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The Talespinner's Story
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
Legal
Est deck cost: $327.24
Salt sum: 29.18
Est Commander Bracket: 1 or 2
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Narset, Enlightened Exile

Creatures you control have prowess. Whenever Narset, Enlightened Exile attacks, exile target noncreature, nonland card with mana value less than Narset's power from a graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Narset, Enlightened Exile (mat) 38

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Land

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Arid Mesa

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

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (plst) CMD-269
Elegant Parlor

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) Elegant Parlor enters tapped. When Elegant Parlor enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Elegant Parlor (mkm) 260
Flooded Strand

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

Land
Flooded Strand (mh3) 220
Hallowed Fountain

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) As Hallowed Fountain enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rvr) 280
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (gn3) 126
Meticulous Archive

({T}: Add {W} or {U}.) Meticulous Archive enters tapped. When Meticulous Archive enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Meticulous Archive (mkm) 264
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (plst) AKH-264
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (plst) AKH-256
Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) As Sacred Foundry enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Sacred Foundry (rvr) 285
Scalding Tarn

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

Land
Scalding Tarn (mh2) 254
Steam Vents

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) As Steam Vents enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Steam Vents (rvr) 288
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
Temple of Epiphany

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 {U} or {R}.

Land
Temple of Epiphany (moc) 433
Temple of Triumph

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 {R} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Triumph (moc) 438
Thundering Falls

({T}: Add {U} or {R}.) Thundering Falls enters tapped. When Thundering Falls enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Thundering Falls (mkm) 269

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Removal

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Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (moc) 273
Fall of the Hammer

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

Instant
Fall of the Hammer (plst) CM2-97
Generous Gift

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

Instant
Generous Gift (moc) 187
Inventive Iteration

Enchantment
Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough (neo) 57Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough (neo) 57
Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying. 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.)

Sorcery
Ravenform (khm) 72
Rip Apart

Choose one — • Rip Apart deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Sorcery
Rip Apart (onc) 124
Stroke of Midnight

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

Instant
Stroke of Midnight (woe) 33
The Phasing of Zhalfir

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Another target nonland permanent phases out. It can't phase in for as long as you control The Phasing of Zhalfir. III — Destroy all creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 2/2 black Phyrexian creature token.

Enchantment
The Phasing of Zhalfir (dmu) 59

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Protection

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Angelfire Ignition

Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature. It gains vigilance, trample, lifelink, indestructible, and haste until end of turn. Flashback {2}{R}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Angelfire Ignition (mid) 209
Bandage

Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Bandage (10e) 9
Loran's Escape

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

Instant
Loran's Escape (bro) 14
Shelter

Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Shelter (mh1) 28
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 (blb) 69

Protection

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Tokens

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Castle Ardenvale

Castle Ardenvale enters tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Land
Castle Ardenvale (onc) 149
Historian's Boon

Whenever Historian's Boon or another nontoken enchantment you control enters, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control triggers, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying and vigilance.

Enchantment
Historian's Boon (dmc) 71
Kykar, Wind's Fury

Flying Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. Sacrifice a Spirit: Add {R}.

Creature
Kykar, Wind's Fury (blc) 91
Monastery Mentor

Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 white Monk creature token with prowess.

Creature
Monastery Mentor (frf) 20
Third Path Iconoclast

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.

Creature
Third Path Iconoclast (bro) 223

Tokens

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Copy

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Founding the Third Path

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I — You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 1 or 2 from your hand without paying its mana cost. II — Target player mills four cards. III — Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy.

Enchantment
Founding the Third Path (dmu) 50
Gadwick's First Duel

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create a Cursed Role token attached to up to one target creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature is 1/1.) II — Scry 2. III — When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 3 or less this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
Gadwick's First Duel (woe) 51
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
The Apprentice's Folly

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Choose target nontoken creature you control that doesn't have the same name as a token you control. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary, is a Reflection in addition to its other types, and has haste. III — Sacrifice all Reflections you control.

Enchantment
The Apprentice's Folly (woe) 200
Zada, Hedron Grinder

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets only Zada, Hedron Grinder, copy that spell for each other creature you control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

Creature
Zada, Hedron Grinder (mul) 25

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Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Flying Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

Creature
Balmor, Battlemage Captain (dmu) 295
Castle Embereth

Castle Embereth enters tapped unless you control a Mountain. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Land
Castle Embereth (onc) 150
Defiant Strike

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Defiant Strike (m21) 15
Fists of Flame

Draw a card. Until end of turn, target creature gains trample and gets +1/+0 for each card you've drawn this turn. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Instant
Fists of Flame (cmr) 414
Guided Strike

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Guided Strike (plst) IMA-23
Leonin Lightscribe

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Leonin Lightscribe (stx) 20
Sudden Breakthrough

Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Sudden Breakthrough (j22) 610
Temur Battle Rage

Target creature gains double strike until end of turn. Ferocious — That creature also gains trample until end of turn if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.

Instant
Temur Battle Rage (plst) CMR-417
Turn Inside Out

Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. When it dies this turn, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Instant
Turn Inside Out (dsk) 160
Valley Rally

Gift a Food (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Food token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.") Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. If the gift was promised, target creature you control gains first strike until end of turn.

Instant
Valley Rally (blb) 159

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Tutor

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War of the Last Alliance

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Search your library for a legendary creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. III — Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.

Enchantment
War of the Last Alliance (ltr) 36
Wild Research

{1}{W}: Search your library for an enchantment card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle. {1}{U}: Search your library for an instant card and reveal that card. Put it into your hand, then discard a card at random. Then shuffle.

Enchantment
Wild Research (plst) APC-72

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Draw

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Brainstorm

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

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
Castle Vantress

Castle Vantress enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (clb) 885
Expedite

Target creature gains haste until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Expedite (cmr) 413
Halimar Depths

Halimar Depths enters tapped. When Halimar Depths enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (afc) 244
Jeskai Ascendancy

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Enchantment
Jeskai Ascendancy (2x2) 231
Love Song of Night and Day

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I — You and target opponent each draw two cards. II — Create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying. III — Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.

Enchantment
Love Song of Night and Day (dmu) 25
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (ncc) 229
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (j22) 63
Serum Visions

Draw a card. Scry 2.

Sorcery
Serum Visions (sld) 32
Showdown of the Skalds

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Exile the top four cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. II, III — Whenever you cast a spell this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Showdown of the Skalds (khm) 229
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Until your next turn, whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets -2/-0 until end of turn. II — Discard any number of cards, then investigate twice for each card discarded this way. III — Shuffle up to three target cards from your graveyard into your library.

Enchantment
Tamiyo Meets the Story Circle (mh3) 72
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
Whirlwind of Thought

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Whirlwind of Thought (piko) 215s

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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 (moc) 348
Birgi, God of Storytelling

Creature
Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 311Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty (khm) 311
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (rvr) 253
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (plst) CMD-248
Korvold and the Noble Thief

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") III — Exile the top three cards of target opponent's library. You may play those cards this turn.

Enchantment
Korvold and the Noble Thief (woe) 139
Relic of Legends

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Relic of Legends (dmu) 236
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (plst) CMD-261
Storm-Kiln Artist

Storm-Kiln Artist gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control. Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a Treasure token.

Creature
Storm-Kiln Artist (stx) 115
Talisman of Conviction

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

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (pip) 243
Talisman of Creativity

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

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (pip) 244
Talisman of Progress

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

Artifact
Talisman of Progress (pip) 249
The Birth of Meletis

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. II — Create a 0/4 colorless Wall artifact creature token with defender. III — You gain 2 life.

Enchantment
The Birth of Meletis (thb) 5
The Restoration of Eiganjo

Enchantment
The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration (neo) 34The Restoration of Eiganjo // Architect of Restoration (neo) 34
There and Back Again

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Up to one target creature can't block for as long as you control There and Back Again. The Ring tempts you. II — Search your library for a Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. III — Create Smaug, a legendary 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and "When this creature dies, create fourteen Treasure tokens."

Enchantment
There and Back Again (ltr) 151

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Utility Land

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Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (brc) 196

Utility Land

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Evasion

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Distortion Strike

Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this 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.)

Sorcery
Distortion Strike (plst) IMA-52
Leap

Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Leap (sth) 35

Evasion

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Recursion

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Feather, the Redeemed

Flying Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell that targets a creature you control, exile that card instead of putting it into your graveyard as it resolves. If you do, return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Feather, the Redeemed (tsr) 377
Mavinda, Students' Advocate

Flying {0}: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell doesn't target a creature you control, it costs {8} more to cast this way. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only once each turn. (You still pay the spell's costs. Timing rules for the spell still apply.)

Creature
Mavinda, Students' Advocate (stx) 21
Tameshi, Reality Architect

Whenever one or more noncreature permanents are returned to hand, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn. {X}{W}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Return target artifact or enchantment card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Tameshi, Reality Architect (neo) 375
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Flying Whenever you cast a historic spell, return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

Creature
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle (dom) 36
The Mirari Conjecture

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Return target instant card from your graveyard to your hand. II — Return target sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. III — Until end of turn, whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, copy it. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Enchantment
The Mirari Conjecture (plst) DOM-57

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26 pips - 25 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
25 pips - 24 cards
25 mana - 22 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
27 pips - 25 cards
26 mana - 24 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 8 cards
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6 mana - 5 cards
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