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The Cooler Zada
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Est deck cost: $641.91
Salt sum: 32.27
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Commander

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Ink-Treader Nephilim

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

Creature
Ink-Treader Nephilim (gpt) 117

Commander

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How We Win

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Archmage Emeritus

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Creature
Archmage Emeritus (stx) 377
Laboratory Maniac

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

Creature
Laboratory Maniac (uma) 61
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target. {T}: Draw a card.

Creature
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind (ddj) 1
Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature Artifact
Psychosis Crawler (c20) 248
Ral, Storm Conduit

Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Ral deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker. +2: Scry 1. −2: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Planeswalker
Ral, Storm Conduit (war) 211
Venerated Rotpriest

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, target opponent gets a poison counter.

Creature
Venerated Rotpriest (one) 392

How We Win

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Sorcery

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Catch

Sorcery
Catch // Release (dgm) 125
Heat Shimmer

Create a token that's a copy of target creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, exile this token."

Sorcery
Heat Shimmer (lrw) 175
Involuntary Employment

Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Sorcery
Involuntary Employment (snc) 110
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 (zen) 61
Slip Through Space

Devoid (This card has no color.) Target creature can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Slip Through Space (ogw) 47
Spitting Image

Create a token that's a copy of target creature. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

Sorcery
Spitting Image (eve) 162

Sorcery

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Artifact

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Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Artifact
Isochron Scepter (ddj) 16

Artifact

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Instant

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Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (a25) 199
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 (40k) 205
Charge Through

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

Instant
Charge Through (stx) 124
Confront the Unknown

Investigate, then target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Clue you control. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Instant
Confront the Unknown (soi) 198
Crimson Wisps

Target creature becomes red and gains haste until end of turn. (It can attack and {T} this turn.) Draw a card.

Instant
Crimson Wisps (shm) 88
Depths of Desire

Return target creature to its owner's hand. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Depths of Desire (xln) 52
Dramatic Rescue

Return target creature to its owner's hand. You gain 2 life.

Instant
Dramatic Rescue (rtr) 156
Expedite

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

Instant
Expedite (ogw) 108
Fire

Instant
Fire // Ice (dmr) 215
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 (mh1) 123
Grand Crescendo

Create X 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Grand Crescendo (ncc) 16
Niveous Wisps

Target creature becomes white until end of turn. Tap that creature. Draw a card.

Instant
Niveous Wisps (shm) 15
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 (pf20) 1
Shelter

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

Instant
Shelter (mh1) 28
Simic Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. • Permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. • Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Instant
Simic Charm (cmr) 451
Snakeform

Until end of turn, target creature loses all abilities and becomes a green Snake with base power and toughness 1/1. Draw a card.

Instant
Snakeform (eve) 161
Snap

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

Instant
Snap (ulg) 43
Spawning Breath

Spawning Breath deals 1 damage to any target. Create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Instant
Spawning Breath (roe) 164
Startle

Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.) Draw a card.

Instant
Startle (mid) 78
Stun

Target creature can't block this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Stun (inv) 172
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 token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Sudden Breakthrough (stx) 116
Tamiyo's Safekeeping

Target permanent you control gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. You gain 2 life. (A permanent with hexproof and indestructible can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)

Instant
Tamiyo's Safekeeping (neo) 211

Instant

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Token Maker

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Artifact Mutation

Destroy target artifact. It can't be regenerated. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that artifact's mana value.

Instant
Artifact Mutation (sld) 269
Aura Mutation

Destroy target enchantment. Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is that enchantment's mana value.

Instant
Aura Mutation (ncc) 328
Deekah, Fractal Theorist

Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is that spell's mana value. {3}{U}: Target creature token can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Deekah, Fractal Theorist (c21) 26
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 (cmm) 683
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
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token. −2: Target artifact you control becomes a copy of another target artifact or creature you control until end of turn, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Planeswalker
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer (war) 234
Splicer's Skill

Create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token. Splice onto instant or sorcery {3}{W} (As you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may reveal this card from your hand and pay its splice cost. If you do, add this card's effects to that spell.)

Sorcery
Splicer's Skill (mh1) 31
The Locust God

Flying Whenever you draw a card, create a 1/1 blue and red Insect creature token with flying and haste. {2}{U}{R}: Draw a card, then discard a card. When The Locust God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
The Locust God (hou) 139
Third Path Iconoclast

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

Creature
Third Path Iconoclast (bro) 223
Young Pyromancer

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 1/1 red Elemental creature token.

Creature
Young Pyromancer (2x2) 364

Token Maker

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Cool Nephilim Synergy

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Dovescape

({W/U} can be paid with either {W} or {U}.) Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, counter that spell. That player creates X 1/1 white and blue Bird creature tokens with flying, where X is the spell's mana value.

Enchantment
Dovescape (gk2) 11
Narset, Enlightened Exile

Creatures you control have prowess. Whenever Narset 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) 173
Nivmagus Elemental

Exile an instant or sorcery spell you control: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (That spell won't resolve.)

Creature
Nivmagus Elemental (rtr) 219
Possibility Storm

Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a card that shares a card type with it. That player may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put all cards exiled with this enchantment on the bottom of their library in a random order.

Enchantment
Possibility Storm (dgm) 34

Cool Nephilim Synergy

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Land

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Ash Barrens

{T}: Add {C}. Basic landcycling {1} ({1}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Land
Ash Barrens (ncc) 386
Blinkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying until end of turn. It's still a land. {1}, {T}: Target Blinkmoth creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Land
Blinkmoth Nexus (mm2) 236
Breeding Pool

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

Land
Breeding Pool (rna) 246
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (c19) 237
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 (iko) 247
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (c19) 242
Fabled Passage

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.

Land
Fabled Passage (eld) 244
Forbidden Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

Land
Forbidden Orchard (2x2) 405
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
Inkmoth Nexus

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 1/1 Phyrexian Blinkmoth artifact creature with flying and infect until end of turn. It's still a land. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Land
Inkmoth Nexus (mbs) 145
Jetmir's Garden

({T}: Add {R}, {G}, or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Jetmir's Garden (snc) 250
Kabira Takedown

Instant
Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19Kabira Takedown // Kabira Plateau (znr) 19
Ketria Triome

({T}: Add {G}, {U}, or {R}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Ketria Triome (iko) 310
Khalni Garden

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, create a 0/1 green Plant creature token. {T}: Add {G}.

Land
Khalni Garden (c18) 262
Krosan Verge

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest card and a Plains card, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Krosan Verge (c18) 263
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
Raugrin Triome

({T}: Add {U}, {R}, or {W}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Raugrin Triome (piko) 251s
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (m13) 227
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
Sejiri Shelter

Instant
Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier (znr) 37
Snow-Covered Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Forest (mh1) 254
Snow-Covered Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Island (mh1) 251
Snow-Covered Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Mountain (mh1) 253
Snow-Covered Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Snow-Covered Plains (mh1) 250
Song-Mad Treachery

Sorcery
Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins (znr) 165Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins (znr) 165
Spara's Headquarters

({T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.) This land enters tapped. Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Spara's Headquarters (snc) 257
Steam Vents

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

Land
Steam Vents (grn) 257
Stomping Ground

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

Land
Stomping Ground (rna) 259
Temple Garden

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

Land
Temple Garden (grn) 258
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 (one) 261
Vastwood Fortification

Instant
Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket (znr) 216Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket (znr) 216

Land

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Enchantment

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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

Enchantment

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Ramp

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Awakening Zone

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Enchantment
Awakening Zone (pca) 56
Birds of Paradise

Flying {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Birds of Paradise (dmr) 439
Bloom Tender

{T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

Creature
Bloom Tender (2x2) 366
Chromatic Lantern

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

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (40k) 232★
Cryptolith Rite

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

Enchantment
Cryptolith Rite (soi) 200
Faeburrow Elder

Vigilance This creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

Creature
Faeburrow Elder (peld) 190p
Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Farseek (c19) 165
Noble Hierarch

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) {T}: Add {G}, {W}, or {U}.

Creature
Noble Hierarch (2xm) 352
Phyrexian Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Phyrexian Altar (2x2) 396
Scale the Heights

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. You gain 2 life. You may play an additional land this turn. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Scale the Heights (znr) 202
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) 644
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (clb) 837

Ramp

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Maybeboard

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Bridgeworks Battle

Sorcery
Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks (mh3) 249
Flick a Coin

Flick a Coin deals 1 damage to any target. You create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Draw a card.

Instant
Flick a Coin (woe) 128
Might of the Meek

Target creature gains trample until end of turn. It also gets +1/+0 until end of turn if you control a Mouse. Draw a card.

Instant
Might of the Meek (blb) 144
Nadu, Winged Wisdom

Flying Creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand. This ability triggers only twice each turn."

Creature
Nadu, Winged Wisdom (mh3) 193
Ral, Monsoon Mage

Creature
Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy (mh3) 247Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy (mh3) 247
Stump Stomp

Sorcery
Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing (mh3) 259Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing (mh3) 259
Sylvan Caryatid

Defender, hexproof {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Creature
Sylvan Caryatid (ths) 180

Maybeboard

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Deck Info

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23 mana - 22 cards
32 pips - 25 cards
23 mana - 22 cards
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0 mana - 12 cards
32 pips - 27 cards
23 mana - 22 cards
21 pips - 20 cards
26 mana - 25 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
7 mana - 7 cards
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Description

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