you may exile another target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Soulherder (khc) 93
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control. {3}{U}: Tap another target creature.

Creature Enchantment
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling (thb) 71

Creature (Not Crab)

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Enchantment

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Far Traveler

Commander creatures you own have "At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target tapped creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control."

Enchantment
Far Traveler (clb) 17
The Bath Song

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Draw two cards, then discard a card. III — Shuffle any number of target cards from your graveyard into your library. Add {U}{U}.

Enchantment
The Bath Song (ltr) 40

Enchantment

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Fetch

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Idyllic Tutor

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

Sorcery
Idyllic Tutor (thb) 24
Personal Tutor

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

Sorcery
Personal Tutor (cmm) 110
Solve the Equation

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

Sorcery
Solve the Equation (stx) 54

Fetch

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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 (plst) CMD-269
Evolving Wilds

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

Land
Evolving Wilds (j25) 765
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (sir) 280
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (sir) 277
Prairie Stream

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Prairie Stream (moc) 420
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (c19) 268
Sea of Clouds

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Sea of Clouds (clb) 360
Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (moc) 432
Terramorphic Expanse

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

Land
Terramorphic Expanse (j25) 156

Land

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Make More Crabs

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Irenicus's Vile Duplication

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except the token has flying and it isn't legendary.

Sorcery
Irenicus's Vile Duplication (clb) 78
Quasiduplicate

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control. Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)

Sorcery
Quasiduplicate (grn) 51
Reflections of Littjara

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (clb) 733
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.) Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery
Rite of Replication (c21) 128
Scuttletide

{1}, Discard a card: Create a 0/3 blue Crab creature token. Delirium — Crabs you control get +1/+1 as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

Enchantment
Scuttletide (mh2) 61
Song of the Worldsoul

Whenever you cast a spell, populate. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Enchantment
Song of the Worldsoul (c19) 6

Make More Crabs

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Removal

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Condemn

Put target attacking creature on the bottom of its owner's library. Its controller gains life equal to its toughness.

Instant
Condemn (scd) 15
Expel the Interlopers

Choose a number between 0 and 10. Destroy all creatures with power greater than or equal to the chosen number.

Sorcery
Expel the Interlopers (woe) 13
Snap

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

Instant
Snap (dmr) 66
Stroke of Midnight

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

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (fdn) 148
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (moc) 211

Removal

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Turn into Crabs

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Mirrorweave

Each other creature becomes a copy of target nonlegendary creature until end of turn.

Instant
Mirrorweave (cm2) 162
Mistform Mask

Enchant creature {1}: Enchanted creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn.

Enchantment
Mistform Mask (ons) 94
Standardize

Choose a creature type other than Wall. Each creature becomes that type until end of turn.

Instant
Standardize (ons) 116
True Polymorph

Target artifact or creature becomes a copy of another target artifact or creature.

Instant
True Polymorph (afr) 80
Unnatural Selection

{1}: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature becomes that type until end of turn.

Enchantment
Unnatural Selection (apc) 32

Turn into Crabs

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Maybeboard

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Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea

Callaphe's power is equal to your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) Creatures and enchantments you control have "Spells your opponents cast that target this permanent cost {1} more to cast."

Creature Enchantment
Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea (thb) 45
Cathars' Crusade

Whenever a creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (inr) 17
Conjurer's Closet

At the beginning of your end step, you may exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Artifact
Conjurer's Closet (inr) 259
Marble Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}.

Artifact
Marble Diamond (clb) 320
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (dsc) 248
Mystic Reflection

Choose target nonlegendary creature. The next time one or more creatures or planeswalkers enter this turn, they enter as copies of the chosen creature. Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Instant
Mystic Reflection (khm) 69
Phial of Galadriel

If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, draw two cards instead. If you would gain life while you have 5 or less life, you gain twice that much life instead. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phial of Galadriel (ltr) 248
Shorecomber Crab

Creature
Shorecomber Crab (j25) 356
Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (clb) 337

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20 pips - 16 cards
18 mana - 18 cards
59 pips - 46 cards
27 mana - 26 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
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0 mana - 5 cards
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4 mana - 3 cards
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