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deadly taxes
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Commander

Quantity: 2Price: $18.98
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker (c16) 33
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Flying, haste Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Creature
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus (c16) 34

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Land

Quantity: 29Price: $97.67
Arid Mesa

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: 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 (moc) 396
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (ncc) 400
Hallowed Fountain

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

Land
Hallowed Fountain (rna) 251
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mh2) 484
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 265
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (m20) 261
Sacred Foundry

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

Land
Sacred Foundry (grn) 254
Training Center

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

Land
Training Center (cmr) 358

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 (ncc) 360
Chalice of the Void

This artifact enters with X charge counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact, counter that spell.

Artifact
Chalice of the Void (mrd) 150
Chimeric Egg

Whenever an opponent casts a nonartifact spell, put a charge counter on this artifact. Remove three charge counters from this artifact: This artifact becomes a 6/6 Construct artifact creature with trample until end of turn.

Artifact
Chimeric Egg (dst) 106
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (cmm) 382
Geometric Nexus

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, put a number of charge counters on this artifact equal to that spell's mana value. {6}, {T}, Remove all charge counters from this artifact: Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of charge counters removed this way.

Artifact
Geometric Nexus (c21) 77
Omen Machine

Players can't draw cards. At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a land card, the player puts it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, the player casts it without paying its mana cost if able.

Artifact
Omen Machine (nph) 148
Paradise Plume

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Whenever a player casts a spell of the chosen color, you may gain 1 life. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Paradise Plume (tsr) 271
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmr) 472
Talisman of Creativity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Creativity (mh1) 231

Artifact

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Planeswalker

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Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

+1: Scry 1, then draw a card. −2: Return target creature to its owner's hand. −8: You get an emblem with "Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, counter that spell."

Planeswalker
Jace, Unraveler of Secrets (soi) 69

Planeswalker

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Creature

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Abzan Falconer

Outlast {W} ({W}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.) Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.

Creature
Abzan Falconer (2x2) 4
Aeon Chronicler

Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Suspend X—{X}{3}{U}. X can't be 0. Whenever a time counter is removed from this card while it's exiled, draw a card.

Creature
Aeon Chronicler (tsr) 51
Aerial Extortionist

Flying Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, exile up to one target nonland permanent. For as long as that card remains exiled, its owner may cast it. Whenever another player casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card.

Creature
Aerial Extortionist (ncc) 11
Alandra, Sky Dreamer

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying. Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

Creature
Alandra, Sky Dreamer (j22) 9
Archivist of Oghma

Flash Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Cemetery Gatekeeper

First strike When this creature enters, exile a card from a graveyard. Whenever a player plays a land or casts a spell, if it shares a card type with the exiled card, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Cemetery Gatekeeper (vow) 148
Chancellor of the Annex

You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, when each opponent casts their first spell of the game, counter that spell unless that player pays {1}. Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter it unless that player pays {1}.

Creature
Chancellor of the Annex (plst) NPH-6
Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature
Chasm Skulker (moc) 218
Deep-Sea Kraken

This creature can't be blocked. Suspend 9—{2}{U} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {2}{U} and exile it with nine time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.) Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if this card is suspended, remove a time counter from it.

Creature
Deep-Sea Kraken (c14) 105
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
Faerie Mastermind

Flash Flying Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card. {3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Creature
Faerie Mastermind (mom) 352
Ghostly Pilferer

Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay {2}. If you do, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts a spell from anywhere other than their hand, draw a card. Discard a card: This creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Ghostly Pilferer (voc) 105
Herald of Secret Streams

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Creature
Herald of Secret Streams (xln) 59
Laboratory Maniac

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.

Creature
Laboratory Maniac (plst) ISD-61
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion

If you would put one or more counters on a creature or planeswalker you control or on yourself, put that many plus one of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion (clb) 476
Ledger Shredder

Flying Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, this creature connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Creature
Ledger Shredder (psnc) 46p
Mangara, the Diplomat

Lifelink Whenever an opponent attacks with creatures, if two or more of those creatures are attacking you and/or planeswalkers you control, draw a card. Whenever an opponent casts their second spell each turn, draw a card.

Creature
Mangara, the Diplomat (cmm) 466
Mikaeus, the Lunarch

Mikaeus enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on Mikaeus. {T}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Mikaeus: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.

Creature
Mikaeus, the Lunarch (moc) 197
Mirrorwing Dragon

Flying Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell that targets only this creature, that player copies that spell for each other creature they control that the spell could target. Each copy targets a different one of those creatures.

Creature
Mirrorwing Dragon (emn) 136
Mogg Sentry

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Mogg Sentry (8ed) 203★
Nezahal, Primal Tide

This spell can't be countered. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card. Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Nezahal, Primal Tide (rix) 45
Niv-Mizzet, Parun

This spell can't be countered. Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.

Creature
Niv-Mizzet, Parun (grn) 192
Perplexing Chimera

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may exchange control of this creature and that spell. If you do, you may choose new targets for the spell. (If the spell becomes a permanent, you control that permanent.)

Creature Enchantment
Perplexing Chimera (bng) 48
River Kelpie

Whenever this creature or another permanent enters from a graveyard, draw a card. Whenever a player casts a spell from a graveyard, draw a card. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
River Kelpie (c19) 93
Soramaro, First to Dream

Flying Soramaro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. {4}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Draw a card.

Creature
Soramaro, First to Dream (sok) 58
Storm-Kiln Artist

This creature 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 (cmm) 260
Sturmgeist

Flying Sturmgeist's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Sturmgeist (isd) 82
Sunscorch Regent

Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Sunscorch Regent (moc) 209
Taurean Mauler

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Taurean Mauler (plst) CM2-122
The Council of Four

Whenever a player draws their second card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever a player casts their second spell during their turn, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token.

Creature
The Council of Four (clb) 271
Thrummingbird

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Thrummingbird (one) 288
Triskaidekaphile

You have no maximum hand size. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have exactly thirteen cards in your hand, you win the game. {3}{U}: Draw a card.

Creature
Triskaidekaphile (pmid) 81p
Wandering Archaic

Creature
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands (stx) 6Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands (stx) 6
Winged Hive Tyrant

Flying, haste The Will of the Hive Mind — Other creatures you control with counters on them have flying and haste.

Creature
Winged Hive Tyrant (40k) 148
Zenith Chronicler

Whenever a player casts their first multicolored spell each turn, each other player draws a card.

Creature Artifact
Zenith Chronicler (pone) 246p
Zoanthrope

Ravenous (This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. If X is 5 or more, draw a card when it enters.) Flying, ward {2} Warp Blast — When this creature enters, it deals X damage to any target.

Creature
Zoanthrope (40k) 149

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Sorcery

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Bonus Round

Until end of turn, whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, that player copies it and may choose new targets for the copy.

Sorcery
Bonus Round (bbd) 56
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (ema) 128
Wrenn's Resolve

Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

Sorcery
Wrenn's Resolve (mom) 173

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Aether Barrier

Whenever a player casts a creature spell, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice unless they pay {1}.

Enchantment
Aether Barrier (nem) 27
Aether Sting

Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Aether Sting (uds) 76
All Will Be One

Whenever you put one or more counters on a permanent or player, this enchantment deals that much damage to target opponent, creature an opponent controls, or planeswalker an opponent controls.

Enchantment
All Will Be One (pone) 118s
Bazaar of Wonders

When this enchantment enters, exile all graveyards. Whenever a player casts a spell, counter it if a card with the same name is in a graveyard or a nontoken permanent with the same name is on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Bazaar of Wonders (mir) 55
Captured by the Consulate

Enchant creature you don't control Enchanted creature can't attack. Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if it has a single target, change the target to enchanted creature if able.

Enchantment
Captured by the Consulate (kld) 8
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
Curse of Echoes

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player may copy that spell and may choose new targets for the copy they control.

Enchantment
Curse of Echoes (plst) DKA-34
Eye of the Storm

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery card, exile it. Then that player copies each instant or sorcery card exiled with this enchantment. For each copy, the player may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Eye of the Storm (rav) 48
Hive Mind

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, each other player copies that spell. Each of those players may choose new targets for their copy.

Enchantment
Hive Mind (m10) 54
Insight

Whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you draw a card.

Enchantment
Insight (6ed) 75
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 (ice) 87
Reparations

Whenever an opponent casts a spell that targets you or a creature you control, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Reparations (mir) 278
Rhystic Study

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

Enchantment
Rhystic Study (pcy) 45
Standstill

When a player casts a spell, sacrifice this enchantment. If you do, each of that player's opponents draws three cards.

Enchantment
Standstill (ody) 102
Uncivil Unrest

Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.) If a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead.

Enchantment
Uncivil Unrest (moc) 35

Enchantment

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Instant

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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 (afc) 117
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (wc01) ar67
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (cmm) 84
Mandate of Peace

Cast this spell only during combat. Your opponents can't cast spells this turn. End the combat phase. (Remove all attackers and blockers from combat. Exile all spells and abilities from the stack, including this spell.)

Instant
Mandate of Peace (c19) 4
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (cmm) 626
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (moc) 211

Instant

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Deck Info

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20 pips - 16 cards
15 mana - 15 cards
51 pips - 36 cards
16 mana - 16 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
21 pips - 16 cards
15 mana - 15 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
3 mana - 2 cards
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