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Politics on a budget
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $102.52
Salt sum: 38.53
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Commander

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Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts. Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have friends forever.)

Creature
Hargilde, Kindly Runechanter (slx) 5
Wernog, Rider's Chaplain

When Wernog, Rider's Chaplain enters or leaves the battlefield, each opponent may investigate. Each opponent who doesn't loses 1 life. You investigate X times, where X is one plus the number of opponents who investigated this way. Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have friends forever.)

Creature
Wernog, Rider's Chaplain (slx) 8

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Draw

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Cut a Deal

Each opponent draws a card, then you draw a card for each opponent who drew a card this way.

Sorcery
Cut a Deal (onc) 63
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (clb) 124
Mulldrifter

Flying When this creature enters, draw two cards. Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

Creature
Mulldrifter (afc) 87
Shimmer Dragon

Flying As long as you control four or more artifacts, this creature has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Draw a card.

Creature
Shimmer Dragon (moc) 236
Tamiyo's Journal

At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {T}, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Artifact
Tamiyo's Journal (soi) 265
Universal Surveillance

Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.) Draw X cards.

Sorcery
Universal Surveillance (nec) 17

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Agent of the Iron Throne

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever an artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life."

Enchantment
Agent of the Iron Throne (clb) 107
Disciple of the Vault

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may have target opponent lose 1 life.

Creature
Disciple of the Vault (2xm) 86
Marionette Master

Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.) Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to this creature's power.

Creature
Marionette Master (brc) 109
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 95
Nadier's Nightblade

Whenever a token you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Nadier's Nightblade (cmm) 175
Rise and Shine

Target noncreature artifact you control becomes a 0/0 artifact creature. Put four +1/+1 counters on each artifact that became a creature this way. Overload {4}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Rise and Shine (moc) 233

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Artifact

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Inspiring Statuary

Nonartifact spells you cast have improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast those spells. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)

Artifact
Inspiring Statuary (brr) 85
Panharmonicon

If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Artifact
Panharmonicon (2x2) 310

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Enchantment

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In Too Deep

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Enchant creature, planeswalker, or Clue Enchanted permanent is a colorless Clue artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card" and loses all other abilities. (It's no longer a creature or planeswalker.)

Enchantment
In Too Deep (ncc) 27
Search the Premises

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Enchantment
Search the Premises (mh2) 332
Tenuous Truce

Enchant opponent At the beginning of enchanted opponent's end step, you and that player each draw a card. When you attack enchanted opponent or a planeswalker they control or when they attack you or a planeswalker you control, sacrifice this Aura.

Enchantment
Tenuous Truce (ncc) 95

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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 (afc) 197
Azorius Locket

{T}: Add {W} or {U}. {W/U}{W/U}{W/U}{W/U}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Azorius Locket (rna) 231
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (ncc) 363
Dimir Locket

{T}: Add {U} or {B}. {U/B}{U/B}{U/B}{U/B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Dimir Locket (grn) 234
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (clb) 860
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (plst) IMA-219
Model of Unity

Whenever players finish voting, you and each opponent who voted for a choice you voted for may scry 2. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Model of Unity (ltc) 78
Orzhov Locket

{T}: Add {W} or {B}. {W/B}{W/B}{W/B}{W/B}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.

Artifact
Orzhov Locket (rna) 236
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (c21) 263
Solemn Simulacrum

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. When this creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Solemn Simulacrum (c21) 264

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Instant

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Lae'zel's Acrobatics

Exile all nontoken creatures you control, then roll a d20. 1—9 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. 10—20 | Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control, then exile them again. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Instant
Lae'zel's Acrobatics (clb) 556

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Removal

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Council's Judgment

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

Sorcery
Council's Judgment (plst) CNS-16
Obscura Charm

Choose one — • Return target multicolored permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. • Counter target instant or sorcery spell. • Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 3 or less.

Instant
Obscura Charm (snc) 208
Promise of Loyalty

Each player puts a vow counter on a creature they control and sacrifices the rest. Each of those creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control for as long as it has a vow counter on it.

Sorcery
Promise of Loyalty (moc) 200
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ltc) 178
Utter End

Exile target nonland permanent.

Instant
Utter End (plst) KTK-210

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Creature

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Contraband Kingpin

Lifelink Whenever an artifact you control enters, scry 1.

Creature
Contraband Kingpin (kld) 177
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth

Whenever another creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a token, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Creature
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth (mic) 3
Erdwal Illuminator

Flying Whenever you investigate for the first time each turn, investigate an additional time.

Creature
Erdwal Illuminator (soi) 60
Sun Titan

Vigilance Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Creature
Sun Titan (c20) 101
Tivit, Seller of Secrets

Flying, ward {3} Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, create a Treasure token. While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Creature
Tivit, Seller of Secrets (ncc) 10

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Land

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Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (plst) AKH-258
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (snc) 263
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (j22) 104

Land

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Vote Now!

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Ballot Broker

While voting, you may vote an additional time. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Creature
Ballot Broker (cn2) 13
Bite of the Black Rose

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for sickness or psychosis. If sickness gets more votes, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. If psychosis gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent discards two cards.

Sorcery
Bite of the Black Rose (cns) 26
Brago's Representative

While voting, you get an additional vote. (The votes can be for different choices or for the same choice.)

Creature
Brago's Representative (plst) CNS-14
Capital Punishment

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

Sorcery
Capital Punishment (cn2) 40
Custodi Squire

Flying Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for an artifact, creature, or enchantment card in your graveyard. Return each card with the most votes or tied for most votes to your hand.

Creature
Custodi Squire (voc) 83
Grudge Keeper

Whenever players finish voting, each opponent who voted for a choice you didn't vote for loses 2 life.

Creature
Grudge Keeper (cns) 28
Illusion of Choice

You choose how each player votes this turn. Draw a card.

Instant
Illusion of Choice (cn2) 31
Lieutenants of the Guard

Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for strength or numbers. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each strength vote and create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token for each numbers vote.

Creature
Lieutenants of the Guard (cn2) 16
Magister of Worth

Flying Will of the council — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for grace or condemnation. If grace gets more votes, each player returns each creature card from their graveyard to the battlefield. If condemnation gets more votes or the vote is tied, destroy all creatures other than this creature.

Creature
Magister of Worth (c21) 223
Messenger Jays

Flying Council's dilemma — When this creature enters, starting with you, each player votes for feather or quill. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each feather vote and draw a card for each quill vote. For each card drawn this way, discard a card.

Creature
Messenger Jays (cn2) 35
Plea for Power

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for time or knowledge. If time gets more votes, take an extra turn after this one. If knowledge gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw three cards.

Sorcery
Plea for Power (plst) CNS-24
Split Decision

Will of the council — Choose target instant or sorcery spell. Starting with you, each player votes for denial or duplication. If denial gets more votes, counter the spell. If duplication gets more votes or the vote is tied, copy the spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Split Decision (cns) 25
Trap the Trespassers

Secret council — Each player secretly votes for a creature you don't control, then those votes are revealed. For each creature with one or more votes, put that many stun counters on it, then tap it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Instant
Trap the Trespassers (ltc) 25
Tyrant's Choice

Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for death or torture. If death gets more votes, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If torture gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent loses 4 life.

Sorcery
Tyrant's Choice (cns) 30

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Maybeboard

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Academy Manufactor

If you would create a Clue, Food, or Treasure token, instead create one of each.

Creature Artifact
Academy Manufactor (mh2) 219
Anointed Procession

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Anointed Procession (akh) 2
Coercive Portal

Will of the council — At the beginning of your upkeep, starting with you, each player votes for carnage or homage. If carnage gets more votes, sacrifice this artifact and destroy all nonland permanents. If homage gets more votes or the vote is tied, draw a card.

Artifact
Coercive Portal (cns) 56
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 (avr) 214
Expropriate

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.

Sorcery
Expropriate (plst) CN2-30
Revel in Riches

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control ten or more Treasures, you win the game.

Enchantment
Revel in Riches (xln) 117
Teleportation Circle

At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target artifact or creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Enchantment
Teleportation Circle (afr) 364
Wedding Ring

When this artifact enters, if it was cast, target opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring draws a card during their turn, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent who controls an artifact named Wedding Ring gains life during their turn, you gain that much life.

Artifact
Wedding Ring (voc) 32

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Deck Info

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30 pips - 27 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
25 pips - 21 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
19 pips - 17 cards
19 mana - 19 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 5 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
5 mana - 3 cards
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