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Harsh Instruction
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Est deck cost: $707.04
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Commander

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Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

Vigilance A player losing unspent mana causes that player to lose that much life. {1}, {T}: Each player adds {B}{R}{G}.

Creature
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash (cmr) 293

Commander

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Artifact

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Ankh of Mishra

Whenever a land enters, this artifact deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Artifact
Ankh of Mishra (5ed) 348
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (plst) ELD-331
Horizon Stone

If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.

Artifact
Horizon Stone (cmr) 315
Mana Web

Whenever a land an opponent controls is tapped for mana, tap all lands that player controls that could produce any type of mana that land could produce.

Artifact
Mana Web (wth) 152
Scytheclaw Raptor

Whenever a player casts a spell, if it's not their turn, this creature deals 4 damage to them.

Creature
Scytheclaw Raptor (lci) 165
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (clb) 871
Staff of Domination

{1}: Untap this artifact. {2}, {T}: You gain 1 life. {3}, {T}: Untap target creature. {4}, {T}: Tap target creature. {5}, {T}: Draw a card.

Artifact
Staff of Domination (cmr) 343
Star Compass

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add one mana of any color that a basic land you control could produce.

Artifact
Star Compass (plst) PLS-134
Tsabo's Web

When this artifact enters, draw a card. Each land with an activated ability that isn't a mana ability doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Artifact
Tsabo's Web (inv) 317
Vexing Shusher

This spell can't be countered. {R/G}: Target spell can't be countered.

Creature
Vexing Shusher (2xm) 225

Artifact

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Creature

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Adrenaline Jockey

Whenever a player casts a spell, if it's not their turn, this creature deals 4 damage to them. Whenever you activate an exhaust ability, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Adrenaline Jockey (dft) 112
Barbflare Gremlin

First strike, haste Whenever a player taps a land for mana, if this creature is tapped, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced. Then that land deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Barbflare Gremlin (dsc) 26
Belbe, Corrupted Observer

At the beginning of each postcombat main phase, the active player adds {C}{C} for each of your opponents who lost life this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Belbe, Corrupted Observer (cmr) 270
Burning-Tree Shaman

Whenever a player activates an ability that isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Burning-Tree Shaman (gpt) 105
Dosan the Falling Leaf

Players can cast spells only during their own turns.

Creature
Dosan the Falling Leaf (chk) 205
Goblin Anarchomancer

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

Creature
Goblin Anarchomancer (mh2) 200
Harsh Mentor

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

Creature
Harsh Mentor (akh) 135
Ignoble Hierarch

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

Creature
Ignoble Hierarch (mh2) 166
Immolation Shaman

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land that isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 1 damage to that player. {3}{R}{R}: This creature gets +3/+3 and gains menace until end of turn.

Creature
Immolation Shaman (rna) 106
Magus of the Vineyard

At the beginning of each player's first main phase, that player adds {G}{G}.

Creature
Magus of the Vineyard (plst) FUT-132
Nightshade Harvester

Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Nightshade Harvester (dsc) 150
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Flying, trample Whenever one or more opponents each lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis. Exile the top card of your library. Until your next end step, you may play that card.

Creature
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin (mat) 41
Runic Armasaur

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of a creature or land that isn't a mana ability, you may draw a card.

Creature
Runic Armasaur (m19) 200
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed

Vigilance, reach Ruric Thar attacks each combat if able. Whenever a player casts a noncreature spell, Ruric Thar deals 6 damage to that player.

Creature
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed (2x2) 271
Seedborn Muse

Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.

Creature
Seedborn Muse (mkc) 186
Seizan, Perverter of Truth

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 2 life and draws two cards.

Creature
Seizan, Perverter of Truth (j22) 463
Shaman of Forgotten Ways

{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells. Formidable — {9}{G}{G}, {T}: Each player's life total becomes the number of creatures they control. Activate only if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater.

Creature
Shaman of Forgotten Ways (dtk) 204
Shizuko, Caller of Autumn

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player adds {G}{G}{G}. Until end of turn, they don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.

Creature
Shizuko, Caller of Autumn (bok) 144
Stoneshaker Shaman

At the beginning of each player's end step, that player sacrifices an untapped land of their choice.

Creature
Stoneshaker Shaman (rav) 145
Stormfist Crusader

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card and loses 1 life.

Creature
Stormfist Crusader (scd) 247
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls

Flying Ward—Pay 2 life. Whenever an opponent loses life for the first time during each of their turns, put a +1/+1 counter on Valgavoth and draw a card.

Creature
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls (dsc) 6
Veteran Explorer

When this creature dies, each player may search their library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Veteran Explorer (mb2) 76
Zhur-Taa Ancient

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Creature
Zhur-Taa Ancient (dgm) 119
Zhur-Taa Druid

{T}: Add {G}. Whenever you tap this creature for mana, it deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Zhur-Taa Druid (plst) C16-232
Zo-Zu the Punisher

Whenever a land enters, Zo-Zu deals 2 damage to that land's controller.

Creature
Zo-Zu the Punisher (chk) 200

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Enchantment

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Burning Earth

Whenever a player taps a nonbasic land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Burning Earth (m14) 130
Citadel of Pain

At the beginning of each player's end step, this enchantment deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of untapped lands they control.

Enchantment
Citadel of Pain (pcy) 86
Destructive Flow

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a nonbasic land of their choice.

Enchantment
Destructive Flow (pls) 102
Eladamri's Vineyard

At the beginning of each player's first main phase, that player adds {G}{G}.

Enchantment
Eladamri's Vineyard (tmp) 223
Heartbeat of Spring

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Enchantment
Heartbeat of Spring (2xm) 171
Mana Flare

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Enchantment
Mana Flare (5ed) 249
Manabarbs

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, this enchantment deals 1 damage to that player.

Enchantment
Manabarbs (m12) 150
Overabundance

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, that player adds one mana of any type that land produced, and this enchantment deals 1 damage to the player.

Enchantment
Overabundance (inv) 259
Power Surge

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of untapped lands they controlled at the beginning of this turn.

Enchantment
Power Surge (4ed) 216
Price of Glory

Whenever a player taps a land for mana, if it's not that player's turn, destroy that land.

Enchantment
Price of Glory (ody) 214
Primal Order

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals damage to that player equal to the number of nonbasic lands they control.

Enchantment
Primal Order (hml) 92
Tectonic Instability

Whenever a land enters, tap all lands its controller controls.

Enchantment
Tectonic Instability (inv) 173
War's Toll

Whenever an opponent taps a land for mana, tap all lands that player controls. If a creature an opponent controls attacks, all creatures that opponent controls attack if able.

Enchantment
War's Toll (bbd) 187

Enchantment

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Instant

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Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Assassin's Trophy (2x2) 175
Bedevil

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Instant
Bedevil (brc) 121
Harrow

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a land. Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Harrow (tdc) 258
Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
Price of Progress

Price of Progress deals damage to each player equal to twice the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Instant
Price of Progress (plst) EMA-141
Veil of Summer

Draw a card if an opponent has cast a blue or black spell this turn. Spells you control can't be countered this turn. You and permanents you control gain hexproof from blue and from black until end of turn. (You and they can't be the targets of blue or black spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Veil of Summer (plst) M20-198

Instant

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Land

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Blighted Woodland

{T}: Add {C}. {3}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Blighted Woodland (clb) 881
Bloodstained Mire

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

Land
Bloodstained Mire (mh3) 216
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 (otc) 292
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 (m21) 246
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (pana) 245
Jund Panorama

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Jund Panorama (ncc) 408
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (pana) 244
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (mkc) 276
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
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (pana) 243
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 (m3c) 394
Twisted Landscape

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Cycling {B}{R}{G} ({B}{R}{G}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Twisted Landscape (mh3) 232
Verdant Catacombs

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
Wooded Foothills

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

Land
Wooded Foothills (mh3) 236

Land

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Sorcery

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Acidic Soil

Acidic Soil deals damage to each player equal to the number of lands they control.

Sorcery
Acidic Soil (plst) USG-172
Animist's Awakening

Reveal the top X cards of your library. Put all land cards from among them onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, untap those lands.

Sorcery
Animist's Awakening (c20) 166
Collective Voyage

Join forces — Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of mana. Each player searches their library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way, puts them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

Sorcery
Collective Voyage (plst) CMD-147
Dig Up

Cleave {1}{B}{B}{G} (You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.) Search your library for a [basic land] card, [reveal it,] put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Dig Up (vow) 197
Farseek

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

Sorcery
Farseek (cmm) 894
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 (otc) 196
Lavalanche

Lavalanche deals X damage to target player or planeswalker and each creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.

Sorcery
Lavalanche (dmc) 157
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 (plst) C16-170
Torment of Hailfire

Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

Sorcery
Torment of Hailfire (plst) HOU-77

Sorcery

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Sideboard

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Comet Storm

Multikicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} any number of times as you cast this spell.) Choose any target, then choose another target for each time this spell was kicked. Comet Storm deals X damage to each of them.

Instant
Comet Storm (cmr) 411
Conqueror's Flail

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control. As long as this Equipment is attached to a creature, your opponents can't cast spells during your turn. Equip {2}

Artifact
Conqueror's Flail (2x2) 302
Crackle with Power

Crackle with Power deals five times X damage to each of up to X targets.

Sorcery
Crackle with Power (stx) 95
Cut

Sorcery
Cut // Ribbons (plst) AKH-223
Deflecting Swat

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost. You may choose new targets for target spell or ability.

Instant
Deflecting Swat (cmm) 698
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
Electrodominance

Electrodominance deals X damage to any target. You may cast a spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Electrodominance (rna) 99
Exsanguinate

Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Sorcery
Exsanguinate (cmm) 156
Ghirapur Orrery

Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand, that player draws three cards.

Artifact
Ghirapur Orrery (blc) 270
Helix Pinnacle

Shroud (This enchantment can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {X}: Put X tower counters on this enchantment. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are 100 or more tower counters on this enchantment, you win the game.

Enchantment
Helix Pinnacle (plst) EVE-68
Imp's Mischief

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's mana value.

Instant
Imp's Mischief (cmm) 167
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (mkc) 156
Magus of the Candelabra

{X}, {T}: Untap X target lands.

Creature
Magus of the Candelabra (bbd) 206
Mana Reflection

If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces twice as much of that mana instead.

Enchantment
Mana Reflection (2xm) 175
Nyxbloom Ancient

Trample If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces three times as much of that mana instead.

Creature Enchantment
Nyxbloom Ancient (thb) 190
Rakdos Charm

Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. • Destroy target artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

Instant
Rakdos Charm (lcc) 284
Rites of Flourishing

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns.

Enchantment
Rites of Flourishing (blc) 122
Rootweaver Druid

When this creature enters, each opponent may search their library for up to three basic land cards. They each put one of those cards onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest onto the battlefield tapped under their control. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

Creature
Rootweaver Druid (cmr) 250
Vampiric Tutor

Search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top. You lose 2 life.

Instant
Vampiric Tutor (dmr) 108

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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
Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Flying If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 92
City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment
City on Fire (mom) 135
Dictate of the Twin Gods

Flash If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Dictate of the Twin Gods (scd) 131
Everlasting Torment

Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented. All damage is dealt as though its source had wither. (A source with wither deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Enchantment
Everlasting Torment (c16) 233
Fiery Emancipation

If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Fiery Emancipation (m21) 143
Forsaken Wastes

Players can't gain life. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life. Whenever this enchantment becomes the target of a spell, that spell's controller loses 5 life.

Enchantment
Forsaken Wastes (mir) 125
Furnace of Rath

If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Furnace of Rath (plst) TMP-177
Havoc Festival

Players can't gain life. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

Enchantment
Havoc Festival (rtr) 166
Leyline of Punishment

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented.

Enchantment
Leyline of Punishment (m11) 148
Marvin, Murderous Mimic

Marvin has all activated abilities of creatures you control that don't have the same name as this creature.

Creature Artifact
Marvin, Murderous Mimic (dsk) 253
Obosh, the Preypiercer

Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with odd mana values and land cards. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) If a source you control with an odd mana value would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Creature
Obosh, the Preypiercer (iko) 228
Plague Drone

Flying Rot Fly — If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.

Creature
Plague Drone (40k) 47
Rain of Gore

If a spell or ability would cause its controller to gain life, that player loses that much life instead.

Enchantment
Rain of Gore (dis) 126
Rampaging Ferocidon

Menace Players can't gain life. Whenever another creature enters, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Rampaging Ferocidon (dsc) 167
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. {1}{R/P}{R/P}, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)

Creature
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus (one) 150
Sulfuric Vortex

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player. If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.

Enchantment
Sulfuric Vortex (dmr) 144
Sunspine Lynx

Players can't gain life. Damage can't be prevented. When this creature enters, it deals damage to each player equal to the number of nonbasic lands that player controls.

Creature
Sunspine Lynx (blb) 155
Tainted Remedy

If an opponent would gain life, that player loses that much life instead.

Enchantment
Tainted Remedy (ori) 120
The Lord of Pain

Menace Your opponents can't gain life. Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, choose another target player. The Lord of Pain deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to the chosen player.

Creature
The Lord of Pain (dsc) 3
Vandalblast

Destroy target artifact you don't control. Overload {4}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Vandalblast (cmm) 267
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 (shm) 81

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Harsh Instruction, group hug with mana burn\n\nThis is a teaching deck, it is similar to a group hug play style, I want to share mana with you, lots of mana. The only issue, the newer players aren’t familiar with mana-burn. This deck is for instructional purposes in educating new players through pain. Please use with caution as there is a steep learning curve. Enjoy\n\nA subtheme to this deck is acceleration. I'm here to play Magic, I want to watch you go off. Let's play again, maybe I'll go off... I want to play a game.\n"}]}
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