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Mind Flayer EDH
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Est deck cost: $129.48
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Commander

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Nihiloor

When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor. Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.

Creature
Nihiloor (afc) 53

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Copy

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Aboleth Spawn

Flash Ward {2} Probing Telepathy — Whenever a creature entering under an opponent's control causes a triggered ability of that creature to trigger, you may copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Creature
Aboleth Spawn (clb) 662
Endless Evil

Enchant creature you control At the beginning of your upkeep, create a token that's a copy of enchanted creature, except the token is 1/1. When enchanted creature dies, if that creature was a Horror, return this card to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Endless Evil (clb) 665
Sakashima's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Target opponent chooses a creature they control. You gain control of it. • Choose a creature you control. Each other creature you control becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn.

Sorcery
Sakashima's Will (cmr) 91

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Creature

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Lae'zel, Illithid Thrall

Double strike When this creature enters or specializes, conjure a duplicate of a random creature card from an opponent's library into your hand. It perpetually gains "You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast this spell."

Creature
Lae'zel, Illithid Thrall (hbg) 2u
Urborg Mindsucker

{B}, Sacrifice this creature: Target opponent discards a card at random. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Urborg Mindsucker (vis) 71

Creature

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Draw

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Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (mkc) 96
Diviner's Portent

Roll a d20 and add the number of cards in your hand. 1—14 | Draw X cards. 15+ | Scry X, then draw X cards.

Instant
Diviner's Portent (afc) 15
Esper Charm

Choose one — • Destroy target enchantment. • Draw two cards. • Target player discards two cards.

Instant
Esper Charm (plst) C18-179
Fact or Fiction

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Instant
Fact or Fiction (woc) 90
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (clb) 723
Greed

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Enchantment
Greed (mh2) 274
Soul Ransom

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. Discard two cards: This Aura's controller sacrifices it, then draws two cards. Only your opponents may activate this ability.

Enchantment
Soul Ransom (e01) 87

Draw

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Infect

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Corrupted Conscience

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. Enchanted creature has infect. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Enchantment
Corrupted Conscience (plst) MBS-22

Infect

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Land

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Arcane Sanctum

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}, {U}, or {B}.

Land
Arcane Sanctum (moc) 390
Azorius Chancery

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Land
Azorius Chancery (mkc) 249
Choked Estuary

As this land enters, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (mkc) 254
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (mkc) 256
Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (mkc) 258
Exotic Orchard

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

Land
Exotic Orchard (mkc) 260
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (mkm) 280
Orzhov Basilica

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Land
Orzhov Basilica (clu) 241
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (mkm) 277
Port Town

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Port Town (cmm) 1019
Prairie Stream

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

Land
Prairie Stream (mkc) 281
Shineshadow Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Shineshadow Snarl (lcc) 351
Sunken Hollow

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

Land
Sunken Hollow (mkc) 299
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (mkm) 281
Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (woc) 170
Temple of Enlightenment

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Temple of Enlightenment (mkc) 302
Temple of Silence

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Silence (lcc) 358
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 (lcc) 360
Thriving Heath

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than white. {T}: Add {W} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Heath (clu) 251
Thriving Isle

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue. {T}: Add {U} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Isle (clu) 252
Thriving Moor

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than black. {T}: Add {B} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Thriving Moor (clu) 253

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Mill

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Captain N'ghathrod

Horrors you control have menace. Whenever a Horror you control deals combat damage to a player, that player mills that many cards. At the beginning of your end step, choose target artifact or creature card in an opponent's graveyard that was put there from their library this turn. Put it onto the battlefield under your control.

Creature
Captain N'ghathrod (clb) 646
Curse of Unbinding

Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest of the revealed cards into their graveyard.

Enchantment
Curse of Unbinding (mic) 12
Guiltfeeder

Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.) Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, defending player loses 1 life for each card in their graveyard.

Creature
Guiltfeeder (clb) 756
Sewer Nemesis

As this creature enters, choose a player. Sewer Nemesis's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in the chosen player's graveyard. Whenever the chosen player casts a spell, that player mills a card.

Creature
Sewer Nemesis (clb) 771
Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Hive Mind — Whenever a player mills one or more creature cards, you create a 1/1 black Horror creature token. {1}, {T}: Target player mills three cards. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Zellix, Sanity Flayer (clb) 652

Mill

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Protection

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Fool's Demise

Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Fool's Demise (c14) 111
Minion's Return

Flash Enchant creature When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Minion's Return (thb) 104
Promise of Tomorrow

Whenever a creature you control dies, exile it. At the beginning of each end step, if you control no creatures, sacrifice this enchantment and return all cards exiled with it to the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Promise of Tomorrow (cmr) 39

Protection

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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 (mkc) 223
Azorius Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{U}.

Artifact
Azorius Signet (mkc) 224
Component Pouch

{T}, Remove a component counter from this artifact: Add two mana of different colors. {T}: Roll a d20. 1—9 | Put a component counter on this artifact. 10—20 | Put two component counters on this artifact.

Artifact
Component Pouch (afc) 59
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (mkc) 226
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (mkc) 228
Orzhov Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {W}{B}.

Artifact
Orzhov Signet (clu) 225
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (mkc) 237

Ramp

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Recursion

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Debtors' Knell

({W/B} can be paid with either {W} or {B}.) At the beginning of your upkeep, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Enchantment
Debtors' Knell (c21) 215
Extract from Darkness

Each player mills two cards. Then you put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Sorcery
Extract from Darkness (2x2) 210
Psionic Ritual

Replicate—Tap an untapped Horror you control. (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.) Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Exile Psionic Ritual.

Sorcery
Psionic Ritual (clb) 668
Rod of Absorption

Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, exile it instead of putting it into a graveyard as it resolves. {X}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You may cast any number of spells from among cards exiled with this artifact with total mana value X or less without paying their mana costs.

Artifact
Rod of Absorption (afc) 19

Recursion

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Removal

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Abduction

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, untap enchanted creature. You control enchanted creature. When enchanted creature dies, return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control.

Enchantment
Abduction (6ed) 55
Astral Confrontation

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent you're attacking. Exile target creature.

Instant
Astral Confrontation (clb) 6
Blue Sun's Twilight

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less. If X is 5 or more, create a token that's a copy of that creature.

Sorcery
Blue Sun's Twilight (one) 43
Control Magic

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Control Magic (cma) 34
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
Despark

Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

Instant
Despark (moc) 322
Dominate

Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less.

Instant
Dominate (c15) 92
Enslave

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. At the beginning of your upkeep, enchanted creature deals 1 damage to its owner.

Enchantment
Enslave (tsr) 113
Entrancing Melody

Gain control of target creature with mana value X.

Sorcery
Entrancing Melody (xln) 55
Hostage Taker

When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

Creature
Hostage Taker (lcc) 271
Illithid Harvester

Creature
Illithid Harvester // Plant Tadpoles (clb) 76
Mass Manipulation

Gain control of X target creatures and/or planeswalkers.

Sorcery
Mass Manipulation (rna) 42
Mind Flayer

Dominate Monster — When this creature enters, gain control of target creature for as long as you control this creature.

Creature
Mind Flayer (clb) 728
Nautiloid Ship

Flying When this Vehicle enters, exile target player's graveyard. Whenever this Vehicle deals combat damage to a player, you may put a creature card exiled with this Vehicle onto the battlefield under your control. Crew 3

Artifact
Nautiloid Ship (clb) 328
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
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
Run Away Together

Choose two target creatures controlled by different players. Return those creatures to their owners' hands.

Instant
Run Away Together (clb) 92
Spinal Embrace

Cast this spell only during combat. Untap target creature you don't control and gain control of it. It gains haste until end of turn. At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it. If you do, you gain life equal to its toughness.

Instant
Spinal Embrace (dmr) 201
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (mkc) 88
True Polymorph

Target artifact or creature becomes a copy of another target artifact or creature.

Instant
True Polymorph (afr) 80

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Theft

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Brainstealer Dragon

Flying At the beginning of your end step, exile the top card of each opponent's library. You may play those cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. Whenever a nonland permanent an opponent owns enters the battlefield under your control, they lose life equal to its mana value.

Creature
Brainstealer Dragon (clb) 670
Covetous Urge

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from that player's graveyard or hand and exile it. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Sorcery
Covetous Urge (eld) 207
Domestication

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. At the beginning of your end step, if enchanted creature's power is 4 or greater, sacrifice this Aura.

Enchantment
Domestication (2x2) 47
Elder Brain

Menace Whenever this creature attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Creature
Elder Brain (clb) 125
Extract Brain

Target opponent chooses X cards from their hand. Look at those cards. You may cast a spell from among them without paying its mana cost.

Sorcery
Extract Brain (afc) 46
Grafted Identity

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Enchant creature You control enchanted creature. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.

Enchantment
Grafted Identity (mid) 57
Intellect Devourer

Devour Intellect — When this creature enters, each opponent exiles a card from their hand until this creature leaves the battlefield. Body Thief — You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

Creature
Intellect Devourer (clb) 132
Memory Plunder

You may cast target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost.

Instant
Memory Plunder (clb) 849
Mind Control

Enchant creature You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Mind Control (m12) 67
Persuasion

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) You control enchanted creature.

Enchantment
Persuasion (10e) 95

Theft

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