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Varchild - Mono Red "Politic"
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Commander

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Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

Whenever Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor deals combat damage to a player, that player creates that many 1/1 red Survivor creature tokens. Survivors your opponents control can't block, and they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control. When Varchild leaves the battlefield, gain control of all Survivors.

Creature
Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor (c18) 28

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Instant

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Abrade

Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. • Destroy target artifact.

Instant
Abrade (lci) 131
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 (pip) 189
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (thb) 159

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Artifact

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Angel's Trumpet

All creatures have vigilance. At the beginning of each player's end step, tap all untapped creatures that player controls that didn't attack this turn. Angel's Trumpet deals damage to the player equal to the number of creatures tapped this way.

Artifact
Angel's Trumpet (ulg) 121
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (ncc) 360
Assault Suit

Equipped creature gets +2/+2, has haste, can't attack you or planeswalkers you control, and can't be sacrificed. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you may have that player gain control of equipped creature until end of turn. If you do, untap it. Equip {3}

Artifact
Assault Suit (cmm) 369
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 Bloodthirsty Blade to target creature an opponent controls. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Bloodthirsty Blade (clb) 854
Bucknard's Everfull Purse

{1}, {T}: Roll a d4 and create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result. The player to your right gains control of Bucknard's Everfull Purse.

Artifact
Bucknard's Everfull Purse (plst) AFC-57
Coveted Jewel

When Coveted Jewel 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 Coveted Jewel. Untap it.

Artifact
Coveted Jewel (blc) 268
Crown of Doom

Whenever a creature attacks you or a planeswalker you control, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn. {2}: Target player other than Crown of Doom's owner gains control of it. Activate only during your turn.

Artifact
Crown of Doom (c14) 55
Endless Atlas

{2}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you control three or more lands with the same name.

Artifact
Endless Atlas (cmm) 947
Fire Diamond

Fire Diamond enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Artifact
Fire Diamond (clb) 445
Helm of the Host

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a token that's a copy of equipped creature, except the token isn't legendary. That token gains haste. Equip {5}

Artifact
Helm of the Host (blc) 276
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (blc) 129

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Land

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Castle Embereth

Castle Embereth enters tapped unless you control a Mountain. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Land
Castle Embereth (onc) 150
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Demolition Field (m3c) 335
Dwarven Mine

({T}: Add {R}.) Dwarven Mine enters tapped unless you control three or more other Mountains. When Dwarven Mine enters untapped, create a 1/1 red Dwarf creature token.

Land
Dwarven Mine (eld) 243
Field of Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Field of Ruin: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Each player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield, then shuffles.

Land
Field of Ruin (mid) 262
Flamekin Village

As Flamekin Village enters, you may reveal an Elemental card from your hand. If you don't, Flamekin Village enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.

Land
Flamekin Village (plst) C14-60
Hanweir Battlements

{T}: Add {C}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. {3}{R}{R}, {T}: If you both own and control Hanweir Battlements and a creature named Hanweir Garrison, exile them, then meld them into Hanweir, the Writhing Township.

Land
Hanweir Battlements (emn) 204
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

Land
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (c21) 302
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (mom) 280
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: 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 (cmm) 421
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (cmr) 361

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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 (mkc) 145
Akroan Horse

Defender When Akroan Horse enters, an opponent gains control of it. At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent creates a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Creature Artifact
Akroan Horse (ths) 210
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos

Trample Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos attacks each combat if able, can't be sacrificed, and can't attack its owner. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player gains control of Alexios, untaps it, and puts a +1/+1 counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn.

Creature
Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos (acr) 33
Avatar of Slaughter

All creatures have double strike and attack each combat if able.

Creature
Avatar of Slaughter (cmm) 206
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer

Creatures your opponents control with power less than Baeloth Barrityl's power are goaded. (They attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.) Whenever a goaded attacking or blocking creature dies, you create a Treasure token. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer (clb) 655
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) 628
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 Death Kiss becomes monstrous, goad up to X target creatures your opponents control.

Creature
Death Kiss (clb) 629
Frenzied Saddlebrute

Haste All creatures can attack your opponents and planeswalkers your opponents control as though those creatures had haste.

Creature
Frenzied Saddlebrute (cmr) 180
Frontier Warmonger

Whenever one or more creatures attack one of your opponents or a planeswalker they control, those creatures gain menace until end of turn.

Creature
Frontier Warmonger (mkc) 154
Fumiko the Lowblood

Fumiko the Lowblood has bushido X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +X/+X until end of turn.) Creatures your opponents control attack each combat if able.

Creature
Fumiko the Lowblood (c20) 152
Geode Rager

First strike Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, goad each creature target player controls. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Creature
Geode Rager (scd) 144
Gimli, Counter of Kills

Trample Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, Gimli, Counter of Kills deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.

Creature
Gimli, Counter of Kills (ltr) 129
Goblin Diplomats

{T}: Each creature attacks this turn if able.

Creature
Goblin Diplomats (ddt) 42
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 (m3c) 213
Hissing Iguanar

Whenever another creature dies, you may have Hissing Iguanar deal 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Creature
Hissing Iguanar (2x2) 113
Humble Defector

{T}: Draw two cards. Target opponent gains control of Humble Defector. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Humble Defector (cmr) 184
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

Whenever a creature an opponent controls attacks, if you're the defending player, create a 3/3 red Ogre creature token unless that creature's controller pays {3}.

Creature
Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (cmm) 237
Khârn the Betrayer

Berzerker — Khârn the Betrayer attacks or blocks each combat if able. Sigil of Corruption — When you lose control of Khârn the Betrayer, draw two cards. The Betrayer — If damage would be dealt to Khârn the Betrayer, prevent that damage and an opponent of your choice gains control of it.

Creature
Khârn the Betrayer (40k) 79
Komainu Battle Armor

Menace Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has menace. Whenever Komainu Battle Armor 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) 60
Life of the Party

First strike, trample, haste Whenever Life of the Party attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. When Life of the Party 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) 148
Rampaging Ferocidon

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

Creature
Rampaging Ferocidon (xln) 154
Slicer, Hired Muscle

Creature Artifact
Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist (bot) 6Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist (bot) 6
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 (pm21) 239p
Varchild's War-Riders

Cumulative upkeep—Have an opponent create a 1/1 red Survivor creature token. (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.) Trample; rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)

Creature
Varchild's War-Riders (all) 83
Vengeful Ancestor

Flying Whenever Vengeful Ancestor 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 (mkc) 163

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Planeswalker

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Jeska, Thrice Reborn

Jeska, Thrice Reborn enters with a loyalty counter on her for each time you've cast a commander from the command zone this game. 0: Choose target creature. Until your next turn, if that creature would deal combat damage to one of your opponents, it deals triple that damage to that player instead. −X: Jeska, Thrice Reborn deals X damage to each of up to three targets. Jeska, Thrice Reborn can be your commander. Partner

Planeswalker
Jeska, Thrice Reborn (cmr) 186

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Enchantment

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Court of Embereth

When Court of Embereth 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, Court of Embereth deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of creatures you control.

Enchantment
Court of Embereth (woc) 24
Court of Ire

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

Enchantment
Court of Ire (ltc) 213
Curse of Hospitality

Enchant player Creatures attacking enchanted player have trample. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to enchanted player, that player exiles the top card of their library. Until end of turn, that creature's controller may play that card and they may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Enchantment
Curse of Hospitality (vow) 152
Curse of Opulence

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Curse of Opulence (mkc) 150
Curse of the Nightly Hunt

Enchant player Creatures enchanted player controls attack each combat if able.

Enchantment
Curse of the Nightly Hunt (isd) 137
Descent into Avernus

At the beginning of your upkeep, put two descent counters on Descent into Avernus. Then each player creates X Treasure tokens and Descent into Avernus deals X damage to each player, where X is the number of descent counters on Descent into Avernus.

Enchantment
Descent into Avernus (clb) 169
Goblin Bombardment

Sacrifice a creature: Goblin Bombardment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Goblin Bombardment (mh2) 279
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 creature."

Enchantment
Rite of the Raging Storm (mkc) 159
Shiny Impetus

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and is goaded. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.) Whenever enchanted creature attacks, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Shiny Impetus (clu) 147
Spiteful Banditry

When Spiteful Banditry enters, it deals X damage to each creature. Whenever one or more creatures your opponents control die, you create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Spiteful Banditry (ltr) 149
The Sound of Drums

Enchant creature Enchanted creature is goaded. If enchanted creature would deal combat damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage instead. {2}{R}: Return The Sound of Drums from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
The Sound of Drums (who) 97
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 (dis) 77

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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 (blc) 114
Cathartic Reunion

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard two cards. Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Cathartic Reunion (iko) 110
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 (mkc) 151
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 (cmm) 220
Insurrection

Untap all creatures and gain control of them until end of turn. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Insurrection (cmd) 126
Mob Rule

Choose one — • Gain control of all creatures with power 4 or greater until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. • Gain control of all creatures with power 3 or less until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Mob Rule (frf) 109
Spectacular Showdown

Put a double strike counter on target creature, then goad each creature that had a double strike counter 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.) Overload {4}{R}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Spectacular Showdown (mkc) 162
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
Wild Guess

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Sorcery
Wild Guess (m13) 157

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Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (5ed) 349
Crawlspace

No more than two creatures can attack you each combat.

Artifact
Crawlspace (dmr) 217
Koth, Fire of Resistance

+2: Search your library for a basic Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. −3: Koth, Fire of Resistance deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a Mountain you control enters, this emblem deals 4 damage to any target."

Planeswalker
Koth, Fire of Resistance (pone) 138p
War Cadence

{X}{R}: This turn, creatures can't block unless their controller pays {X} for each blocking creature they control.

Enchantment
War Cadence (c13) 128

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