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D&D/XP Mardu Dungeon crawler v1.0.2
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $295.30
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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $6.49
Kelsien, the Plague

Vigilance, haste Kelsien gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have. {T}: Kelsien deals 1 damage to target creature you don't control. When that creature dies this turn, you get an experience counter.

Creature
Kelsien, the Plague (c20) 11

Commander

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Blockers

Qty: 2 Price: $1.18
Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 233
Will-o'-the-Wisp

Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.) {B}: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Creature
Will-o'-the-Wisp (a25) 115

Blockers

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Copy trigger/spell(s)

Qty: 4 Price: $37.96
Ephemerate

Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

Instant
Ephemerate (sta) 5
Lithoform Engine

{2}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {3}, {T}: Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. {4}, {T}: Copy target permanent spell you control. (The copy becomes a token.)

Artifact
Lithoform Engine (znr) 375
Panharmonicon

If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Artifact
Panharmonicon (2x2) 310
Strionic Resonator

{2}, {T}: Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")

Artifact
Strionic Resonator (a25) 232

Copy trigger/spell(s)

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Creature protection

Qty: 2 Price: $10.28
Lightning Greaves

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

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (c19) 217
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 (mic) 163

Creature protection

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Draw/Rumage

Qty: 10 Price: $48.92
Ambition's Cost

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Ambition's Cost (moc) 246
Ancient Craving

You draw three cards and you lose 3 life.

Sorcery
Ancient Craving (j22) 376
Archivist of Oghma

Flash Whenever an opponent searches their library, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Archivist of Oghma (clb) 4
Black Market Connections

At the beginning of your first main phase, choose one or more — • Sell Contraband — Create a Treasure token. You lose 1 life. • Buy Information — Draw a card. You lose 2 life. • Hire a Mercenary — Create a 3/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. You lose 3 life. (It is every creature type.)

Enchantment
Black Market Connections (clb) 620
Harvester of Souls

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may draw a card.

Creature
Harvester of Souls (jmp) 243
Mazemind Tome

{T}, Put a page counter on this artifact: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {2}, {T}, Put a page counter on this artifact: Draw a card. When there are four or more page counters on this artifact, exile it. If you do, you gain 4 life.

Artifact
Mazemind Tome (m21) 383
Rumor Gatherer

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card instead.

Creature
Rumor Gatherer (clb) 705
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (brc) 159
Thrilling Discovery

You gain 2 life. Then you may discard two cards. If you do, draw three cards.

Sorcery
Thrilling Discovery (stx) 243
Tocasia's Welcome

Whenever one or more creatures you control with mana value 3 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Tocasia's Welcome (bro) 308

Draw/Rumage

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Dungeon/Initiative

Qty: 20 Price: $22.20
Barrowin of Clan Undurr

When Barrowin enters, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.) Whenever Barrowin attacks, return up to one creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield if you've completed a dungeon.

Creature
Barrowin of Clan Undurr (afr) 218
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) 579
Fates' Reversal

Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Sorcery
Fates' Reversal (afr) 102
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) 623
Kick in the Door

Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. That creature gains haste until end of turn and can't be blocked by Walls this turn. Venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Sorcery
Kick in the Door (afr) 153
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) 631
Nadaar, Selfless Paladin

Vigilance Whenever Nadaar enters or attacks, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.) Other creatures you control get +1/+1 as long as you've completed a dungeon.

Creature
Nadaar, Selfless Paladin (pafr) 27s
Planar Ally

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Planar Ally (afr) 31
Radiant Solar

Flying, lifelink Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control enters, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.) {W}, Discard this card: Venture into the dungeon and you gain 3 life.

Creature
Radiant Solar (afc) 278
Ranger's Hawk

Flying {3}, {T}, Tap another untapped creature you control: Venture into the dungeon. Activate only as a sorcery. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Ranger's Hawk (afr) 37
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) 577
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat

Menace At the beginning of your end step, if you have the initiative, create a Treasure token. Create three of those tokens instead if you've completed a dungeon. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat (clb) 143
Seasoned Dungeoneer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. Whenever you attack, target attacking Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, or Wizard gains protection from creatures until end of turn. It explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Creature
Seasoned Dungeoneer (clb) 660
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
Triumphant Adventurer

Deathtouch During your turn, this creature has first strike. Whenever this creature attacks, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Triumphant Adventurer (afr) 390
Undercellar Sweep

When this enchantment enters, you take the initiative. Whenever you attack, if you or a player you're attacking has the initiative, you create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens that are tapped and attacking.

Enchantment
Undercellar Sweep (clb) 47
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
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
White Plume Adventurer

When this creature enters, you take the initiative. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, untap a creature you control. If you've completed a dungeon, untap all creatures you control instead.

Creature
White Plume Adventurer (clb) 558
Zalto, Fire Giant Duke

Trample Whenever Zalto is dealt damage, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)

Creature
Zalto, Fire Giant Duke (afr) 171

Dungeon/Initiative

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Dynamo "Tutor"/Recurssion

Qty: 4 Price: $14.76
Oswald Fiddlebender

Magical Tinkering — {W}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed artifact's mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Oswald Fiddlebender (afr) 304
Phyrexian Reclamation

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

Enchantment
Phyrexian Reclamation (jmp) 267
Sevinne's Reclamation

Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy. Flashback {4}{W} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Sevinne's Reclamation (dmr) 273
The Peregrine Dynamo

Haste {1}, {T}: Copy target activated or triggered ability you control from another legendary source that's not a commander. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Creature Artifact
The Peregrine Dynamo (dmc) 95

Dynamo "Tutor"/Recurssion

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Land

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Hidden Courtyard

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {4}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Land
Hidden Courtyard (lci) 274
Hidden Necropolis

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {4}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Land
Hidden Necropolis (lci) 275
Hidden Volcano

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {4}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Discover 4. Activate only as a sorcery. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Land
Hidden Volcano (lci) 277

Land

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Non-basic/Basic lands

Qty: 34 Price: $71.14
Access Tunnel

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}: Target creature with power 3 or less can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Access Tunnel (mkc) 247
Arid Mesa

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

Land
Arid Mesa (mh2) 244
Bojuka Bog

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

Land
Bojuka Bog (brc) 176
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (brc) 178
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 (bro) 260
Isolated Chapel

This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or a Swamp. {T}: Add {W} or {B}.

Land
Isolated Chapel (otc) 301
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (cmm) 446
Nomad Outpost

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

Land
Nomad Outpost (c17) 265
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (cmm) 437
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (mkc) 284
Scavenger Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land
Scavenger Grounds (otc) 316
Sundown Pass

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

Land
Sundown Pass (vow) 285
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (cmm) 444
Terrain Generator

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: You may put a basic land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

Land
Terrain Generator (clb) 926

Non-basic/Basic lands

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Ramp

Qty: 8 Price: $33.12
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (clb) 298
Archaeomancer's Map

When this artifact enters, search your library for up to two basic Plains cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle. Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, if that player controls more lands than you, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Artifact
Archaeomancer's Map (lcc) 101
Deep Gnome Terramancer

Flash Mold Earth — Whenever one or more lands enter under an opponent's control without being played, you may search your library for a Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Do this only once each turn.

Creature
Deep Gnome Terramancer (clb) 607
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) 645
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (afc) 215
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (mkc) 240
Talisman of Indulgence

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {R}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Indulgence (afc) 219
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (moc) 389

Ramp

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Removal/Interaction

Qty: 8 Price: $36.58
Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (cmr) 618
Cathar Commando

Flash {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Cathar Commando (mid) 10
Excise the Imperfect

Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller incubates X, where X is its mana value. (They create an Incubator token with X +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

Instant
Excise the Imperfect (moc) 101
Get Lost

Destroy target creature, enchantment, or planeswalker. Its controller creates two Map tokens. (They're artifacts with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Instant
Get Lost (lci) 14
Path to Exile

Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Instant
Path to Exile (pf20) 1
Rebuff the Wicked

Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.

Instant
Rebuff the Wicked (tsr) 35
Ruinous Ultimatum

Destroy all nonland permanents your opponents control.

Sorcery
Ruinous Ultimatum (iko) 204
Swords to Plowshares

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

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (afc) 75

Removal/Interaction

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XP Payoffs/Wincons

Qty: 4 Price: $11.62
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas

Double strike, vigilance Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 5 or greater, you get an experience counter. Kalemne gets +1/+1 for each experience counter you have.

Creature
Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas (c15) 45
Minthara, Merciless Soul

Minthara has ward {X}, where X is the number of experience counters you have. At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn, you get an experience counter. Creatures you control get +1/+0 for each experience counter you have.

Creature
Minthara, Merciless Soul (clb) 286
Otharri, Suns' Glory

Flying, lifelink, haste Whenever Otharri attacks, you get an experience counter. Then create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token that's tapped and attacking for each experience counter you have. {2}{R}{W}, Tap an untapped Rebel you control: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Otharri, Suns' Glory (onc) 39
Two-Handed Axe

Artifact
Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave (clb) 203

XP Payoffs/Wincons

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Deck Info

Deck stats

36 pips - 30 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
20 pips - 17 cards
14 mana - 14 cards
14 pips - 11 cards
10 mana - 10 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
0 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
12 mana - 9 cards
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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"Hello, thank you for checking out my commander deck concept!\n\nThis is a Kelsien Mardu dungeon/initiative deck meant to make the mechanic good in edh at almost any table.\n\nThere are twenty seven dungeon triggers if you also count:\n-Panharmonicon (Passive)\n-Lithoform engine (Tap two, copy trigger)\n-Peregrine Dynamo (Tap one, copy activated or triggered ability from non-commander source)\n-Strionic resonator (Tap two, copy trigger)\n-Oswald (Pay three and sac a 2cmc artifact to put-onto-battlefield Peregrine Dynamo)\n-Ephemerate (Creature blink that will almost alvvays hit an ener the dungeon/take initiative trigger)\n\nA critical mass of 2 mana value ramp artifacts means that Oswald will alvvays have a valid target to search out the Dynamo\n(W, Tap, sacrifice an artifact: Search your deck + put onto the battlefield for an artifact w/ +1 mana value to the mana value of the artifact you sac'd) \n\nThis deck is like a medium weight boxer effective at chugging along until experience counters or specific ability doublers that you can put you ahead enough to handle the ire of 3-1 opponents when it does happen, some abilities to watch out to copy are:\n-The -5 hp Vicious battlerager trigger is absolutely back breaking in a 1v1 scenario\n-Summoning a 5/5 dragon is amazing to copy from Loot Dispute \n-One owns their own undercity token so the last trigger can be copied so you scry top 10, search + Put a creature onto battlefield w/ 3x +1/+1 toekens onto the battlefield & then you do that again\n-Mega ramp w/ Safana's end step treasure token if you have initiative\n\nDungeon tier list (Undercity/Initiative >\nUndercity is generally the BEST payoff early for colour fixing & \n\nPhandelver mine: are the 2nd best option when establishing a board-state/\"Running the engine\" \nMad Mage: is great if you're ahead & have an engine already going to \nAnnihilation:\n"}]}
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