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Take Initiative and Goad Monarchs
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Commander

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Thantis, the Warweaver

Vigilance, reach All creatures attack each combat if able. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, put a +1/+1 counter on Thantis.

Creature
Thantis, the Warweaver (c18) 46

Commander

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Land

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Bojuka Bog

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (woc) 152
Cinder Glade

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

Land
Cinder Glade (cmm) 991
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (woc) 156
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (woc) 159
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (woe) 275
Maze of Ith

{T}: Untap target attacking creature. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.

Land
Maze of Ith (dmr) 250
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 273
Riveteers Overlook

When this land enters, sacrifice it. When you do, search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle and you gain 1 life.

Land
Riveteers Overlook (snc) 255
Rockfall Vale

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {G}.

Land
Rockfall Vale (mid) 266
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (cmm) 426
Savage Lands

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}, {R}, or {G}.

Land
Savage Lands (cmm) 1025
Smoldering Marsh

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

Land
Smoldering Marsh (cmm) 1036
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 272
Throne of the High City

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.

Land
Throne of the High City (cn2) 80

Land

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Removal

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Beast Within

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

Instant
Beast Within (plst) NPH-103
Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (cmm) 872
Terminate

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Terminate (scd) 249

Removal

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Draw

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Deathreap Ritual

Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Deathreap Ritual (ncc) 336
Return of the Wildspeaker

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Return of the Wildspeaker (clb) 831

Draw

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Monarch

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Court of Ambition

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

Enchantment
Court of Ambition (cmr) 114
Court of Bounty

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you're the monarch, instead you may put a creature or land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Enchantment
Court of Bounty (cmr) 220
Court of Embereth

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 3/1 red Knight creature token. Then if you're the monarch, this enchantment deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 24
Court of Garenbrig

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, distribute two +1/+1 counters among up to two target creatures. Then if you're the monarch, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Enchantment
Court of Garenbrig (woc) 25
Court of Ire

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to any target. If you're the monarch, it deals 7 damage instead.

Enchantment
Court of Ire (cmr) 170
Court of Locthwain

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of target opponent's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast it. If you're the monarch, until end of turn, you may cast a spell from among cards exiled with this enchantment without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Court of Locthwain (woc) 23
Custodi Lich

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever you become the monarch, target player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Custodi Lich (ncc) 244
Dawnglade Regent

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. As long as you're the monarch, permanents you control have hexproof.

Creature
Dawnglade Regent (cmr) 222
Emberwilde Captain

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever an opponent attacks you while you're the monarch, this creature deals damage to that player equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Creature
Emberwilde Captain (cmr) 175
Garrulous Sycophant

At the beginning of your end step, if you're the monarch, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Garrulous Sycophant (cn2) 43
Marchesa's Decree

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, that creature's controller loses 1 life.

Enchantment
Marchesa's Decree (cn2) 44
Regal Behemoth

Trample When this creature enters, you become the monarch. Whenever you tap a land for mana while you're the monarch, add an additional one mana of any color.

Creature
Regal Behemoth (cmm) 316
Skyline Despot

Flying When this creature enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Creature
Skyline Despot (cmm) 254

Monarch

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Goad

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Agitator Ant

At the beginning of your end step, each player may put two +1/+1 counters on a creature they control. Goad each creature that had counters put on it this way. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Agitator Ant (clb) 776
Bloodthirsty Blade

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) {1}: Attach this Equipment to target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Bloodthirsty Blade (clb) 854
Bothersome Quasit

Menace Goaded creatures your opponents control can't block. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, goad target creature an opponent controls. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Bothersome Quasit (clb) 674
Death Kiss

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks one of your opponents, double its power until end of turn. {X}{X}{R}: Monstrosity X. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put X +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.) When this creature becomes monstrous, goad up to X target creatures your opponents control.

Creature
Death Kiss (clb) 675
Disrupt Decorum

Goad all creatures you don't control. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Sorcery
Disrupt Decorum (cmm) 215
Ghoulish Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1, has deathtouch, and is goaded. When enchanted creature dies, return this card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.

Enchantment
Ghoulish Impetus (cmm) 732
Goblin Spymaster

First strike At the beginning of each opponent's end step, that player creates a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with "Creatures you control attack each combat if able."

Creature
Goblin Spymaster (clb) 795
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, choose one — • Goad target creature that player controls. • Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Creature
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (cmm) 228
Kardur, Doomscourge

When Kardur enters, until your next turn, creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able. Whenever an attacking creature dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Creature
Kardur, Doomscourge (khm) 216
Komainu Battle Armor

Menace Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has menace. Whenever this creature or equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, goad each creature that player controls. Reconfigure {4} ({4}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
Komainu Battle Armor (nec) 21
Life of the Party

First strike, trample, haste Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. When this creature enters, if it's not a token, each opponent creates a token that's a copy of it. The tokens are goaded for the rest of the game. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Life of the Party (ncc) 48
Rite of the Raging Storm

Creatures named Lightning Rager can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player creates a 5/1 red Elemental creature token named Lightning Rager. It has trample, haste, and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this token."

Enchantment
Rite of the Raging Storm (ncc) 274
Vengeful Ancestor

Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever a goaded creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to its controller.

Creature
Vengeful Ancestor (clb) 812

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Protection

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Arachnogenesis

Create X 1/2 green Spider creature tokens with reach, where X is the number of creatures attacking you. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Spider creatures.

Instant
Arachnogenesis (cmm) 272
Brash Taunter

Indestructible Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to target opponent. {2}{R}, {T}: This creature fights another target creature.

Creature
Brash Taunter (scd) 125
Cunning Rhetoric

Whenever an opponent attacks you and/or one or more planeswalkers you control, exile the top card of that player's library. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Enchantment
Cunning Rhetoric (cmm) 864
Dread

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it. When Dread is put into a graveyard from anywhere, shuffle it into its owner's library.

Creature
Dread (lrw) 107
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (afc) 331
No Mercy

Whenever a creature deals damage to you, destroy it.

Enchantment
No Mercy (dmr) 95
Obscuring Haze

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures your opponents control.

Instant
Obscuring Haze (cmm) 308
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (clb) 339

Protection

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Initiative

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Avenging Hunter

Trample When this creature enters, you take the initiative.

Creature
Avenging Hunter (clb) 215
Bloodboil Sorcerer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Crown of Madness — {1}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Bloodboil Sorcerer (clb) 164
Caves of Chaos Adventurer

Trample When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Whenever this creature attacks, exile the top card of your library. If you've completed a dungeon, you may play that card this turn without paying its mana cost. Otherwise, you may play that card this turn.

Creature
Caves of Chaos Adventurer (clb) 167
Explore the Underdark

Search your library for up to two basic land cards and/or Gate cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. You take the initiative.

Sorcery
Explore the Underdark (clb) 232
From the Catacombs

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control with a corpse counter on it. You take the initiative. If that creature would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Escape—{3}{B}{B}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Sorcery
From the Catacombs (clb) 671
Loot Dispute

When this enchantment enters, you take the initiative and create a Treasure token. Whenever you attack the player who has the initiative, create a Treasure token. Loud Ruckus — Whenever you complete a dungeon, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

Enchantment
Loot Dispute (clb) 677
Passageway Seer

Lifelink When this creature enters, you take the initiative. At the beginning of your end step, if you have the initiative, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Passageway Seer (clb) 141
Ravenloft Adventurer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. If a creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile it and put a hit counter on it. Whenever this creature attacks, if you've completed a dungeon, defending player loses 1 life for each card they own in exile with a hit counter on it.

Creature
Ravenloft Adventurer (clb) 142
Sarevok's Tome

When this artifact enters, you take the initiative. {T}: Add {C}. If you have the initiative, add {C}{C} instead. {3}, {T}: Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Activate only if you've completed a dungeon.

Artifact
Sarevok's Tome (clb) 685
Stirring Bard

Defender When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Mantle of Inspiration — {T}: Target creature gains menace and haste until end of turn.

Creature
Stirring Bard (clb) 195
Underdark Explorer

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) When this creature enters, you take the initiative.

Creature
Underdark Explorer (clb) 154
Undermountain Adventurer

Vigilance When this creature enters, you take the initiative. {T}: Add {G}{G}. If you've completed a dungeon, add six {G} instead.

Creature
Undermountain Adventurer (clb) 260
Vicious Battlerager

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Spiked Retribution — Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, that creature's controller loses 5 life.

Creature
Vicious Battlerager (clb) 155

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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 (woc) 145
Coveted Jewel

When this artifact enters, draw three cards. {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls attack you and aren't blocked, that player draws three cards and gains control of this artifact. Untap it.

Artifact
Coveted Jewel (moc) 353
Cultivate

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Cultivate (c21) 187
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (dmc) 133
Kodama's Reach

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Kodama's Reach (moc) 306
Laser Screwdriver

{T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}: Tap target artifact. {2}, {T}: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.) {3}, {T}: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, it attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Artifact
Laser Screwdriver (who) 178
Mind Stone

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

Artifact
Mind Stone (moc) 364
Nature's Lore

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

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (clb) 244
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (2x2) 155
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (woc) 149
Tempt with Discovery

Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.

Sorcery
Tempt with Discovery (c19) 183
Three Visits

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

Sorcery
Three Visits (clb) 837

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Maybeboard

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Archfiend of Despair

Flying Your opponents can't gain life. At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Archfiend of Despair (cmm) 137
Bloodchief Ascension

At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

Enchantment
Bloodchief Ascension (cmm) 139
Old Flitterfang

Flying At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") {2}{B}, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Old Flitterfang gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

Creature
Old Flitterfang (woe) 316
Reaper from the Abyss

Flying Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, destroy target non-Demon creature.

Creature
Reaper from the Abyss (c14) 159
Vashta Nerada

Indestructible Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Vashta Nerada (who) 73
Wound Reflection

At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Enchantment
Wound Reflection (2xm) 113

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