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Knights & Gates
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Est deck cost: $132.92
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Commander

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Kenrith, the Returned King

{R}: All creatures gain trample and haste until end of turn. {1}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. {2}{W}: Target player gains 5 life. {3}{U}: Target player draws a card. {4}{B}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

Creature
Kenrith, the Returned King (plst) ELD-303

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Anthem

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Marshal of Zhalfir

Other Knights you control get +1/+1. {W}{U}, {T}: Tap another target creature.

Creature
Marshal of Zhalfir (mom) 246
Thistledown Liege

Flash Other white creatures you control get +1/+1. Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Thistledown Liege (shm) 153
Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider

Vigilance, trample Whenever Tori D'Avenant attacks, all other attacking creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Other red attacking creatures you control gain trample until end of turn. Untap each other white attacking creature you control.

Creature
Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider (dmu) 363

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Creature

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Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost {X} less to activate, where X is Agatha's power. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {4}{R}{G}: Other creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample and haste until end of turn.

Creature
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron (woe) 199
Armory Guard

This creature has vigilance as long as you control a Gate.

Creature
Armory Guard (rvr) 3
Decadent Dragon

Creature
Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste (woe) 223
Ellivere of the Wild Court

Whenever Ellivere enters or attacks, create a Virtuous Role token attached to another target creature you control. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 for each enchantment you control.) Whenever an enchanted creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ellivere of the Wild Court (woc) 2
Knight of Grace

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Hexproof from black (This creature can't be the target of black spells or abilities your opponents control.) This creature gets +1/+0 as long as any player controls a black permanent.

Creature
Knight of Grace (dom) 23
Knight of Malice

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Hexproof from white (This creature can't be the target of white spells or abilities your opponents control.) This creature gets +1/+0 as long as any player controls a white permanent.

Creature
Knight of Malice (dom) 97
Mosswood Dreadknight

Creature
Mosswood Dreadknight // Dread Whispers (woe) 231
Student of Warfare

Level up {W} ({W}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 2-6 3/3 First strike LEVEL 7+ 4/4 Double strike

Creature
Student of Warfare (roe) 47

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Drain

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Smitten Swordmaster

Creature
Smitten Swordmaster // Curry Favor (moc) 268

Drain

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Draw

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Alaundo the Seer

{T}: Draw a card, then exile a card from your hand and put a number of time counters on it equal to its mana value. It gains "When the last time counter is removed from this card, if it's exiled, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. If you cast a creature spell this way, it gains haste until end of turn." Then remove a time counter from each other card you own in exile.

Creature
Alaundo the Seer (clb) 264
Heirloom Blade

Equipped creature gets +3/+1. Whenever equipped creature dies, you may reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card that shares a creature type with it. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Equip {1}

Artifact
Heirloom Blade (lcc) 303
Maelstrom Nexus

The first spell you cast each turn has cascade. (When you cast your first spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)

Enchantment
Maelstrom Nexus (plst) ARB-130
Nael, Avizoa Aeronaut

Flying Domain — Whenever Nael deals combat damage to a player, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom in a random order. Then if there are five basic land types among lands you control, draw a card.

Creature
Nael, Avizoa Aeronaut (dmu) 306
Sky Hussar

Flying When this creature enters, untap all creatures you control. Forecast — Tap two untapped white and/or blue creatures you control, Reveal this card from your hand: Draw a card. (Activate only during your upkeep and only once each turn.)

Creature
Sky Hussar (dis) 131
Tatyova, Benthic Druid

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Tatyova, Benthic Druid (dmr) 371
The Royal Scions

+1: Draw a card, then discard a card. +1: Target creature gets +2/+0 and gains first strike and trample until end of turn. −8: Draw four cards. When you do, The Royal Scions deals damage to any target equal to the number of cards in your hand.

Planeswalker
The Royal Scions (peld) 199p

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Enchantment

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Case of the Shattered Pact

When this Case enters, search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. To solve — There are five colors among permanents you control. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gains flying, double strike, and vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Case of the Shattered Pact (mkm) 1
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 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) 31
Genju of the Realm

Enchant land {2}: Enchanted land becomes a legendary 8/12 Spirit creature with trample until end of turn. It's still a land. When enchanted land is put into a graveyard, you may return Genju of the Realm from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Genju of the Realm (bok) 151
Spelunking

When this enchantment enters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put a Cave onto the battlefield this way, you gain 4 life. Lands you control enter untapped.

Enchantment
Spelunking (lci) 213

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Finisher

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Door to Nothingness

This artifact enters tapped. {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target player loses the game.

Artifact
Door to Nothingness (m13) 203
Progenitus

Protection from everything If Progenitus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Progenitus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.

Creature
Progenitus (plst) CON-121

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Land

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Azorius Guildgate

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

Land
Azorius Guildgate (rvr) 272
Baldur's Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of other Gates you control.

Land
Baldur's Gate (clb) 345
Boros Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Boros Guildgate (clu) 232
Castle Embereth

This land 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
Citadel Gate

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

Land
Citadel Gate (clb) 349
Cliffgate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than red. {T}: Add {R} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Cliffgate (clb) 350
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (brc) 178
Dimir Guildgate

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

Land
Dimir Guildgate (clu) 234
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (woe) 266
Gateway Plaza

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, sacrifice it unless you pay {1}. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Gateway Plaza (rna) 247
Golgari Guildgate

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

Land
Golgari Guildgate (clu) 235
Gruul Guildgate

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

Land
Gruul Guildgate (clu) 237
Heap Gate

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color. {1}, {T}, Tap an untapped Gate you control: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Land
Heap Gate (clb) 354
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (dmu) 278
Izzet Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Land
Izzet Guildgate (clu) 240
Manor Gate

This land enters tapped. As this land enters, choose a color other than green. {T}: Add {G} or one mana of the chosen color.

Land
Manor Gate (clb) 356
Maze's End

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Return this land to its owner's hand: Search your library for a Gate card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. If you control ten or more Gates with different names, you win the game.

Land
Maze's End (dgm) 152
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (woe) 265
New Benalia

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}.

Land
New Benalia (plst) C18-270
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (inv) 333
Plaza of Harmony

When this land enters, if you control two or more Gates, you gain 3 life. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any type that a Gate you control could produce.

Land
Plaza of Harmony (rna) 254
Rakdos Guildgate

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

Land
Rakdos Guildgate (rvr) 284
Restless Cottage

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. {2}{B}{G}: This land becomes a 4/4 black and green Horror creature until end of turn. It's still a land. Whenever this land attacks, create a Food token and exile up to one target card from a graveyard.

Land
Restless Cottage (woe) 258
Restless Vinestalk

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. {3}{G}{U}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 5/5 green and blue Plant creature with trample. It's still a land. Whenever this land attacks, up to one other target creature has base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.

Land
Restless Vinestalk (woe) 261
Selesnya Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {W}.

Land
Selesnya Guildgate (clu) 245
Shambling Vent

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W} or {B}. {1}{W}{B}: This land becomes a 2/3 white and black Elemental creature with lifelink until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Shambling Vent (clb) 914
Simic Guildgate

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Simic Guildgate (clu) 248
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 264
Thran Portal

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. As this land enters, choose a basic land type. This land is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Mana abilities of this land cost an additional 1 life to activate.

Land
Thran Portal (dmu) 259
Tournament Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R}, {W}, or {B}. Spend this mana only to cast a Knight or Equipment spell.

Land
Tournament Grounds (eld) 248
Tranquil Cove

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {W} or {U}.

Land
Tranquil Cove (khc) 119
Unclaimed Territory

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Land
Unclaimed Territory (lcc) 366
Wandering Fumarole

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {R}. {2}{U}{R}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 1/4 blue and red Elemental creature with "{0}: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn." It's still a land.

Land
Wandering Fumarole (ogw) 182

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Lifegain

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Axis of Mortality

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have two target players exchange life totals.

Enchantment
Axis of Mortality (xln) 3
Fiendslayer Paladin

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) This creature can't be the target of black or red spells your opponents control.

Creature
Fiendslayer Paladin (plst) M14-18
Linden, the Steadfast Queen

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.) Whenever a white creature you control attacks, you gain 1 life.

Creature
Linden, the Steadfast Queen (eld) 20

Lifegain

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Protection

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Knight-Captain of Eos

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. {W}, Sacrifice a Soldier: Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.

Creature
Knight-Captain of Eos (plst) ALA-17
Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa

Flash Flying When Kyodai enters, another target permanent gains indestructible for as long as you control Kyodai. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Kyodai gets +5/+5 until end of turn.

Creature
Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa (neo) 23
Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer

Flying, haste If a spell would deal damage to you or another permanent you control, prevent that damage. If a spell would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 1 instead.

Creature
Rem Karolus, Stalwart Slayer (mid) 322

Protection

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Pump

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Civic Saber

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 for each of its colors. Equip {1}

Artifact
Civic Saber (rvr) 254
Hero of Oxid Ridge

Haste Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, creatures with power 1 or less can't block this turn.

Creature
Hero of Oxid Ridge (mbs) 66
Silverblade Paladin

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have double strike.

Creature
Silverblade Paladin (c14) 88

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Ramp

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Arni Metalbrow

Whenever a creature you control attacks or a creature you control enters attacking, you may pay {1}{R}. If you do, you may put a creature card with mana value less than that creature's mana value from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Creature
Arni Metalbrow (mat) 16
Chromatic Lantern

Lands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color." {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Chromatic Lantern (otc) 255
Circuitous Route

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

Sorcery
Circuitous Route (grn) 125
Composite Golem

Sacrifice this creature: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}.

Creature Artifact
Composite Golem (10e) 318
Danitha Capashen, Paragon

First strike, vigilance, lifelink Aura and Equipment spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Danitha Capashen, Paragon (woc) 64
District Guide

When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
District Guide (grn) 128
Gatecreeper Vine

Defender When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card or a Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Gatecreeper Vine (ddm) 48
Jegantha, the Wellspring

Companion — No card in your starting deck has more than one of the same mana symbol in its mana cost. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) {T}: Add {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}. This mana can't be spent to pay generic mana costs.

Creature
Jegantha, the Wellspring (iko) 222
Maelstrom Archangel

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast a spell from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Maelstrom Archangel (plst) CON-115
Nine-Fingers Keene

Menace Ward—Pay 9 life. Whenever Nine-Fingers Keene deals combat damage to a player, look at the top nine cards of your library. You may put a Gate card from among them onto the battlefield. Then if you control nine or more Gates, put the rest into your hand. Otherwise, put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Creature
Nine-Fingers Keene (clb) 289
Open the Gates

Search your library for a basic land card or Gate card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Open the Gates (rvr) 151
Sage of the Maze

{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. {T}: Until end of turn, target land you control becomes an X/X Citizen creature with haste in addition to its other types, where X is twice the number of Gates you control. Activate only as a sorcery. Tap an untapped Gate you control: Untap this creature.

Creature
Sage of the Maze (m3c) 67
Shard Convergence

Search your library for a Plains card, an Island card, a Swamp card, and a Mountain card. Reveal those cards, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Shard Convergence (con) 91
Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Companion — Each permanent card in your starting deck has an activated ability. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for {3} as a sorcery.) Abilities you activate that aren't mana abilities cost {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. {1}, {T}: Target creature can't block this turn.

Creature
Zirda, the Dawnwaker (iko) 233

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Recursion

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Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

First strike Whenever Alesha attacks, you may pay {W/B}{W/B}. If you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

Creature
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death (dmc) 118
Gate Colossus

Affinity for Gates (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each Gate you control.) This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Whenever a Gate you control enters, you may put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Creature Artifact
Gate Colossus (rvr) 257
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 (slc) 2010

Recursion

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Removal

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Aryel, Knight of Windgrace

Vigilance {2}{W}, {T}: Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance. {B}, {T}, Tap X untapped Knights you control: Destroy target creature with power X or less.

Creature
Aryel, Knight of Windgrace (dom) 192
Blacklance Paragon

Flash When this creature enters, target Knight gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Creature
Blacklance Paragon (eld) 79
Knight of Autumn

When this creature enters, choose one — • Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. • Destroy target artifact or enchantment. • You gain 4 life.

Creature
Knight of Autumn (afc) 187
The Kami War

Enchantment
The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest (neo) 227The Kami War // O-Kagachi Made Manifest (neo) 227

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Tokens

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Basri's Lieutenant

Vigilance, protection from multicolored When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had a +1/+1 counter on it, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.

Creature
Basri's Lieutenant (m21) 9
General Ferrous Rokiric

Hexproof from monocolored Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, create a 4/4 red and white Golem artifact creature token.

Creature
General Ferrous Rokiric (mh2) 198
History of Benalia

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance. III — Knights you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.

Enchantment
History of Benalia (plst) DOM-21

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Tutor

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Ayara's Oathsworn

Menace Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it has fewer than four +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it. Then if it has exactly four +1/+1 counters on it, search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Ayara's Oathsworn (mat) 195
Bringer of the Black Dawn

You may pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay 2 life. If you do, search your library for a card, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Creature
Bringer of the Black Dawn (plst) 5DN-43

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Untap

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Galvanic Alchemist

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as this creature is paired with another creature, each of those creatures has "{2}{U}: Untap this creature."

Creature
Galvanic Alchemist (avr) 54

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Tokens & Extras

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Food

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.

Artifact Token
Food (tc21) 24
Knight

Vigilance

Creature Token
Knight (twoe) 3
Monster

Enchantment Token
Monster // Virtuous (twoc) 1
Treasure

{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact Token
Treasure (twoe) 14

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Deck Info

Deck stats

40 pips - 29 cards
26 mana - 23 cards
17 pips - 14 cards
21 mana - 18 cards
19 pips - 15 cards
20 mana - 17 cards
23 pips - 17 cards
22 mana - 19 cards
22 pips - 21 cards
21 mana - 18 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
6 mana - 6 cards
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